Sunday, September 28, 2008 0 comment(s)

I was just gazing through the latest arrivals in TeenC@m when a comic book caught my eye.The cover was pretty and perfectly drawn.A girl was buying it and I decided to give the comic a try too.That's how I got bitten by the Story.(^_^)

Once an all boys school Seika High, a renowned school full of reckless and filthy students was turned into a co-ed school. With the minority still being females even after the change over the recent years, 16-year-old Ayazawa Misaki takes in her own hands to change the school and allow a chance for the girls to feel safer in the rough environment. 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 dictator and as a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students. She has a secret though that no one must ever find out — she's actually a part-time employee in a maid café. Unfortunately, it's instantly revealed when the popular and somewhat impassive 17-year-old student Usui Takumi, nonchalantly discovers her in a maid uniform after school while taking out the trash!

Ayuzawa Misaki
Kaichou wa Maid sama! or translated in english as Class President is a Maid!, was first published on December 2005 as a single chapter in Hakusensha monthly manga shoujo magazine LALA. Then it was officially serialized the next year, April 24th 2006. Its creator is Hiro Fujiwara.

The series is still being published every month (or twice a month) with approximately 30 pages per chapters and then compiled into tankoubons (volumes) of 4 chapters each. It has currently 21 chapters with 4 volumes released. (time of writing: January 2008)

The story follows the life of Ayuzawa Misaki, an outwardly normal but actually very violent high school girl. She attends a school that up until this year had been an all-boys school but recently went co-ed. Misaki is president of the student council, and maintains strict order and demands compliance. She is not impressed with any of the guys at her school, and treats them all with contempt. Misaki doesn like guys because her father ran out on her family when she was little. She routinely abuses the guys around her, who all tremble at the sight of her. It will take a special guy to impress her.

Our hero is Usui Takumi. Naturally he is very handsome and popular, but he is not impressed with any of the girls at school. Girls are always confessing to him, and he always turns them down. His main reason is because he is simply tired of girls, what with being so popular and cool and all. (aw, poor thing)

One day Takumi happens to find out Misaki dark secret- she works a part time job at a maid cafe! This totally goes against the hard-as-nails violent image she has at school. Ahhh?this makes for an interesting situation. Misaki is like a whirlwind of energy, leading the student council, and working at the cafe. Her attitude is very direct and rough. She is strong and smart, and can beat up the guys at school without difficulty. She mutters to herself a lot, and her language can be rather tough. But she has a soft side that Takumi eventually notices and that part of her catches his interest. Takumi learns that Misaki works at the maid cafe to support her weak mother and younger sister. Of course he ends up visiting her at work a lot, much to her general dismay.

Much of this series seems to be Takumi sort of going along for the ride as we follow Misaki various antics as she whips everyone into shape at school, and presides over various school events as the class president. Then there is the double life with her job at the cafe that she tries desperately to keep secret. Will Takumi reveal her job to the other guys at school (there is that threat hanging over her)? Can Misaki find another job before this happens?

Credits to: fan.ash-snow/kaicho (too lazy to come up with my own plurb*Shrugs)
Just checked the fansite.The 6th book is coming out in September 5!!!(>///<)!!!