History Manga / MaidSama

* 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]]

* 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:[[LesYaylesbian]]]], making this really not apply to her.

* ForcefulKiss: Usui gives one to Misaki in chapter four. Later, [[spoiler:Igarashi gives one to Misaki in the end of Chapter 80. ''In full view of Usui'']].

* PetTheDog: Tora's handling of things during Maki's quiet BSOD may not be enough to completely redeem him, but it ''does'' demonstrate that he's capable of being something other than a [[RichBitch Rich]] [[JerkAss Jerkass]]... at least once in a while. He has more moments later, depicting him as ''less'' of a JerkAss.

** Possibly subverted when Misaki is very clearly willing, as in chapters 61-62 and the end of chapter 79. Their interrupted both times, leaving this open for interpretation.

* 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=] (otherwise known as Yumemichi)[[/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).

** Lightly subverted when Misaki is very clearly willing, as in chapters 61-62 and the end of chapter 79. Their interrupted both times, leaving this open for interpretation.

* {{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.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:In spite of Aoi's crush on Misaki, he likes it when Misaki is "lovey-dovey" with Usui because it makes her cuter, and Aoi likes it when Misaki looks cute]].

** [[spoiler:[[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Hinata]] later pulls this too. 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 but was dying and wanted to spend a little time with him before she died]].

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

* 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 kimono dress]] during their Kyoto field trip by his male classmates; and '''[[OverlyLongGag then]]''' he got pulled into wearing the Maid Latte Café uniform after the graduation ceremony]]. He wasn't exactly please by any on this, usually bursting into tears, not that it helped his case a bit.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: According to some of the students, Misaki has a "[[PrinceCharming prince-like]]" character when compared to the male students of the school, making her rather attractive to some, or especially attractive when she [[{{Bifauxnen}} looks the part]]. Lesbians and bisexuals are similarly attracted. On the flip-side, many male characters see her as an ideal ''male'', resulting in the "Ayuzawa Club" and a few incidents for Yukimura.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:In spite of Aoi's crush on Misaki, he likes it when Misaki is "lovey-dovey" with Usui because it makes her cuter, and Aoi likes it when Misaki looks cute.]]

** [[spoiler:[[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Hinata]] later pulls this too. 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.]]

* LampshadeHanging: Naturally, many episodes focus on this. Misaki-chan spends all of Episode 3 reluctantly learning how to act like a "moe little sister!"

* 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]]]].

** 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]].

* ChivalrousPervert: Usui teases Misaki endlessly about the fact that they're attracted to each other but he doesn't actually do anything naughty to her, even when it's heavily implied that he's in a position to do so (chapters 61 and 62, anyone?). In fact, he is chivalrous to the point that in chapter 48, Misaki is not only completely unworried about leaving Sakura alone with him, she's baffled at Kuuga's suggestion that she ''should'' be worried, in spite of her usual opinions about men.

** Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. 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]]]]. Additionally, Usui's stubbornness, looks like a ''very'' toned down version of [[spoiler:his grandfather]].

* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler:Usui is revealed to be this. Being the illegitimate child of an Englishwoman accounts for his blonde hair. 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)]].

* 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.

* NotSoStoic: Usui proves to be rather more childish than your standard inscrutable bishounen love interest.

* PetTheDog: Tora's handling of things during Maki's quiet BSOD may not be enough to redeem him, but it ''does'' demonstrate that he's capable of being something other than a [[RichBitch Rich]] [[JerkAss Jerkass]]... at least once in a while. He has more moments later, depicting him as ''less'' of a JerkAss.

** Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. 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]]]]. Additionally, Usui's stubbornness, looks like a toned down version of [[spoiler:his grandfather]].

** In the Ayuzawa family, Suzuna's calmness and Misaki's loyalty are clearly from their mother, and both girls share their mother's rational outlook. Similarly, Suzuna's love of cooking comes from her father, which is also the source of Misaki's expressiveness (but not the form of said expressiveness), and both girls have their father's stubbornness (yet again, the form differs).

* 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 Misaki's mother and Suzuna (the later goes so far as to refer to Usui as Misaki's husband [[spoiler:long before that's actually the case]]).

** 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.]]
** Most recently, [[spoiler:Gerard is filling this role, for the purpose of preventing Usui and Misaki's relationship from progressing]].
* {{Keet}}: Hinata, full-stop. He's cuter than a giant puppy made of puppies. He should honestly be the poster boy for the trope in general.
** [[FridgeHorror A puppy made of puppies is a terrifying concept though!]]

* 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 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 twenty-three]].

** Misaki pulls the SweetPollyOliver act on her own at one point in order to help her fellow maid/friend Erika avoid a bad situation with an overly-devoted customer. Basically, she gets made over Visual Kei-style into "[[PaperThinDisguise Bisanki-kun]]" and has to enter a dessert eating contest. Everyone at Maid Latte ends up figuring out it's her by the end of it. HilarityEnsues in the process, since not only is the Idiot Trio ''and'' Hinata Shintani competing in the contest, but LovableSadist Usui is the chef behind it all, and intentionally heaps on the sweets to tease Misaki.

* 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]]. 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]].

** [[LikeFatherLikeSon Cedric Morris and his father, Gilbert]] are practically identical apart from age.

* LethalChef: Misaki can't even make rice balls correctly. Usui insists on eating her cooking anyhow. The {{irony}} of her complete lack of cooking skills when her father is a chef is later taken note of.

** [[LikeFatherLikeSon Cedric Morris and his father]] are practically identical apart from age.

** Cedric Morris is [[GenerationXerox exactly like]] [[LikeFatherLikeSon his father]] to an absurd extent.

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 cafe, 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?

** Capable of leaping off the school's roof [[NighInvulnerable without serious injury]].
*** Is he even human? Probably not. Misaki [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]], taking to calling him a "perverted space alien."
** Misaki herself counts, as, in most fields, she's second only to Usui.
%%* ActionGirl: Misaki.

* AllJustADream: In the anime, the ''entirety'' of Episode 9, engineered by Usui with a recording and a set of headphones.

* ArtEvolution: Not nearly as dramatic as some other longer-running series, but compare the 1st Course with [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/525980 the 48th Course]].
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The name of [=UxMishi=]'s drummer, Yuuji William Adam (ゆぅぢ), seems likely to be a pseudonym he chose himself (though the probability of him being half-Japanese, half-something else is not impossible).

* BastardAngst: [[spoiler:Usui Takumi]], the product of an illicit affair between a British woman (Patricia) and a Japanese man [[spoiler:Her butler, Yuu]]. As a result, he has a strained relationship with his biological family and avoids bringing them up as much as possible.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Usui and Misaki, although they aren't nearly as bad about it as many other anime couples, going from ''completely'' belligerent to very nearly a confirmed couple about thirty-two chapters in.
** [[spoiler:Made it to OfficialCouple as of chapter 58. There's still a bit of [[BelligerentSexualTension BST]] but now it's almost entirely for the sake of their schoolmates. The two of them (even Misaki) seems to ''know'' they're both putting on airs but still "play along" instead of pushing the other person on whatever issue brought up.]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}: The employees from Misa's cafe sometimes have "girls only" day, were the employees dress like guys. "Misaki-kun" is very popular.

* BigDamnHeroes: Usui at times, especially when Misaki is nearly raped by [[spoiler:Igarashi]].
** 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, and he only gets to help with the cleanup.
* BigEater: Hinata Shintani. He used to be an overweight, lazy kid in his younger years; he slimmed down while living in the country, but he can ''still'' pack it away like nobody's business.
* {{Bishounen}}:
** Usui, when he makes the effort, 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.

** The Idiot Trio. Even by the author herself, as shown in the sidebar sections of the manga.
* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler:Usui is revealed to be this. Being the illegitimate child of an Englishwoman accounts for his blonde hair. His birth name is revealed to be Takumi Walker, but due to his unfavorable status within the family he abandoned the name at a young age and was later adopted into the Usui household]]. Specifically, the English Walker family has some Japanese lineage: [[spoiler: Patrica Walker]] was half English, half Japanese; [[spoiler:her English-born son, Gerard, is a quarter Japanese, while her Japanese-born son, Usui, 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)]].
** Maria Miyazono, the woman who becomes [[spoiler:Seika High's English teacher]]. As of chapter 58, no explanation has been given for her name. That said, it probably has something to do with her relationship to the Walker or Usui families.
* CatGirl: One of the the boss's ideas for Moefying her Cafe even more.
* CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve: [[WholesomeCrossdresser Aoi]] to Usui, [[spoiler:not that it works.]] Misaki to Usui in the final episode.
* CharacterDevelopment: Quite aplenty among the cast but Misaki and Usui, in the later chapters at least, gets the most screentime.
* {{Chickification}}: 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 cafe 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. Misaki is also a [[GenderInvertedTrope gender inverted]] example, 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, Maria Miyazono, and [[spoiler:Aoi Hyoudou]]) interested in her.

* ChivalrousPervert: Usui teases Misaki endlessly about the fact that they're attracted to each other but he doesn't actually do anything naughty to her. In fact, he is chivalrous to the point that in chapter 48, Misaki is not only completely unworried about leaving Sakura alone with him, she's baffled at Kuuga's suggestion that she ''should'' be worried, in spite of her usual opinions about men.
* ChristmasCake: [[ShipperOnDeck Satsuki Hyodou]] who is already at her early thirties in the story. Subverted with [[LesYay 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:lesbian]], manking this really not apply to her.
* ColourCodedEyes: Usui's a fairly aloof and mysterious guy with green eyes, reaching nearly superhuman level feats. He's even got a cat with eyes the same colour (it's a slightly different shade).

* CurbStompBattle: Basically any time Usui gets involved in any kind of competition. [[spoiler:Even if 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" with a waiter's tray that apparently weighed several tons, and was horrifically discovered by one of her co-workers to be heavy enough to smash through the floor tiles when dropped.

** 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.[[/note]]

* DraggedIntoDrag: Poor Yukimura never got a break [[spoiler:after 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 kimono dress]] during their Kyoto field trip; and '''[[OverlyLongGag then]]''' he got pulled into wearing the Maid Latte Café uniform after the graduation ceremonies.]]

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: According to some of the students, Misaki has a "[[PrinceCharming prince-like]]" character when compared to the male students of the school, making her rather attractive to some, or especially attractive when she [[{{Bifauxnen}} looks the part]]. Lesbians and bisexuals are similarly attracted.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title roughly translates to "The President is a Maid!", which is pretty much the premise of the manga.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Maki, the vice-president of Miyabigaoka and Igarashi's right-hand man, and Gerard Walker's father.
* FairytaleMotifs: Maid Latte translates to Milkmaid.
* FanDisservice: Meido doesn't necessarily equates to Moe: [[spoiler:Usui in Meido uniform]].

* FoodPorn: Usui is an [[SupremeChef exceptionally good cook]]. You will be drooling by the end of chapters in which he cooks.
* ForcefulKiss: Usui gives one to Misaki in chapter four. Later, [[spoiler:Igarashi gives one to Misaki at the latter parts of of Chapter 80. ''In full view of Usui'']].

* FreudianExcuse: Misaki's dislike for men stems from her father's abandonment of her family.
* 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.
* GenderFlip: The {{omake}} "The Student Council President is a Butler!" gender-flips all of the characters and has "Mikai" working at a ButlerCafe. Ironically, Mikai's complaints about women are almost a word-for-word copy of the initial [[HeManWomanHater girl-hating issues]] of Misaki's SpearCounterpart Kanou.
* GenerationXerox: This is shown to be case for [[spoiler:Usui's family]]. As far as appearances go, the brothers look a lot like each other and their mother despite having different fathers (this is despite [[spoiler:Usui's resemblance to Yuu Hirose]]). For other aspects, see SharedFamilyQuirks.

** As far as looks go, Suzuna greatly resembles her mother, while Misaki resembles her father.

* GratuitousEnglish: Usui speaks fluent English. He doesn't use it much, but does break it out at their class's school festival cafe, 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 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 Chapter 33.

* MadeOfIron: Usui against trees at high velocity. And leaping off the school's roof left him [[NighInvulnerable without any serious injuries]]. This is lampshaded a fair bit.

* MoodWhiplash: 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.
* MrFanservice: Usui serves as both an in-universe and outside-universe example.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Usui's way of cooking in episode 4 is just too epic for words.

%%* NotWhatItLooksLike:
%%** [[http://www.mangareader.net/147-57287-22/kaichou-wa-maid-sama/chapter-53.html Misaki points out]] the possible misinterpretation of Kanou [[http://www.mangareader.net/147-57287-21/kaichou-wa-maid-sama/chapter-53.html trying to get a spider out of Yukimura's clothes]]. It [[http://www.mangareader.net/147-57287-23/kaichou-wa-maid-sama/chapter-53.html happens again]] with Usui.
%%** Aoi walks in on the cafe employees "acting out" various [[ImagineSpot scenarios]] of Usui and Misaki's relationship for [[ShipperOnDeck Satsuki's]] [[NoseBleed benefit]], leading to [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kaichou_wa_maid_sama/v12/c061.5/10.html this.]]
%%*** Also leads to a BigNo when their theories go a bit too far.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:While it's fairly obvious that the primary lead characters (Misaki and Usui) were eventually gonna end up together, and with Sakura already confirmed to have been with Kuuga as early as Chapter 62, the final chapter added the following pairings into the mix: 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 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]].

* PetTheDog: Tora's handling of things during Maki's quiet BSOD may not be enough to redeem him, but it ''does'' demonstrate that he's capable of being something other than a [[RichBitch Rich]] [[JerkAss Jerkass]]... at least once in a while.
** 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.]]
* PhenotypeStereotype: As with many Japanese works, Westerners, especially Brits, are assumed to be blond and blue-eyed. Only this expectation is actually played with in ''Maid-sama!'': Usui's hair colour does not cue anyone in to her heritage, and while many people with English ancestry are blonds (if not also having blue eyes), Gerard Walker has blue eyes and black hair, while his (presumably) English father has black hair (his eye colour is unknown).
* TheReveal: Usui's actual background gets this treatment. [[spoiler:Usui once mentioned to 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. This is much later 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]].

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. 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]]]].
** Gerard Walker shares his mother's lack of physical health, pathetically bad ability at non-specialties (especially household tasks), devotion to the Walker family, and skill at supporting said family. More subtly, he shares his father's lack of self-confidence in some ways.

** In the Ayuzawa family, Suzuna's calmness is like her mother, and both girls share their mother's rational outlook. Similarly, Suzuna's love of cooking comes from her father, which is also the source of Misaki's expressiveness (but not the form of said expressiveness).

* ShipperOnDeck: Namely 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.
* ShipTease: The series has a lot of it.

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

** In the DistantFinale this is shown to be the case for several progeny of characters earlier in the series: specifically, Tora's son,

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. 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 biological father]].

** Suzuna and Yi Hua Li are also good examples.

** 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 (bordering on [[SugarAndIcePersonality kuudere]]) 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.

** [[spoiler:Misaki]] also proves to be Usui-sexual, having zero understanding of romantic anything without relating it to him.

* TheReveal: Usui's actual background gets this treatment. [[spoiler:Usui once mentioned to Misaki that he's an illegitimate child of a British woman who traveled a lot, and a Japanese man whom the latter met on her travels. This is much later 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]].

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Usui, during their first trip to Miyabigaoka.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. It's also revealed that the way he is TheAce UpToEleven at everything he actually tries his hand at is similar to [[spoiler:his biological father]].

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Usui apparently has at least one 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). [[spoiler:His elder brother, Gerard]], has the same quirk. It's also implied that the way he takes being TheAce UpToEleven is similar to [[spoiler:his biological father]].

* SingleTargetSexuality: Usui and Hinata are both Misaki-sexual. [[spoiler:Later subverted in the DistantFinale, where Hinata is HappilyMarried to Suzuna]].

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:While it's fairly obvious that the primary lead characters (Misaki and Usui) were eventually gonna end up together, and with Sakura already confirmed to have been with Kuuga as early as Chapter 62, the final chapter added the following pairings into the mix: 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 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'' in the DistantFinale]].

* TheReveal: Usui's actual background gets this treatment. [[spoiler:Usui once mentioned to Misaki that he's an illegitimate child of a British woman who traveled a lot, and a Japanese man whom the latter met on her travels. This is much later revealed to have been a lie on the part of Usui's family: his biological father was actually a footman, valet, or butler serving his mother, and the two had in fact met in England.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:While it's fairly obvious that the primary lead characters (Misaki and Usui) were eventually gonna end up together, and with Sakura already confirmed to have been with Kuuga as early as Chapter 62, the final chapter added the following pairings into the mix: Hinata and Suzuna, Erika and Kurotatsu, and Aoi and Honoka (the latter two, much to Misaki's surprise). A supplememtary chapter also supports the notion that Tora eventually married his fiancé Chiyo.]]

* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler:Usui is revealed to be this. Being the illegitimate child of an Englishman accounts for his blonde hair. His birth name is revealed to be Takumi Walker, but due to his unfavorable status within the family he abandoned the name at a young age and was later adopted into the Usui household]]. Specifically, the English Walker family has some Japanese lineage: [[spoiler: Patrica Walker]] was half English, half Japanese; [[spoiler:her English-born son, Gerard, is a quarter Japanese, while her Japanese-born son, Usui, 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)]].
** Maria Miyazono, the woman who becomes [[spoiler:Seika High's English teacher]]. As of chapter 58, no explanation has been given for her name. That said, it probably has something to do with her relationship to the Walker and Usui families.

* EyesAlwaysShut: Maki, vice-president of Miyabigaoka

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

* ChristmasCake: [[ShipperOnDeck Satsuki Hyodou]] who is already at her early thirties in the story. Subverted with [[LesYay Maria Miyazono]], as while she is quite old enough to qualify, she has a fianceé.

* FirstKiss: Props to Usui for not wasting time and planting one on Misaki in the ''sixth episode!'' (Fourth Chapter in the Manga)

* HandsomeLech: Though Usui only flirts with Misaki.

* {{Irony}}: Apparently a motif of the manga, particularly revolving around Misaki in one way or the other.

* LethalChef: Misaki can't even make rice balls correctly. Usui insists on eating her cooking anyhow.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Initially limited to the students of Seika High School, Maid Latte Café, and a few characters from Miyabigaoka Academy and Yumesaki High, the cast increased in number [[spoiler:by the time the topic related to 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, Yukimura didn't think it was funny at all]].
** This is later followed up by an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove in chapter thirty-two, [[spoiler:Misaki]] to [[spoiler:Usui]] with all but the words themselves. He does the same in response, only he ''does'' say the words.

** [[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.]]
*** [[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]]

* MadeOfIron: Usui against trees of high velocity. And leaping off the school's roof left him [[NighInvulnerable without serious injury]].
** Misaki's ''rice balls'' in episode 21.
* MediumAwareness: At least in the 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:

* {{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 it while at home.

** 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 (bordering on [[SugarAndIcePersonality kuudere]]) towards his present girlfriend, [[spoiler:Honoka]]. Re-reading the series shows that [[spoiler:Honoka]] showed a lot of concern for Aoi long before then, resulting in a retro-active version.

** 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 3 years before Usui and Misaki's wedding (which occurs 10 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 (bordering on [[SugarAndIcePersonality kuudere]]) towards his present girlfriend, [[spoiler:Honoka]].
* SiblingTriangle: Hinata is in love with Misaki, while Suzuna has a crush on him. It's not a straight example, since Misaki does not return Hinata's feelings or compete with Suzuna for him.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Usui and Hinata are both Misaki-sexual.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Usui once mentioned to Misaki that he's an illegitimate child of a British woman who traveled a lot, and a Japanese man whom the latter met on her travels. Turns out that the latter part was not true, as both his biological parents actually met in Britain, and that her mother had a weak body like his elder brother Gerard.]]
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: The Three Idiots or The Idiot Trio. And yes, that's what the '''author''' calls them.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Misaki and Usui, of course. [[spoiler:[[RelationshipUpgrade No longer as of chapter 57.]]]]

** Maria Miyazono, the woman who becomes [[spoiler:Seika High's English teacher]]. As of chapter 58, no explanation has been given for her name. That said, it probably has something to do with her relationship to the Walker Family.