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[edit] Contents of former Meido article

"Meido" was deleted, and suggested to merged to this article. Here are the contents of that article so the appropriate parts can be included here:

Moved content into article. --In Defense of the Artist 02:16, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maid cafe

Wikipe-tan in a maid outfit
Wikipe-tan in a maid outfit
Main article: Cosplay restaurant

Since around 2000, cafes called "maid cafe" have opened in Akihabara, Tokyo. In maid cafes, typical manga-style maids serve tea and cakes. When a guest comes to the cafe, maids say "Welcome home, Master" even if it is the guest's first time there, because the maids play the role of maids belonging to the guest's mansion. Similarly, they say "Have a nice day, Master" when the guest leaves.

Maid cafes have become popular, and spread to other cities in Japan, and also in South Korea and Taiwan.

[edit] Maid fashion

The maid cafe boom has become such a major trend in Japan that the costume is now part of the Tokyo streetstyle fashion.Tokyo Maid goes streetstyle

[edit] Examples

Mahoro Andō (of Mahoromatic)
one of the most famous meido characters in anime fandom. Despite being heavily fanserviced by Gainax, she has an ironic hatred of perverted imagery
Emma (of Victorian Romance Emma)
attractive meido style character from a manga and anime aimed at older women, which may explain her much less fetishtic and mundane design.
He Is My Master
a gag manga and anime poking fun at various otaku fetishes, predominantly maids, with moderate lolicon material.
Hanaukyo Maid Tai
lies at the extreme end of the spectrum, full embracing the fetish in a comedic manner, and features scores of maids who work for the household (although most do not do any conventional housework).
Ebichu the Hamster in the anime of the same name
fufills the same role as a maid, complete with sychopantic devotion and a completely lack of tact concerning her owner's privacy.
Roberta (of Black Lagoon)
another warrior-maid character, similar to Mahoro. Despite appearing to possess physically unmatched power, she devotes herself completely to the service and admonishments of a young boy. In the meido fanservice tradition, whenever she begins fighting, the garters under her frilly maid outfit become apparent.
May (of Hand Maid May)
4-inch robot girl designed to help out around the house. She was accidentally ordered by Satome Kazuya, a student at the prestigious Osza no Mizu Industries University, when Satome's rival tries to sabotage his computer with a computer virus. Being a mere 4-inch robot girl, May ends up in a lot of comical scenarios with her master.

[edit] See also

···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 19:30, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Imouto cafe

Does imouto cafe ("younger sister cafe") fit under this article?—Tokek 23:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Waiters in a butler cafe

The article claims (or claimed) that there are butler cafes with male butlers. Are there examples of these? This article already links to two all female (i.e. cross dressing) butler cafes, but I haven't heard of a different kind of butler cafe yet. —Tokek 23:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Yah I know, and I was the one who actually wrote the butler cafe article - and how the butlers were all females who dressed like males. someone changed it!!!

[edit] Broken Link

Reference 1 is broken, seems the site layout at the website has changed, but this is the link that many other articles on the 'net link to, seems to just have changed their site layout. 00:45, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Emma photo

I'm afraid the Emma photo, used in this manner does not fall into a valid category of fair use. These policies can be viewed from the image's link. Unless someone refutes this, I intend to remove the link to this image...I should really think that we could find/get better images for this article anyway. -Verdatum (talk) 06:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Akihabara image

why was Image:Akihabara Maids.JPG removed from this page? While it isn't an ideal image, I personally consider it to be more reputable than the image I added of the temporary maid cafe. Without a response, I intend to restore it. -Verdatum (talk) 16:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)