This show is the epitome of knowing everything that has been done with the genre, yet making an almost inferior version of it because the creative juices have all but been squeezed out to nothingness. And in case you didn't know, this Summer's Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii a.k.a The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious is the 2nd anime adaptation of mangaka Wakame Konbu's works, the 1st of which was last Summer's 2-cour, 20-episode long Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! a.k.a The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, which was enjoyable to a certain degree with its comedy and whatnot. Sadly though, what this show offers
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to us is nothing more than just endless, pandering bait of the tropes done before, but un-"sus"-piciously worse in every aspect.
The "teasing" sub-genre has seen its many fair share of really good ones, the likes of Souichirou Yamamoto with the Takagi-san franchise and the same season's Soredemo Ayumu (which is just a character swap), and the one that this show will be most compared to: mangaka Koharu Inoue's Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid a.k.a The Duke of Death and His Maid. But there is a fine line to draw where the teasing goes way above and beyond to the point of being extreme, and unfortunately for Wakame Konbu, he did what the formula has been long orchestrated before for years, only for the audience to be more pissed off at it.
So, let's be real: Yuuri, the young boy that survived a horrific car accident that left both of his parents dead and him being home alone, he is a tough nut to crack being one that is bullied and left to his own devices to sort out his own feelings. It's hard having to micro-manage both the servant and the mansion that he can only call home, that's his safe haven...that is until this mysteriously beautiful, dark-skinned maid called Lilith enters his life, seemingly having a connection with his parents and taking it upon herself to take care of the young master. And the running gag is that the young master finds the maid incredibly "sus" (because that's a thing) due to her behavioural actions and intimidations of the rom-com between a child and an adult. Like, I get it when this is done in Shinigami Bocchan where both Bocchan and Alice are of the same age, and are acquainted well enough to make their teasing game more entertaining and comical. But in the case of Saikin Maid, all I see are just subpar cringefest gags of Lilith having to constantly run her mouth towards Yuuri and tease him romantically to no end, engaging the "will they, won't they" rhetoric. Like, would you believe it if this was done in real life? That would be called blasphemy, and a cardinal sin, even if this is all "make believe" fashion. Also, Yuuri is just plain dense, that's all. Nuff said, unless the point needs to be emphasized that he really doesn't know what's going on, and always plays second fiddle to Lilith until he understands the point, only to follow up on her gag.
The other supporting characters are nothing like what I remember from Jahy-sama when it comes to the traits, they seemed like two exact complete polar opposites from one another. You have Yuuri's classmate and close contact Tsukasa Gojouin with her butler Fujisaki, and believe it or not, their role in this show is just meant to belittle the fact that this show has neither style nor substance, and are only created to show the affiliations to both Yuuri and Lilith in the most "bearable" of terms possible. Take Gojouin for example: she is an "advocate" for the forbidden relationship between the two leads that stems from her being a fan of romance manga and novels, she's the "thirsty sister" that just wants to imagine where the wild things are with the master-maid relationship. Thank God there's Fujisaki to stop her, and out of everyone, she's the most calm and collected character of the bunch keeping Gojouin in constant check. Fujisaki's the "gatekeeper" of anything and everything, so I'm glad that her character exists to bond the rest of the cast together in some form and function as the only sane person in the lot.
Unsurprisingly, it's Silver Link back at it again with subpar in-house director Mirai Minato on his 2nd rondo with this show after Jahy-sama. At least I would admit that Jahy-sama is supposed to be paid more attention to detail given its 20-episode runtime, and since recently there has been more of the studio's collab work with another minor studio Blade, I can't really tell if they ever improved the line work to begin with, or could it be that Silver Link has consistently produced good and bad shows in a never-ending cycle. At the very least, it seems that this show is used to train a relatively new director (Misuzu Hoshino) under Mirai Minato's tutelage, but as we all know that quantity does not equal to quality, and this one is just a pure bad pass wth the bare minimums of actually getting the job done. It's the same story with the OST, it's very forgettable and there's nothing noteworthy to be talked about.
Just like Shinigami Bocchan, Saikin Maid has its wholesome moments, but to the extent of getting towards its objective is one that cannot be displaced, for where the destination lies is how the journey to get there is done, and this has already brought in mixed comments when it comes to author Wakame Konbu's way of expression in this show. It's definitely way different from what I was expecting to be: a Shinigami Bocchan version of Jahy-sama, only except that the charm wears off faster than it could remain, with the majority finding this to be pure bad and the minority enjoying for what it truly is.
I can only draw the line in the middle like Humpty Dumpty, not knowing where the egg will fall in this one, though the reckoning that it'll lean more towards the bad side. It's just mediocre, that's all.
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: My Recently Hired Maid is Suspicious
Japanese: 最近雇ったメイドが怪しい
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
11
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jul 24, 2022 to Oct 9, 2022
Premiered:
Summer 2022
Broadcast:
Sundays at 02:00 (JST)
Producers:
Square Enix, Medicos Entertainment, King Records, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, ABC Animation, ABC Frontier
Licensors:
None found, add some
Source:
Manga
Theme:
Love Status Quo
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Oct 8, 2022
This show is the epitome of knowing everything that has been done with the genre, yet making an almost inferior version of it because the creative juices have all but been squeezed out to nothingness. And in case you didn't know, this Summer's Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii a.k.a The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious is the 2nd anime adaptation of mangaka Wakame Konbu's works, the 1st of which was last Summer's 2-cour, 20-episode long Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! a.k.a The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, which was enjoyable to a certain degree with its comedy and whatnot. Sadly though, what this show offers
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Apr 6, 2024
It's a show about wife beater in the making but no one seems to be noticing subtle red flags main character keeps planting on every interaction with any female. While description doesn't really describe this show as such, main character has all the tell tale signs. All the love interests are servants and they have to do what he orders, and orders are absolute. He frequently states they are his and his alone. If they displease him it's their fault and they constantly apologize and bloom on any sort of acknowledgement and/or forgiveness from main character. He gets angry when they leave the house and
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Mar 17, 2023
What would have been a trashy ecchi anime in any other universe, turns out to be anime romance novel. What I thought would be trashy coomer bait seems to be more targeted towards girls.
It became quickly apparent to me that it was written by a woman during my viewing. This is because the show follows a general pattern of "thing happens" -> "MC compliments the maid as a result of the thing". The male MC basically just exists to compliment and make the female lead feel desired, which is what tipped me off to it being written by a woman. It's unapologetic whish fulfillment and ... Sep 13, 2022
The Maid I Hired Recently is pretty SUS.
The title is the premise and the joke. Get ready to have that joke repeated over and over and over again until the season ends. Well I don’t know if that will be the case, but I do know that it’s the case for the past 7 episodes I’ve watched, and quite honestly the joke got old real fast. Maybe it’s because I enjoyed “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated” and knowing that this was written by Konbu, the same mangka I expected this to be good, but I’ve got to admit that the charm that hooks ... Jun 1, 2025
Watched from: 18th to 19th May 2025
Initially, this anime did remind me a lot of "You're Ms. Servant", but it's just not the same. Honestly, I don't even have a full explanation about it. The story follows Yuuri, somewhere between 10 and 12, and Lilith, this mysterious femme de chambre aged 16-18. Gradually, a subtle feeling of affection enters between the pair. Quite often, Yuuri complements Lilith from his own innocence while she would get shy at the compliment. At other times, she is teasing Yuuri while grinding her teeth to lacerate her affection-during her care for his needs and even his feelings. This constant blend ... |







