The opening narration of this Japanese series tells us what to expect and what we should expect is a "preposterous" academy where teen-aged girls go to become proper young ladies accompanied by a young (and generally handsome) male butler (whose hair is more elaborately styled than that of the girl). The butler has to go everywhere with his assigned mistress, cook for her, lay out her clothes, etc. But absolutely no romance is permitted between the two. Yeah, that'll work....
This series is akin to watching a reality vet show...you can't believe what you're seeing but you just can't look away. Multiple close ups of brooding faces, weird little icons that pop up at random times and homework assignments involving Fermat's Last Theorem. If you're into "drinking games", take a shot every time a character makes a mysteriously oblique but knowing remark. I promise you'll be out cold 30 minutes into the first episode. It's a surreal soap opera where every twist can be forecast, everyone is scheming and the stakes are ridiculously low (it all seems to be about who gets the hot butler).
All that said, it's actually a pretty fun time-waster with plenty of laugh-out loud moments that are only funny because the characters are so deadly serious about it all (I'm sure this is by design). It also helps that the two principal actors (Mei-chan and her butler) are attractive and appealing characters and you do root for their romance. But be warned, don't expect anything like "common sense" to be a part of any character's behavior.
This series is akin to watching a reality vet show...you can't believe what you're seeing but you just can't look away. Multiple close ups of brooding faces, weird little icons that pop up at random times and homework assignments involving Fermat's Last Theorem. If you're into "drinking games", take a shot every time a character makes a mysteriously oblique but knowing remark. I promise you'll be out cold 30 minutes into the first episode. It's a surreal soap opera where every twist can be forecast, everyone is scheming and the stakes are ridiculously low (it all seems to be about who gets the hot butler).
All that said, it's actually a pretty fun time-waster with plenty of laugh-out loud moments that are only funny because the characters are so deadly serious about it all (I'm sure this is by design). It also helps that the two principal actors (Mei-chan and her butler) are attractive and appealing characters and you do root for their romance. But be warned, don't expect anything like "common sense" to be a part of any character's behavior.
