Time to punish another anime series, this time it's Ladies vs Butlers
Akiharu Hino applies for a place in a prestigious school that teaches well bred young ladies and servants how to act, however he gets an unexpected meet up with his former childhood friend Tomomi Saikyo, a girl who used to torment him when he was younger, his first day doesn't get any better when Selnia Iori Flameheart, nicknamed Drill ends up stalking him for the sake of being a nuisance, from there the rest is a series of poor attempts at fan service as the show pulls no punches about showing lots of nudity to the point where some scenes feel a little uncomfortable.
Then again the school is run by what I can describe as Konata Izumi if she grew up and took a career in teaching, I'm of course referring to School Dean Kaede who could be responsible for the entire school stripping every five seconds.
Again it pulls no punches and suffers badly for it.
But there are some moments that have saved it from a complete write off; Kaoru Daichi's story of actually being female is the type of story Mayo Chiki needed to have in the first place.
Equally moments with Pina are enjoyable as it reminds me how lonely liking anime can be.
Even Selnia who is normally a character I don't like can warrant a few decent scenes.
However the worst character has to be Tomomi; it's suggested that she doesn't want to lose as her motivation for being a bitch but that's not enough, she really is just an outright bitch, much of the series is wasted when the focus is only on her and Selnia having a war of words with Akiharu caught in the middle, it really didn't do much else for an anime that was already bad.
Dub is okay, nothing special.
Final Verdict: The fan service is forced, the dialogue is boring, some uncomfortable moments, and bar a couple of good episodes the whole show is just a mess of mediocrity
Ladies vs Butlers Review
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