Maid Sama!

Maid Sama! (Japanese: 会長はメイド様! Hepburn: Kaichō wa Maid-sama!, "lit. "The president is a maid!") is a shōjo manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It is serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa. There are currently 18 published volumes under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint in Japan. In their Anime Expo 2008 panel, North American publisher Tokyopop announced its various newly licensed series and that Kaichō wa Maid-sama! would be titled Maid-sama!. An anime adaptation began airing on April 1, 2010.

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Plot

Once an all-boys school, Seika High, a renowned school full of reckless and filthy students, has recently become a co-ed school. However, with the female population still remaining a minority even after the change over the recent years, Misaki Ayuzawa takes it into her own hands to reform the school and allow a chance for the girls to feel safer in the rough environment. Even the teachers are on her side. Training, studying and even becoming the first female student council president of the school, Misaki has gained a reputation, among the male students body as an uptight boy-hating demon dictator and as a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students. However, despite her tough-as-nails appearance, she secretly works part-time at a maid café in order to support her family. Unfortunately, her secret is soon discovered by Takumi Usui, a popular boy at Seika High.

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Manga

Maid Sama! is written and illustrated by Hiro Fujiwara. This series is serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine LaLa, and the serial chapters collected into volumes. The first volume was released on September 5, 2006.

Outside Japan, the series was licensed by Tokyopop in North America, JPF in Poland, Pika Édition in France, Carlsen Verlag in Germany, Panini Comics in Italy and Brazil, and Everglory Publishing Co in Taiwan. In Indonesia, the series was published by M&C Comic

The series ended on September 22nd, 2013.

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Anime

The October 2009 issue of LaLa announced that a 26 episode anime television adaptation of the series would be produced. It was broadcast in TBS and BS-TBS during Spring 2010. The April 2010 issue of LaLa revealed the broadcast date to be on April 1, 2010 at 1:55 midnight. The adaptation was also present at the Tokyo International Anime Fairwith Ayumi Fujimura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kana Hanazawa and Yū Kobayashi's attendance. The anime series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks, with The Anime Network currently streaming the series on their video portal. Anime distributor Section23 Films release the first subtitled-only set on DVD, June 7, 2011.

The staff list was announced and Hiroaki Sakurai directed the series with series composition done by Mamiko Ikeda who previous worked in the series composition for Emma: A Victorian Romance series and most recently the Rental Magica series and Hanasakeru Seishōnen while the animation character designs by Yuki Imoto and music composed by Tōru Motoyama. The series was animated by J.C.Staff who previously worked on Honey and Clover, Toradora! and Nodame Cantabile. Ayumi Fujimura and Nobuhiko Okamoto took on the role of Misaki Ayuzawa and Takumi Usui respectively.

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Main characters

Misaki Ayuzawa

Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (Anime), Sanae Kobayashi (Drama CD)

The protagonist of the story, sixteen years old at the beginning of the story. Misaki Ayuzawa (鮎沢 美咲 Ayuzawa Misaki^?) is the first female student council president at Seika High and known for her extremely demanding and aggressive attitude towards boys. She relentlessly attempts to reform them to live up to what she considers are acceptable standards of behavior. Though many of the male students fear and even hate her, the ones who get to know her come to see that she's actually very fair and willing to help anyone who needs it.

She eventually becomes widely respected for her exceptional intelligence, her great athletic skill, maintaining her grades at top spot and her many accomplishments as president. Her negative attitude towards males is mostly attributed to her father amassing a huge debt and then disappearing. Misaki became determined to make sure her spacey and helpless mother, Minako (美奈子^?) would not have to work so hard to support both Misaki and her younger sister, Suzuna (紗奈^?). To this extent, she secretly, and at first reluctantly, works as a maid-waitress at Café Maid Latte. Misaki is always driven to do her best regardless of the endeavor, and has a strong sense of justice, though she also has a tendency to forget her own well being in the process of helping others.

At Café Maid Latte, Misaki is called "Misa-chan" by her coworkers and customers. She is seen as a Tsundere by her coworkers. Misaki was shown being the most passionate with her job when she was dressed as a male and appealing to woman, saying she would like a guy like herself.

Despite her initial revulsion towards Usui and her belief that his interest in her stems from being the only one who knows she works as a maid-waitress, she gradually develops romantic feelings towards him. However, Misaki is unwilling to accept them and becomes awkward whenever a potentially intimate moment arises between them. She eventually explicitly confesses her feelings for him and they become a couple, though secretly at Misaki's insistence to preserve her reputation as the Student Council President. When Usui reveals that he is to transfer to Miyabigaoka, she openly reveals their relationship to the students at Seika High, despite the potential damage it may cause to her appearance. When told that Usui would be going to England, Misaki was shocked but kept her composure and openly accepted his choice. After Usui stops texting her from England she seeks the help of the Miyabigaoka Highschool President for a way to travel to him. The deal between the two is for Misaki to travel to see Usui, but in return she must tell Usui to not cut all ties between himself and the Walker Family; benefiting the Miyabigaoka Highschool President in him being in contact of a person of royal blood such as Usui.

In chapter 81, Misaki and Usui get engaged and in chapter 85, Misaki became a diplomat/lawyer and they get married.

Takumi Usui

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Anime), Tomokazu Sugita (Drama CD)

Is the most popular boy at Seika High. Takumi Usui (碓氷 拓海 Usui Takumi^?) is a 17 year old boy who appears to take little interest in anything and prefers to observe things as they unfold. He proves to be extraordinarily talented in a number of different fields, including cooking, the violin, chess, and table etiquette. However, he reveals very few details about his past willingly. Because he tells Misaki that he likes her on a regular basis, along with his uncanny ability to appear whenever Misaki needs him, his diverse and unusual skills, and the fact that he survived jumping off the school's roof into the swimming pool, she often refers to him as a "perverted outer-space alien".

At Misaki's insistence, he reveals that he is an illegitimate child. His mother, a Japanese-English woman from the wealthy Walker family, had an affair with an unknown Japanese man (later revealed to be a butler of the Walker family); his mother died in childbirth. To conceal his origins, his maternal English grandfather sent Usui to live with his mother's Japanese grandmother's family, resulting in little contact with his older half-brother. Adopted by his mother's cousin, Usui's education was primarily through tutors, partially explaining his academic excellence (as shown when he mates the president of the Miyabigaoka high school chess club in very few moves). However, he became bored of the isolation and randomly selected a standard high school to attend; after enrolling in Seika High, he moved into a high-rise condo where he lives alone. During his first year at Seika, he quickly became popular among the girls, but not being interested in them, he systematically rejected them whenever they confessed to him, thus earning Misaki's resentment of him. Within his class, even his classmates respect him and he is called "Usui-san"; "-san" being a Japanese honorific.

At the beginning of his second year at Seika High, he develops an interest in Misaki and learns her secret; Misaki becomes suspicious that his interest in her is because he intends to blackmail her. Instead of accepting his apparent feelings for her, she dismisses his behavior as a joke or a form of harassment after seeing him kiss Yukimura. Regardless, he continually helps and watches over her, offering insightful advice on how to deal with the boys at Seika effectively and even becomes possessive of her (especially when Hinata is introduced; searching for his lost love who turns out to be Misaki), as Usui truly cares about and loves Misaki. Usui eventually begins dating Misaki as her boyfriend, yet he is forced to transfer to Miyabigaoka High School for his third year of high school. However, he still makes an effort to go out of his way to see Misaki every day. When in England, Usui texts Misaki everyday and asks for the color of her underwear; (a form of sexual harassment, but is seen as more of a playful jab to annoy Misaki) until his brother takes his phone away. And in the Manga he got angry at Tora for forcefully Kissing Misaki on their way back to Japan.

In chapter 81, Usui (with permission from Misaki's father) proposes to Misaki, and she accepts. In chapter 85, Usui became the royal doctor of his royal family, even though his grandfather still hasn't accepted Usui as his grandson, he was accepted by the whole town; and he finally married Misaki in this chapter.

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Secondary characters

Seika High School

Hinata Shintani (深谷 陽向 Shintani Hinata)

Voiced by: Atsushi Abe

Misaki's childhood friend who came to Seika High in search of his first love. His first appearance was in chapter 21, where it was also revealed that Misaki was in fact his first love; however, his feelings are unrequited. When they were children, he was an overweight boy who Misaki helped back to his feet after he fell from a tree. He fell in love with her, but soon moved away to live with his grandfather in the countryside when his parents died. When he returned, his appearance changed considerably from losing so much weight (supposedly from eating nothing but vegetables), though he remains a glutton and loves to eat anything. He is also one of the few people who know about Misaki's part time job. He loves Misaki very much, and dislikes Usui as a rival for Misaki's affections. While Misaki does like him, her feelings toward him are platonic. Recently, Hinata seems to have begun to show romantic interest towards Suzuna, although he insists that he thinks of her like a sister.

Though he admires Usui's strength and talent, Usui seems indifferent to Shintani and frequently mocks him, repetitively calling him 下役君 (pronounced as sanshita-kun, meaning "underling"). However, Usui regards him as a rival for Misaki, particularly when Misaki and Shintani's childhood friendship is made apparent. He refuses to give up on Misaki despite being fully aware of her and Usui's feelings for each other, having resolved prior to moving that he would not let Misaki having a boyfriend deter him. Misaki's mother and sister both note that he physically resembles Misaki's father. Reacting to this, he claims that he would never abandon the people he cares about. Later, Hinata notes Usui does just that when he leaves Misaki for England.

He married Suzuna 3 years after Suzuna reveals her feeling for him in chapter 82. Even though he became brothers-in-law with Usui, because of Usui and Misaki's marriage in chapter 85, he still fought with Usui.

Shouichirou Yukimura (幸村 祥一郎 Yukimura Shōichirō)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (drama CD), Kazuyoshi Shiibashi (anime)

The Vice President of the Student Council, Shouichirou Yukimura (幸村 祥一郎 Yukimura Shōichirō^?) tries to help Misaki where he can, and enjoys office routine. At first, he, like the rest of the student council, is fearful of Misaki, but he eventually comes to be on fairly close terms with her and Usui. He's both terrified and awed of Usui after Usui kisses him as a "reward for his hardwork", though in truth Usui had only done so to restore Misaki's confidence.

Yukimura is hard-working, earnest, and capable of doing most administrative work, but is not athletic to any extent, especially in comparison to Misaki and Usui. His gentle, almost feminine demeanor and slight stature make him appear somewhat weak, a fact he is sensitive about. As a result, a running joke in the series is that he is frequently forced to dress up as a girl. Yukimura has a younger sister named Ruri, whom he cares greatly for and becomes distressed when she rejects him for not acting prince-like. He becomes close friends with Soutarou throughout high school. He later becomes roommates with Soutarou and considers him family.

Naoya Shirakawa (白川 直也 Shirakawa Naoya)

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (drama CD), Mitsuhiro Ichiki (anime)

A male student at Seika High School who initially dislikes Misaki because of her forceful methods of reforming Seika. He and his friends discover that she works at a maid café early on in the story, but after she is defended by Usui, they quickly become her biggest fans, as well as regulars at Cafe Maid Latte, often referred to as the "idiot trio." His nickname is “Shiroyan.” He also used to be a delinquent in middle school known as White Tornado Beast. Years later, he is married with three children.

Ikuto Sarashina (更科 郁斗 Sarashina Ikuto)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara (drama CD), Takuma Terashima (anime)

The second of the “idiot trio,” which includes Shirakawa Naoya and Ryuunosuke Kurosaki. A closet otaku, he is actually good at drawing manga illustrations and enjoys writing. He drew cards and pictures of the Maids for Maid Latte. His friends call him “Ikkun.” He later works as a doujin illustrator.

Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (黒崎 龍之介 Kurosaki Ryūnosuke)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (drama CD), Yoshimasa Hosoya (anime)

The third member of the “idiot trio” who frequently visit Cafe Maid Latte, nicknamed “Kurotatsu.” Known for being the perverted one and likes "erotic things". Also used to be a delinquent in middle school with Shiroyan. He is dating Erika years later and lives through various part-time jobs.

Sakura Hanazono (花園 さくら Hanazono Sakura)

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa 

A good friend of Misaki's and one of the few female students at Seika High, Sakura is friendly and cheerful and, like the rest of the girls, relies on Misaki for protection from the wild behaviour of the boys. She is quite popular amongst the boys, but frequently rejects their confessions; in particular, she’s rejected ex-rugby captain Masaru Gouda (剛田将Gōda Masaru^?) two hundred times. According to Shizuko, Sakura falls in love without carefully considering what the person is really like, as exampled by her persistent feelings for Kuuga, the two-faced, womanizing singer of the popular rock band UxMishi from a nearby high school. Her persistence pays off when Kuuga finally returns his feelings for her. They later get married with a child and another one on the way by the time of Misaki's marriage.

Shizuko Kaga (加賀 しず子 Kaga Shizuko)

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi 

One of Misaki and Sakura’s friends, a sensible and intelligent girl who often spends lunchtime with them. She is quite the opposite of Sakura. Shizuko is a member of the flower arranging club and is good at math, but isn’t very good at physical activities. She has an older brother in university and a younger sister in junior high school; according to Sakura, the three of them look very alike. She doesn't like it when people insult glasses in general. She becomes an office worker in the future.

Soutarou Kanou (叶 爽太郎 Kanō Sōtarō)

Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi

A withdrawn male student who is initially against Misaki as the student council president because of her aspirations of increasing the female population of Seika High. In order to sabotage her presidency, Kanou tries to hypnotize Misaki, Usui, and the student council into ruining Misaki’s reputation. It is revealed that his gynophobic attitude comes from his mother abandoning his family when he was young (ironically the very opposite of what Misaki experienced) and his father warning him to be wary of women, and after failing to hypnotize Misaki, she punishes him by assigning him to work closely with his female classmates during the school's Open House, in hopes of forcing him to get over his fear. The punishment is ultimately successful, and he slowly becomes friendlier with Misaki and the rest of his female peers, as well as with Yukimura (who gives off the aura of a female, as Kanou states).

Though he runs against Misaki during her re-election as President, he opposes using underhanded means to gain victory, remaining on good terms with her. He is the first to understand the relationship between Usui and Misaki (Knowing about it before Misaki knew herself) and often wonders why they won't admit that they like each other. Later, him and Yukimura live together as roommates.

Maria Miyazono (宮園 マリア Miyazono Maria)

A young and attractive English teacher at Seika High. She may have non-Japanese ancestry because of her name and the comments on her looks. She's an acquaintance of Tora Igarashi who made her join Seika High, in order to make Usui quit. Wearing revealing clothes as well as having a large bust and being very short, she attracts the attention of male teachers and students. Misaki instinctively protects her from them, causing Maria to fall in love with her. Initially thought of by Misaki as a potential rival for Usui (Which is when Misaki began to understand her feelings for him), Maria confesses her love to Misaki.

Usui is in fact a former student of Maria's mother. She has a 'habit' of falling in love with girls. She has a fiance, Shinji, but she only considers him as a mere childhood friend. She also knows about Misaki's part time job. She's Igarashi's right hand person to make Usui move to Miyabigaoka High School.

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Ayuzawa House

Minako Ayuzawa (鮎沢 美奈子 Ayuzawa Minako)

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

Misaki's mother. She appears to be somewhat sickly, but does her best to support Misaki and Suzuna by working as a nurse at the hospital. Although she is grateful that Misaki is helping her with their financial problems, she also wants nothing more than for Misaki to have more fun and go out more often as a high school teenager. She becomes acquainted with Usui at the train station in chapter 35 and sees him as a very gentle person and the exact opposite of her husband. Usui has stated that she is open minded.

Suzuna Ayuzawa (鮎沢 紗奈 Ayuzawa Suzuna)

Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara

Misaki's younger sister. She is very apathetic and shows little to no emotion, though is actually rather perceptive and known for her deadpan humour. She does not work at any part time jobs and appears to be in middle school. Suzuna has a friendly relationship with Shintani, whom she recalls from when he and Misaki were childhood friends. In the anime, she often enters magazine contests and always seems to win food prizes. Her first appearance occurs late in the manga, while she is a frequent recurring character in the anime. From Chapter 65 onwards, Suzuna attends Seika High as a freshman student. While she is instantly popular with the male population, most of the boys are wary of her being Misaki's sister and they fear that her easy-going personality is a ruse. It is also shown in later chapters (particularly during her first few days at Seika High) that Suzuna has a deepening affection towards Hinata. During the events of the final chapter, she marries Shintani Hinata.

Sakuya Ayuzawa (鮎沢 咲也 Ayuzawa Sakuya)

Misaki and Suzuna's absentee father. He left his wife and daughters with tremendous debt, which is the primary source of Misaki's initially deep resentment towards men. Little is known about him at first, though Misaki's mother notes that Hinata's personality reminds her of her husband, despite Hinata's vehement denial of the comparison. He later appears as a new cook at Maid Cafe and proves to be an excellent chef with a bright and cheery personality reminiscent of Hinata. His circumstances before being hired are unknown, aside from the fact that he apparently had been abroad. However, he takes pains to avoid Misaki and Suzuna until Suzuna recognizes his cooking and he forces himself to reveal his identity as their father. It's revealed that Minako lied about the lazy gambling father they imprinted in her daughter's minds and in reality, Sakuya shouldered his friend's debt and left to go find him. But when he found him, he found out that he started his own family and couldn't return to Japan. In attempting to try to make up to his daughters, he spent many nights wandering and sleeping in the streets before making it to the Maid Cafe. Since he returned, Misaki and Suzuna welcome him back but don't forgive him completely, forcing him to continue living in the streets and working part time at the Maid Cafe.

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Maid Latte

Satsuki Hyoudou (兵藤 さつき Hyōdō Satsuki)

Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (drama CD), Aki Toyosaki (anime)

The manager of Café Latte and Misaki’s boss; a 30-year-old woman who has a tendency to voice out her fantasies. She is a cheerful woman who enjoys her job because it allows her to make others happy. She is very understanding of Misaki’s circumstances, knowing that Misaki does not particularly enjoy working at a maid café, and is perceptive of other people’s feelings. Satsuki also ends up hiring Usui as a part-time cook, much to Misaki’s chagrin.

Honoka (ほのか Honoka)

Voiced by: Kana Asumi 

An employee at Café Latte. She can become somewhat maniacal about getting in character for her job and criticizes Misaki for her initial resistance to acting parts outside of her comfort range, as well as for being ashamed of working at Maid Latte and hiding it from her peers. Also when Honoka was asked to describe what she feels and thinks about Misaki, she says "hate, because her good work is making her look bad." She also has a habit of turning evil, which the Maid Latte members call 'black Honoka' (which is possibly a reference to Fruits Basket's Hatsuharu Sohma, who turns into 'Black Haru' when he is mad). Honoka is 20 years old. Later she becomes the manager of a maid cocktail bar. She is also dating Aoi.

Erika (エリカ Erika)

Voiced by: Mariya Ise

A college student working at Maid Latte. She notes that Misaki is strong and picks up work quickly, and claims that it doesn't feel like Misaki is younger than her. She has a tendency to eavesdrop and is described as having a “voice fetish.” Among all of the Maid Latte maids, she is often described as the "sexy" one and has the largest breasts. Erika is 19 years old. Years later, she is working under Honoka at her cocktail bar and is dating Kurotatsu.

Subaru (すばる Subaru)

Voiced by: Kana Ueda 

An employee at Maid Latte. Like Honoka, she does not have a full-time job and makes a living from part-time work. She considers Misaki to be hard working. Subaru can be distinguished by her glasses. Subaru is 22 years old. She becomes an office worker and frequently visits Honoka and Erika's cocktail bar.

Sayu (さゆ Sayu) and Gon (ゴンちゃん Gon)

Voiced by: Harumi Sakurai and Yuko Gibu

Two other employees at Maid Latte. Sayu is 18 and Gon-chan is 20 years old. They do not appear often.

Sen-chan (センちゃん) and Mochi (もっち)

Voiced by: Yu Kobayashi and Kana Hanazawa

The two kitchen staff at Maid Latte. Both girls made their appearance in episode 15.

Aoi Hyoudou (兵藤 葵 Hyōdō Aoi)

Voiced by: Yuki Kaida (drama CD), Hiromi Igarashi (anime)

Satsuki’s nephew, the son of Satsuki's older brother, and a middle school student who enjoys dressing like a girl. He likes "cute things", and being the center of attention, not unlike a young girl. His androgynous features allow him to pass off as a girl and his female persona is well-known as a cute Internet idol. Aoi enjoys toying with the feelings of men (trying to do so to Usui but failing because Usui apparently knew he was male from the beginning), but is eventually exposed as a boy by Misaki. He is generally short-tempered and has little patience. He becomes embarrassed after doing something kind or showing affection for someone, then suddenly becomes angry (he can't show his true feelings very well). Misaki is under the impression that he hates her; he frequently scolds her for her poor fashion sense and unfeminine strength. He later yells at Misaki for not being more decisive about her relationship with Usui, and for leading Shintani on, even if she was doing it unintentionally. It's this scolding that eventually pushes her admit to Shintani (and probably for the first time, clearly, to herself) that she does in fact have feelings for Usui. Even so, Aoi develops a crush on Misaki, though he did not confess because he could see she loves Usui. It is also revealed in episode 17 of the anime when Aoi pulls Misaki towards him, indeed proving his hidden affections. However, in the manga, it is in a different way that Aoi is put in the same situation as Misaki towards Usui. Aoi enjoys making Misaki dresses, and puts much more effort into her outfits than others, prompting the manager to tell him that he likes Misaki.

Aoi became UxMishi's clothing designer later on and works in Europe. He also started dating Honoka.

Nagisa Hyoudou (兵藤 なぎさ Hyōdō Nagisa)

Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi

Satsuki’s younger sister and Aoi's aunt. Nagisa is the manager of a beach house known as “Ocean House.” Nagisa is deeply tanned and is said to be an amazing beach volleyball player. She asks for Satsuki and her employees to come and work at her beach house during the summer since her shop is not as popular as she would like. Nagisa is somewhat tough on Aoi for trying to dress like a girl because her older brother sent Aoi to her beach house to become more masculine.

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UxMishi

Kuuga Sakurai (桜井 空我 Sakurai Kūga)

Voiced by: Kenji Nojima

Vocalist of the rock band UxMishi. While he seems sweet and kind to his fans, in reality he is very arrogant, rude and insensitive to others' feelings. It is due to his attitude that Misaki dislikes him, as he was very insensitive to Sakura's feelings while hitting on Misaki herself. He appears to develop some genuine feelings towards Sakura because she is the only one who earnestly cares for him, expressing jealousy towards Usui and becoming annoyed by the fact that Sakura seems happy being with Usui and Misaki during a day trip to hot springs on his birthday. He didn't understand why Misaki was fine with Usui being alone with Sakura having thinking Misaki and Usui were a couple.

Sakura and Kuuga later got married and 2 children and UxMishi continued as a very popular band around the world.

Shousei Nikaidou (二階堂 匠生 Nikaidou Shousei)

Voiced by: Yūki Ono

Guitarist of the rock band UxMishi, 

known as "Shou". 

Shou doesn't express himself that much.

Kouma Yafu (藪 煌真 Yafu Kouma)

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu

Bassist of the rock band 

UxMishi, nicknamed "Kou". 

Kou is very respectful and 

always scolds Kuuga's rude behavior.

Yuujirou Ono (小野 裕次郎 Yuujirou Ono)

Voiced by: Hideki Nakanishi

Drummer of the rock band UxMishi.

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Miyabigaoka High School

Tora Igarashi (五十嵐 虎 Igarashi Tora)

Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

The Student Council President at Miyabigaoka High School, he initially appears as a gentleman who marvels at Misaki and the changes she has brought to Seika High, offering her a chance to come to Miyabigaoka with an exceptional loan. He is quickly revealed to be a lecherous young man who has become bored with the women surrounding him, who are easily submissive because of his wealth. He tries to bribe Misaki. He enjoys causing drama around him and he thinks that money can buy anything. Misaki's strong will and outright rejection of his monetary bribe to have her join the Miyabigaoka Student Council captures his interest. It is later revealed that Tora has some ties to or knowledge of Usui's past or background, which he may be exploiting to some yet-unknown end. Aware of the nature of Usui and Misaki's relationship, he continues to surprise Misaki and express an interest in how she will react to the confusing and manipulative way he speaks to her. Throughout Misaki's training to go to Britain, Tora begins to have feelings for her and in the Manga it seems he forcefully kisses Misaki, while on their way back to Japan.

Kanade Maki (真木 奏 Maki Kanade)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

The Vice President of the Student Council at Miyabigaoka High, he and Igarashi attempt to buy out Maid Latte and change it into a butler café. Misaki and Usui are able to prevent him from realizing his plans through a competition. In the end, he realizes that Maid Latte is different from other cafés. In the latest chapters of the manga, he visits Maid Latte again, saying that he wanted to observe how the business is going and how the employees serve their customers. However, he secretly tried to warn Misaki about a new obstacle that she will soon encounter.

Hirofumi Koganei (小金井博文 Koganei Hirofumi)

Voiced by: Fumihiro Okabayashi

A bespectacled student at Miyabigaoka High School who looks down upon Seika students. After insulting two students for taking an interest in chess, they hit him and Misaki forces them to go with her to apologize to him. When she discovers the reason why they attacked Koganei, she demands that Koganei apologize to her students as well. He agrees, only on the condition that they defeat him in chess, which Usui does with no trouble despite Koganei ranking fourth in the nation as a chess player. He was originally intended to be the president of Miyabigaoka High School Council by the author, but rejected by the editor.

Kaon Umekouji (梅麹課オン Umekōji Kaon)

A girl who carries around a large teddy bear made 

by her mother. Though Kaon expresses an 

arrogant and cruelly playful streak towards 

though she looks down on. However, her attempt

 to upset Misaki by lying about being Usui's fiancee 

abruptly grows awry when Misaki dismisses it

 and mockingly pities her by listing all of Usui's 

negative traits.

Tomu Umekouji (梅麹トム Umekōji Tomu)

Kaon's older brother. A boy seen wearing

 headphones around his neck.

Ichitarou Tomikouji (トミ浩二一太郎 Tomikōji Ichitarō)

A childhood friend of the 

Umekouji siblings.

Li Yi Hua (華李毅 Hwa Ri Ri)

The daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire, Li Yi-Hua is a beautiful young woman who does some work as a model. She actually wasn't very beautiful when she was younger, but after being engaged to Arashiyama, he transformed her into the stunning young woman she is now and she enjoys telling others that she exemplifies the peak of Arashiyama's abilities.

Tenryuu Arashiyama (天竜嵐山 Arashiyama Tenryū)

Li's fiance, a young man who is obsessed with beauty. When he was engaged to Li, he was so upset by her appearance that he transformed her into a beautiful girl. She takes his obsession in stride, and does not express any jealousy when he sees other girls and insists on trying to make them beautiful as well, since Li considers herself the finest transformation Arashiyama has achieved.

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Seisen Middle School

Gouki Aratake (荒嶽 剛毅 Aratake Gōki)

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara

The strongest delinquent in Seisen Middle School, he is an old friend and kohai of Shirokawa and Kurosaki. He used to be a pushover and a bit of a crybaby. He was saved by Shirokawa and Kurosaki once when he was being bullied, and immediately started looking up to them after that. Constantly seeking to become stronger, he kept his delinquent ways even after the two have graduated and retired from delinquency. He later kidnapped Yukimura, who was dressed like a girl and who he mistook as Shirokawa's girlfriend, and challenged the idiot trio to a fight elsewhere. Coincidentally, he and Aoi happen to attend the same middle school.

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Walker Family

Gerald Walker (ウォーカージェラルド Wokeru Jerarudo^?)

Gerald is Takumi's older half-brother, a successful businessman who bears a resemblance to Takumi, save the difference in their hair color and eye shape. He despises Takumi not only because Takumi is an illegitimate child but because Gerald blames him for their mother's death, and also because Gerald believes their mother loved Takumi more than him. However, he expresses an interest in Takumi's activities in Japan and arranges for his bodyguard Cedric to spy on his brother. His talents appear to be the polar opposite of Takumi's, which includes being unskilled at cooking. Though he appears devious and calculating, he is strangely jovial and enjoys teasing Cedric, similar to how Takumi makes fun of his acquaintances. It is hinted that Gerald is extremely sick with an unknown illness.

Patricia Walker (ウォーカーパトリシア Wokeru Patorisha)

Takumi and Gerard's mother. It seems that both her sons inherited her personality. Takumi resembles her and has her hair color. She has a weak body, which Gerard inherited from her. Her marriage to Edward was arranged, and although she grew to love him, she fell in love with Yuu. When she became ill, she began an affair with Yuu, which ended when she became pregnant. She died giving birth to Takumi.

Edward Walker (ウォーカーエドワード Wokeru Edowado)

Gerard's father. He is a naive and cheerful man. His marriage to Patricia was arranged, but he loves her dearly. He still loves her despite her affair with Yuu and Takumi's birth. Unlike other members of the Walker family, he seems to hold no grudge towards Takumi.

Yuu Hirose (広瀬ゆう Hirose Yū^?)

Takumi's father. Takumi resembles him more than his mother. A former butler who arrived in Britain from Japan to personally serve Patricia. He eventually fell in love with her, but tried to suppress his feelings after her marriage to Edward. After she became ill, he comforted her and they began an affair. Before Takumi was born, the Walker family forced him to leave.

He had secretly showed up in Usui and Misaki's wedding in the last chapter.

Cedric Morris (モリスセドリック Morisu Sedorikku^?)

Gerard's bodyguard, an attractive man with skills on par with Usui or better (Proven when he chases Misaki and Usui at full sprint and doesn't sweat a drop) who is extremely persistent and devoted to fulfilling Gerard's orders, no matter how ridiculous (he wore a ninja outfit and only said "Nin-Nin" to Gerard's request). Despite being assigned to spy on Usui, he is not very inconspicuous and frequently called out of hiding when Usui or others point out where he is. He openly dislikes and threatens Misaki, in part because he does not want her to associate with Usui and the Walker family and because he believes that maids and butlers are dedicated servants to the distinguished, unlike the pseudo-maids at Maid Latte. Though he understands Misaki's situation, Cedric feels that someone like Misaki is not suited for someone like Usui. However, he was taken aback by the resemblance on how Gerard treats him as Usui treats Misaki.

Gilbert Morris (モリスギルバート Morisu Girubāto)

Cedric's father and Gerald's grandfather's butler. He is also the head butler of the Walker family. Gilbert knew Takumi's father (though not by name) and revealed his secret to Takumi that he was a butler, also giving him his mother's diary to read.

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Episode list

#	Title	Original airdate	English airdate
1	"Misa is a Maid Sama!" "Misaki-chan wa Meido-sama!" (美咲ちゃんはメイド様!)	April 1, 2010	November 25, 2010
Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president of the previously all-boy Seika High School. While she is highly respected by the female students and staff, the male students both fear and loath her. One particular student, Takumi Usui, irritates Misaki because he bluntly rejects girls who confess their love to him. Misaki secretly works part-time at a maid café called Maid Latte to support her family, as her father left them with a large debt, however she is discovered by Takumi and fears her secret will be exposed at school. After listening to Misaki's reasons for working, Takumi keeps her secret and chooses to annoy her by regularly visiting Misaki at work as a customer. When Misaki becomes sick due to stress and fatigue, Takumi notices and advices Misaki to loosen up, but she rejects his advice. At work, three male students from her school, whom she routinely ridicules as the "Idiot Trio", discover Misaki in her uniform. The three start to harass Misaki, but Takumi intervenes. Misaki apologizes to Takumi before fainting. After Misaki recovers, Takumi tells Misaki that he asked the boys to keep her secret and teases her about becoming his personal maid for a day as his reward.
2	"Maid-Sama at the School Festival" "Gakuensai demo Meido-sama!" (学園祭でもメイド様!)	April 8, 2010	November 26, 2010
For the upcoming annual school festival, Misaki wants to use the opportunity to improve the school's image and encourage more girls to enroll. Problems arise with class 2-2 because the boys' activity proposals are attempts to sexually exploit the girls. The boys ask Takumi to persuade Misaki to accept their ideas, but he puts very little effort into doing so and instead Misaki decides that class 2-2 will hold a café as suggested by three girls in the class. Later, Takumi warns Misaki that her hostility towards the boys will eventually backfire. On the day of the festival, things go well and there is a large turnout of girls. However, she finds out that the boys of class 2-2 are cosplaying in period military outfits, taking over the café and rounding up girls as prisoners. Misaki scolds the boys, but they turn on her and leave the girls to run the café alone. As Misaki manages to run the café she accidentally calls a patron "master" but Takumi covers for her by acting as a male server as well, causing the café to gain popularity. Seeing the action from the classroom windows, the boys return and serve the customers properly, making the café a success. During the festival bonfire, Takumi finds Misaki resting under a tree where she thanks him for his assistance, although Takumi continues to tease her about being his personal maid.
3	"What Color is Misaki? Natural Color?" "Misaki wa Nani Iro? Tennen Shoku?" (美咲は何色?天然色?)	April 15, 2010	November 29, 2010
Maid Latte decides to host a "Little Sister's Day" where the maids dress up and act as little sisters to their customers. Misaki has trouble acting the part, since she has no experience being a younger sister, and her own little sister is not a perfect example either. Her boss, Satsuki, decides Misaki can skip the event by changing shifts, but her co-worker, Honoka, accuses Satsuki of favoritism and Misaki of not taking it seriously, convincing Misaki to do some research and practice. When "Little Sister's Day" arrives, Misaki perfects the act of a little sister and awes the customers, at least until Takumi arrives. His constant teasing and asking for the impossible causes Misaki to lose her temper, but when he goes to leave, Misaki (still in character) begs him not to go, causing everyone in Maid Latte to be attracted to her moeness. Later at school, as Takumi rejects another confession from a girl, he witnesses Misaki rescuing a student from a falling ladder. Noticing she was injured by the ladder, he convinces her to have it bandaged in the infirmary. Later, Maid Latte is hosting a "Maid Rangers day" and Misaki vents her anger on the Idiot Trio dressed up as the White Maid Ranger - the color of white being suggested for Misaki by Takumi due to her refusal to be influenced by others.
4	"Net Idol Aoi" "Netto Aidoru Aoi-chan" (ネットアイドルAOIちゃん)	April 22, 2010	November 30, 2010
Maid Latte is visited by Aoi, a famous net idol who is also Satsuki's niece. Aoi decides to stay with Satuski for a while due to a fight with her father, and is excited to wear the café's uniform, much to Satsuki's dismay. Meanwhile, the café chef is unable to work and so Takumi volunteers to help and impresses the ladies with his own slightly modified version of Omelet Rice. Aoi finds Takumi attractive but he repeatedly ignores her advances. She is so persistent that Takumi pushes her down on the locker room floor just as Misaki arrives to push him away and slaps Aoi for repeatedly trying to get his attention. It is then revealed that Aoi is, in fact a crossing-dressing boy, something Satsuki knew all along and which both Takumi and Misaki discovered right from the start earlier. Aoi reveals he ran away because his classmates made fun of him for liking cute girlish things, and his father didn't like him cross-dressing. Misaki and Takumi convince Aoi to go back home, but not before Aoi promises to make them all fall for him. Later, Aoi returns to Maid Latte and criticizes Misaki for not wearing girlish clothes but Misaki counters his argument by pointing out how a cross-dressing boy like him should be wearing manly clothes. They end up agreeing that they should both just be themselves. Regardless, Aoi sends Misaki a cute dress, much to her embarrassment.
5	"First Time Minding the Shop" "Hajimete no Orusuban" (初めてのお留守番)	April 29, 2010	December 1, 2010
Satsuki warns Misaki about a group of stalkers targeting cosplay cafés, but Misaki doesn't take it seriously, not even when Takumi pretends to stalk her and gives her a scare. One night, Misaki is caught by the stalkers - who were also patrons - as she is closing the café by herself and taken upstairs to be restrained with handcuffs and tape over her mouth. Takumi hears the commotion inside Maid Latte and is about to kick in the window to rescue Misaki, but just as he's about to make his move, Misaki breaks the chain on the handcuffs and proceeds to pound them using her Aikido, shattering the impression they had of her being a submissive girl. Days later, Aoi returns to Maid Latte to give everyone (including Takumi) a cellphone photo of Misaki wearing the dress he made, much to Misaki's horror.
6	"Men and the Ayuzawa Cram School" "Otoko・Ayuzawa Juku!" (男・鮎沢塾!)	May 6, 2010	December 2, 2010
Misaki has acquired a group of fans at school, the Inuyama quintuplet brothers. While the boys are good-natured, they want to know everything about her, and this could reveal her secret part-time job. She manages to dodge them, mostly with Takumi's help, but she is torn between telling them the truth and risking the good image they have of her. She and Takumi have an argument on the school rooftop and Takumi accidentally drops a photo of her wearing her maid uniform in the direction of the Inuyama brothers. As she freaks out, Takumi assures her he will get it back, but not before stealing her first kiss. He jumps from the roof and grabs the photo while falling into the school pool. A relieved Misaki calls him an idiot for making her worry. The brothers hear the commotion at the pool, but thanks to Takumi's acting, the brothers think Misaki is Takumi's bodyguard. He convinces them not to follow Misaki anymore, thus keeping her secret safe. At the hospital, Misaki visits Takumi but leaves in disgust when he asks her to nurse him in her maid outfit.
7	"Enter the Student Council President of Miyabigaoka" "Miyabigaoka Gakuen Seitokaichō Tōjō" (雅ヶ丘学園生徒会長登場)	May 13, 2010	December 3, 2010
Misaki is still thinking about Takumi's kiss (which she dismisses as simple teasing after Takumi kisses Yukimura to make her feel at ease again) when she receives a phone call from her friends Sakura and Shizuko asking her to stop a fight between two Seika High students and three students from the prestigious Miyabigaoka Academy. After initially blaming the Seika students, she learns from them that the fight actually started when one of the Miyabigaoka students called Hirofumi Kogane insulted their interest in chess and called them flies. They arrive at Miyabigaoka Academy, and Misaki tells Hirofumi that her classmates will apologize if he apologizes first. He agrees to do this, but only if they can beat him in chess - which Takumi does, humiliating him. Later, the Miyabigaoka Student Council led by President Tora Igarashi arrives at Seika High to apologize to Misaki for Hirofumi's behavior. Tora offers Misaki a scholarship to Miyabigaoka Academy and Misaki is impressed by his gentlemanly behavior. At Maid Latte, a special "Ladies Day" event is held where the maids dress up as handsome men. Misaki is a huge hit with the female customers, but Takumi upsets her when he reminds her that she's still a girl. Meanwhile, Tora learns of Misaki's part-time job and reveals his hidden lecherous nature.
8	"Misaki Goes to Miyabigaoka" "Misaki, Miyabigaoka Gakuen e" (美咲、雅ヶ丘学園へ)	May 20, 2010	December 6, 2010
Given three days to decide, Misaki is torn between accepting the Miyabigaoka scholarship or staying at Seika. She goes to Miyabigaoka to give her answer, but Sakura and Shizuko are worried that she will leave Seika. Even though they want the best for Misaki, they rally the Student Council and her fans to head for Miyabigaoka and convince her not to transfer. At Miyabigaoka, Misaki is about to give Tora her reply when a drink is "accidentally" spilled on her, forcing Misaki to wash herself off in their shower room. After the shower, she learns that her Seika uniform had been taken to be cleaned and she is forced to wear a rather revealing maid uniform instead. Tora then shows his true self, revealing he knows about Misaki's part-time job and assumes Misaki came to accept his offer to get his attention and money just like the other women who are interested in him. Misaki tells him that she came to reject his offer and has no intention of leaving Seika however Tora pins her down and tries to forcefully kiss her, but Takumi comes to her rescue. Afterwards, as Misaki thanks Takumi and again, wearing her Seika uniform again, she is greeted by her friends waiting outside the Miyabigaoka gate.
9	"A Maid, as Far as Momotarō Goes" "Momotarō made mo Meido-sama" (桃太郎までもメイド様)	May 27, 2010	December 7, 2010
Takumi narrates his version of Momotarō with Misaki as the titular character, Sakura and Yukimura as her guardians and Momotarō's animal companions played by the Idiot Trio. Misaki is on a quest to rescue women captured by a demon and taken to Onigashima island. On her journey, she saves the Idiot Trio from getting eaten by their Ringmaster(Usui) after the animals tell her the village where the demon been recently seen. Forming a group, they arrived at Seika Village, which is now a stinking wasteland filled with men driven to madness without women and with no one left to do the household chores. Obtaining the directions to Onigashima, the group crosses the ocean and encounter thePrincess of the Sea and a Turtle (Suzuna/Aoi) and the Pirate ship Miyabigaoka led by Tora, which Takumi destroys with a rocket launcher. When they finally arrive at the island, the Idiots and Misaki sneak into the Demon's lair and find the Seika women living happily in a grand palace. Misaki is shocked to learn that Takumi is in fact the Demon; and that he never kidnapped the women, instead the women followed him to escape serving the selfish men in the village and took over his palace. The Narrator ends the story by claiming Misaki and Takumi became a couple despite Misaki protesting against the ending; and that the Idiot Trio die in unfortunate circumstances. In reality, the entire story is a dream Misaki is having whilst taking a nap in the Student Council room, due to Takumi playing her a recording of the story to send her subliminal messages.
10	"Sakura's Love is the Indies" "Sakura no Koi wa Indīzu" (さくらの恋はインディーズ)	June 3, 2010	December 8, 2010
Sakura is an avid fan of the indie rock band UxMishi, and is in love with the vocalist, Kuuga. Sakura invites Misaki and Shizuko to a tea party that the band are hosting, where the Idiot Trio also happen to work as part-time waiters. During the meeting, Kuuga starts to take an interest in Misaki and ignores Sakura. When Misaki visits the bathroom, Kuuga and his bandmate Kou follow her and attempt to flirt. He tells Misaki that he doesn't have feelings for Sakura and the party invitation was just a fan service. Despite Kou telling him to stop, Kuuga continues to hit on Misaki until Takumi (disguised as a waiter) stops him. Misaki, unsure on how to deal with the situation, and Takumi gives her some advice. Back at the table, Kuuga continues to hit on Misaki, and hurts Sakura's feelings. Getting no response from Misaki, his flirts start to become insults and Sakura tells him to stop. Misaki loses her temper and grabs him by the necktie, telling him that she won't entrust Sakura to someone like him. After leaving the cafe, Shizuko reprimands Misaki for making a scene at the cafe; and Sakura for not being careful about her choice in boys. Sakura is comforted by Misaki with a pat on the head and Misaki hopes that one day Sakura will find someone who will truly love her.
11	"Closing in on Takumi Usui's Secret" "Usui Takumi no Himitsu ni Semaru!" (碓氷拓海の秘密に迫る!)	June 10, 2010	December 9, 2010
Takumi accidentally meets Misaki's mother and helps her carry her groceries. To thank him, she invites him inside her house for tea with Suzuna. As Misaki arrives home she is shocked to see him there and drags him to the park, warning him not to come to her home again, following Takumi's remarks about her life. Sakura and Shizuko see them together and wonder if they're dating. The next day Sakura, Shizuko and Misaki decide to follow Takumi to have a peek at his private life and confirm rumors that he is rich. Takumi knows he's being followed and leads them on a wild goose chase around town. After the girls decide to give up, Misaki finds Takumi by outdoor walk way, tending to an abandoned kitten. She tries to deny being interested in Takumi's private life, after he remarks that it was the first time she showed any interested in it at all and gives her his address just in case she changes her mind. Afterwards, while Misaki's looks over the directions at her home, Takumi is seen living alone in a tall apartment building with the kitten.
12	"Still a Maid even in the Sports Festival" "Taiikusai demo Meido-sama" (体育祭でもメイド様)	June 17, 2010	December 10, 2010
At the Seika High Sports Festival, Misaki participates and wins every event to secure the prizes for the girls' team. At the obstacle race, where the first prize is a kiss from an unwilling Sakura, Misaki takes the lead until one of the boys tries to push her into the pool to disqualify her. Takumi saves her from falling and wins the race, but decides to reject the prize, so Misaki wins as the runner-up instead. Later on, Misaki enters the costume race on behalf of Shizuko. Inside the changing tent, she is shocked to discover she has to wear a maid costume but accidentally switches it with Yukimura's. Yukimura is jeered by the boys for wearing the maid costume, which upsets Misaki. However Takumi explains that because Yukimura is putting so much effort into the event, the others tease him because they can and Misaki resolves to help him. Therefore Takumi and Misaki put together some cool costumes to wear and defend Yukimura, then finish the race with him. Yukimura enjoys himself, and Misaki is inspired to make the day even better next year.
13	"Idiot, Delinquent, and Hero" "Baka to Furyō to Hīrō to" (バカと不良とヒーローと)	June 24, 2010	December 13, 2010
Gouki Aratake, the strongest delinquent in Seisen Middle School, wants to be like his revered senpai, the former gang leader "Shiroyan"(White Devil) - but he and his gang think "Shiroyan" (Naoya Shirakawa of the Idiot Trio) has gone soft. Aratake wants the old Naoya back, so he abducts a cross-dressing Yukimura, who they mistake for Naoya's girlfriend. Misaki, Takumi, the Idiot Trio and Aoi (who studies at Seisen) go to rescue him. After changing into disguises, and a few interruptions by their friends, they sneak into Aratake's hideout and find him arguing with one of his friends over Naoya. A fight erupts between Naoya and Aratake, which Naoya wins. A crying Aratake admits he only wanted to be strong like Naoya, who gives him some words of encouragement. With the ordeal over, the Idiot Trio introduce Misaki to the gang as their “Chief Maid President,” a more fearsome gangster than them, much to her horror. Amidst the chaos, everyone forgets about poor Yukimura.
14	"Class 1-7 Soutarou Kanou" "Ichinen Nanakumi Kanō Sōtarō" (1年7組 叶爽太郎)	July 1, 2010	December 14, 2010
The Student Council plans to hold an open house at Seika High to attract more girls to enroll there. A girl-hating freshman named Soutarou Kanou is against it, and tries to derail their work by hypnotizing people, but he is stopped by Takumi, who is immune to his abilities. To get revenge on Takumi, he hypnotizes Misaki to hate Takumi forever if she falls asleep within 24 hours. Misaki stays up all night with Takumi's help, but Kanou manages to hypnotize Yukimura into give her a sleep-inducing painkiller, making her extremely sleepy. With five minutes left before the time limit, she slowly dozes off and asks Takumi if she'll remember the feelings of gratitude she has towards him and hopes she'll get the chance to thank him properly. Takumi hugs her, promising that he'll save her as much as she wants and will make her fall for him all over again.
15	"School Visitation Association & A Glasses Rabbit" "Gakkō Kengaku-kai de Megane Usagi" (学校見学会で眼鏡うさぎ)	July 8, 2010	December 15, 2010
It's revealed that Misaki did not doze off and was able to beat Kanou's hypnotic suggestion. She decides to punish Kanou by forcing him to help the girls with the upcoming Open House cafeteria. After initially trying to escape, Kanou begins to work with the girls and gets over his dislike for them, which came from a childhood experience. Dressed as a butler with a hood and bunny ears, he tries to help a middle schoolgirl get over her fear of men, and later thanks Misaki for helping him. Misaki later thanks Takumi for helping with the sports clubs in the only way she can think of - by giving him a pat on the head.
16	"Maid Latte in the Beach Party!" "Umi no Ie de mo Meido Rate" (海の家でもメイドラテ)	July 15, 2010	December 16, 2010
It's the summer vacation and the Maid Latte crew have been invited by Nagisa (Satsuki's sister) to her beach resort, with Aoi and Takumi tagging along. The girls decide to help out at the resort by hosting a one-day Maid café event to attract customers, however Misaki isn't as keen to wear the sexy swimsuit uniform. Takumi gives her a hickey on her back that forces her to wear a t-shirt to hide it. Later that night, the ladies head out to local hot springs to celebrate, but Misaki reluctantly decides to stay behind after being spooked by Honoka's ghost story and due to the hickey. She later rushes after them alone, believing they had left their tickets behind. She gets lost and scared on the way, and is terrified when Takumi suddenly grabs her arm. Takumi realises that he completely scared Misaki and hugs her to calm her down whilst apologizing. Aoi arrives and sees them, and tells Misaki to just admit she likes Takumi. Upon reaching the hot springs, Misaki realises her effort was in vain as the tickets she had were only extras.
17	"Usui becomes an Enemy!" "Usui, Teki ni Mawaru" (碓氷、敵に回る)	July 22, 2010	December 17, 2010
On the second day of summer vacation, Nagisa agrees to allow her nephew Aoi to cross-dress if he wins the local mixed beach volleyball tournament, where the winning team also become the Beach Prince and Princess. Misaki, impressed by Aoi’s determination, agrees to be his volleyball partner. Erika and Takumi also surprise everyone by joining the tournament. Both teams easily defeat their competition, earning them a face off in the final round. Misaki is frustrated that Takumi is trying so hard to beat them and blurts out her anger, much to the crowd’s surprise and her embarrassment. Misaki makes a risky save for the ball, sending her towards the umpire stand, but Takumi moves in and shields her from the impact. With Takumi injured, Aoi and Misaki win the tournament, but Misaki skips the victory party to apologize to Takumi. At the beach, Takumi reveals he only joined the tournament to prevent Misaki from becoming the Beach Princess and getting exploited. Misaki is touched, but as they are about to kiss they are interrupted by a sudden explosion of fireworks. With their vacation over, everyone decides to have a group photo taken.
18	"Even The Maid is a Footman" "Meido-sama de mo Futtoman" (メイド様でもフットマン)	July 29, 2010	December 20, 2010
The Miyabigaoka Student Council return because Kanade Maki wants to buy Maid Latte for his family's dining empire and replace it with a butler cafe. In disguise, Misaki and Subaru decide to join the male-only footman auditions to prove the skills of the Maid Latte staff. As the audition becomes more difficult, Subaru is revealed to be a girl and disqualified. Misaki also discovers that Kanou and Yukimura, and Aoi and Takumi, are also auditioning. Aoi gets disqualified for being underage, and Tora suggests that Takumi and Misaki can remain as a team if they can prove their eligibility. Misaki passes the gender test by grabbing Takumi's hand and planting it on her flat chest, tricking everyone into thinking she is a boy. Misaki and Takumi are allowed to pair up and move on to the next round.
19	"Re-Paired in the Footman Audition" "Pea Kuminaoshi de Futtoman" (ペア組み直しでフットマン)	August 5, 2010	December 21, 2010
In the second round of the footman auditions, Takumi and Misaki succeed in the required task of setting up a high class table for afternoon tea. Takumi also has to contend with Yukimura's curiosity by assuming a false identity and referring to Misaki as a boy. Before the third round begins, Misaki falls from the high stage and Takumi breaks her fall. Takumi is injured, but tries to hide it, so Misaki decides to do all of the tasks in the third round to conceal it. This raises Maki's suspicions, but Takumi tries to cover it up by playing the violin. Misaki, seeing Takumi secretly in pain, begs him to stop and lectures Maki on the importance of helping colleagues. Moved by her speech, Maki decides to call off buying Maid Latte and move his butler cafe elsewhere. Misaki visits Takumi's apartment to take care of him, and is surprised to find him living alone in a luxurious apartment. She apologizes for being so dependent on him, but he confesses that he has also become dependent on her, and embarrasses her with a hug.
20	"The Vice-President is a Prince?" "Fukukaichō wa Ōji-sama!?" (副会長は王子様!?)	August 12, 2010	December 22, 2010
	"Aoi and the Happy Friends" "Aoi to Yukai na Nakamatachi" (AOIとユカイな仲間たち)
Yukimura’s little sister Ruri loves playing make-believe princess but refuses to acknowledge her brother as he does not meet her ideal image of a prince. She meets the "prince-like" Takumi, and Yukimura convinces Takumi to go on a date with his sister in order to gain her favor. Things go as planned (with Takumi wearing a prince costume made by Aoi) until the others fear the "princelier" Takumi may replace Yukimura as Ruri’s big brother. Kanou and Misaki try to interrupt the date, so Ruri runs away, almost causing a cupboard to fall on her. Takumi stops the cupboard whilst Yukimura shields her. Yukimura scolds Ruri when her prideful behavior goes too far, and she apologizes and accepts her big brother. Sometime later, Kanou and Yukimura save Aoi from a group of thugs, but do not recognize him as he is cross-dressing. Aoi decides to enlist them and the Three Idiots to film aPV. Aoi enjoys the crew’s enthusiasm, but tries to deny it when they see Aoi genuinely smile. An escaping thief bumps into Aoi, causing him to drop the camera’s memory card. Aoi tries to catch it and nearly falls doing so, but is saved by Misaki, who was chasing the thief. Despite Aoi's abuses, the crew enjoyed working with 'her' and offer to search for the memory card, which landed below on Takumi by chance.
21	"Usui's Rival? Hinata Shintani" "Usui no raibaru? Shintani Hinata" (碓氷のライバル？深谷陽向)	August 19, 2010	December 23, 2010
Misaki orders the sports clubs to clean up their filthy club rooms. They initially refuse, but agree after Yukimura tells them food will be provided by the Student Council. After the Student Council finish making rice balls, the famished sports club members barge in to eat, but discard and unknowingly badmouth Misaki's terrible rice balls. Angered by this, Misaki chases the sports club members out of the room. Takumi later visits the sleeping Misaki, hugs her and praises her hard work. Kanou overhears and wonders why Misaki and Takumi won’t admit their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, a transfer student named Hinata Shintani arrives. He irks Misaki with his childish behavior and gluttony for food, but the male students admire his child-like innocence and ability to accurately guess food by smell. Hinata reveals that he used to live in the area and has returned to find his first love: “Misa-chan”. Upon hearing this, Misaki realizes that Hinata is her chubby childhood friend “You-kun”. Misaki later blurts out Hinata’s nickname when he falls from a tree, and Hinata realizes who she is and hugs Misaki, to the shock of everyone around them - including the annoyed Takumi.
22	"Outdoor School Tag Game" "Rinkan gakkō onigokko" (林間学校オニごっこ)	August 26, 2010	December 24, 2010
It's the Seika High Outdoor field trip, and the students have to endure a hard life of Enlightenment at a Buddhist temple for five days and four nights. Misaki has to deal with the girls' interest in her relationship with Hinata, as well as both Hinata and Takumi vying for her attention. Misaki accidentally gets trapped with Hinata, and he confesses to her and asks her to see him as a man. Takumi overhears and interrupts before Misaki can respond. On the fourth day of the trip, the boys lose their sanity due to the grueling activities and start lusting after the girls. As the girls brace themselves in their cabin, Misaki goes out to stop the boys and drives them back with the help of Hinata and Takumi. Later, Takumi confronts Misaki about her feelings for Hinata, and she explains that she only sees him as a childhood friend. Relieved with her answer, Takumi faints on top of her from hunger.
23	"Sweets Feast at Maid Latte" "Suītsu ōmori meido rate" (スイーツ大盛りメイドラテ)	September 2, 2010	December 27, 2010
Erika asks Misaki for help after accidentally promising to date a customer (against Maid Latte policy) should he win the cafe's all-you-can-eat sweet eating contest. Misaki joins the contest in disguise to ensure he loses, however Hinata ends up beating everyone and gets to choose one maid to serve and take a picture with him. Hinata naturally chooses 'Misa-chan' as his maid. Satsuki and Erika devise a plan to keep Misaki's secret with a disguise, but Misaki struggles to lie to Hinata and decides to reveal her secret to him. Takumi is irritated by her feelings for Hinata and starts to consider him a serious rival. He questions Misaki about their relationship and warns Hinata not to come near Misaki - however Misaki is only confused by their jealous squabbles.
24	"Latte Magic Mellow Mellowing ♥" "Rate Majikku de Meromerorin ♥" (ラテ・マジックでメロメロリン ♥)	September 9, 2010	December 28, 2010
The rivalry between Hinata and Takumi gets more tense and Misaki throws both of them out of the student council room for quarreling. Misaki’s mother meets Hinata, and he accompanies her home where he explains to Misaki that he’s trying to find the cherry tree where they used to play. At Maid Latte the next day, the maids are cosplaying characters from the anime “Maid Witches” and Misaki is acting a little nervous around Takumi. Hinata arrives and the jealous tension between him and Takumi escalates to a point that Takumi decides to leave. Hinata asks Misaki to “cast a spell” on him so that he can find the cherry tree. After her shift, Aoi asks Misaki to explain her relationship with Takumi. She ponders her answer while taking out the trash and finds Takumi waiting for her - also wanting to know the same answer. To hide her embarrassment, Misaki throws a punch at Takumi, but he blocks it and tells her that he'll make his feelings clear instead. He does so by pulling her into an embrace and murmuring a 'no-lying' spell in her ear, demanding she answer his question truthfully. She answers somewhat off topic, but stops resisting his hug. Meanwhile, Hinata finds the cherry tree and convinces himself that his meeting with Misaki was fated.
25	"Hinata, Misaki, and Usui" "Hinata to Misaki to Usui-kun" (陽向と美咲と碓氷くん)	September 16, 2010	December 29, 2010
Hinata reminiscences about his past and, despite being popular with the girls in middle school, he continues to think about Misaki. Sakura invites Misaki and Shizuko to Yumesaki's Culture Festival where UxMishi are playing a concert, assuring Misaki that Kuuga has changed for the better. Takumi also gets invited after “begging” Misaki to let him come. At Maid Latte, the café hosts a Fortune Telling Day. As the fortune teller, Erika tells Hinata and Takumi that their relationship with Misaki is “flat as a paper balloon” and “incompatible like fire and water” respectively. Takumi waits for Misaki to finish her shift and appears depressed about the fortune, provoking Misaki to emotionally ask if he's going to give up on her over of a fortune - and causing her to blush. Hinata overhears and is annoyed. The next day, Hinata helps Misaki clean the school and ends up getting them both wet. With her clothes wet and revealing, Takumi covers her with his shirt and accompanies her to get changed. Hinata cries after he realizes what his friends from middle school were warning him about — that Misaki may already be in love with someone else. Later, at the Yumesaki Festival, Misaki and Takumi get separated from Sakura and Shizuko in the crowd of UxMishi fans. With no way of reuniting with them, Takumi suggests they enjoy the festival together instead.
26	"That's Cunning of You Ayuzawa, Usui You Idiot!" "Zurusugiruyo Ayuzawa, Usui no Aho!" (ずるすぎるよ鮎沢、碓氷のアホ！)	September 23, 2010	December 30, 2010
After getting away from the crowd, Takumi and Misaki join a contest for couples. After initially being reluctant, Takumi's teasing fires Misaki up and they complete the contest and win special tickets to the post-festival fireworks. After the UxMishi concert, Misaki tries to find Sakura and Shizuko, but finds Kuuga instead. Misaki gets some reassurance that Kuuga is serious about Sakura, whilst Kuuga wonders why Misaki isn't dating Takumi yet and accuses her of being cruel to him. After the festival, Misaki and Takumi get dressed up in Romeo and Juliet costumes as part of their prize, and go to an empty classroom to get a better view of the fireworks. With Kuuga's words in her thoughts, Misaki confesses to Takumi that she doesn't understand her feelings for him, but wants to be with him. He hugs her, tells her he loves her, and they kiss during the fireworks. Later, they walk around the festival hand in hand. In the epilogue, as everyone continues with their daily lives, it is revealed that Suzuna knows her sister likes a boy, Aoi is living with Satsuki again and Hinata is still vowing to win Misaki’s heart.
OVA	"It's an Omake (New Special Episode)" "Omake dayo (Shinsaku Tokubetsu Episōdo)" (おまけだよ （新作特別エピソード）)	May 11, 2011 (DVD release)
After getting her maid uniform torn, Misaki asks Suzuna to fix it while she receives Suzuna's prizes delivered by Shizuko and Sakura. Much to her shock, her mother and Suzuna try on her fixed maid uniform before finally getting it back on her. While getting a stone to use for making Tsukemono, Hinata and Takumi arrive at the Ayuzawa residence to give them some vegetables delivered by Hinata's grandfather. After having dinner, Misaki asks Takumi if he's still taking care of the kitten he adopted and he replies that he is, but hasn't given it a name yet. Misaki suggests that he should name the kitten "Licht" after the tea tin box delivered to Suzuna. Takumi thinks it's a great name since "Licht" is German and Dutch for "Light".