9.025 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestMisaki 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.
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.
Acting
Fujimura's voice work captures Misaki's volcanic embarrassment perfectly.
Writing
Usui's cryptic one-liners hit different after multiple watches.
Production
The maid cafe aesthetic is aggressively pink and weirdly cozy.
Ayumi Fujimura
Misaki Ayuzawa (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Takumi Usui (voice)
Kazuyoshi Shiibashi
Shouichirou Yukimura (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Sakura Hanazono (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
Shizuko Kaga (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Tora Igarashi (voice)
Kaori Ishihara
Suzuna Ayuzawa (voice)
Mariya Ise
Erika (voice)
Kana Asumi
Honoka (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Satsuki Hyoudou (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Soutarou Kanou (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Ryuunosuke Kurosaki (voice)
Takuma Terashima
Ikuto Sarashina (voice)
Atsushi Abe
Hinata Shintani (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maid cafes peaked in late-2000s Akihabara culture; this anime both satirizes and commodifies the phenomenon for shoujo audiences.
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