(L) Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

[Ryu-kun]

Enjoying the manga

The adaption is pretty well done despite it being clogged up if they instead did 24 episodes this could have been a better anime but I'm not complaining its funny / cute to watch.

It seems to follow the manga faithfully except it seems to start jumping around now although the characters seem stereotypical and almost like Special A its more addicting :P

[germanturkey]

so this nsfw manga i read of this series still has the lovely dovey feel their relationship has. i guess it translates well..

[Midonin]

For the curious, four character song/drama CDs (or "Concept CDs") for the show have been announced. First is the "school side", featuring a duet from Sakura and Shizuko, as well as Misaki's character song.

The other three are the "maid side", "maid side 2" (Electric Boogaloo) and "Another Side". Don't ask me who's singing on those three, because I don't know.

[MikaMiaka]

Saw two eps. Thought it was pretty awful. The guy has no personality. Eh. And I agree with you guys -- the uniforms ARE ugly.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Got me, lol. I loved ep3.

Spoiler for ep3:

I almost said "lovey-doveyed ep3." Moe flowers everywhere.

To be honest, I was not happy at first. Seemed shallow. But that soon ended, as soon as we got more Usui/Misa. Usui may be quiet, but I feel a personality, especially in this episode.

[blewin]

Just started the series. Love the comedy! I wonder what the story is behind Usui. BTW, don't like the colour of the uniform though. Lime green...

[TCman]

Just watched the 2nd (and 3rd raw; can not wait for subs) episode; they both are pretty good, but it seems that the anime creators are doing some shuffling throughout the manga chapters.

Spoiler for what is skipped now or not shown yet (manga related):

e.g. school sports festival, rivalry from an other school for rich people etc.

I hope they are not skipping some of chapters and characters entirely, since even in early chapters there're some subtle yet powerful developments between Misaki and Usui.

Well, in my opinion after watch the first 2 episodes Misaki and Usui look like they are already a couple or sometimes almost "husband and wife" for a short time because how they behave and interact with each other, how close they actually are to each other; they even quarrel like a couple.

As for the lime green colbert/uniform, I think it's okay since it fits the red tie and tartan pants quite well.

Preview of episode 4 is promising and it will be a big surprise for every one, especially for those who never followed the manga.

Can't wait for the next episode!

[xia]

I loved the third episode. Very good!

Spoiler:

I love Misa and Usui's budding romance. It's a riot!

[hoofy]

I just can't get enough of the three idiots !! The (hilarious) results of their earnestness towards Misaki are always a major highlight of the epis.

[Neosovereign]

The subs are out! I agree with xia, this is turning into a cute romance! I hope they actually get somewhere with it though.

[Sakome]

I really love this series. Its hilarious how Takumi keeps teasing Misaki on purpose or say anything to get a reaction out of her.

[germanturkey]

i can't wait for them to get to the lovey dovey parts. this series has fantastic "Awwwww" moments i can't wait for them to get to. when Misa gets softened up, it'll melt your heart.

[Bombo]

Great episode...That what I want to say ^^

[Shiroth]

Oh boy, this episode killed me.

Spoiler for Episode 03:

Easily the best episode upto now, with more very impressive development for Misaki, together with development for the growing interaction we see between Misaki and Usui. Those scenes really are gold when you see how much they stand out from everything else that takes place in each episode, and is easily what keeps on driving the story forward. I know i'm having a blast watching this show, and it's what makes this show my favorite of the season.

Now, as to what killed me. First seeing Misaki with twintails was easily the best sight ever to behold, though that tsundere blush which she used as apart of her imouto image. My heart skipped a beat. I had to pause the episode, take a deep breath and then carry on again.

Usui's reply to the confession was easily the best i've ever heard , though i must say i rather liked what that scene brought to the table, what with his reaction to see Misaki save the male students. More A+ character development there, which this show just keeps on producing.

Could i request a sig to be made please? It's from this episode at 16:04. It will probably look best none animated, and a black boarder would be nice. Thanks a lot.

[Sol Falling]

...fo' serious? lol, I know I said I was alright with some skipping around last time, but stuffing ch. 11-12 into one episode, and now continuing on with 13? It's a little bit tempting to think 'we can skip 3-10 so we can get to the later chapters earlier', but no, we know they have to go back and cover most of that stuff eventually. Are they just trying to introduce the whole cast earlier? A fair bit of continuity has been lost with this episode already (though for the moment it's not too painful) so they better have a good reason for this.

On the episode itself: it was pretty enjoyable, if condensed. I think I'd prefer the full stories given by the manga, but this splicing of two chapters was mostly decent by itself. There were three instances where I thought the voice-acting failed to carry the full humour of the scenes, though, and those would be specifically 'Black Honoka's' debut, Misaki's awkward/angry inquiry towards Yukimura about imouto-moe, and Sakura's amusement over the family resemblance of the Shizuko siblings. On the animation end, though, things seem to be improving and looking mostly decent this time around, so I hope they're getting the hang of drawing Misaki.

Some highlight's were Usui's "I'm a maid-otaku" string of gibberish and that incident with him telling Misaki to "Strip", as well as him going 'moeru' over the prospect of Misaki being his little sister.

One thing I am really enjoying about this adaptation is the high incidence of extra appearances by Suzuna. I was a bit sceptical with her initial lines (in terms of voice acting) in the first episode but her deadpan expression is seriously delivering. lol, sorry Honoka, Misaki, but Suzuna is the most moe girl in this show.

I think a fair bit of effect was lost from stuff like the random insertion of one of the end-of-volume extras on what the other maids thought of Misaki, together with the change of setting in Usui's imouto-harrassment coming from him as a customer as opposed to a test of her acting skills. They also had to downplay Usui's familiarity with Maid Latte's staff due to shifting this before he really began interacting with them. Nonetheless, some of the new material was pretty brilliant like the joke about Misaki's ideal colour being 'transparent', so overall I'll give this a pass as a pretty decent episode.

...chapter 13 next...really, wth are they doing?

[Seravy]

tsundere imouto misaki = HNNNNGGGGGGHHHHH

[DragoonKain3]

Unlike some others here, I found typical imouto Misa to be epic fail. Just did not fit her at all (and my jaw drop at the ugliness that was twintails lol). Thank God for Usui changing her to tsundere, which to be honest, is Misa's strongest point.

That said, still not feeling it for Usui... then again, I never really liked deadpan characters, male or female. I guess I gotta live with the fact that I'll probably never feel anything for him; guess it's just Misa keeping me in the show.

Also found it quite odd that a lot of these otaku terms are flying around in a shoujo romance manga of all things. Heck, I raised an eyebrow and a half when Usui said he was otaku to 'reject' the girl. Even if it was just a lie, the mere suggestion that he might be one was definitely perplexing to me, as I did not expect it. Maybe it's my shoujo manga background where all the male leads are either perfect gentlemen or bad boys with a heart of gold... XD

[Sol Falling]

Yeah, despite not being a harem or fanservice show, the 'Maid-sama' aspect of this title definately introduces a significant degree of otaku culture to the series. Next episode you'll see even more net/otaku culture being introduced, so if you haven't yet I think you'll just be forced to realize that that's simply the culture for a large portion of the characters in this show. After all, the reason why Satsuki runs Maid-Latte in the first place is 'cause she's an otaku with maid-moe--from the customers to the staff, the only reason Misaki's not influenced is because of her obliviousness to popular or entertainment culture in general (she's too poor and studious, after all).

Shoujo manga background, though? :P I'd say KWMS is one of the premier shoujo manga currently, so you might want to check it out. Usui deadpanning an 'otaku' rant is not at all incompatible with this particular version of the 'perfect boyfriend'--the thing is, Usui represents a 'perfect lover' as opposed to a bad boy or a 'perfect gentleman', because the only girl he's even remotely interested in is Misaki, and his principle feature is his absolute consideration and understanding of her. This makes the sentiment behind Usui's rant in fact at least partially true, because it's simply truth that Usui is helplessly moe for Misaki alone--and I actually find Usui's method of rejection in this sense incredibly cruel, because such a frivolous and clearly bullshit response as the one he gave can really only express complete disinterest.

:P Please try to enjoy Usui. He's awesome. You can describe him as a deadpan character, sure, but that's only towards basically everything except Misaki. With Misaki, you could pretty much say he's a combination of godly mindreading skills, helpless moe, and some of the most brilliant teasing/flirting/harassment skills that'll leave you on the floor (ah, and jealousy. Can't forget the jealousy. I guess you guys will see.).

[Master_Yoma]

Oh my Misaki Ayuzawa was just so cute in this ep3 she pulled off the super moe

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

On the episode itself: it was pretty enjoyable, if condensed. I think I'd prefer the full stories given by the manga, but this splicing of two chapters was mostly decent by itself. There were three instances where I thought the voice-acting failed to carry the full humour of the scenes, though, and those would be specifically 'Black Honoka's' debut, Misaki's awkward/angry inquiry towards Yukimura about imouto-moe, and Sakura's amusement over the family resemblance of the Shizuko siblings. On the animation end, though, things seem to be improving and looking mostly decent this time around, so I hope they're getting the hang of drawing Misaki.

I agree about Black Honoka, her lines sounded more dull than scary. On the other hand, she did a very good job with the imouto impersonation, it added a lot to the humor of that scene, the contrast between her and Misaki was hilarious (loved that constipated face Misaki made at the end lol). I have no complaints about the other scenes you mentioned though, Misaki always sounds right to me and Sakura... well, I'm pretty much in love with her seiyuu so I can't be objective

Originally Posted by Sol Falling

One thing I am really enjoying about this adaptation is the high incidence of extra appearances by Suzuna. I was a bit sceptical with her initial lines (in terms of voice acting) in the first episode but her deadpan expression is seriously delivering. lol, sorry Honoka, Misaki, but Suzuna is the most moe girl in this show.

Yes ! Suzuna is awesome. I've always had a thing for deadpan characters (sig related). Her seiyuu is a newcomer, and I think she's doing quite a good job so far. I'm looking forward to hearing her in different role, where she could show more emotions... or rather, some emotions.

I enjoyed episode 3 a lot. I feel like I've seen a softer side of Usui in this episode. He totally let down his guard for a second when Misaki told him she'd save him (ooooh, the sparkling eyes !), though he quickly regained his composure. The humor was a total hit for me, even if I agree Misaki was just wrong as the typical ultra moe little sister. Suzuna's type would have been a way better fit, but it certainly wouldn't have been as funny.

On the other hand, the battle maid persona at the end was perfect for her, and she certainly seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. I loved Usui's explanation about the color that suits Misaki the best, even if his last line sounded a bit wrong. Reminded me of "the more beautiful and pure it is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt it", though I know that's not what he has in mind.

Looks like we'll get a lot of that blond girl next week. I wonder what her role will be.