You Are Ms. Servant
You Are Ms. Servant | |
君は冥土様。 (Kimi wa Meido-sama) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Shotan |
Published by | Shogakukan |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Sunday Webry |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | June 28, 2020 – present |
Volumes | 9 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Ayumu Watanabe |
Written by | Deko Akao |
Music by | Masahiro Tokuda |
Studio | Felix Film |
Licensed by |
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Original network | ANN (TV Asahi), BS Asahi, AT-X |
Original run | October 6, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 12 |
You Are Ms. Servant (Japanese: 君は冥土様。, Hepburn: Kimi wa Meido-sama), stylised as You Are Ms. servant, is Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotan. It began serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry manga website in June 2020. An anime television series adaptation produced by Felix Film premiered in October 2024.
The story follows high-schooler Hitoyoshi Yokoya, whose life turns upside down when a beautiful but mysterious former assassin arrives at his home, asking to work as a maid for him.
Characters
[edit]- Hitoyoshi Yokoya (横谷 人好, Yokoya Hitoyoshi)
- Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga[2] (PV), Toshiki Kumagai[3] (anime) (Japanese); Abi Kumar,[4] Claire Parry[4] (young) (English)
- An awkward high school student who lives alone and is often visited by his younger sister Riko. Initially, he is taken aback by Yuki's dark backstory as an assassin, but nevertheless, he hires her as his maid and invites her to live with him. It is later revealed that he had previously confessed his feelings to a girl he used to spend time with when he was younger. However, the girl rejected him, telling him he only confessed because he felt "lonely", and this broke his spirit and confidence. Ever since, he has been wary and dismissive of the idea of falling in love with someone and is scared of being rejected again, but throughout the coarse of the story, he finds himself developing romantic feelings for Yuki, despite constantly denying them.
- Yuki (雪) / Xue (シュエ, Shue)
- Voiced by: Reina Ueda[2][3] (PV, anime) (Japanese); Trina Nishimura[4] (English)
- A beautiful and stoic young woman raised as the greatest assassin turned maid and goes to Hitoyoshi in order to forget her dark past, due to having different names as she can't remember her real name she goes by Yuki due to a memory of her past. It is revealed Yuki was born as Maria who had parents and a little sister, on a talk show she has lots of skills as a child prodigy, on her birthday during christmas times the family suddenly get a visit by someone on the door and the parents were murdered in order to kidnap her, her little sister got kidnapped as well and the sisters trained as assassins until the little sister got separated from Maria, the trauma caused Maria to forget her family and her name. She enrolls into Hitoyoshi's high school to learn how to become a normal girl, and immediately becomes popular among all the other students.
- Agemochitarō (あげもち太郎)
- Voiced by: Eriko Matsui[5] (anime) (Japanese); Kelly Greenshield[6] (English)
- A playful dog Hitoyoshi and Yuki take in as a pet after finding it on the front porch of Hitoyoshi's house.
- Riko Yokoya (横谷 李恋, Yokoya Riko)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Iida[5] (anime)
- An outgoing girl and Hitoyoshi's younger sister who takes an immediate liking to both Yuki and Grace, and often bothers her brother.
- Grace (グレイス, Gureisu)
- Voiced by: Lynn[5] (anime) (Japanese); Mallorie Rodak[7] (English)
- Naka Hikage (日陰 ナカ, Hikage Naka)
- Voiced by: Konomi Inagaki[5] (anime) (Japanese); Gillian Lange[8] (English)
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Written and illustrated by Shotan, You Are Ms. Servant began serialization on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry manga website on June 28, 2020.[9] The first tankōbon volume was released on October 12, 2020.[10] Its chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of October 2024.[11]
The manga is licensed in Southeast Asia by Shogakukan Asia.[1]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | October 12, 2020[12] | 978-4-09-850306-3 |
2 | February 12, 2021[13] | 978-4-09-850403-9 |
3 | July 12, 2021[14] | 978-4-09-850549-4 |
4 | December 10, 2021[15] | 978-4-09-850812-9 |
5 | May 12, 2022[16] | 978-4-09-851138-9 |
6 | November 10, 2022[17] | 978-4-09-851353-6 |
7 | January 12, 2024[18] | 978-4-09-853082-3 |
8 | August 8, 2024[19] | 978-4-09-853505-7 |
9 | October 3, 2024[11] | 978-4-09-853623-8 |
Anime
[edit]An anime television series adaptation was announced on December 24, 2023.[20][21] It is produced by Felix Film and directed by Ayumu Watanabe, with Deko Akao overseeing series scripts, Tomoyasu Kurashima designing the characters and Masahiro Tokuda composing the music. The series premiered on October 6, 2024, on the NUMAnimation programming block on all ANN affiliates, including TV Asahi,[3][22] and is set to run for 12 episodes.[23][a] The opening theme song is "Otozure" (おとずれ) performed by Tricot, while the ending theme song is "Hyōjō Sabun" (表情差分, lit. Facial Expression) performed by Dustcell.[24] Crunchyroll streams the series.[25] Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[26]
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title [27][28] | Directed by [b] | Written by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Original air date [29][a] |
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1 | "My Fateful Encounter with You." Transliteration: "Kimi to Unmei no Deai." (Japanese: 君と運命の出会い。) | Yū Harima | Deko Akao | Ayumu Watanabe | October 6, 2024 |
2 | "You Want to Know." Transliteration: "Kimi wa Shiritai." (Japanese: 君は知りたい。) | Tomoe Makino | Deko Akao | Tomoe Makino | October 13, 2024 |
3 | "You are Ms. Yuki." Transliteration: "Kimi wa Yuki-san." (Japanese: 君は雪さん。) | Yū Nobuta, Shо̄ Hamada | Deko Akao | Yū Nobuta | October 20, 2024 |
4 | "You Won't Miss Out." Transliteration: "Kimi wa Nogasanai." (Japanese: 君は逃さない。) | Masaharu Tomoda | Deko Akao | Masaharu Tomoda, Haruka Yoshinaga | October 27, 2024 |
5 | "What You Want to Protect." Transliteration: "Kimi no Mamoritai Mono." (Japanese: 君の護りたいもの。) | Shо̄ Hamada | Tomoko Shinoka | Hatsuki Tsuji | November 3, 2024 |
6 | "You're Lonelier Than I Thought." Transliteration: "Kimi wa Warito Sabishigariya." (Japanese: 君は割と寂しがりや。) | Sho Hamada | Deko Akao | Kenichi Yatagai | November 10, 2024 |
7 | "You've Finally Figured It Out." Transliteration: "Kimi wa Tsui ni Soko ni Kizuita." (Japanese: 君は遂にそこに気付いた。) | Yū Yabuuchi | Deko Akao | Hirohide Shikishima | November 17, 2024 |
8 | "The Autumn With You and the Sauce." Transliteration: "Kimi to Shokuyoku (Sōsu) no Aki." (Japanese: 君と食欲(ソース)の秋。) | Takashi Kobayashi | Tomoko Shinozuka | Takashi Kobayashi | November 24, 2024 |
9 | "You and the Cultural Stage." Transliteration: "Kimi to Bunka no Dan." (Japanese: 君と文化の段。) | Michita Shiraishi | Tomoko Shinozuka | Hatsuki Tsuji | December 1, 2024 |
10 | "You and the Forbidden Fruit." Transliteration: "Kimi to Kindan no Kajitsu." (Japanese: 君と禁断の果実。) | Yū Nobuta, Shō Hamada, Haruka Yoshinaga | Deko Akao | Yū Nobuta | December 8, 2024 |
11 | "Your Prayers are Gods' Prayers." Transliteration: "Kimi no Inori wa Kami no Inori." (Japanese: 君の祈りは神の祈り。) | Yū Yabuuchi | Tomoko Shinozuka | Hatsuki Tsuji | December 15, 2024 |
Other media
[edit]A promotional video and television commercial commemorating the release of the series' third volume was published on Weekly Shōnen Sunday's YouTube channel in July 2021. It featured the voices of Tsubasa Yonaga and Reina Ueda as Hitoyoshi Yokoya and Yuki respectively.[2][30]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "YOU ARE MS. SERVANT". Shogakukan Asia. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c 『君は冥土様。』PV(CV代永翼&上田麗奈). Weekly Shōnen Sunday (video) (in Japanese). Shogakukan. July 2, 2021. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 21, 2024). "You are Ms. servant TV Anime Reveals October Premiere, Staff, Cast, Teaser Promo Video". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ a b c Mateo, Alex (October 18, 2024). "You are Ms. servant Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 19 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Cayanan, Joanna (August 7, 2024). "You are Ms. servant Anime Reveals 4 More Cast, Key Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Greenshield, Kelly [@KellyGrnshld] (October 27, 2024). "*insert adorable doggo reactions* It's been such a treat to voice best pup Agemochitaro in #YouAreMsServant Looking forward to more awoo's and smooshed face coo's with @ReadyKafka Thank you for all da pets & fun timez!!" (Tweet). Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Gann, Shawn [@ReadyKafka] (November 13, 2024). "That is correct!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Lange, Gillian [@gillianlangeVA] (December 8, 2024). "🐰ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT💕I'm ecstatic to announce that I voice Naka Hikage in the series You Are Ms. Servant! I've always wanted to voice a little sister and not to mention - SHE'S TOTAL CUTIE 😭 Naka reminds me a lot of myself, so I'm grateful for the opportunity to voice her" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ 1. 第1話 君は冥土様。. Sunday Webry (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ 裏社会で孤独に生きてきた少女に家族ができるまでの物語「君は冥土様。」1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 12, 2020. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ a b 君は冥土様。 9 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on September 22, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ 君は冥土様。 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ 君は冥土様。 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
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- ^ 君は冥土様。 8 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ Tai, Anita (December 23, 2023). "You Are Ms. Servant Manga Gets Anime in 2024". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ しょたん「君は冥土様。」2024年TVアニメ化!元殺し屋のドジっ子メイドに家族ができるまで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 24, 2023. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 30, 2024). "You are Ms. servant Anime's 2nd Teaser Video Reveals October 5 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Discography | Terebi Anime "Kimi wa Meido-sama" Kōshiki Saito" Discography | TVアニメ「君は冥土様。」公式サイト [Discography | TV Anime "You Are Ms. Servant" Official Website]. kimihameidosama-anime.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 13, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 14, 2024). "Tricot, Dustcell Perform Themes for You are Ms. servant Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (July 1, 2024). "Crunchyroll to Stream You are Ms. servant TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "🍂 Medialink October 2024 New Anime Line-Up 🍂 🔪 You are Ms. Servant. is arriving on Ani-One Asia!". Ani-One Asia. October 4, 2024. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sutorī | Terebi Anime「Kimi wa Meido-sama.」 Kōshiki Saito" Story | TVアニメ「君は冥土様。」公式サイト [STORY | TV Anime「You Are Ms. Servant」Official Website]. kimihameidosama-anime.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Watch You Are Ms. Servant on Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "On Air | Terebi Anime "Kimi wa Meido-sama" Kōshiki Saito" On Air|TVアニメ「君は冥土様」公式サイト [On Air | TV Anime "You Are Ms. Servant" Official Website]. kimihameidosama-anime.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Official manga website at Sunday Webry (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- You Are Ms. Servant (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2020 manga
- 2024 anime television series debuts
- Anime series based on manga
- Crunchyroll anime
- Felix Film
- Fiction about assassinations
- Fiction about maids
- Japanese webcomics
- Medialink
- NUMAnimation
- Romantic comedy anime and manga
- Shogakukan manga
- Shōnen manga
- Slice of life anime and manga
- TV Asahi original programming
- Webcomics in print