Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Maid-sama!

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When I first started reading this manga, I was very satisfied. I found it very amusing and I really loved the art. Although, as time passed, I noticed that the style had changed. The change in the style was only slight for it was still very appealing and cute. The story was still interesting and the romance was still entertaining. When the style changed for a second time, I could not help but be baffled as to why they would do such a thing. Not only had the art become atrocious but the story line had become stale. Even the characters had become different, almost ... unrealistic in my perspective. One could say that it was due to character development, but to me it seemed like the mangaka had changed her mind completely on the direction she wanted to take her manga in. From a style of art that I would consider to be an 8, it dropped to a 5. I understand that the author is the only one who can decide to change whatever they feel is necessary, merely because it is their own, but I could not just stand by, reading a perfectly good story and piece of art be transformed into something so mediocre & unpleasing to the eyes.

I know I've said this a million times already, but I really loved how the characters looked in the beginning to the middle. I even thought their character designs were really cool. The story just kept getting better and better , until the style had changed completely for the worse! :((

I read it after watching the anime. But ended up being so disappointed to the point that I had to dropped it and I couldn't even get my self to read it.

Story: The main plot sounds interesting but it ended up just like almost every normal Shoujo manga. It was so cliched and too cheesy. I don't know which direction the story wanted to go. It became so cliched and argh annoying.

Art: The art is okay, the characters all look good but the art is somewhat messy.

Characters: Now the main character Misaki is someone who the mangaka wanted to show as someone strong and ... dependable but ended up failing because that wasn't really what she is. She is someone who started of portraying as strong but ended up being very weak. Instead of looking strong she looked like some who is just bossy and trying to act cool but is just whinny and demanding. I don't know what's really interesting about her.

Usui: Usui is the highlight of this manga. I think most readers enjoyed this only because of him. He started of as an interesting character but ended up being too sweet and so became cheesy and annoying.

Overall: This manga is just like a normal Shoujo, nothing really interesting some Shoujo are more interesting. It started of as interesting but ended up very disappointing.

[Contains Spoilers!]
I have a lot to say about Maid sama and I'll start with the good points. Misaki is a likable character because she's hard-working and gets a decent amount of development. The series is an easy read, you're not reading shoujo manga for the deep stories. You read it for the characters and relationships. Most characters are likable, except for a few that are only there as a running gag.
The beginning has a nice pacing, then it gets really repetitive in the middle and picks up a bit again in the end. Eighteen volumes is too long for the series, it could have been ... wrapped up in less. I liked how they actually became a couple in the middle of the series and not dragging it on until the first kiss at the last page.
Usui is one of the most Gary Stu persons I've ever seen. He's good at everything, handsome, popular, mysterious. He's the detached lone wolf. But his behavior is not consistent. He has always been affectionate towards Misaki but whenever he was asked whether they were in a relationship he was saying "that would be bothersome". If that was an attempt to show that he's torn between keeping her close and keeping her away, it's not believable to just say it once in a while to a third person.
Usuis family circumstances are out of the most cliche kind, setting up a Romeo and Juliet scenario that is not very convincing. The story tries to tell you that the couple is from different worlds but Misaki is never rejected from reaching out to him. She gets smuggled as a waiter to his high prestige birthday party. The people from the wealthy school give her special treatment, training even to make it possible for her to see Usui. She is being bullied a bit by those people but all in all she's receiving huge amounts of support an actual "normal" person wouldn't get.
The story also tries to tell you that his heritage is a heavy burden for Usui but you have to pull out more reasons out of the ass to prove it. Apparently he was able to avoid it all until high school. Usui doesn't seem to be traumatized from having no friends either. Having to play the noble is mildly annoying but he can do it effortlessly. I was waiting for something that would show me that inheriting a huge pile of money is actually a bad thing.
Regarding Usuis and Misakis relationship, I wish there was a development in Usuis feelings. Misaki slowly realizes her feelings but Usui's just been clingy from the first chapter. It would have been nice if it was portraited a little better that he just found her interesting at first and if there were some little hints of kindness from Misaki to make him fall in love with her soft side. (At least I think that was the intention.)
Misaki is a little bit better than Usui but it feels hard to relate to her as well. She's the best and only second to Usui. She's bad at cooking.. okay, a lot of people are. She doesn't know etiquette (until taught) and doesn't know about fashion (but is still the best looking of the bunch of course). Her weaknesses don't have real consequences and anything she lacks, she learns really quickly. I guess it makes sense that Usuis partner can one be someone equally drowning in accomplishments. But she's not struggling enough to overcome her shortcomings to make you feel like she deserved it.
Some of the side story lines and relationships were sweet though. Like Suzuna's crush on You-kun or the story about Usuis parents.

Kaichou wa maid sama! is a shoujo manga with a simple and typical story of a poor tsundere character falling in love with a rich perfect handsome guy. But what makes it a bit not good is because of some parts of the story that concluded in a disappointing way or got forgotten or shoved in later.

The manga has a lot of characters but some has a very little character growth: for example is Takumi Usui. He is just there for Misaki. There are also characters that was introduced and was also forgotten later. What is their purpose other than being an obstacle.The art of ... the manga was quite okay but improves as the chapters went on.

I won't deny that it has a lot of sweet moments from the two main protagonist and the romance was quite cute but like every shoujo manga that I had read it kinda becomes bland and looses some its charm.

"Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!" does not offer much new to fans of shojo romance, but its playful take on common tropes with some nods to outside genres. The basic premise is familiar: two seemingly opposite types (a somewhat unpopular but lowkey cute and talented girl and an seemingly impossibly talented and beautiful boy) share a chance encounter and grow close due to their mutual interest or activities. I would highly recommend this manga to anyone with serious interest in the genre. That said, I had some reservations along the way which tempered my enjoyment of it, and prevented me from loving it as much as I ... could have.

The biggest issue is probably an overall lack of focus. It seems that many changes to the plot direction were made mid-narrative, which results in sometimes absurd and incoherent moments or arcs. The initial premise has promise, but isn't exactly riveting. Once the story begins to pick up some pace (with a notable influence from the superhero-esque physical abilities of the laudable Gokusen). The middle third of the manga really hits its stride with a mix of genuinely romantic moments, hilarity, and wonderful character interactions. This is also, unfortunately, where some of the biggest problems lie. Many secondary characters are introduced in the first half and two thirds of the manga, but most of them are discarded, or mishandled. Aside from a few central characters, it's tough to really say what the point of many of them are. It's hard to get behind characters' problems emotionally if they only seem to exist to establish a set piece that's used once for filler. The filler seems to have stemmed from a desire to keep to a certain degree of chastity. Where sexual innuendo and content was present, I thought it was very well done, and added nicely to the overall narrative. Much more of it, and more sexual (or more explicitly sexual) progression forward for the characters would have added a lot to the core romance.

I also wish the narrative had stayed a bit more grounded. There is a kind of commentary on class interactions and conflict, and it seems like there could be a solid political statement here, but it is ultimately confused and weak in its wholly unrealistic resolution. From about the halfway point on, it seems that character motivation (something well established and realistic in the first half) is discarded in favour of a "but this is convenient for the set pieces" mentality. So although I did quite enjoy Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!, I found myself increasingly skeptical as it entered the final arcs and conclusion. I also found that the way the ending was handled (while cute, and pleasing) was not to my tastes at all. This is a matter of particular personal preference, but I wish it had been wrapped up in a different way.

All of this said, I will reiterate that the manga is worth reading for fans of the genre, but that I was a bit disappointed with some of the artistic choices regarding the narrative and themes.