History Manga / MaidSama

Misaki and Takumi's lives, however, would truly cross for the first time the moment the latter discovers Misaki's best-kept secret: she works part-time in a [[{{meido}} maid]] costume at the "Maid Latte" MaidCafe in order to support her family. Despite this discovery, which Misaki fears will dash any respect left for her at school, Takumi does nothing... except become a frequent customer at the café, much to Misaki's confusion and chagrin. Is he planning to blackmail her? Is he just a jerk? Or, did the unthinkable happen -- he fell in love with her?

* PrettyBoy: Most of the important younger male cast.
** Usui, especially when he makes the effort (otherwise its just not drawn, but is represented to still be the case, given other people's reactions to him), and [[spoiler: his half brother Gerard Walker]], who looks like an older and more polished version of [[spoiler: him]]. One could also make a case for Tora Igarashi and Kuuga.
** Soutarou Kanou, too, if he had any confidence in himself, could likely pull this off. Also: a number of fangirls consider The Idiot Trio to be this, on the rare [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys occasions when they're drawn normally.]]
** Aoi, when he's in male clothing.

* CosplayCafe: Misaki works at a MaidCafe. Not only that, they also have cosplaying events (e.g. little sister day and witch-maid day).

''Kaichou wa Maid-sama!'' ("''The Student Council President is a Maid!''") -- ''Maid-Sama!'' for the US release -- is a {{Shoujo}} {{Manga}} written by Hiro Fujiwara, which ran in ''Magazine/LaLa'' from 2005 to 2013. An anime adaptation first aired in the Spring 2010 anime season, and is now available in the US by Creator/Section23Films. What's more, an OVA titled ''Kaichou wa Maid-sama! [=LaLa=] Special'' was released with an issue of [=LaLa=]. It features character introductions and a voice swapping comedy. The last DVD/BD of the anime also contained a short OVA featuring an extra story.

** EatTheDog: The three idiots (as Momotaro's monkey, pheasant, and dog partners) are always being told that if worse comes to worse, they will be used as food.

* AllMenArePerverts: Seika High is like this, considering that the school was just a few months into operating as co-ed. This fact became one of the reasons for Misaki's insistence in participating in the sports festival's obstacle course, as the prize for that would have been a kiss from her best friend Sakura.

* AllMenArePerverts: Seika High is like this, with a few exceptions.

* MultiEthnicName: This is the case for Miyazono Maria, since, while it can be pronounced in Japanese, Maria is ''Italian'' and used in a lot of Western countries.
** When Misaki finds out that [[spoiler: Usui is the child of an Englishwoman]], she soon begins to ponder what his name originally was, resulting in this. While she thinks it might have been "[[spoiler: Takumi Smith]]," it was actually "[[spoiler: Takumi Walker]]." It's later revealed that [[spoiler: Takumi's father is Yuu Hirose, meaning that had his mother's family allowed his father to keep him, his name would have been "Takumi Hirose," a completely Japanese name]].

* AccidentalMisnaming: The reason why Kanou lost the student council president election by one vote. People either kept misspelling his name or just put down "that guy with the glasses (No, not ''[[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses that one]]'')," leading to said ballots being discounted.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Well, most of the said power radiates from the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking President]].

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Usui and Misaki by chapter 57 in the manga]].

* ChristmasCake: [[ShipperOnDeck Satsuki Hyodou]] who is already at her early thirties in the story. Subverted with Maria Miyazono, as while she is quite old enough to qualify, she has a fianceé, not to mention the fact that she's revealed to be [[spoiler: [[LesYay lesbian]]]], making this really not apply to her.

* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: Usui's parents. His mother was a wealthy heiress in an ArrangedMarriage. His father was her butler. They were never able to consummate their love because of their different social statuses. When she became [[IllGirl terminally ill]], however, she decided to give into her feelings for him to experience the love she always wanted to have with him before she died]].

* CurbStompBattle: Basically any time Usui gets involved in any kind of competition. [[spoiler: Even if [[UpToEleven he has a broken arm]]]]. Misaki also delivers a few curbstomps herself (see above).

** Usui apparently has at least two in relation [[spoiler: to his biological mother, Patricia Walker]]: the whole [[TheAce standing-above-others]][[TheGadfly -while-teasing-them]] (especially those they're fond of) and [[TheStoic the stoicism, especially when troubled.]] [[spoiler: His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirks. According to [[spoiler: Gerard]], Usui's unpredictability comes from the same source. It's also revealed that the way he is TheAce UpToEleven at everything he actually tries his hand at is similar to [[spoiler: his [[LikeFatherLikeSon biological father, Yuu Hirose]]]].

** Suzuna and Yi Hua Li are also good examples. Suzuna is usually plain but cute, but she looks gorgeous and cute when make up and such is applied. Yi Hua Li is very proud of taking this UpToEleven, since she was originally ugly but her financé's efforts resulted in her becoming a ''model''.

%%* {{Squee}}: Not hard to imagine every time [[spoiler: Misaki and Usui kiss or get into intimate proximity]]. Taken UpToEleven in chapter 57.

* {{Bishounen}} / {{Biseinen}}: Most of the important younger male cast.

** StorybookEpisode: Mashing together several fables in the process.
*** [[LampshadeHanging All of which are lampshaded multiple times by Usui / Misaki.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Shizuko and Subaru have a pair of glasses as default. Satsuki also occasionally resorts to this as one of Maid Latte's gimmicks.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Initially limited to the students of Seika High School, Maid Latte, and a few characters from Miyabigaoka Academy and Yumesaki High, the cast further increased in number [[spoiler: when the topic of Usui's parentage took center stage]].

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* {{Megane}}: Kanou has them as default. So does Hideki Suzuki, Yukimura's friend in the Shogi club. Surprisingly, Usui has a pair as well, but he only wears them while at home or when he just finished bathing.

* MixedAncestry: This proves to be the case with several characters, most notably [[spoiler: Usui, his brother, and their mother]]. This is also evidently the case for Maria Miyazono. (See ButNotTooForeign.)

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: While it's fairly obvious that the primary lead characters (Misaki and Usui) were eventually gonna end up together, and with [[spoiler: Sakura already confirmed to have been with Kuuga as early as Chapter 62]], the final chapter added the following pairings into the mix: [[spoiler: Hinata and Suzuna, Erika and Kurotatsu, and Aoi and Honoka]] (the latter two, much to Misaki's surprise). A supplementary chapter also supports the notion that [[spoiler: Tora eventually married his fiancé Chiyo]]. ''And'' he married early, which is both stated to be the case and evinced by his son being ''five'' years old in the DistantFinale, meaning that his son was born when he was only twenty-three.

''Kaichou wa Maid-sama!'' ("''The Student Council President is a Maid!''") -- ''Maid-Sama!'' for the US release -- is a {{Shoujo}} {{Manga}} written by Hiro Fujiwara, with an anime adaptation which first aired in the Spring 2010 anime season, and is now available in the US by Creator/Section23Films. What's more, an OVA titled ''Kaichou wa Maid-sama! [=LaLa=] Special'' was released with the magazine [=LaLa=]. It featured character introductions and a voice swapping comedy. The last DVD/BD of the anime also contained a short OVA featuring an extra story.

The manga wrapped up in September 2013 at 85 chapters. An extra side chapter followed by another volume of extras was also released.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In spite of [[spoiler:Aoi]]'s crush on Misaki, he likes it when Misaki is "lovey-dovey" with Usui because [[spoiler:it makes her cuter, and Aoi likes it when Misaki looks cute]].
** [[spoiler:[[LipstickLesbian Maria Miyazono]]]] also helps Misaki and Usui get some time alone in chapter 58, purely for the sake of making Misaki happy.
** [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Hinata]] later pulls this too. [[spoiler:After Usui goes to Britain and gets kind of taken hostage by the Walkers, Hinata encourages Misaki to go to Britain herself and bring him back]].
** In chapter 75, the flashbacks show [[spoiler:Yuu Hirose, Usui's biological father, maintaining this attitude until Patricia revealed that she in love with him but was dying and wanted to spend a little time with him before she died]].
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Tora Igarashi and Koganei Hirofumi from Miyabigaoka Academy definitely counts; though the former does develop into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in later chapters, while the latter [[SanitySlippage just gets worse]].
** Also Kuuga from [=UxMishi=], but [[spoiler:LoveRedeems for the latter later on. When he gets sick and is cared for by Sakura, he reciprocates her feelings genuinely this time around]].
** Later on, [[spoiler:Gerard fills in this role, for the purpose of preventing Usui and Misaki's relationship from progressing, however, by the end of the series he has changed his tune]].
* {{Keet}}: Hinata, full-stop. He's cuter than a giant puppy made of puppies.[[note]][[FridgeHorror A puppy made of puppies is a terrifying concept though!]][[/note]] He should honestly be the poster boy for the trope in general.

* LastNameBasis: The only people to even refer to Usui by his first name are Hinata and [[spoiler:later on, Gerard Walker]], making it very easy to forget he ''even '''has''' one.''

** This is subverted in the [[DistantFinale additional extras:]] [[spoiler:by the time she gets married, she's lived on her own for a while and actively worked at it, solving this problem]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Initially limited to the students of Seika High School, Maid Latte, and a few characters from Miyabigaoka Academy and Yumesaki High, the cast further increased in number [[spoiler:when the topic of Usui's parentage took center stage]].

* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Usui actually gives one ''very'' early in the series [[note]]chapter 4 to be precise[[/note]], but since it's not reciprocated (yet) it causes nothing but intense awkwardness on Misaki's part. He pretends it was a joke so he can recover their previous relationship. Unfortunately, [[ForcefulKiss Yukimura didn't think it was funny at all]]]].
** This is later followed up by an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove in chapter thirty-two, by [[spoiler:Misaki]] to [[spoiler:Usui]] with all but the words themselves. He does the same in response, only he ''does'' say the words.
** In a much later chapter, [[spoiler:Misaki makes a valiant effort to confess to Usui, but he stops her because one of his brother's {{mook}}s is eavesdropping from the hallway.]]
** [[spoiler:Aoi]] makes the quickest confession in the world to Misaki in chapter 55. And he just moves on with the conversation without even batting an eye.
*** [[spoiler:And '''FINALLY''' they both confess in chapter 57! Misaki even manages to name Usui as her boyfriend in chapter 58, at least to the staff of Maid Latte. She insists on hiding their new status from anyone at Seika High for a while]].
*** [[spoiler:As of chapter 63, pretty much all of Seika High knows about the couple, after Misaki announces her feelings to Usui in front of ''everyone'' because no one believed that they were dating]].
** In the {{flashback}} concerning [[spoiler:Patricia's affair, she is shown to have hid her feelings for years until she found out that she was dying of the same illness which had taken her mother before her. She then gave Yuu a DyingDeclarationOfLove, which ultimately lead to Usui's birth. She also left another one as the final passage in her diary for everyone she loved regardless of the type of love involved]].

** This is also shown to have been the case for [[spoiler:Patricia and Yuu, in chapter 75, especially since the two had been split up by Patricia's father and she was ''dying'' of the same illness which had also taken her own mother]].

* MediumAwareness: In both the manga and anime, characters have a somewhat partial awareness of things like thought bubbles, visual representations, and the like. For example, when Usui and Hinata are looking at each other, with visible/audible symbolism of two rival dogs growling threateningly:

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: As a non-romantic example ([[spoiler:except on Aoi's part]]), Aoi (a feminine boy) and Misaki (a masculine girl).

* MixedAncestry: This proves to be the case with several characters, most notably [[spoiler:Usui, his brother, and their mother]]. This is also evidently the case for Maria Miyazono. (See ButNotTooForeign.)

%%* MomentKiller: Chapter 60. [[spoiler:''God damn it'' Hinata, why did you have to do it?!]]
* MoodWhiplash: In the anime: The first seven episodes are light and comedic, and portray Misaki as pretty much TheAce, except to MartyStu Usui. Then in episode eight, [[spoiler:she is easily incapacitated and nearly raped by Igarashi]]. The next episode is an over-the-top spoof of Japanese mythology.

** When Misaki finds out that [[spoiler:Usui is the child of an Englishwoman]], she soon begins to ponder what his name originally was, resulting in this. While she thinks it might have been "[[spoiler:Takumi Smith]]," it was actually "[[spoiler:Takumi Walker]]." It's later revealed that [[spoiler:Takumi's father is Yuu Hirose, meaning that had his mother's family allowed his father to keep him, his name would have been "Takumi Hirose," a completely Japanese name]].
* MysteriousProtector: Usui has some shades of this, somehow managing to appear whenever Misaki needs help.

** Notably, in chapter 53, when first Kanou and then Usui are trying the help Yukimura get a spider out of his clothes and are seen by the "foreign ninja" (i.e. [[spoiler:Cedric]]) at just the right moments such that it looks like they are in a sexual relationship with Yukimura (with Yukimura as the {{uke}}, of course).

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:While it's fairly obvious that the primary lead characters (Misaki and Usui) were eventually gonna end up together, and with [[spoiler:Sakura already confirmed to have been with Kuuga as early as Chapter 62]], the final chapter added the following pairings into the mix: [[spoiler:Hinata and Suzuna, Erika and Kurotatsu, and Aoi and Honoka]] (the latter two, much to Misaki's surprise). A supplementary chapter also supports the notion that [[spoiler:Tora eventually married his fiancé Chiyo]]. ''And'' he married early, which is both stated to be the case and evinced by his son being ''five'' years old in the DistantFinale, meaning that his son was born when he was only twenty-three.

** Come the later chapters after their introduction, [[spoiler:Usui's classmates at Miyabigaoka (save for Koganei, who at the moment was suffering offscreen from a slow case of SanitySlippage) extend their assistance to Misaki, in order to prepare her for her trip to Britain. Well, it was ''still'' an order of sorts from Tora, but it's the thought that counts]].

* TheReveal: Usui's actual background gets this treatment. In chapter 46, [[spoiler:Usui told Misaki that he's an illegitimate child of a British woman who traveled a lot and a Japanese man whom the former met on her travels, and that his mother died in childbirth. In chapters 74 and 75, this is revealed to have been a lie on the part of Usui's family: his biological father, Hirose Yuu, was actually a footman, valet, or butler serving his mother, and the two had in fact met in England, much to Usui's surprise]].

** Usui apparently has at least two in relation [[spoiler:to his biological mother, Patricia Walker]]: the whole [[TheAce standing-above-others]][[TheGadfly -while-teasing-them]] (especially those they're fond of) and [[TheStoic the stoicism, especially when troubled.]] [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirks. According to [[spoiler:Gerard]], Usui's unpredictability comes from the same source. It's also revealed that the way he is TheAce UpToEleven at everything he actually tries his hand at is similar to [[spoiler:his [[LikeFatherLikeSon biological father, Yuu Hirose]]]].

** The progeny of various characters, as shown in the DistantFinale and the extra epilogue chapters. This is especially true of [[spoiler:Usui and Misaki's children, Sara and Rui]], in basically any aspect you can think of.

* ShipperOnDeck: Mainly Satsuki, who constantly fangirls over even the smallest hint of sexual tension between Misaki and Usui, leading to nosebleeds, moe flowers and tears of joy. A few other characters do this in far more low key way, notably Minako and Suzuna (the later goes so far as to refer to Usui as Misaki's husband [[spoiler:long before that's actually the case]]).

** Suzuna and Hinata. First the manga showed a HeIsAllGrownUp moment from Suzuna's point of view, and since then Suzuna keeps finding reasons to [[ThroughHisStomach give stuff she's cooked to Hinata.]] In the DistantFinale, [[spoiler:they're revealed to have gotten married three years before Usui and Misaki's wedding (which occurs ten years after they graduate high school)]].
** Also, [[spoiler:Aoi]]'s crush on Misaki was blatantly obvious, given his {{Tsundere}} tendencies. This also changes in the DistantFinale, where he shows a toned down version towards his present girlfriend, [[spoiler:Honoka]]. Re-reading the series shows that [[spoiler:Honoka]] showed a lot of concern for [[spoiler:Aoi]] long before then, resulting in a retro-active version.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Usui and Hinata are both Misaki-sexual. [[spoiler:Later subverted for Hinata in the DistantFinale, where Hinata is HappilyMarried to Suzuna]].
** [[spoiler:Misaki]] also proves to be Usui-sexual, having zero understanding of romantic ''anything'' without relating it to him.
%%* {{Squee}}: Not hard to imagine every time [[spoiler:Misaki and Usui kiss or get into intimate proximity]]. Taken UpToEleven in chapter 57.

** Basically everyone related to [[spoiler:Usui Takumi]]: the brothers both look like their mother, despite having different fathers and [[spoiler:Usui's strong resemblance to his father resulting in Gerard looking like a blue-eyed version of the man]].
** Cedric Morris looks like his father's much younger clone. This is also true of [[spoiler:Tora's son]] in the DistantFinale.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Or is that a bit too obvious?

** SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Like the above example, Kanou isn't really your stereotypical macho man, but fits the role in his relationship with Yukimura, being much taller and more brooding.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Misaki and Usui, of course. [[spoiler:[[RelationshipUpgrade No longer as of chapter 57]], mostly]].
** Flashbacks show [[spoiler:Usui' parents to have had this for quite some time... until Patricia realized that she was dying of the same illness which had taken her mother]], it isn't actually shown, but obviously, it was resolved.

* WineIsClassy: Tora indulges in this at times, as well as [[spoiler:Usui's elder brother Gerard]].

* GratuitousEnglish: Usui speaks fluent English. He doesn't use it much, but does break it out at their class's school festival café, and it's apparently cool enough that everyone in the room (and even ''the hallway outside'') is instantly charmed. English manga scanlations KeepItForeign by having him speaking French, with [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench the same effect]]. That said, this trope is actually [[SubvertedTrope subverted,]] since [[spoiler:Usui is part English and was born there]].
* GreenEyedMonster: Usui towards Misaki's closeness to Hinata (though it's only out of their childhood friend status). A blatant obvious example is [[spoiler:Aoi]], who isn't very pleased when he realizes Misaki and Usui seem to have had a RelationshipUpgrade in [[spoiler:chapter 38]].
* {{Hammerspace}}: Lampshaded when Suzuna [[http://www.mangareader.net/kaichou-wa-maid-sama/65/13 apparently pulls a cherry pie out of nowhere and gives it to Hinata]].

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title roughly translates to "The [Student-Council] President Is a Maid!", which is pretty much the premise of the manga.

* FanDisservice: Meido doesn't necessarily equates to Moe: [[spoiler:Usui in Meido uniform, or worse, the Idiot Trio]].

* FoodPorn: Usui is an [[SupremeChef exceptionally good cook]]. You will be drooling by the end of chapters in which he cooks. There's also anything cooked by Suzuna or by [[spoiler:Sakuya]].
* ForcefulKiss: Usui gives one to Misaki in chapter four. Later, [[spoiler:Igarashi gives one to Misaki in the end of Chapter 80. ''[[JerkAss In full view of Usui]]'']].
** In chapter five, Yukimura is the victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Usui, [[ItMakesSenseInContext for Misaki's sake,]] of course]].

** This trope also applies to [[spoiler:Gerard Walker]]'s reasons for hating his illegitimate younger brother.
* TheGadfly: Usui ''really'' likes pushing Misaki's buttons. Sometimes it's just because he likes her violent, emotional side and other times it's just because it's funny. He does this to a lesser extent with other people he's fond of.
** Later in the series, there's Gerard Walker, who practically trolls his valet/butler, Cedric Morris ("Nin-nin," indeed). [[spoiler:They come by it honestly: they both got it from their mother, Patricia Walker]].

* GenerationXerox: This is shown to be case for [[spoiler:Usui's family]].

** In the DistantFinale this is shown to be the case for several progeny of characters earlier in the series: specifically, Tora's son, [[spoiler:Sakura and Kuuga's daughter]], and, later on, Sara and Rui, [[spoiler:Usui and Misaki]]'s daughter and son.
** On a darker note, chapter 75 revealed that [[spoiler:Patricia Walker's illness was the same illness which her mother died of, and its hinted that Gerard also suffers from it]].

* GodivaHair: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kaichou_wa_maid_sama/v11/c047/2.html I'm sure some people didn't mind this]] DreamSequence.

%%* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Tora Igarashi]] to Misaki.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Usui and Misaki have a boy and a girl in a bonus chapter illustrating the epilogue. In addition, Suzuna is also revealed to be pregnant with Hinata's child, Sakura is pregnant with hers and Kuuga's second child, and Igarashi has a son]]
* BattleAura: Misaki usually accompanied with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* BastardAngst: [[spoiler:Usui Takumi]], the product of an illicit affair between a British woman (Patricia) and a random Japanese man she met on her travels. Later it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Walker family had lied because her actual partner was her valet/butler, Yuu Hirose (Patrica was too sickly to travel nor did she try)]]. As a result, he has a strained relationship with his biological family and avoids bringing them up as much as possible. That said, his biological family is shown to be far more agnsty about the whole situation than the man himself. [[spoiler:Their relationship gets ''a lot'' less strained by the time the story ends]].
* BeachEpisode: Complete with a beach volleyball tournament and an aborted onsen visit.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Usui and Misaki, although they aren't nearly as bad about it as many other manga/anime couples, going from ''completely'' belligerent to very nearly a confirmed couple about thirty-two chapters in. And while, [[spoiler:they [[RelationshipUpgrade became]] an OfficialCouple as of chapter 57]], there's still an element of this which seems to be integral to their relationship regardless.

* BigDamnHeroes: Usui at times, most notably when Misaki was nearly raped by [[spoiler:Igarashi]], although she was holding him off a bit.
** In the anime, he also gets to come to the rescue when [[spoiler:Misaki is ambushed at Maid Latte after closing by a pair of stalkers; he kicks a stun gun out of one guy's hand while Misaki handles the other one]]. It's subverted in the manga, however: he tries, but [[spoiler:Misaki [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] both of them]] before he manages to do more than break in a window, so he only gets to help with the cleanup.

** Usui, especially when he makes the effort (otherwise its just not drawn, but is represented to still be the case, given other people's reactions to him), and [[spoiler:his half brother Gerard Walker]], who looks like an older and more polished version of [[spoiler:him]]. One could also make a case for Tora Igarashi and Kuuga.

* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler:Usui is revealed to be this. Being the illegitimate child of an Englishwoman accounts for his blonde hair and green eyes. His birth name is revealed to have been "Takumi Walker," but due to the scandal that would ensue if the situation were found out, his grandfather had him adopted into his late-wife's family, the Usui household]]. Specifically, the English Walker family has some Japanese lineage: [[spoiler: Patrica Walker]] was half English, half Japanese; her English-born son, [[spoiler:Gerard Walker]], is a quarter Japanese, while her Japanese-born son, [[spoiler: Usui Takumi]], is a quarter English. Accordingly, in the DistantFinale, [[spoiler:Misaki and Usui's children are an eighth English (Gerard's wife's background is not mentioned, so his son's percentage of Japanese heritage cannot be confirmed, but is probably an eighth)]].
** Maria Miyazono, the woman who becomes [[spoiler:Seika High's English teacher]]. No explanation is given beyond her being [[spoiler:a relative of Usui's]]. That said, it probably has something to do with her relationship to the Walker or Usui families.

* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: [[WholesomeCrossdresser Aoi]] to Usui, [[spoiler:not that it works]]. Misaki to Usui in the final episode.
* CharacterDevelopment: Quite aplenty among the cast. This is most prominent for Misaki and Usui (along with a healthy does of [[spoiler:CoupleGrowth]]), but other characters also get screen-time for this (e.g. [[spoiler:Kanou, Kuuga, Aoi, Ruri, and Gerard]]).
* {{Chickification}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] early on: [[spoiler:It looks like Misaki is going to need Usui to rescue her from assault after a couple of guys catch her alone in the café after hours. Misaki]] ''breaks out of her restraints'' in a fit of rage and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps them]] before Usui can do more than kick in a window.
** Usui gets a ''little'' more to do in the anime version of the scene, [[spoiler:kicking the stun-gun out of one of the guy's hands while Misaki is busy beating the other one to a pulp]]. In the scene from the manga, however, she handles everything herself.
* ChickMagnet: Usui, who frequently rejects confessions and also has to deal with strangers taking random photos of him and stealing his things. Additionally, Usui is unanimously considered attractive, at least physically. Misaki is [[DudeMagnet something of a]] DistaffCounterpart herself, with at least ''nine people'' (Takumi Usui, the Idiot Trio, Tora Igarashi[[note]]The Student Council President of Miyabi Gaoka Academy[[/note]], Kuuga Sakurai[[note]]The lead vocalist of [=UxMishi=][[/note]], Hinata Shintani, [[spoiler:Maria Miyazono (a confirmed lesbian), and Aoi Hyoudou]]) interested in her. One of the main differences is that Misaki's admirers are mostly named characters (with people in general not seeing her appeal until much later in the series), while Usui's are basically every random female who appears (so very few of them are named).

** Possibly subverted when Misaki is very clearly willing, as in chapters 61-62 and the end of chapter 79. They're interrupted both times, leaving this open for interpretation. And [[spoiler:[[WackyMarriageProposal his proposal]] to her]] in chapter 81 complicates things further, considering its phrasing.
* ChristmasCake: [[ShipperOnDeck Satsuki Hyodou]] who is already at her early thirties in the story. Subverted with Maria Miyazono, as while she is quite old enough to qualify, she has a fianceé, not to mention the fact that she's revealed to be [[spoiler:[[LesYay lesbian]]]], making this really not apply to her.

* CurbStompBattle: Basically any time Usui gets involved in any kind of competition. [[spoiler:Even if [[UpToEleven he has a broken arm]]]]. Misaki also delivers a few curbstomps herself (see above).

** Hilariously played with in the first Sports' Festival arc: Misaki was "exercising" by substituting her usual waiting tray with a material that apparently weighed several tons. Satsuki was more than shocked to discover this when she tried to help Misaki out by taking the tray and finding it so heavy that she droped it and it weighed enough that damaged the floor.

** She gets a SpearCounterpart in Soutarou Kanou who initially [[HeManWomanHater hates girls]] because of a similar but gender flipped reason as Misaki -- his mother abandoned his family when he was younger.[[note]]Although the reason isn't quite exactly the same as the mother left because Kanou's dad was a violent, chauvinist brute. But she didn't take him with her, so it still follows.[[/note]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The male protagonist being a handsome lech [[spoiler:who turns out to be a [[ButNotTooForeign not-too-foreign]] illegitmate child, who was disowned by a grandparent, and is in love with a strong-willed, indifferent-to-romance heroine? [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Why does that sound familiar?]]]]

* DraggedIntoDrag: Poor Yukimura never got a break [[spoiler:after [[ForcefulKiss the surprise kiss from Usui]]]]: to elaborate, [[spoiler:he got forced into a female school uniform by Usui (in order to corner Kanou); then the rest of his female schoolmates forced him into a dress during the school's open house event; ''[[RuleOfThree then]]'' he got shoed into a [[KimonoFanService geisha costume]] during their Kyoto field trip by his male classmates; and '''[[OverlyLongGag then]]''' he got pulled into wearing the Maid Latte uniform after the graduation ceremony]]. He wasn't ''exactly'' pleased by any on this, usually bursting into tears, not that it helped his case a bit.

** The manga has some suggestions towards this as well, with Hinata walking up to a wet, half-naked Usui, [[EatingTheEyeCandy sizing him up]], and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kaichou_wa_maid_sama/v06/c027/18.html cheerfully concluding that he probably would be completely hot for Usui if he actually swung that way]].

Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female Student Council President of Seika High School, a former all-boys school which, despite recently having turned coed, remains a den of masculine crudeness -- stinking sports equipment, litter, sloppy hygiene and racy magazines... not exactly a welcoming atmosphere for its nascent female student body. Misaki is determined to change all that, and, having won the presidency through a shockingly slim margin, she proceeds to rule (read: terrorize) the male majority with an iron fist.

** Later on in the series, [[spoiler:Usui's relatives are also shown to be aces in their own rights, most notably, Gerard and Yuu]].

** DroppedABridgeOnHim: The story ends with [[spoiler:Usui killing off the three idiots]]. And they all lived happily ever after.
** EatTheDog: The three idiots (as Momotaro's monkey, pheasant and dog partners) are always being told that if worse comes to worse, they will be used as food.

*** [[LampshadeHanging All of which are lampshaded multiple times by Usui/Misaki.]]

* AnimalMotifs: A [[http://randomc.net/image/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!/Kaichou%20wa%20Maid-sama!%20-%2025%20-%20Large%2015.jpg Doberman for Usui]], while [[http://lolosad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/shiba-inu.jpg Shinitani's is a Shiba Inu]]. Wonder what animal best represents Misaki...

Whatever the cause, [[AnAmusingCircumstanceOfSomeSortOccurs Hilarity Ensues]].