The series' comedy is really quite good most of the time. Maid-sama at its best is extremely funny and enjoyable to watch. Despite this the series does end with a bang and has a very touching and satisfying conclusion which is probably the only thing that saved it from a lower overall score. Relationship development slows to a crawl and nothing of significance happens after the first third of the series until its end. But the typical problems that plague shoujo romances soon follow. The romantic chemistry between the two characters is quite good and builds very quickly early on. Misaki is revealed to not be quite the man hating tyrant she is in school and Usui is not the cold, unfeeling ladies man either. Thankfully the answer is no but what does follow, at least initially is a pretty fun and entertaining back and forth repartee between Misaki and Usui. Of course this means that the ultimate alpha male at the school, Usui Takumi, will find out about her secret. But she has a secret that could ruin her image as the tough and unyielding class president, she works part time in a Maid Cafe to help her family with the bills. She is strict and violent in protection of the female students and in making it a place friendlier to girls. Misaki Ayuzawa is the newly elected student council president at a mostly male high school. The premise behind Maid-sama has an initially interesting hook. Despite the series' fabulous artwork and a lot of great comedy, it is unfortunately a bit of a disappointment. Last year had featured a pretty good run of romance anime and this looked poised to continue that run. I had read a little of the manga and always found it to be funny. When news of this year's new shows began surfacing, Kaichou wa Maid-sama was near the top of the ones I was looking forward to most.

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