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Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)! (Light Novel) Vol. 1
When one girl is reincarnated into an otome game, she's ready to clean house--literally! The light novel that inspired the manga, also available from Seven Seas.
"I will become the world's most wonderful maid!"
With her skirt fluttering in black and white, the girl shouted. Her name is Melody. A reincarnated former Japanese girl, she now pursues her dream in her new life, working as an all-purpose maid for a poor count's family in the kingdom of Theolas. When she makes it, even cheap tea turns into a luxury brew, and a dilapidated mansion is quickly restored to new! Cleaning, serving, hunting, DIY--leave it all to her and her powerful magic.
Unbeknownst to Melody, this world is actually an otome game, and she is the most powerful and invincible heroine, the saint! Yet, she remains oblivious to this fact. Romance with handsome men? Attacks by the Demon Lord? Work comes first!
A fantasy of misunderstood work that unknowingly shatters destiny!
"I will become the world's most wonderful maid!"
With her skirt fluttering in black and white, the girl shouted. Her name is Melody. A reincarnated former Japanese girl, she now pursues her dream in her new life, working as an all-purpose maid for a poor count's family in the kingdom of Theolas. When she makes it, even cheap tea turns into a luxury brew, and a dilapidated mansion is quickly restored to new! Cleaning, serving, hunting, DIY--leave it all to her and her powerful magic.
Unbeknownst to Melody, this world is actually an otome game, and she is the most powerful and invincible heroine, the saint! Yet, she remains oblivious to this fact. Romance with handsome men? Attacks by the Demon Lord? Work comes first!
A fantasy of misunderstood work that unknowingly shatters destiny!
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Published November 14, 2024
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June 8, 2025
Heroine Melody Wave has no idea what it is that a maid of all work actually does. She didn't back when she was a Japanese woman, and she sure as heck doesn't now that she's unwittingly been reborn as the heroine of an otome game she never played. But you know what? Author Atekichi does know the difference between an anime maid and a real one, and once I figured that out, this book was a lot more fun.
This is, at its heart, a send-up of otoge isekai. Of the three people who died in a plane crash en route to England from Japan, two of them are fully aware that they're living in a game world and are trying desperately to play the game from within. The third? She just figures that she's finally getting to live her (faulty) Victorian maid dreams and is gleefully oblivious to being the heroine/saint. She bulldozes through the plot and events with nary a clue, and that's enough of a genre shake up to make this a lot of fun.
Even better are Atekichi's tongue-in-cheek observations about the world. She remarks that it's a Medieval European land with Victorian maids and modern plumbing but no printing presses or running water (just flush toilets), and if that doesn't sum up the sorts of worlds these stories take place in perfectly, I don't know what does. Atekichi notes that the other two reincarnators think and act like everyone's a game character and has Melody glide through what are clearly important plot points with a handwave. It knows its genre and enjoys poking fun at it.
I didn't love this all the way through (Melody can get really annoying), but it's still a welcome spoof. And yes, Atekichi does know that it's "maid of all work" and not "all-works maid." If you were wondering.
This is, at its heart, a send-up of otoge isekai. Of the three people who died in a plane crash en route to England from Japan, two of them are fully aware that they're living in a game world and are trying desperately to play the game from within. The third? She just figures that she's finally getting to live her (faulty) Victorian maid dreams and is gleefully oblivious to being the heroine/saint. She bulldozes through the plot and events with nary a clue, and that's enough of a genre shake up to make this a lot of fun.
Even better are Atekichi's tongue-in-cheek observations about the world. She remarks that it's a Medieval European land with Victorian maids and modern plumbing but no printing presses or running water (just flush toilets), and if that doesn't sum up the sorts of worlds these stories take place in perfectly, I don't know what does. Atekichi notes that the other two reincarnators think and act like everyone's a game character and has Melody glide through what are clearly important plot points with a handwave. It knows its genre and enjoys poking fun at it.
I didn't love this all the way through (Melody can get really annoying), but it's still a welcome spoof. And yes, Atekichi does know that it's "maid of all work" and not "all-works maid." If you were wondering.
March 5, 2025
Good, cute and fun. I enjoyed it for the most part but one aspect was so glaringly annoying that I had to push through by forcing it out of my mind repeatedly:
The story is too dependent on making the MC either a genius or a complete dolt only for plot convenience. This results in an inconsistent and unreliable main character that makes the story feel more contrived than needed.
When the story starts, the main character is said to be a prodigy that dominates any field of study so much so that life feels boring and colorless. But she has a passion for servitude and extensively researched how to be a maid. Yet, she’s not even that good at being a maid.
She just had overwhelming magical power to assist her. She overwhelms her employers with her presence and has even made them faint on multiple occasions using the same creepy cloning technique (which I guess is funny? But shows her thoughtlessness and failure to consider her position as a non imposing servant)
I guess you could chalk the former up to lack of emotional awareness and say that her brilliance lies in “Logic” instead. And yet.. Her obliviousness defies logic. From the starting point when she didn’t realize she had entered the blighted woods (even though she was told the only forest around was the blighted woods!) —doesn’t realize she’s powerful even though her and her mom could barely turn on a lamp but now she’s creating portals and infinite pockets of space, and she can’t even remember her dads name from her dead mothers last letter..
ALL THIS TO SAY that she should have just been an average girl from modern society since her past life as a “prodigy” is irrelevant and she functions at a lower level than the average person. Then I’d be able to easier digest her stupidity but understand her rare sparks of insight lol
The story is too dependent on making the MC either a genius or a complete dolt only for plot convenience. This results in an inconsistent and unreliable main character that makes the story feel more contrived than needed.
When the story starts, the main character is said to be a prodigy that dominates any field of study so much so that life feels boring and colorless. But she has a passion for servitude and extensively researched how to be a maid. Yet, she’s not even that good at being a maid.
She just had overwhelming magical power to assist her. She overwhelms her employers with her presence and has even made them faint on multiple occasions using the same creepy cloning technique (which I guess is funny? But shows her thoughtlessness and failure to consider her position as a non imposing servant)
I guess you could chalk the former up to lack of emotional awareness and say that her brilliance lies in “Logic” instead. And yet.. Her obliviousness defies logic. From the starting point when she didn’t realize she had entered the blighted woods (even though she was told the only forest around was the blighted woods!) —doesn’t realize she’s powerful even though her and her mom could barely turn on a lamp but now she’s creating portals and infinite pockets of space, and she can’t even remember her dads name from her dead mothers last letter..
ALL THIS TO SAY that she should have just been an average girl from modern society since her past life as a “prodigy” is irrelevant and she functions at a lower level than the average person. Then I’d be able to easier digest her stupidity but understand her rare sparks of insight lol
December 13, 2024
Exactly what I was looking for!!
Super cute story! Hilarious, fulfilling in making the every day wonderful. Averting tragedy with kindness and hard work. Exactly what I was looking for.
Super cute story! Hilarious, fulfilling in making the every day wonderful. Averting tragedy with kindness and hard work. Exactly what I was looking for.
January 4, 2025
Obsession. Often a key characteristic in reincarnation isekai stories, it also lays the basis for Seven Seas’ latest light novel title. Written by Atekichi and illustrated by Yukiko, I’m an All-Works Maid proves that the help has what it takes to become a hero, or in this case, heroine.
The story centres around the activities of Mizunami Ritsuko, who is given a second chance at life when she’s reincarnated as Melody Wave. Determined to use this twist of fate for good, she wants to use her new life to make her ultimate dream come true: becoming a maid. On her journey to perfecting her craft, the first volume in the series quickly finds her an ideal employment contract as well as a host of distractions, as the world has more to offer than what first meets the eye.
To start off the series, the story begins as Melody commences her job as an all-works maid for the Rudleberg family. A mix of Nanny McPhee meets isekai, the series has a lot of fun with the concept of a magical maid fixing up the life of a noble family, dragging it up from the jaws of destitution. Albeit not a novel concept for the genre, the author clearly doesn’t take the story too seriously and enamours readers to the series through a healthy sprinkling of comedy during the novel’s set-up.
As the story progresses, however, the fantasy world reveals more layers that make it distinctly unique. Not only is the world based on an Otome game, but other people from Japan are reincarnated there. While not distinct in and of itself, how these concepts are used is what makes it interesting.
In this series, the plot of the Otome game is constantly treated as a side adventure, where the protagonist solves major plot issues while wholly unaware of what she’s doing. Moreover, the other reincarnates within the volume play roles outside of the norm. Neither friend nor foe, they exist as important characters within the kingdom who are inching ever closer to becoming a part of Melody’s world.
Ultimately, these reincarnations hold most of the focus towards the climactic chapters of the book. The friendship between them and their realisation that the world they live in is real rather than a game steals the show. This ends up being rather merciful, as Melody’s romance scenes in these segments leave much to be desired.
Overall, I’m an All-Works Maid’s premier outing provides a strong case for continuing the series. While the magical maid’s moments are good, the series really starts to shine as it introduces more layers to the fantasy world as well as unique twists in the Otome genre.
The story centres around the activities of Mizunami Ritsuko, who is given a second chance at life when she’s reincarnated as Melody Wave. Determined to use this twist of fate for good, she wants to use her new life to make her ultimate dream come true: becoming a maid. On her journey to perfecting her craft, the first volume in the series quickly finds her an ideal employment contract as well as a host of distractions, as the world has more to offer than what first meets the eye.
To start off the series, the story begins as Melody commences her job as an all-works maid for the Rudleberg family. A mix of Nanny McPhee meets isekai, the series has a lot of fun with the concept of a magical maid fixing up the life of a noble family, dragging it up from the jaws of destitution. Albeit not a novel concept for the genre, the author clearly doesn’t take the story too seriously and enamours readers to the series through a healthy sprinkling of comedy during the novel’s set-up.
As the story progresses, however, the fantasy world reveals more layers that make it distinctly unique. Not only is the world based on an Otome game, but other people from Japan are reincarnated there. While not distinct in and of itself, how these concepts are used is what makes it interesting.
In this series, the plot of the Otome game is constantly treated as a side adventure, where the protagonist solves major plot issues while wholly unaware of what she’s doing. Moreover, the other reincarnates within the volume play roles outside of the norm. Neither friend nor foe, they exist as important characters within the kingdom who are inching ever closer to becoming a part of Melody’s world.
Ultimately, these reincarnations hold most of the focus towards the climactic chapters of the book. The friendship between them and their realisation that the world they live in is real rather than a game steals the show. This ends up being rather merciful, as Melody’s romance scenes in these segments leave much to be desired.
Overall, I’m an All-Works Maid’s premier outing provides a strong case for continuing the series. While the magical maid’s moments are good, the series really starts to shine as it introduces more layers to the fantasy world as well as unique twists in the Otome genre.
July 28, 2025
This one's cute. Our isekai-ed heroine Melody starts off in her new world as Cecilia, the secret daughter of a noble whose mother has just died. Cecilia saved the world in an otome game, but Cecilia's Earth persona both loved maids to a fault, and didn't play the game. Lacking the lore that might send her on a more heroic path, Cecilia disguises herself with magic, renames herself to Melody, and hires on as a maid in a noble household down on its luck. She doesn't think twice about using her incredible would-have-been saintly magic to create 50 clones of herself to repair and clean the manse.
I enjoyed this, but I felt it could have gone further with the idea that Melody's more than a bit off-kilter, or leaned into the humor a lot more. Well, maybe it was meant to be uproarious and didn't hit my funny bone all that hard. The occasional breaking of the fourth wall, at times noting the game world's weird cultural inconsistencies or anachronisms, was always entertaining.
Other than that, it's a pretty standard "isekai gone off the rails," including our heroine endearing herself to everyone around her by being cheerful and cute, and principled in her own odd way. It'd be nice if not every single thing went exactly the way Melody hoped; as is, she feels too close to your usual over-powered protagonist. She's OP both in fantasy world terms AND her personality, which is more than a bit unfair. The end of this book promises that it's only the prologue, which makes sense since the otome game plot is in shambles now. I'm mildly curious as to what comes next for Melody and the hapless cast caught in her train...
I enjoyed this, but I felt it could have gone further with the idea that Melody's more than a bit off-kilter, or leaned into the humor a lot more. Well, maybe it was meant to be uproarious and didn't hit my funny bone all that hard. The occasional breaking of the fourth wall, at times noting the game world's weird cultural inconsistencies or anachronisms, was always entertaining.
Other than that, it's a pretty standard "isekai gone off the rails," including our heroine endearing herself to everyone around her by being cheerful and cute, and principled in her own odd way. It'd be nice if not every single thing went exactly the way Melody hoped; as is, she feels too close to your usual over-powered protagonist. She's OP both in fantasy world terms AND her personality, which is more than a bit unfair. The end of this book promises that it's only the prologue, which makes sense since the otome game plot is in shambles now. I'm mildly curious as to what comes next for Melody and the hapless cast caught in her train...
July 29, 2025
I love overpowered protagonists, and when they're completely oblivious to that fact it's even better. It's a fun read/listen, and a slightly different take on the isekai genre. We've seen a number of isekai protags want to just have a simple life being ignored, but it's rare for them to only want to be in service to others.
February 14, 2025
Just the right balance between self-aware and earnest!
September 7, 2025
I was expecting something much slower but it has a higher stake than I thought it would
September 18, 2025
it’s so cute! and very tongue in cheek! definitely gonna continue the series. and the audiobook is great!
March 19, 2025
Yet another isekai otome light novel. This one makes itself different in a couple of ways. First is that the main protagonist has no clue that she is in an otome game nor has any knowledge of the world she was reincarnated in.
The most enjoyable part of this is that our main protagonist here is OP but continually uses that power for her duties as a maid and doesn't actually realize that she is OP. Also two side characters who definitely up the fruitiness of this series.
The most enjoyable part of this is that our main protagonist here is OP but continually uses that power for her duties as a maid and doesn't actually realize that she is OP. Also two side characters who definitely up the fruitiness of this series.
March 28, 2025
This was fun!
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