The First Anime and Shojo Manga I Saw: Kaichou Wa Maid Sama [En-Es]
The first time I saw a shojo genre plot was in 2016. Having never tried a genre other than shōnen before, watching Kaichou Wa Maid Sama at this point was something really new to me. It's rare for a man to watch an anime and read a shojo manga. Usually, we would go for drama, horror and even gore. I really like gore.
La primera vez que vi una trama de género shojo fue en 2016. Nunca había probado con un género distinto que no fuera Shonen, ver en éste punto Kaichou Wa Maid Sama fue algo realmente nuevo para mí. Es raro que un hombre vea un anime y lea un manga shojo. Por lo general optaríamos por el drama, el horror e incluso el gore. A mí me gusta mucho el gore.
Kaichou Wa Maid Sama was a recommendation from a college friend. It's actually an anime that I ended up liking a lot. The concept and animation were good enough to keep me entertained. That friend recommended an Ecchi anime to me. I remember telling him that I played 5 minutes of that anime that I don't remember the name of, and I stopped watching it. Ecchi is not my favorite genre; I don't like it. Upon telling him this, he recommended Kaichou Wa Maid Sama. It all came up in the midst of challenges and distracting means to drain the responsibilities.
The romantic plot is very good, centered on the relationship between Kaichou Ayuzawa, Misaki (I love you, Misaki), and the Usui, high school beau, Takumi. In other words, the story takes place at Seika High School.
One of the main aspects is that this high school has a majority boy population, but Misaki is the president of the student center, or rather, the demon president, as everyone calls her in the story.
Misaki has a personality that surrounds you and makes you understand her. She is a woman who fights and achieves great things. I say that because I watched the anime and read the manga in its entirety. What do you mean, I read the entire manga? Originally, I watched the 26-episode anime and one Ova, but since the story was interesting and there were things I wanted to know, I decided to go for the whole thing. Every single event hits home emotionally, and I understood why it was recommended to me. There's a lot of purity; it's a beautiful school romance.
Kaichou Wa Maid Sama fue una recomendación de una amistad universitaria. La verdad es un anime que terminó por gustarme mucho. El concepto y la animación fueron lo suficiente buenos para poder mantenerme entretenido. Esa amistad me recomendó un anime Ecchi. Recuerdo que le dije que reproduje 5 minutos de ese anime que no recuerdo el nombre y lo dejé de ver. El ecchi no es mi género favorito, no me gusta. Al decirle esto, me recomendó Kaichou Wa Maid Sama. Todo surgió en medio de retos y medios distractores que permitieran drenar las responsabilidades.
La trama romántica es muy buena, se centra entre la relación de la Kaichou Ayuzawa, Misaki (te amo Misaki) y el galán de la preparatoria Usui, Takumi. En otras palabras, la historia ocurre en el Seika High School.
Uno de los principales aspectos es que esta escuela de preparatoria posee una población mayoritaria de chicos, pero Misaki es la presidente del centro de estudiantes, o mejor dicho, la presidente demonio, como todos le llaman en la historia.
Misaki tiene una personalidad que te envuelve y te hace entenderla. Es una mujer luchadora y que logra grandes cosas. Lo digo por qué vi el anime y leí el manga por completo. ¿Cómo que leí el manga completo? Originalmente, vi el anime de 26 capítulos y una ova, pero como la historia era interesante y había cosas que quería saber, decidí apostar por ver todo lo que ocurre. Cada uno de los hechos pega emocionalmente y entendí por qué me la recomendaron. Hay mucha pureza, es un hermoso romance escolar.
Certainly, Misaki, despite being the Kaichou of Seika High School, is also an ordinary person, with problems like everyone else, and so she surprisingly works as a maid in coffee. In the first 26 episodes, Misaki focuses on keeping her secret so as not to be ridiculed at her school.
Do you know where this is going? Well, if she hides the truth, there is someone who finds out what she does after she leaves school, and that character is the protagonist of the story, Usui Walker Takumi.
Ciertamente, Misaki a pesar de ser la Kaichou del Seika High School, también es una persona ordinaria, con problemas como todas las personas y, así es como ella, de una manera sorprendente, trabaja en un café de maids. En los primeros 26 episodios, Misaki se centra en poder guardar su secreto para no verse ridiculizada en su escuela.
¿Ya saben por dónde va todo? Bueno, si ella oculta la verdad, existe alguien que descubre lo que ella hace luego de salir de clases y ése personaje es el protagonista de la historia, Usui Walker Takumi.
Usui's character is that of a typical boy who knows how to do everything, i.e., cook, act, is good at sports, plays the typical violin, and is beautiful enough to be very popular. All is perfect so far, right? However, Usui hides a lot of secrets in the story; every little detail can be understood with more insight in the manga.
At this point, I would like to highlight the production of the anime that took place in 2010. The adaptation is well done, and the images of the characters are aesthetically digestible visually. At that time, the color yellow was used a lot together with the color pink to express emotions. This is also the case in this story.
El personaje de Usui es ése típico chico que sabe hacer de todo, es decir, cocinar, actuar, es bueno en los, deportes, toca el típico violín, y es lo suficiente hermoso para ser muy popular. Todo perfecto hasta ahora, ¿verdad? Sin embargo, Usui esconde muchos secretos en la historia, cada pequeño detalle se puede entender con mayor perspicacia en el manga.
En este punto quiero destacar la producción del anime que se efectuó en el año 2010. La adaptación está bien realizada y las imágenes de los personajes son estéticamente digeribles visualmente. En ése tiempo el color amarillo se utilizaba mucho junto al color rosado para expresar las emociones. Eso también sucede en esta historia.
The genres you can see in anime and manga are mainly romanced, comedy and drama. These three genres are very well compacted, and there are many things that make you laugh, such as the nickname Misaki uses to refer to Usui: “funny alien from the planet pheromone”.
Something that debates the plot of the anime and manga in a very healthy way is Misaki's strict rules in Seika. Many boys accuse her of being a demon, a feminist, and evil. The hatred towards the Kaichou is noticeable in many episodes; however, her secret activities in Maid Latte show that she is not really that kind of evil person everyone thinks.
I should point out that Misaki is a character who prioritizes honor, but because of her limited resources, she has to work to support her studies. Usui, on the other hand, is a guy who has it all; he's an idiot, sexy and stubborn to a certain extent.
Really, for the first shojo I've seen, I liked the warmth of the characters and how they were growing little by little. Even when they try to separate them, they have to decide between their dreams, money or the love they feel for each other.
If you watch the anime and read the manga, you will laugh a lot at what happens in Seika and Maid Latte, the costumes each of the maids wears, and what they say. It really is a unique story that even has a message of self-worth and what a human being can do to grow up. Kaichou, I love you.
Los géneros que puedes ver en el anime y manga son principalmente el romance, la comedia y el drama. Estos tres géneros se compactan muy bien, hay muchas cosas que te hacen reír, cómo es el sobrenombre que utiliza Misaki para referirse a Usui: "alien divertido del planeta feromona".
Algo que debate muy sanamente el argumento del anime y manga son las reglas estrictas de Misaki en Seika. Muchos chicos la acusan de ser un demonio, feminista y malvada. El odio hacia la Kaichou se nota en muchos episodios; no obstante, sus actividades secretas en Maid Latte demuestran que realmente no es ese tipo de persona malvada que todos piensan.
Debo destacar, que Misaki es ese personaje que prioriza el honor, pero que por sus escasos recursos debe trabajar para mantener sus estudios. En cambio, Usui es un chico que lo tiene todo, es idiota, sexi y testarudo en cierto punto.
Realmente, para ser el primer shojo que vi, me gustó la calidez de los personajes y cómo iban creciendo poco a poco. Incluso, cuando los intentan separar, ellos deben decidir entre sus sueños, el dinero o el amor que se sienten mutuamente.
Si vez el anime y lees el manga te reirás mucho tanto por lo que sucede en Seika cómo en Maid Latte, los trajes que usan cada una de las maids y lo que dicen. Realmente, es una historia única que incluso posee un mensaje de valoración personal y lo que es capaz de hacer un ser humano para crecer. Kaichou te amo.
Traducción | Translation: DeepL.
No tanto, todo depende de la historia, yo he visto también, pero no dirigidos al romance como en este caso.
Un punto a tu favor. Todo depende de la historia y lo entretenida que sea.
Oh, kaichou wa maid sama was one of the first anime that I watched, but unfortunately I wasn't able to finish it. My weeb friend was the one who recommended it to me, assuming that I like shojo because I'm a girl, but shojo isn't really my thing. In fact most of the anime that I've watched and also manga that I've read are either shonen or seinen... so after watching a couple of episodes from it, I dropped it. But upon reading your review I am intrigued
So yeah, I'll definitely try reading its manga later since I'm really up for the story and details!
hahahahahaha you're one of mine. I think you should watch it, although I would recommend the manga more. I liked it more, but you also have to know where to read it from. Usui's secrets and what happens little by little develops.
What happened to you reminded me of what I commented on with the ecchi. :3
I watched this anime many years ago, I didn't read the manga, so my opinion is more reflected in what I watched in the anime.
I loved Misaki as the main character, she is very well made and with a nice personality for the viewer, I didn't like Usui at the beginning haha but I guess in the manga you can see more of his development and maybe even change my opinion about him.
Anyway, it is an entertaining anime and at the time I enjoyed it, it has a nice animation and a protagonist that pleases 👌
This is one of the best shojo animes out there. Can't believe it's already more than 10 years old!
Same here, I haven't seen a shojo anime for a long time since Sailor Moon, it is crazy because I watched some of the episodes of Sailor Moon back in the day.