Kamen no Maid Guy: Finally, a Strong Male Lead
Warning: This show has the potential to be terrible. Don’t take this review as seriously as you normally take my objective, unbiased reviews.
Warning #2: This show has boobs bouncing all over the place. If you hate boobs, Kamen no Maid Guy definitely isn’t the show for you.
I’m ready to declare this the sleeper hit of the season. It’s about damn time we got an anime with a strong male lead! Non-threatening crybaby emo male leads supersaturate the modern anime scene. Where did all the real men go? That is not a rhetorical question. I know exactly where they went: they all coalesced into the ultimate virile badass known as Maid Guy.
Maid Guy = Alex Louis Armstrong’s physique + Hiruma’s devilish aura + Sousuke Sagara’s social ineptitude + Itachi’s fashionable black nail polish
Allow the ending theme to preemptively put to rest all your questions about the manliness of a maid guy:
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The ending even has an unintentional Simpsonism!
Tell me why I shouldn’t fire you without using the letter ‘e’
Is there anything manlier than striking fear into the hearts of women/animals/lesser men? The maid costume only cements his status as a meast (half man, half beast). What’s more humiliating: getting beaten by a man, or getting beaten by a man dressed as a maid?
I’ve declined to comment on GAR in the past because it’s been too closely associated with Kamina. Don’t get me wrong – Kamina is plenty manly, except for the fact that he never shuts up. Believe in me who believes in you who believes in me who believes in you who believes in me — maybe you’d still be alive if you shut your pie hole once in a while. Kamina also preys upon 14 year old girls. Maid Guy isn’t a pedophile.
Here’s the checklist after only one episode:
| Comical victimization |  |
| Badass mid-episode transitions | |
| Intro by Kotoko | |
| Graphic violence | |
| Misunderstandings | |
| Mangled English | |
| Pimp in a white suit | |
So the animation is weak by current standards. Big deal. Great animation is too often a crutch for crappy plots and characters. Screw animation quality – Maid Guy delivers.
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April 13th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Gonna give it a try!
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April 14th, 2008 at 1:50 am
While I’ll admit he IS pretty badass, he also (of necessity, given his role) puts up with a whole bunch of bullshit physical abuse. That curtails his badassery substantially. I blame Rumiko Takahashi.
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:04 am
The abuse can’t be helped, but he takes it in stride. He doesn’t budge an inch after getting kicked in the face. Slippers and rocks have no effect on him. I also blame Rumiko Takahashi, that evil bitch.
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April 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I’m speechless. The grand stupidity of this series left me in awe. I find no words adequate to describe my thoughts.
Oh, wait, there’s a good phrase. WTFIamnotgoingtotouchthisshitbecausei’mnotamasochisticdumbassthankyouverymuch!
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April 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Coaxen, why do you hate boobs?
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April 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
What a ridiculous premise.
Ridiculously amazing.
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April 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I strongly question the masculinity of any show with the words ‘Maid Guy’ used together in the title…
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April 14th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I explicitly preempted that question. Moreover, why do you hate boobs?
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Do trap characters count?
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Traps only count if you fall for them.
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Damn it! But Im STILL a good work… guy…
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April 14th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
You’re fired!
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April 15th, 2008 at 4:29 am
There is a specific anime genre that sufficiently provides me with the delightful sight of boobs(and even more). Seldom with maid guys.
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January 3rd, 2010 at 7:17 am
I wish for new OADs, so we can get Naeka nude again.
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March 2nd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
FINALLY! SOMEONE AGREES THAT KAMINA IS NOT AS GREAT AS EVERYONE MAKES HIM OUT TO BE!!!
I should check this series out…
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