Girls Kingdom: Volume 2

Girls Kingdom (Light Novel) #2

by Nayo, Shio Sakura (Illustrator), Philip Reuben (Translator)

A month after arriving at Amanotsuka Academy for Girls, Misaki is getting used to her new life as a maid, even if it’s not what she was expecting. She’s even gotten to meet a whole host of new faces, friendly and otherwise! However, there’s trouble in store when a head maid is chosen for their a British exchange student named Sarah. When she judges Misaki and her friend Kirara on their domestic service skills and finds them lacking, things start to look bleak! That’s not all—the staff of Erisu’s École Kitchen, a restaurant on campus, have fallen out of their mistress’ favor due to their dismal customer turnout. If business doesn’t pick up, not only will they never be made into Seraphs, they’ll lose their maid contracts altogether! Misaki wants to help, but what can she possibly do?

Genres: Light Novel, Contemporary, Yuri

191 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 6, 2021

Reviews

[Pieter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story continues much like part 1: a romanticized happy version of the very wealthy and their maids and how a school for both could (or should?) work with a bit of yuri mixed in. It is entertaining, but don't expect anything world shattering or a realistic approach to how people deal with such power dynamics. There is a bit of character development, and I am somewhat curious what kind of drama we are going to get. For now, we have what are basically a two short stories about the first 2 months (?) of school life and an introduction to some of the more important characters at said school.

One thing that was a bit difficult for me though was that Misaki (the protagonist) is a *timid* girl and her reactions towards confrontations and questions are as a result a bit irritating for me. Being nervous when dealing with a domineering wealthy person is one thing, having a nervous breakdown because you are asked to give an opinion on the taste of food by somebody who is earnestly looking for an honest opinion is a tad tiresome. Some of translations of what I assume is very polite Japanese feels a bit off, although it might be the author who purposely went for some very odd word choices. For example, I doubt even an adult member of parliament, let alone a 10-year old no matter how well behaved, would use words such as "capitalize on our affiliation" when talking about taking advantage of the friendship between two children ;) Considering the comedic nature of the story it is not too bad, but still...

Regardless, an entertaining diversion which is exactly what I expected and wanted.

[Exofius · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never knew I could like a genre this much but it was the best thing I ever read.