Ladies versus Butlers!

I am angry, furious, pissed off- call it whatever you want. First and foremost, I spent 4 hours of my precious life (approx 20 mins per ep for 12 eps) watching a perfectly useless anime. Ok I take back the last three words of my previous sentence, for I will try to review this anime as fairly as possible and let the viewer decide on how useful it was. __________________Story_______________________ A delinquent-looking guy (not gonna point how cliched that is) suffers because of his looks when he enrolls into Hakureiryou school. Call that a story? I call it a piece of junk that does not have a singleaspect of originality in it. Speaking of originality; it is almost as if the writer just stole a bunch of cliched ideas and bunched them together to form this anime. There is the "fall down and grab boobs" cliche (I swear to god that this was repeated at least twice in every episode.) Then there is the "clumsy girl falls on MC [in awkward position]" cliche which happened about 6 times in the whole anime. There is also the "drunk guy/girl who tries to harass (sexually) someone from the other sex then wakes up and forgets" cliche ( though to be honest it only happened once.) Jeez a random seven year old child could has a better imagination! Anyways, then t here is the regular hot spring episode and the list of these copied scenes go on and on. ________________Characters ________________________ I was not exaggerating when I mentioned that the story does not have an aspect of originality in it, well the same goes for the characters. There is the violent, large-breasted, tsundere girl. Then there is the childhood friend who takes pleasure in tormenting the protagonist characater. Dear me! I almost forgot that even the main character is of the "dense, delinquent-looking but actually nice" stereotypical main character. Out of the minors there is the clumsy girl, the foreign girl, the loli girl, and that list also goes on and on. _________________Fan service________ Honestly this subtopic is probably what pissed me the most about this anime. Virtually every 40 seconds, a panty shot is shown out of nowhere. I am honestly not the biggest ecchi fan but I still believe in doing this in moderation. Another problem is this anime's obsession with showing the changing girls. Like there is no damn conversation going on, no damn thoughts, no important places, so why bother showing them??? Just to kill time because the plot does not provide enough material to do otherwise. I need not to point out that the amount of nudity shown is insane. Like there is a race and out of nowhere a girl starts stripping with the excuse that "sometime it feels like the clothes want to be off." Another scene where useless nudity is shown is where a girl wishes to express her feelings towards the main character so she ties him to the bed and climbs on him naked. It is useless- no amount of fan service can hnde the fact that the plot is to weak to support more than three episodes at maximum. _________________Enjoyment___________________ The comedy was horrible. Actually it was not so bad in the first three episodes but from there on it kept descending. The enjoyment factor is probably what score this anime the most- it has a lot of fan service. A lot of (in my opinion) useless fan service. So ecchi fans if you are interested in seeing a guy grope a girl's breast or watching girls change please go on. But I'd be lying if I said there was not a bit of guilty pleasure while watching this. _________________Overall_____________ Should you watch it? That is your choice to make, I have already stated most negative aspects of this above. As for my choice, I choose to thank all those who voted "helpful" and "not helpful" to this review. Thank you immensely for your feedback.

Ladies vs. Butlers is a typical ecchi comedy, which pretty much sticks to the formula and includes all the standard elements without doing anything that makes it stand out. It's not particularly bad, but then it's not particularly good either. Expect lots of nudity and a few hilarious moments, but no real redeeming qualities otherwise. Story: 4 A school designed specifically to reinforce the hereditary social hierarchy. If you're from an upper class family, you come here to learn how to be prim and proper. If you're from a servant class family, you come here to learn how to be properly subservient toyour betters. (Can you tell I'm cynical?) Fortunately, the anime doesn't really hit you over the head with it, like for example in They Are My Noble Masters. The school is just the setting, and the show is about humorous goings-on at the school. Art: 4 The style isn't as clean as in some others, and something kind of bugs me about the character designs of the girls. I guess they're meant to be "voluptuous" but to me they just come across as chubby. Upon watching it a second time, I figured it out. It's most obvious on Flameheart. Her waist is too high, which makes her look like she has big hips. It's not quite as pronounced on the other girls, but it's still there. Also, I really don't like her "drill hair," but the fact that they turned it into a running gag keeps it from losing another point. Sound: 5 The theme song is fun and catchy, although not my favorite. The voice acting and incidental sounds are fine. Characters: 5 I'll be honest, there's nothing special about these characters. They're your standard harem anime characters. I don't like Saikyo's sadistic streak (worst childhood friend ever!), or Flameheart's snobbishness, but neither bugs me enough to lose a point. The principal is funny, and it would have gained an extra point if she played a larger role. The hero is not one of the two harem anime stereotypes: the misunderstood good guy or the admitted pervert. He's not the pervert everyone thinks he is, but he's no "poor me" whiny brat either. He gives as well as he takes, as evidenced by his insubordinate attitude toward his betters, such as his banter with Flameheart. She gets the better of him as often as he gets the better of her, but his "I don't give a damn" attitude makes him particularly likable. I do have one complaint, which is that I really don't like any of the girls. Part of the fun of a harem anime comes from choosing your favorite girl, but in this case, I think the hero is better off without any of them. The two main rivals, Flameheart and Saikyo, are each unlikable. The other girls are mostly forgettable. Normally I would consider this a huge failing in a harem anime, but for some reason, it doesn't bother me too much here. The show is entertaining despite a lack of sympathetic characters. Enjoyment: 6 It's just plain fun to watch. Don't expect anything deep or awe-inspiring, and don't even expect any particularly interesting characters. Overall: 5 If you're into perverted comedies, you have to watch this one just to check it off your list. Otherwise, skip it.

Many criticize the harem genre of anime for its overly formulaic approach and execution. And Ladies vs. Butlers will probably not change the opinions of these critics, since practically every convention common in harem anime is crammed into this show. The premise behind Ladies vs. Butlers is simple yet predictable. The main character, Hino Akiharu, attends a school for upper-class ladies that is also dedicated to instructing maids and butlers how to function in high-class society. The story basically details Hino interacting with the various girls at the school and the various ecchi situations he gets himself into. The majority of thisseries is episodic and, in all honesty, serves nothing more than to introduce the female characters and to show ecchi scenes. Ladies vs. Butlers includes almost every female archetype found in the harem genre: a tsundere, a childhood friend, a (reverse) trap, lolis, clumsy girls, foreign girls, etc. The harem lead, Akiharu, is also a fairly generic character. While he doesn’t fit the “total loser” persona as many other harem leads do, there is nothing really noteworthy about him. Also, there is hardly any significant character development, but that is to be expected of an anime of this type. The art is decent and very reminiscent of one of XEBEC’s earlier productions, Kanokon. And while some of the character designs may be slightly off-putting (for example, there is a 19-year-old girl who looks like an elementary school student), this will not detract from overall enjoyment of the anime. The opening and ending songs are appropriate for this kind of anime but nothing all that memorable, and the voice-acting suited each character’s personality well. The background music is virtually nonexistent, though you will probably be too fixated on all the bouncing breasts, panty shots, and nudity present in this anime to even notice. While Ladies vs. Butlers does not fail in one particular aspect, its main issue is that it does nothing to stand out from the countless other harem anime out there. It doesn’t deviate from the harem formula at all, and as a result, this anime most likely will not appeal to anyone looking for anything more than fanservice and comedy. However, if you are a diehard harem or ecchi fan, you should give Ladies vs. Butlers a try. Overall, this was a decent ecchi/harem anime, albeit nothing exceptional or ground-breaking.

I'm just gonna get the obvious stuff out of the way first. Ladies versus Butlers is an ecchi harem comedy that does little to break the chain of "we don't need a story as long there are boobies" shows that we see in shows of this genre. Almost all the characters fall perfectly within some set archetype, and don't really see anything in the way of character development. Also, this show has more of these archetypes than I think I've ever seen in one place, as well all the gags you'd expect in this genre. Despite this, I still enjoyed this series quite a bit ,for two main reasons. The main character, and fact that the non-ecchi related jokes were actually funny. Story: Didn't really expect anything from the story to begin with, didn't really get anything. The show basically just follows him around as he lives at this school with all these girls. No real plot. He's just sorta there with all these girls, and.... yeah. Art: The show does look nice, which is definitely a plus. It's not incredibly unique in terms of style, but it's not bad to look at either. It gets the job done for this series just fine. A show based on fanservice should be something fans would want to look at, no? Sound: Not really anything notable about the sound. The OP was kinda catchy, but that's about it. It wasn't bad, but it never really stuck out during the series. Character: The show has more character archetypes crammed into it than I've ever seen in any place before, and nobody really develops beyond these roles. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Akuharu. While he's no brilliant character himself, I'd definitely choose him over most of the other male leads you see in ecchi harem. Him not being a spineless loser without any backbone or opinion of any kind was nice change from the usual, and his appearance (red eyes, scar on his eyebrow, and not small/wimpy) felt like someone actually gave it a bit of thought rather than just taking the concept art from another ecchi harem and doing just enough edits to make him not a blatant clone. For the first time, I actually CARED about the male lead. While there's still lots of work to be done in terms of characters, L x B was at least a step in the right direction. Enjoyment: While there was more than enough fanservice for those who came here looking for it, the show was quite amusing with its more worksafe bits humor(the principal and ninja maid in particular). It was enough to keep me watching the entire way through, although I really would have liked to see more of it in place of the "I tripped and grabbed a boob" gag or the ever present "Some random situation has forced us into a sexually awkward position" bit. Overall: Ladies versus Butlers is by no means a greatanime, but it definitely preferrable to most of the shows in this genre. Akuharu hinted at something in the way of effort in his design, the art looks very nice, and there's enough not fanservice related humor to actually, well , make someone not as into that as others find some enjoyment out of this, however small that may be.

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