As you can tell from the opening shot, Shounen Maid is a comedy. it’s just that Chihiro’s mum has to die with no childcare agent in sight to take care of an elementary school kid just bereft of his only parent, so that he can be taken in by his uncle who suddenly pops up.
Said uncle turns out to be from a very rich family and Chihiro’s mother hadn’t been entirely truthful when she told him she had no relatives; it’s just that she was estranged from her family when she had Chihiro. So obviously he rejects his uncle’s offer because he doesn’t want handouts if his mother never took any either. The good news is, uncle has a solution: use Chihiro’s innate talents to work as a housekeeper in return from room and board. The bad news is, his uncle has made him a maids outfit. The worse news is, it’s very frilly.
This looked godawful from the description and I wasn’t going to bother with it, but this comment convinced me to give it a chance. As long as it doesn’t stray into problematic yaoi material (seeing as the protag is in elementary school and his uncle is … not) i’ll keep watching.
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