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Rich Girl Caretaker: I'm Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School(2026)

Also known as Saijo no Osewa: Takane no Hana Darake na Meimonkou de, Gakuin-Ichi no Ojousama (Seikatsu Nouryoku Kaimu) o Kage Nagara o Sewa Suru Koto ni Narimashita • 才女のお世話 • Saijo no Osewa: Takane no Hana-darake na Meimonkō de, Gakuin-ichi no Ojō-sama (Seikatsu Nōryoku Kai Mu) o Kage nagara Osewa suru Koto ni Narimashita

Archived · MBS

7.012 eps
S01
ComedyRomanceAnimeAnimation
ON AIR: JUL 4Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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The comedy here runs almost entirely on one recurring situation: a girl whose public image is immaculate and whose private life is a domestic disaster, and the ordinary guy who has quietly taken on the exhausting work of keeping those two realities from colliding. Each episode finds a new way for that gap to nearly close, with near-exposures and awkward scrambles doing most of the comedic heavy lifting. The humor is earnest rather than sharp, built on escalating mishaps rather than irony or absurdist detours.

Romantic feeling develops through repetition and proximity rather than any single dramatic moment. He keeps rescuing her from small catastrophes; she keeps letting him. That accumulation of quiet effort and reluctant reliance is where the warmth builds, slowly and without fanfare, in the way shonen romance tends to work best. The rich-school setting adds a light class contrast without turning satirical, keeping the tone breezy even as his workload quietly becomes unsustainable.

Best for

reputation-saving comedy, live-in caretaker romance and Comedy

Story lane

Comedy and Romance

Commitment

Season 1 · 12 episodes

Where

MBS

Official Premise

A seemingly perfect young lady hides a chaotic inability to manage basic chores. When an ordinary student becomes her live-in caretaker, he works around the clock to protect her flawless reputation, leading to awkward mishaps and feelings that gradually begin to change.

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