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Maid Sama!

TV·2010–2010·1 season, 26 episodes·MBS·Animation, Comedy·25m·8.5

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Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret, she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A-student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.

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  1. 01Maid Sama! S01E26Too Cruel Ayuzawa & Usui the Idiot!S01E26 · 9.0Misaki and Usui decide to enjoy the festival together, and end up joining a contest called 'Love Trial.' The prize is a premium ticket to the post-festival event, and the only rule is that you must never let go of your partner's hand.
  2. 02Maid Sama! S01E19Footman Through a Change of PairsS01E19 · 8.5In the second round of the footman auditions, Usui and Misaki succeed in the required task of setting up a high class table for afternoon tea. But before the third round begins, Misaki falls off the stage.
  3. 03Maid Sama! S01E24Lovey-Dovey Through Latte Magic ♥S01E24 · 8.5The rivalry between Hinata and Usui gets more tense than ever. When the two flare up in the student council room, Misaki throws both of them out for fighting. Meanwhile, the Maid Latte maids are cosplaying as characters from the anime "Maid Witches."

Castfull cast & details

Ayumi FujimuraAyumi FujimuraMisaki Ayuzawa (voice)Nobuhiko OkamotoNobuhiko OkamotoTakumi Usui (voice)Kazuyoshi ShiibashiKazuyoshi ShiibashiShouichirou Yukimura (voice)Kana HanazawaKana HanazawaSakura Hanazono (voice)Yu KobayashiYu KobayashiShizuko Kaga (voice)Kenichi SuzumuraKenichi SuzumuraTora Igarashi (voice)
Takuya Kuriyama
Takuya KuriyamaChinatsu Aramaki (voice)Kaori IshiharaKaori IshiharaSuzuna Ayuzawa (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes2010Aired 7.9Season avg
  1. S01E01Maid Sama! S01E01Misaki Is a Maid!April 2, 2010 7.7Student school president Misaki is overly stern due to some tough going in her life. This sparks the interest of exceptional student Usui.
  2. S01E02Maid Sama! S01E02A Maid Even at the Campus Festival!April 8, 2010 6.5A school festival brings Misaki and Usui closer.
  3. S01E03Maid Sama! S01E03What Color is Misaki? Natural Color?April 15, 2010 8.3Usui has some good ideas for Misaki.
  4. S01E04Maid Sama! S01E04Net Idol AoiApril 22, 2010 8.3Maid Latte is visited by Aoi, a famous net idol who is also Satsuki's niece. Aoi is excited to try the café's uniform, much to Satsuki's cha
  5. S01E05Maid Sama! S01E05First Time Minding the ShopApril 29, 2010 8.3Satsuki warns Misaki about a group of stalkers targeting cosplay cafés, but Misaki isn't worried. On a night when Misaki is closing the café
  6. S01E06Maid Sama! S01E06Men & the Ayuzawa Cram SchoolMay 6, 2010 8.3Misaki aquires a group of fans at school-- the Inuyama quintuplets. They want to know everything about her, but this could reveal her secret
  7. S01E07Maid Sama! S01E07Enter the Student Council President of MiyabigaokaMay 13, 2010 8.0A phone call from Sakura and Shizuko prompts Misaki to stop a fight between two Seika High students and three students from the prestigious
  8. S01E08Maid Sama! S01E08Misaki Goes to MiyabigaokaMay 20, 2010 8.0Given three days to decide, Misaki is torn about accepting the Miyabigaoka scholarship. When she finally goes to Miyabigaoka to give her ans
  9. S01E09Maid Sama! S01E09Maid-Sama Does MomotaroMay 27, 2010 7.5Takumi narrates a strange retelling of Momotar with Misaki as the titular character herself.
  10. S01E10Maid Sama! S01E10Sakura's Indie-Label LoveJune 3, 2010 8.0Sakura, an avid fan of indie rock band U-memishi, falls in love with its vocalist Kuuga. She invites Misaki and Shizuko to a tea party with
  11. S01E11Maid Sama! S01E11The Secret of Takumi Usui Approaches!June 10, 2010 8.0One day, Usui meets Misaki's mother and helps her carry her apples. As thanks, she invites him over to her house for tea. Misaki drags him t
  12. S01E12Maid Sama! S01E12Maid Sama & the Sports FestivalJune 17, 2010 8.0It's the Seika High Sports Festival, and Misaki wins every event for the girls. At the obstacle race, where first prize is a kiss from a hor
  13. S01E13Maid Sama! S01E13Idiots & Juveniles & Heroes &...June 24, 2010 8.0Aratake, the strongest delinquent in school, and his gang can't believe Naoya Shirakawa, a former gang leader himself, has gone soft; so the
  14. S01E14Maid Sama! S01E14Soutane Kano of Class 1-7July 1, 2010 8.0The Student Council plans to hold an open house at Seika High to attract more girls to enroll there. However, a girl-hating freshman named S
  15. S01E15Maid Sama! S01E15Bespectacled Rabbit at the Open CampusJuly 8, 2010 8.0Soutarou is shocked to find out that Misaki was able to stay awake until the 24-hour time limit. As punishment, Misaki forces Soutarou to he
  16. S01E16Maid Sama! S01E16Maid Latte at the Beach HouseJuly 15, 2010 8.0It's the summer vacation, and the Maid Latte crew have been invited by Satsuki's sister Nagisa to her beach resort, with Aoi tagging along;
  17. S01E17Maid Sama! S01E17Usui Becomes the EnemyJuly 22, 2010 8.0It's the second day of the Maid Latte crew's vacation at the beach house. Nagisa is allowing Aoi to cross-dress if he wins the beach volleyb
  18. S01E18Maid Sama! S01E18Maid Sama is a FootmanJuly 29, 2010 8.0The Miyabigaoka Student Council aims to buy Maid Latte in a hostile takeover and replace it with a butler cafe. The only way for Misaki to s
  19. S01E19Maid Sama! S01E19Footman Through a Change of PairsAugust 5, 2010 8.5In the second round of the footman auditions, Usui and Misaki succeed in the required task of setting up a high class table for afternoon te
  20. S01E20Maid Sama! S01E20The Vice President is a Prince?! / Aoi and Her Fun CompanionsAugust 12, 2010 7.5Yukimura's little sister Ruri loves playing make-believe princess but refuses to acknowledge her brother. When she meets "prince-like" Usui,
  21. S01E21Maid Sama! S01E21Usui's Rival?! Hinata ShintaniAugust 19, 2010 7.5Misaki orders the sports clubs to clean up their club rooms. Meanwhile, a transfer student named Hinata Shintani arrives and irks Misaki due
  22. S01E22Maid Sama! S01E22Tag at the Forest SchoolAugust 26, 2010 7.0It is the Seika High Outdoor field trip, and the students have been tricked into enduring a hard life of Enlightenment at a Buddhist temple
  23. S01E23Maid Sama! S01E23Maid Latte & a Whole Bunch of SweetsSeptember 2, 2010 6.5Erika asks Misaki for help when she promised a customer a date--which is against Maid Latte policy. However, Hinata joins the contest and wi
  24. S01E24Maid Sama! S01E24Lovey-Dovey Through Latte Magic ♥September 9, 2010 8.5The rivalry between Hinata and Usui gets more tense than ever. When the two flare up in the student council room, Misaki throws both of them
  25. S01E25Maid Sama! S01E25Hinata & Misaki & UsuiSeptember 16, 2010 7.0Hinata reminiscences about his past. At Maid Latte, the café hosts a Fortune Telling Day with Erika as the fortune teller-- who gives Usui a
  26. S01E26Maid Sama! S01E26Season's bestToo Cruel Ayuzawa & Usui the Idiot!September 23, 2010 9.0Misaki and Usui decide to enjoy the festival together, and end up joining a contest called 'Love Trial.' The prize is a premium ticket to th

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