Review of the whole series:

I absolutely loved this manga and I'm not even a shoujo fan. There is something about a hardworking, righteous, independent, selfless and kick-ass female lead that makes me love a manga. Meet Misaki, the opposite of a typical Shoujo lead.

Are you tired of reading about the cocky, brash, loud mouthed, bad boy male MC who turns good because of the female MC? Meet Usui, the slight deviation of the cliched male Shoujo lead. Sure, he is tall, handsome, rich, popular, and has his eyes only on Misaki, as expected, but he is also mysterious, nice, intelligent and charming. He really does embody the knight in shining armor cliche, which I like. However, he has some stalking tendencies, which I don't like.

I'd recommend this manga if you are looking for a light, funny read with a dash of adorable romance and a horde of crazy situations. ( )

I'd already watched and loved the anime but I wanted to actually read the manga, so here I am. As a feminist I absolutely love Misaki and find Usui a nice alternative to all of the dominating male characters out there. He manages to be masculine without being all macho, though he likes to tease Misaki sometimes.
This first volume did a good job of setting the scene and a great job of explaining Misaki's life and worldview without being boring. In fact, at times it was downright hysterical. And when

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Usui breaks through a window to save Misaki from rapists only to find that she's beaten them up on her own,


I just wanted to cheer. The fact that Usui liked her all the better for being able to defend herself like that made it even better. Forget the sparkly vampires. This is what romance should be. ( )

Actual rating: 3.5 stars

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Oh Maid Sama!, I’ve been waiting for this day. I started up a manga-reading project with Debby (Snuggly Oranges), Gillian (Writer of Wrongs) and Steph (Cuddlebuggery), and I’m so glad that we did this, because I have got my manga back and you have NO idea how much I missed it. For a couple of years, I read a whole lot of manga (thousands of volumes is likely not an exaggeration) and I think I sort of burned myself out with that pace. Then I just got out of the habit of reading it. Now my mojo is back and I can finish some of the series that weren’t complete back then, start new ones and reread my favorites. This, my friends, is a beautiful thing. Anyway, Maid Sama! is one I started reading from my library back in the day, but never finished because I was waiting for the next volume to be purchased by the library…only apparently they never printed any volumes past that one so it’s a good thing that I stopped waiting. Maid Sama! is a seriously fun series with delightful shippiness, and I am not just saying that because Debby might kill me otherwise. Oranges can be vengeful fruits.

NGL, my favorite thing in manga is a good ship. Okay, that’s not THAT different from my preferences anywhere, but I think it may be even more important in shojo manga. I mean, if I am going to wait 10-18 volumes for a ship to pull away from the dock, it better be a damn gorgeous and sea worthy vessel, if you know what I mean. Maid Sama! has ships to spare. Literally, as, in addition to the main ship, which is quite shiny, there are awesome ships for the secondary characters.

Misaki, the heroine, is the student council president of her school, and known as the Demon President. Seika High School just recently allowed female students and Misaki is on a crusade to make the boys straighten up and fly right, so that the girls can feel more comfortable. Misaki dominates in strength and academics, but she has a secret: she works at a maid cafe (which is exactly what it sounds like unless you think that it’s a cover for prostitution, which I would imagine is sometimes the case but is not here).

In the first volume, several people discover her secret, namely the guy who has just taken the top academic score from her and the three bad boys. Sacre bleu! It’s okay though, because Misaki charms the pants off them (not literally, unfortunately) and her secret is safe. One of the most hilarious elements is the three bad boys (henceforth known as the idiot trio) who are tamed and become obsessed with the maid cafe; this is, in fact, one of the few chibi-izations of characters I approve of. The manga’s really over the top and ridiculous, but almost entirely in a good way. I even laughed out loud quite a few times, and I’m not especially demonstrative when I read generally.

Usui and Misaki comes really close to being annoying for me as a ship a lot of times, largely because Usui is perfect at everything and that gets old. Can’t Misaki best him in SOMETHING? That trope of “anything the heroine can do, the hero can do better” needs to die in a fire. However, I still ship them like mad because Usui is SUCH a weirdo. He totally looks the part of the sexy, alpha male lead, but generally he acts like a total goober. It’s adorable. He essentially has no interest in other people, except for Misaki, and his weirdness softens my heart…and hers. Misaki calls him a perverted space alien, and this is a nickname I am totally non-grossed out by. My favorite ship might be Kanou/Yukimura though. THANK YOU FOR SLIPPING THAT IN THERE, HIRO FUJIWARA. YOU ARE MY HIRO. (I’m sure that doesn’t get old.)

The early part of the series I loved all the way. Still, I do think it ran on too long. The plot goes in some unnecessary directions. I liked when it was just weirdness in high school, but everything about Usui’s past ended up making me roll my eyes. It just got VERY Boys Over Flowers (View Spoiler ») and Christina don’t play that.

If you’re a shojo manga fan, this is a must read. If you’re new to manga, I’m not sure if this is where I would recommend starting because it’s rather weird and probably has more cultural things to adjust to than some other options. But, yes, hilariousness and romance = happy Christina. ( )

I've always have an anime/manga spot in my body! I surely love this manga series! It's not always cheesy because Misaki (protagonist) is boyish in her thoughts, words and actions. But she'll eventually fall for Usui (protagonist whom i wanna be married with cos he's so damn perfect). Though the love will not blossom that early. well if even you're planning to read a manga series, I surely recommend this. ( )