You are Ms. Servant.

PanzerIV-J★ 8

"You are Ms. Servant" is an amazing anime, but it has some problems holding it down. By no means is this a bad anime, but these problems may stop some viewers from wanting to get into this anime Firstly I will lay out the positives, then I will go to the negatives. Positives: 1. Yuki: Amazing characterization and personality, she is entirely what holds this anime up. All other characters have almost no elaborate personality compared to her, with the closest ones being other assassins. This is both a bad and good thing, since it means that this anime has an amazing character, with the negative that no othercomes close to Yuki's charm and likability (I'll get back to this later). 2. Slow Passionate Romance: When there's really good romance, it's almost perfect. The slow and mellow mood in some of these romance scenes make this anime an absolute treat to watch. This is a romance done right, well somewhat (I'll get to that later as-well). Negatives: 1. Male MC "Hitoyoshi", is a very mediocre male lead: This isn't to do with much besides that he is a very blank slate character. Most of his personality is just a copy paste of most other generic romance MCs with a slightly tragic backstory. He doesn't gain much in terms of personality as the season progresses, which is a very large shame, since he could've been improved upon as the season has gone by to show character development. He seems to be a character meant to be a blank slate so that he could be a self insert character for which the viewer could sorta push themselves in the shoes of that character. There is a problem with that, and it is the fact that it makes romantic development feel obnoxiously slow and inorganic sometimes. Not only that but the male MC is very immature and childish, even at the age of 16, where people tend to start acting more mature. This is where the main problem is with the entire anime, the male MC is immature, which makes the development between him and Yuki feel off, which is a shame since all it needed to do is tone down the immaturity, and this anime could be a masterpiece. But when you even compare the amount of characterization between Yuki and Hitoyoshi, you will realize that they have much less effort put into everyone else besides Yuki, which is also a small issue in it's own way. 2. Distance between romance: This is a somewhat big annoyance. This anime's strong suit is the very happy romantic scenes revolving around Yuki and Hitoyoshi, the problem is that this isn't displayed enough. This is the anime's bread and butter, it's weird how it doesn't actually use it's best content to the capabilities that it could. Most of the other content here is very much uninteresting in comparison to the romance, which is also probably a fault of the anime in some regards. 3. The Ending: The ending is one of the most mediocre and unsatisfying conclusions for an anime, I think I've ever watched. It really is an unsatisfactory ending, that really doesn't even try to conclude anything decently, it just feels like a cut off ending. I really hope there's a season two, since this ending is very poor, and I am hoping to believe that this was just meant to put off this anime for a second season. 4. The Animation: This anime has some very inconsistent artwork across the entire season. Some scenes are immaculate, and look amazing, others look very low budget and cheap. This anime really deserved better artwork than this, and this is a big shame. 7.5/10, I think it's pretty good, but obviously, its up to you to make the choice to watch this or not, and I hope my review can help you decide that. {Thanks for reading!}

Marinate1016★ 8

Meido-sama is special to me for a few reasons, not the least of which is the fact it’s the first ever anime OP for Tricot who are one of my fave alt-rock bands of all time! But it also scratches that itch that Violet Evergarden left me with a few years ago after the movie. It might not have Kyoani production values, but it tackles a lot of the same themes that VE does without the problematic grooming relationship. I’ll always be a sucker for the “raised as a human weapon” to learning what it is to be human development pipeline and Yuki’s transformation inthis was so good. She and Hitoyoshi were just bliss to watch every week and my Saturdays will certainly be worse off without them in it. There’s so many things we take for granted on a daily basis. Family, friends, being told we matter and are cared for, etc. So I like stories like this where there’s a character who only knows pain and suffering and gradually learns the joys we take for granted. Yuki might be a master assassin, but she knows nothing about people or love. She comes into this show as blank slate who only knows how to kill, and leaves out as a pretty damn normal girl. Her path to getting there isn’t always straightforward. There’s roadblocks and misunderstandings, but everything usually gets resolved quickly thanks to the characters communicating with each other! I almost felt like a proud parent watching my daughter grow up before my eyes in this show. Conversely, the male lead brings his own baggage into this and we kind of see them both help each other through their trauma and become closer, going from a master-servant relationship to something more special. There’s some action and the occasional Yuki going yandere on another female character scene, but for the most part this is a chill wholesome story where we get to go through the two leads’ daily routine and them growing closer. While it might seem mundane, when you get to learn about all the pain Yuki has been through, the normality of a daily routine becomes something priceless. While it doesn’t have the iyashikei tag, this show was very much therapeutic to me. Yuki’s reactions to the most normal stuff were so cute and just seeing her try her best to get better as a cook, grocery shopper and student was awesome. We didn’t get into a ton of the story in this season, but they laid the groundwork for what seems like a more intricate and potentially action packed story later down the line with the assassin guild Yuki belongs to playing a bigger role. What we got in this season was great though, I’m a sucker for cute girls trying their best to improve. The cast is pretty small here, I was a big fan of Hitoyoshi’s little sister who was he and Yuki’s biggest shipper. She also becomes a little sister figure for Yuki which was nice for her development. Nitta was a funny comic relief character who I’d like to learn more about in the future. Just really enjoyed this one. Nothing too spectacular, but it got me choked up on more than one occasion. Yuki and Hitoyoshi are the perfect couple even if they don’t quite see it yet. They came into each others’ lives at the perfect time and we as the viewers really benefited! This show is such a sweet and wholesome watch and any fan of romance or healing anime will enjoy it. Meido sama gets 8 out of 10