Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)! (Japanese: ヒロイン？聖女？いいえ、オールワークスメイドです（誇）！, Hepburn: Hiroin? Seijo? Īe, Ōruwākusu Meido Desu (Hoko)!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Atekichi and illustrated by Yukiko. It began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing websites Shōsetsuka ni Narō and Kakuyomu in February 2017. The series was later acquired by TO Books and published under the TO Bunko imprint in March 2020. A manga adaptation illustrated by Keiko began serialization on the Nico Nico Seiga website under TO Books' Comic Corona brand in May 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by EMT Squared premiered in July 2026.
Contents
Premise
Celeste McMurdon recovers memories of her past life as Ritsuko Mizunami upon seeing a maid as a child. In her past life she showed signs of great intelligence as a child, but her life felt empty until she was enamored by the sight of maid while on a trip to England. Afterwards, she dedicated her life to training herself to be the perfect maid. However, she died in a plane crash on her way to train in England. Following the death of her mother to illness, Celeste vows to be the greatest maid in her honor; a voice tells her that she had unlocked magic. Unbeknownst to Celeste, she has reincarnated as the heroine of an otome game called "Five Oaths of the Saint"; she's already broken the plot by being unaware and uncaring of anything but fulfilling her past life's dream. Using her magic, Celeste hides her true hair and eye color, having read in her mother's will that she is the illegitimate daughter of a count; taking the alias Melody Wave, as another precaution, she heads off to avoid being pulled into a noble family and being denied her dream again.
Characters
Celeste McMurdon (セレスティ・マクマーデン, Seresuti Makumāden) / "Melody Wave" (メロディ・ウェーブ, Merodi Uēbu)
Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto
The protagonist of the series. Melody finally gets to live her life's dream of being the perfect maid after unintentionally being part of an isekai by death event; having never heard of otome games, Melody has zero clue that she has an important role in her new world. She constantly gets involved by sheer accident with people whom were meant to meet Celeste after she was found by her father Count Regibas. Melody works as the sole maid of her employers, for their home in the capital; using her magic to create clones to divide up the tasks.
Melody remains ignorant of the fact she is a saint and her magic is so powerful that most others would have conquered the world if they wished to; even the narrator thinks she's a moron for wasting such power. The reason she can use complex magic without issue is that Melody carries out calculations subconsciously, thanks to her past brilliance as Ritsuko.
Luciana Rutleberg (ルシアナ・ルトルバーグ, Rushiana Rutorubāgu)
Voiced by: Rumi Okubo
The young heiress of the house Melody is employed at. She was meant to have a lonely and miserable life due to her parents' neglect for her and their house in the capital; making her resentful and the perfect vessel for the demon king's spirit to inhabit. Melody's companionship eliminates these factors; even making Luciana call out parents on their lack of initiative.
She loves Melody like family despite being reminded of their statuses. Luciana often has Melody teach her, even if she is very spartan in her methods.
Christopher Von Théolas (クリストファー・フォン・テオラス, Kurisutofā Fon Teorasu) and Anna-Marie Victirium (アンネマリー・ヴィクティリウム, Annemarī Vuikutiriumu)
Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki and Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa
Media
Light novel
Written by Atekichi, Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)! began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing websites Shōsetsuka ni Narō and Kakuyomu on February 1, 2017. It was later acquired by TO Books who began publishing the series with illustrations by Yukiko under their TO Bunko imprint on March 10, 2020, with ten volumes released as of July 1, 2026.
In June 2024, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they have licensed the series for English publication beginning in December that same year.
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Keiko began serialization on the Nico Nico Seiga website under TO Books' Comic Corona brand on May 10, 2021. The manga's chapters have been collected into seven tankōbon volumes as of July 2026.
In June 2024, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they have licensed the manga for English publication beginning in November that same year.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 12, 2025. It is produced by EMT Squared and directed by Naoya Murakawa, with Shinji Ishihira serving as chief director, Toshizō Nemoto handling series composition, Eri Tokugawa designing the characters, and Ken Ito composing the music. The series premiered on July 1, 2026, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Madual↔Heart" (マデュアル↔ハート, Maduaru↔Hāto), performed by Yume Miyamoto and Rumi Okubo as their respective characters, while the ending theme song is "Handmade" (ハンドメイド, Hando Meido), performed by Shugo Nakamura. Crunchyroll is streaming the series.