The Princess Maid

Description

Princess Siana quietly endured her parents' abuse for years, but when Crown Prince Rashid of the nearby empire conquers her kingdom and kills her entire family, she refuses to die without standing up for herself. Siana begs for her life, and Rashid allows her to be a maid at the palace, where she thrives in her simple life of service... until that new life is threatened by Rashid's interest in her. Can Siana finally enjoy the peace she deserves, or will Rashid's fascination disrupt it all?

Original Novel

Original Webtoon:
Daum, KakaoPage

Official Translations:
S.Chinese, English, Japanese, Thai, T.Chinese

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

A Maid Was More of a Calling Than a Princess

Being a Maid is Better Than Being a Princess

Being a Maid Was More Important Than Being a Princess

Mi Vocación era ser Doncella, no Princesa

Ser Sirvienta es Mejor que una Princesa Torturada

Trở Thành Hầu Nữ Còn Quan Trọng Hơn Là Làm Công Chúa

องค์หญิงอย่างฉันเกิดมาเพื่อเป็นสาวใช้

メイドになったお姫様

比起公主，侍女才是我的天职

比起成为公主，侍女才是我的天职

皇太子的公主侍女

공주보다 시녀가 천직이었습니다

Groups Scanlating

Baddies' Asylum

Kai Scans

Latest Release(s)

c.32 by Baddies' Asylum 10 months ago

c.31 by Baddies' Asylum 10 months ago

c.30 by Baddies' Asylum 10 months ago

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Status in Country of Origin

47 Chapters (Ongoing)

S1: 32 Chapters (1~32)
S2: 15 Chapters (Ongoing) 33~

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (37 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.07 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 2nd, 2025 8:27am PDT - 6 days ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Shoujo
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Daum

Kakao

Kakao Webtoon Studio

Serialized In (magazine)

KakaoPage (Kakao)

Kakao Webtoon (Daum)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Tapas

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #608

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Monthly Pos #818

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3 Month Pos #1135

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6 Month Pos #1099

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Year Pos #945

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List Stats

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On 115 wish lists

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by Onism
6 months ago

Rating: N/A

🍂🎐 Princess Siana (FL)

got a clueless doe-eyes look, unbothered
cruel. Morally grey
mother died when young. Father re-married
was abused by stepmother
loves being a maid

🐇🩸⚔️ Crown Prince Rashid Lebijouan De Arden

has a soft spot for cute, doe-eyes creatures
has many small pets
infamous on battlefield and for looks
has been looking for mystery girl from childhood

🥀 (7th) Princess Alice

brash, loves getting a reaction out of people
mother was dancer. Father was emperor
considered vicious. Avoided by all maids
lives in decrepit palace

Prince Reysis

non-verbal, autistic
artistic
son of empress consort Angelina
never been seen by public
raised in seclusion with mother’s family
power-hungry father had abused him, thinking there was something wrong with him
FL is tasked with teaching him

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ASPECTS / TROPES

FL is princess of fallen country
Nice art
FL bullied by other maids
Behind the scenes fight for the throne
Internal palace drama
Romance is not the main theme
Emperor with multiple wives and children
FL becomes nanny to Princess Alice
Gets kind of dark as FL ‘helps’ Alice gain political power for revenge. Taking advantage of a grandmother’s grief, getting Alice to stand in for her dead daughter, satisfied when the grandmother whips the child that had bullied Alice

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The Representation

While it is unprecedented that a manga include representation of an autistic character, personally, as an autistic person myself, I don’t agree that it was a good one.

**Things they did well: **

autism is not some disease to be cured.

Things they did not do well:

the autistic character isn’t treated like an actual living person but is used as a prop while the mother is trying to learn how to accept her son. They don’t focus on his feelings, what he thinks of the whole situation or anything. It’s just about the FL ‘teaching’ the mother (assuming she knows the cause and solution) instead of asking and communicating with the child themselves (non-verbal doesn’t mean they can’t communicate)
they still treat being autistic as a condition that had to be ‘helped’ in some way. The ML even looks down on the autistic child, saying he couldn’t make eye contact, hold a conversation and screams. And all the FL does is say that his ‘condition’ is ‘improving’ like the whole aim of the practice isn’t to make him happy but to get him to act more like a neurotypical.
they took a very cliche approach to representing autism: a young boy who likes stacking things in order, no eye contact, destructive meltdowns, etc. Not saying no autistic person has these traits, it’s just that it isn’t a very eye-opening, new lense view of autism. And they don’t take the time to even mention sensory overload, proprioception, hyper focus, executive differences, whether he is ok with touch (especially sudden touch).
When he has a meltdown (autistic term), the FL just tells the mother to hug him really hard from behind. But they never asked whether he was ok touch or the type of touch he is ok with, or what actually helps him after a meltdown. For all they know, he could actually find touch overwhelming sensory-wise and finds it even worse when he’s overwhelmed.

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CONTENT WARNINGS

Domestic abuse (corporal punishment, verbal abuse, emotional absence), blood, murder (on-screen), workplace bullying (including body shaming), ableism,

... Last updated 6 months ago

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Amazing portrayal of autism

by amealer
6 months ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

This manga does an amazing job at portraying autism. It specifically states that autism is not a disease, that it cannot be cured, but that it can be managed. It realistically showed the best ways to help a child with autism. It also showed the amazing talents that they may have hidden within them. As I have a daughter with autism, I am well aware of the way that autism presents itself. This author deserves an award for their amazing work.

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Nice enough

by lancergashinda
9 months ago

Rating: N/A

(date of writing: completed season 1, 32/32)
To begin with, so far it's not even a romance so it doesn't matter if the ml is a simp or not. Their dynamic is just the MC thinking he's very weird and eccentric and ml thinking she's cute, but in the way you find a bunny cute. It's pretty far from the focus at all right now.
Anyway.
Tone: Slice of life-ish Palace drama. Story telling is not too heavy but also has a fair share of intrigue to not be pure slice of life.
Setting: Nothing riveting but nice enough, no major plot hole I can think of.
Main Character: May be the reason why I gave such a high rating. The first season is too short to see how consistently she is written, but it's refreshing. She's sweet, kind and compassionate, but she is also honestly ruthless and realistic. She knows how far to take her kindness without being naive or oblivious and clearly advise on the vicious nature of Palace life and how to survive it. A nice balance in-between a kind heart protagonist and a calculating one so far.
Art: A few scenes have a weird pacing, but very pretty otherwise
Misc: ... 5/10 on the way to treat autism. Author seemed to have good intentions but it's handled a bit cringe and clumsily.
In short: first season is nice enough for a bit of light reading.

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Cute

by kurotaito
10 months ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The characters and art are cute. The story is pretty simple though.

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