All About Maids ~5th Anniversary Special~ [Featuring 7 Voice Actresses]

What's great is that every single one of them has such a high likability rating. And on top of that, there's this situation where, on this very day of the "Special Relaxation Day" that she's been looking forward to and honing her skills for, of all things, another maid ends up spilling the beans on her. What is this, is everyone just cute or what? (They are cute.) Personally, my top recommendation is the head maid, Sumire-san. She's cute. I thought she was this perfectly stoic, strict type, but then she ends up biting her tongue lol That cute little moment a serious person suddenly shows you, with that gap-moe factor, really sends the likability soaring lol Personally, I wish I could've gotten to know Shiori-san's cool side a bit more? In her own appearance track, she came across less as cool and more kind of flustered/nervous. Though her coolness did get portrayed later through the other girls' exposés of her. It was a work where you could enjoy various things with the voice, the way it sounds, and the sound itself. Also, I'd recommend making sure you get proper sleep before listening to this. When I listened to it sitting deep in a chair with only a moderate amount of sleep, I ended up drifting off completely lol I appreciated that none of the tracks were noisy or grating, and I could listen quietly all the way through.

This is a work where, as the master of the mansion, you get to experience a "Special Relaxation Day" in which each maid provides you with a different kind of healing. The maid in charge and the content of the healing changes with each track, and it's structured like an "omnibus format where each story connects and progresses," which I think is a fairly rare style for an audio work. Since the maids each have different character traits and are voiced by different voice actresses, I really enjoyed the excitement of wondering "what kind of girl will appear in the next track, and what kind of healing will she bring?" There's a demure, elegant maid who's the very picture of "THE maid," a cool, stoic maid like a warrior, a sweet tsundere maid with a lot of dere in her, twin maid sisters who are on the calmer, downer side but have subtly different personalities from each other, a maid who's a textbook airheaded ditz, a gal maid who calls her master "Papa" and keeps things close and casual, and a reserved rookie maid whose lack of confidence and nervousness really comes through. Each and every maid has her own individuality, and her own kind of cuteness! Even though they're all different, it was lovely how "devotion and love for the master" comes through from every single maid...! Of course, the healing ASMR elements also differ by the number of maids, so you get to hear all kinds of sounds. From the ultra-classic ear cleaning and massage (oil, carbonated) to hand care and hair washing/cutting, and even rarer things like cork sounds, kinetic sand, and original storytelling readings—it's a delightful work that lets you enjoy a huge variety of sounds! You can really feel the attention to detail in the sound design too, and it was very much to my taste, pleasant on the ears. Things like how the knocking sound on the door differs for each maid—that kind of thing really impressed me. A maid-filled Special Relaxation Day where the sounds and interactions change with each maid, making for fun and soothing healing—I was thoroughly satisfied!!

Except for a few tracks, this is an audio work where a different maid chats a little with you in each track while soothing you with sound. Beyond the individuality of each maid, the sounds vary widely too—not just the classic ear cleaning, but also the crackling pop of carbonation, the snip-snip sound of scissors, and more. Not sure if it's exactly "healing," but there's even the sound of something breaking. Taken as a whole, it's a story that runs from morning to night over the course of one day, but each maid's segment is almost independent and takes about 20-30 minutes to listen through, so it's easy to just pick out the track for your favorite maid or favorite sound to listen to before bed or during a bit of free time. The final track is a heartwarming storytelling piece. It seems to be an original story, and I think it's really well made.