So now that I’ve established that Maid-sama! is all about comedy and the romance of its two main characters, how does it fare with these themes? For comedy, I have to admit that I don’t think I laughed at much of anything in the series besides a few humorous exchanges between Misaki and Usui. There were some exceptions, such as the episodes about Aoi and Sakura and UmeMishi, but for the most part the series puts the majority of its focus on the main couple. Even episodes revolving around minor characters like Kanou and Hinata led to some relationship development for Misaki and Usui. In the case of Maid-sama! however, I was surprised at how relatively few episode took the focus away from the main couple, Misaki and Usui. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! follows a very familiar shojo plot – at least one of the main characters is reluctant or uncertain about their feelings for the other, and episodes are composed of situations that force them to become closer, while also giving time to subplots involving minor characters from time to time. Maid-sama!, however, is faithfully consistent with being a light romance comedy, with its few dramatic scenes never being enough to make your eyes water. However, while the former two titles tend to be more comedic, they also have plenty of drawn-out scenes of emotional monologues and tear-jerking drama. In this sense, Maid-sama! is a shojo series like Kare Kano and Itazurana Kiss as opposed to Kimi ni Todoke and Vampire Knight. The show even goes so far as to put in bubbly backgrounds and on-screen text for things like sound effects and descriptions of what a character is feeling or doing, further increasing the “light, funny shojo manga” mood of the series. From the first episode and on, one can see that the colors in the series are sharp and vibrant, with the characters constantly being chibi-fied and drawn with many types of comedic anime iconography. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! is a shojo series, a slightly above average one in my opinion, that’s focused mostly on the light, romantic comedy style of shojo anime as opposed to the emotional dramatic style.

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