Parents' Guide to You Are Ms. Servant

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You Are Ms. Servant TV poster: Yuki princess carries Hitoyoshi as they leap over a city skyline at sunset.

Common Sense Media Review

By Danae Stahlnecker , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 14+

Silly but tender assassin anime has violence, sexy stuff.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 14+?

Any Positive Content?

  • You Are Ms. Servant: Hitoyoshi and Yuki sit across from each other. Yuki, scared, holds a fuffy dog. Hitoyoshi frets over her.
  • You Are Ms. Servant: Yuki shows off one of her daggers.
  • You Are Ms. Servant: Hitoyoshi and Yuki sit on a Japanese-style porch at night. Hitoyoshi's lays his head on Yuki's lap.
  • You Are Ms. Servant: Grainy flashback texture. Close-up of Yuki's face splattered with blood. She wears a blank, haunted expression.

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What's the Story?

YOU ARE MS. SERVANT follows former assassin Yuki (voiced by Trina Nishimura) and high school first-year Hitoyoshi Yokoya (voiced by Abi Kumar) in their new life together. Hitoyoshi is surprised when Yuki suddenly appears at his door one day, asking for a job as a maid. Uncertain but sympathetic, he agrees, and the two of them start living together and learning what it means to live a "normal" life — except Yuki's past haunts her, and danger lurks around every corner!

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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This character-driven anime with an absolutely absurd premise still somehow manages to have touching moments and important themes. You Are Ms. Servant isn't the best assassin-related anime out there. The setup is pretty absurd, and the pacing is really fast. But if you can look past the cringy elements (like a teen boy living out a maid fantasy with an older woman), you can find a good story about friendship and identity.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about friendships. How do Yuki and Hitoyoshi support each other as friends? How does their friendship influence their individual growth as people?

  • Yuki has a violent past but is trying to be "normal" now. How does she overcome the voices of her past telling her she'll never be more than a killer?

  • Characters experience feelings they don't understand. What are some positive ways to process new, confusing emotions?

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You Are Ms. Servant TV poster: Yuki princess carries Hitoyoshi as they leap over a city skyline at sunset.

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