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“Orphaned delinquent boy enters elite butler school, scares girls, reunites with childhood crush.”
Ladies versus Butlers!
れでぃ×ばと!
6.53
7,505 rank · 236,271 viewers · 314 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Ecchi
Harem
School
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Synopsis
Orphaned delinquent boy enters elite butler school, scares girls, reunites with childhood crush.
Hino Akiharu lost his parents when he was small and was adopted into his uncle's family. He didn't want to be a burden on his uncle's family and decides to enter a free boarding school as a butler, Hakureiryou high school. However, his delinquent boy-like appearance frightens the girls, who make up the majority of the students. Unable to get along with the classmates, Akiharu meets his childhood crush Saikyou Tomomi.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 43 sampled reviews
6.1
/10
What 43 viewers settled on.
81%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 7
σ 1.81
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.81 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.4 pts
Recommenders 7.6 · others 3.2
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.91
Running avg · Jan 2010 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “It's not the most complicated anime ever. BUT if you don't have a problem with heavy ecchi. And you watch anime to cool off from your daily stress, This is the best thing. I think this anime is...”
- 8 “Alright, anime fans. The list of winter shows has looked kind of, well, boring. But I just got a hold of the pre-release episode of Ladies versus Butlers! I have been watching anime since the 80's...”
- 8 “The food illustrations and background architecture look nice, and the show manages to be fun in spite of itself. Still, it's basically a pencil stroke away from outright hentai, plagued by...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 49%
Long · 19%
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2010 – Mar 2010 Winter 2010
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-4896 catalog
Produced by
- Geneon Universal Entertainment Producer
- Lantis Producer
- AT-X Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- ASCII Media Works Producer
- BIGLOBE Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor