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Swarm Alpha

The **Swarm Alphas** are highly aggressive, taking their sub-source ability of the Hive Mind to the maximum. Swarm Alphas are massive Drones which lay in the center of the swarm which they control. All the Drones within the swarm will be in near perfect unison due to being in such close proximity of a Hive Mind source, making them much more devastating than before. Any threat one Drone sees will be noticed by the Alpha as well.

The Alpha's memory is nothing to scoff at either. They will remember the faces of every being who has killed a drone within their swarm, and it wasn't like there was much stopping them from killing a being before. It just adds fuel to the fire.
Lorelei/SMP

Lorelei is the third member of the Aureolin SMP. She is on the neutral side of the lore. Her d&d alignment is 'true neutral.'

## Appearance

Lorelei is shown with a mushroom on her head, brown hair, and a white shirt with a mushroom on it. She wears dark red and red gloves, the left of which is long and the right of which is short. She is also dressed in a plaid skirt and shoes.

## Personality

Lorelei is a bystander rather than a leader. She despises violence and has made it a rule to have no violence in her home. She is rather kind than chaotic and evil. She assists people in completing tasks or quests on the server.

Lorelei can also do anything for what she wants, and she exacts vengeance on those who have wronged her friends or herself.

## Backstory

Lorelei had grown up in a loving family. She appears to be living her best life, with no problems. Her friend, on the other hand, was envious of her and disliked her.

Lorelei's friend wanted to meet her in a private area to talk things out. Lorelei, oblivious as she was, had agreed. Lorelei was viciously murdered by her friend while the two were in a private area.

She longed to be returned to earth during her time in heaven, but in order to fulfill her wishes, she had under one condition: A curse. Her curse was to transform into an anthropomorphic mushroom, complete with a mushroom on top of her head. She reluctantly agrees with the gods and is returned to Earth.

She immediately ran home when she arrived. No one seemed to recognize her when she arrived. Nobody, not even her parents. *Does this mushroom really change my appearance?* Even her friends hadn't recognized her. She ran away from everyone, saddened, hoping to find a place to stay. But, Lorelei is still missing from the public eye.

## Relationships

 Taru |  Neutral | "Not much is known about Taru, but she’s pretty nice, to be honest. After I saw the book, I don't know if I can trust her anymore.."
Izumi Ryuonji

**Izumi Ryuonji** is a recurring character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*, a wealthy young lady being the current head leader of the Ryuonji Family and a student who attends the Saint Lucia Girl's Academy, having the role of the president for the academy's Student Council. Izumi is known for her excellent role for a leader, her beautiful figure emitting a powerful and calming presence, while having polite demeanors with a gentle side. Every other schoolgirls in the academy yearns for Izumi's excellence and most aims to follow in her footsteps. Although she is the perfect model for a rich lady, Izumi's butler is unfortunately the extremely clumsy Kiba, who is known to be forgetful and tend to cause troubles unconsciously.

## Relationships

### Family & Relatives

* **Ryuonji Family**:
	+ **Mrs. Ryuonji**:

## Trivia

* Riko Miyagi made a bonus drawing of Izumi trying to do a painting of Kiba, with the butler sitting and posing for her. Riko stated even Izumi, who is nigh-perfect in various subjects, is incredibly terrible at painting. In order to conceal the seemingly atrocious painting, Izumi's head and upper body are covering the painting portrait.
* According to additional notes in fourth volume, chapter 22 of the first series, Miyagi noted how perfect people such as Izumi are prone to emotionally break easier than others and end up losing their composure as a result but they can still be trusted as friends or allies.
	+ Miyagi would add another note depicting an alternate version of the series if Rihito Shibata was serving Izumi the plot would have been boring since they are two perfect people with little flaws on their characteristics and if Kiba was to serve Mei Hongo, it would have been more terrifying since both are incredibly unpredictable clumsy which results into catastrophic scenarios.
Maria Redford

**Maria Shibata Redford** or simply **Maria Shibata**/**Maria Redford** is a supportive character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* and the current headmaid of the Hongo Estate. She is the daughter of Hideto Shibata and Clare Redford, which makes her the twin sister of Chris Redford and their grandfather was the previous Duke of Redford. She is married to Taizo and together, they conceived the Shibata Brothers.

## Biography

### Early Life

Maria, along with her brother Chris, were born from a forbidden union between a butler and a lady: such union is seen as a disgrace for a butler and they are hereby forced to resigned to leave the workplace or even relinquish their badge and rank. Their father, Hideto Shibata, was once a S-Ranked butler wielding a Golden Badge with great pride, though has fallen in love for the lady he served, Clare Redford. Clare's father, the previous Duke of Redford, was obviously outraged from Hideto's actions and possibly wanted to fire Hideto but the forbidden lovers ran away from the duke for several months, enough for Clare to give birth to the twins but passed away from maternal death. Chris mentioned Clare was born with a rather fragile and weak body.

### Later Life & Maidhood

It is unknown what Maria during her life, though she possibly attend to a school for training woman into maids and became a successful skilled maid, then managed to become hired as the headmaid for the Hongo Organization and it's family. She would later marry the Hongo Mansion's headbutler, Taizo and gave birth to her first child, Rihito Shibata and later she would give birth to a second child 8 years later, Kento Shibata.

## Appearances

### Physical Appearances

She is a thin and tall woman, with Taizo being taller than her. She bears a striking similarity with her brother's facial traits, even her son Kento almost saw Chris as a "male version" of her mother. Her face also resembles to her father, Hideto. Her hair is tied as a knot on the back of her head, possibly blond in color. Though her age is unknown, Maria seems to be physically young in appearance and possibly in her mid-40's.

## Trivia

* Despite being a Redford herself, Maria seemingly decided to use the "Shibata" family name. It is possibly due to the fact she wasn't chosen as the successor for the duke title and she wasn't interested into becoming a duchess, while her brother Chris is the current duke and holds the Redford family name.
Redford Family

The **Redford Family** is a wealthy noble family and possibly tied with the aristocracy class, currently living in the Redford Ducal Residence, a large mansion in the middle of a massive private landmass secretly hiding in the middle of England, United Kingdom. The Redford Family is known to be tied with the domestic worker family, the Shibata Family, creating the Shibata-Redford Family and responsible for training the most unique butlers and maids over the years, most notably the Shibata Brothers.

The family is also an allied partner of the Hongo Family, due to the Shibata Family working for the Hongos for generations.

## History

### Origins

The Redford Family appears to have a long history of nobility, possibly having many generations in England.

## Members

* **Unnamed Duke of Redford**:
* **Clare Redford**:
* **Chris Redford**:
* **Maria Redford**:
* **Rihito Shibata**:
* **Kento "Redford" Shibata**:
Mei-chan no Shitsuji

***Mei-chan no Shitsuji*** (*メイちゃんの執事*, translated as "**Mei-chan's Butler**" or "**Mei's Butler**") is a Japanese manga created by Riko Miyagi, who worked as both the illustrator and writer for the manga from November 21, 2006 to January 25, 2013. The manga is the first series of the franchise and was serialized in the *Margaret* magazine, owned by *Shueisha* and was published by *Tong Li Publishing* in Taiwan and China. Due to it's popularity, the manga got adapted into a Japanese television drama live action and being broadcasted by *Fuji TV* from January 13 to March 17, 2009, into a total of 10 episodes.

On September 5, 2014, Riko Miyagi started to create a sequel named *Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX* (also known as "*Mei-chan no Shitsuji Deluxe*"), who got publishd and licensed again by Tong Li Publishing. In this manga, the adventures of Mei Hongo continues, alongside the Shibata Brothers. Afterwards, a spin-off based from *Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX* was created in November 2019, under the name of *Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi* (Mei-chan's Butler: Butlers of Midnight) and ended on November 2020 after it's third volume released. Another spin-off named *Mikado Boy* was created in 2013 and concluded it's run with 4 volumes in 2014. The story follows the youthful days of Hideto Shibata during the Second World War.

## Manga Synopsis

Mei Shinonome, a young teenage girl from a modest background discovers she is the future heiress of a wealthy family holding great fortune. A skilled butler, Rihito Shibata, puts himself at her service and her grandfather sends her with him to a prestigious and acclaimed private academy for young women, where all the students are accompanied by their personal butler. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Kento decides to enroll into a butler school and learn the butlerhood path because he is secretly in love with her. While Mei faces new challenges and discover mysteries in her new life, the situation with Kento and Rihito seems to turn into a love triangle...

## Trivia

* As of November 2020, the cumulative circulation of the series has reached 7.5 million. This is hinted from a notation in the third volume of *Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX*.

## See Also

* *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* article on Wikipedia.
Sakuraba

**Sakuraba** is a minor character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*, serving as Sister Rose's main butler. He is currently a S-Ranked butler with a Golden S Badge and implied as one of the most powerful and skilled butlers in the franchise. His role is mostly being a background and sometimes supportive character, just the lady he serves.
Corpse Tree

Corpse Trees are quite an interesting plant. They are a carnivorous decomposer, only feeding on animal matter.

### Growth

These plants don't actually need leaves to flourish, as their diet is very strict. Growing leaves is only a sign that the tree is feeding well. While slow growing, they can reach impressive sizes, the largest being big enough to possibly house a small, isolated ecosystem of its own within its branches.

The trees flourish best in the Dread Realm, as to be expected. Since they have no need for drawing in prey with their virtually limitless supply, these trees instead alert nearby Wardens and Scouring Locusts to any being who's dumb enough to wander around them.

### A Terrible Fate

While these trees may look rather pleasant, their nature is very deceiving. Once big enough, the trees will begin to release a chemical mixture that in many ways acts like a highly addictive drug, lowering victim's stress response and making them more happy. If the tree begins to run out of food, its leaves will begin to die and it will slowly stop making the chemical. This triggers sudden, severe withdrawal symptoms within victims, making them visit more frequently and grow increasingly violent. Eventually with the increased violence the tree waits until it's provided with some new corpses to feed off of.

If not by the chemical withdrawal, the tree can take you by other means. During the day they lay mostly dormant, as any normal plant would. Once night falls however, the tree will awaken and begin to search for any animals nearby with its long, thorny vines. If anyone makes the mistake of falling asleep near the tree, they will be slowly devoured and dragged underground.
Nakamoto (Teacher)

*"Silence, everybody! Get back to your seats!"*
—Nakamoto yelling at the students.

The teacher **Nakamoto** (full name unknown) is a teacher working at the small school in an unnamed village from the Shikoku province, who makes a little role in the earliest chapters of *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*. She's mostly known to be the older sister of Natsumi, who also attends to the same school her older sister works in and a close friend to Mei Shinonome.

## Biography

### Chapter 1

Teacher Nakamoto is first seen running inside the school to deliver the bad news to Mei: her parents passed away during a terrible accident. She was later seen at the funeral of Mei's parents, explaining to Kento the possibility of Mei becoming an orphan since she is 13 years old and without parents.

## Personality

Teacher Nakamoto is a strict woman who takes class rules seriously, upholding a good example in front of her students. But she does have a softer side, as seen when she was visibly distraught to announce the death of Mei's parents and worrying of what will become of Mei due to becoming an orphan without any relatives left.

Like most female characters in the series, she seems to fall from Rihito's charming appearance and polite manners.

## Appearances

Nakamoto is a tall and well-build woman with long, jet black hair ending at her neck. She is only seen wearing thin, black glasses, a sport tracksuit with white stripes and a pair of casual sneakers. She bears a striking similarity with her younger sister: both have a similar hairstyle, nigh-same facial traits and the two siblings wears glasses. It can be said the teacher is somehow the "adult version" of Natsumi's physical appearance.

During the funerals of Mei's parents, Nakamoto was seen wearing dark clothing like everyone else during the ceremony.

## Relationships

### Family & Relatives

* **Natsumi Nakamoto**: Her younger sister who attends the same school as Mei.

### Others & Neutrals

* **Mei Hongo**: Their relationship is pretty normal, like every teachers and students should see each others. But she did worried about Mei's fate.
* **Rihito Shibata**: Nakamoto struggled to understand the indomitable presence of Rihito during classes, yet quickly fall in love with the butler's polite mannerisms.
* **Kento Shibata**: The only interaction seen with Kento was him warning about Rihito being always right and impossible to oppose against.

## Quotes

*"Headmistress!"*
—Nakamoto upon hearing The Headmistress calling her.
*"I've conducted an investigation!"*
—Nakamoto to Mei's friends.
*"Do not call my name directly!"*
—Teacher Nakamoto to Mei's friends.

## Gallery

A closer look to Nakamoto's face.Older Nakamoto's full body appearance, featuring Mei's School Friends.Nakamoto discussing with The Headmistress.The teacher and her younger sister.The original image followed with the translator's notes.
Japan

**Japan** (Japanese: 日本, *Nippon* or *Nihon*, and formally 日本国) is a small East-Asian country located in the northwest Pacific Ocean, very close to the Korea Peninsula, China and Russia. It is widely known for it's flourishing culture on it's time periods, martial arts, manga books and food culture. Japan has a total of 125.5 million habitants, which is outstanding for a very small country formed by 6,852 small islands. The country is also the main settlement of the *Mei-chan no Shitsuji series* and being the birthplace for most of the main and recurrent characters. It's the country where Kintaro Hongo created his estate and lives alongside his family.
Shibata's Udon

*"Let me explain! Shibata's Grandpa owns a local udon restaurant, and it seems to be doing well!"*
—The manga's information on Shibata's Udon.
**Shibata's Udon** is a local small restaurant at the village of Shikoku, specialized in cooking udon noodle meals. The small restaurant is currently owned by Hideto Shibata. Nakata Tanaka, a rival of Kento Shibata and former husband candidate for Mei Hongo, is currently working part-time for the restaurant. The small restaurant is generally crowded and popular in the nearby neighborhoods, possibly one of the most visited restaurants in the village of Shikoku.

## History

### Volume 10 - Sheep 67th

After winning the baseball match against the Husband Candidate Team at Saint Lucia Girl's Academy, Kento receives a call for the first time in four years from his grandfather, Hideto, both exchange a brief conversation. During their conversation, Hideto was sitting on a bench in front of his noodle restaurant, Shibata's Udon, with Tanaka Nakata mentioned as a part-time worker. Hideto asked Kento if Mei was fine, which the young butler replied he thinks she is with Hideto replying it should be a relief she has Rihito by her side. This sparked anger in Kento, saying he is an A-Ranked butler as a mean to prove he is highly important, strong and skilled.

## Description

### Known Workers

* **Hideto Shibata** - Owner, possibly the restaurant's cook.
* **Nakata** **Tanaka** - Part-time worker, noodle cook.
* **Possibly Other Workers**

## Trivia

* It is very possible Hideto Shibata decided to start his own own noodle restaurant either being inspired or to pay tribute and honor Mei's father, Shutaro Hongo.
	+ Another possibility is Hideto managed to acquire the restaurant Shutaro worked in and renovated it entirely to pay tribute for the late Hongo son.
Unnamed Duke of Redford

The unnamed **Duke of Redford** is a minor and unseen, only mentioned character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*. He was the previous duke of the Redford Ducal Residence and the father of Clare Redford. His greatest butler was none other than Hideto Shibata, reputed for his skills and talent but has fallen in love with Clare and both ran away from the duke.

## Biography

### Background

The duke possibly came from a long generation of nobility and became the new duke to replace the older one at some point during his life.
Riko Miyagi

*"You may have noticed that this manga often presents sheep along characters on chapter covers and extra pages. Why is this? What do sheep have to do with this manga? Not much, rather, it's a play on the similarity between the Japanese word for butler (shitsuji) and sheep (hitsuji). For example, chapters are counted as a sequence of sheep."*
—Riko Miyagi explaining the presence of sheeps in the manga.

**Riko Miyagi** (*宮城 理子, Miyagi Riko*) is a Japanese manga artist (also known as "mangaka" (*漫画家*) in Japanese) and the author of various works, including *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* and *Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX*, she mostly works as both the art and storyboard for her mangas. She is also known for the manga *Love Monster*, another manga yet with some similar characters to the *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* universe.

## Mangas

* *Love Monster* (2002 - 2006, 12 volumes)
* *Hana Ni Nare* (possibly completed, though sources claims it's still published and ongoing)
* *Iton Yori Ai wo Komete* (unknown status)
* *Oni ga Saku* (unknown status)
* *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* (November 21, 2006 – January 25, 2013, 20 volumes)
* *Mikado Boy* (2013 - 2014, 4 volumes)
* *Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX* (September 5, 2014 – February 12, 2022, 19 volumes)
	+ *Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi* (November 2019 - November 2020, 3 Volumes)

## Other Works

* *Supernatural Power Girl REIKO* (Novelization)

## Gallery

Information concerning Riko Miyagi from a website.Riko Miyagi explaining the butlers' postures.Riko Miyagi giving a small lecture on the word "servant" from the past to present.
## Miyagi's Information

* Her blood type is A.
* Her birthday is July 23th.
* Her birth place is Tokyo, Japan.
* Her zodiac sign is Leo.
* Her hobby is to collect strange objects, to the point it's a scary amount.

## Trivia

* Sometimes, mistranslations shows her name as "**Rico Miyagi**".
* In August 2021, Riko injured her arm and went on a small hiatus, which the production of the manga was halted temporary before she returned to work.

## References & Sources

* https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=15887
* https://myanimelist.net/people/2905/Riko\_Miyagi
* https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E5%9F%8E%E7%90%86%E5%AD%90
* https://comicvine.gamespot.com/riko-miyagi/4040-65210/
Rika Kayama

**Rika Kayama** (*華山 リカ*, *Kayama Rika*) is the prestigious daughter of the rich Kayama Family and attends the Saint Lucia Girl's Academy, a school for the most rich young ladies with the finest protections and best teachings for them. Being an excellent student herself, Rika rise into the academy's ranks and became a prestigious lady with the Moon-Rank and later on joins Izumi Ryuonji's side: Sun Rank.

## Personality

*"Rika-sama may be beautiful but her personality is pretty bad..."*
—Daimon Goro describing Rika's behavior to Nezu.
Rika is known to be a very beautiful wealthy lady, however her reputation actually comes from her horrible personality: she is quite arrogant, hard-headed and very narcissistic, a pretentious woman who will disregards her friends' emotions during hard moments and tend to brag about her excellent rank or gloating about her skilled butler Aoyama. Rika is known to be pretentious against other ladies at the dorms, either be Moon or Sun rank and possibly has some feud against some religious nuns; though there's very little information concerning this subject.

## Relationships

### Family & Relatives

* **Kayama Family**: Rika comes from the rich and powerful Kayama family, known for being in various kinds of business.
	+ **Rika's Mother**: An unnamed woman whose appearance is strikingly similar to her daughter, who is apparently a popular actress and played in several movies.

### Others & Neutrals

* **Sister Rose**: Rika does not interact often with Sister Rose, though both maintain a respectful bond.
	+ **Sakuraba**: Possible similar and goes with the same as Sister Rose.

## Trivia

* In the earlier translations of the manga, her name was seen as "**Reika Kayama**". Most names of the characters had a different translation but this was corrected in later chapters by translators.
* Izumi's mother, Mrs. Ryuonji, has a striking resemblance to Rika both in terms of appearance and personality, the only differences are Mrs. Ryuonji's hair has different details than Rika's and Izumi's mother is far more crueler, a personality trait Rika does not possess.
	+ Even Rika herself is aware of the similarities and mentioned it to Izumi.
Shinobu

**Shinobu**, also known under his moniker as "**The White Butler**", is a character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*, serving as one of the main antagonists alongside Shiori Hongo during the Lucia Hongo Saga and widely considered as one of the most cunning and mischievous villains in the series who uses his intense manipulative personality and deceiving tactics to overwhelm his victims or enemies.

Because of his questionable personality, nefarious and technically illegal motives, other characters referred him as "**The White Devil**" or simply "**The Doctor**", which refers to his real and current profession. Along with his lady, Shiori Hongo, both are mastermind manipulators who will not hesitate to use any tricks to win against their opponents.

## Personality

On the surface, Shinobu appears to be a quiet, calm and composed man who exhibits polite mannerisms toward anyone he encounters. Some even think he's gentleman attitude is on par with Rihito's social politeness. But this mascarade is only to hide his true personality: a sadistic and cruel who uses cunning manipulation to deceive his victims or enemies. Such cruel nature of him is almost the same with the lady he serves, as both uses synergic tactics to destroy their victims/enemies.

## Trivia

* Shinobu is *de facto* not a butler since he is a doctor and acts as Shiori Hongo's sole and primary domestic worker for her health problems. Despite this, he does fills a lot of requirements for butlerhood and acts like one. He is also the only character who is not a butler but acts as one.
	+ If Shinobu took the butler exams, there is a high chance he would fill in and past the tests to become a butler since he does have the right skills to serve a lady and the potential of being a good combatant.
	+ His role is rather ambiguous, since he mainly attends and serves Shiori as a butler (with Shiori acknowledging Shinobu as a butler) but also acts as a bodyguard and finally, Shinobu acts as her private doctor. Shinobu's role is rather an amalgamation of various domestic jobs.
Kintaro's Cat

**Kintaro's Cat** (known as the "**White Cat**") is an unnamed cat and the only animal present in the Hongo Mansion and the only animal to be within the Hongo Family so far. The cat's gender has yet to be revealed and often make small appearances, mostly alongside their owner, Kintaro Hongo. The cat's behavior is the spitting image of their master: greedy, lazy, yet possess a cunning trait like Kintaro. The cat is also meant to be a caricature of a fat cat, which is a very well known stereotype describing the average rich and corrupted politician donors, Kintaro being a rodudant and highly possible corrupted wealthy man and his cat having a similar appearance really does enhances the hint of the stereotype.
Hongo Family

The **Hongo Family** (also known as **Hongo Group**) is a very wealthy family with powerful connections from all around the world, either be political, from wealthy, from royalty or even criminal. The Hongo Family is widely known to be the most richest and powerful family in Japan. Kintaro Hongo, the patriarch founder, is the one who created a massive empire of wealth and build his own riches via travelling various countries and making connections with powerful people, either be politicians or underworld criminals.

The family's most notable and popular member is none other than Mei Hongo, the future heiress of the entire Hongo Family's immense forturne and various properties. Another notable member is Shiori Hongo, also known as "*Lucia Hongo*", who strived to take the position of future heiress from Mei and take Rihito Shibata for herself alone.

## Family Members

* **Kintaro Hongo**: The founding patriarch of the Hongo Family, known to be the most richest man in the world who holds strong connections from politicians to the criminals.
* **Shutaro Hongo**: The eldest son of the Hongo Family, formerly the next in line for succeeding his father but refused and decided to live a peaceful life with a woman from the common social class and his daughter, Mei.
* **Other Siblings**: It was implied Kintaro had other children and most likely sons but the idea of Shutaro having sisters can also applies.
	+ **Possible Children/Cousins**: If Shutaro do have siblings, those siblings would also likely have children as well. This means Mei would have distant cousins, yet there are no mentions of cousins in the series.
* **Mei Hongo**: Daughter of Shutaro, Mei is currently in line to be the successor of Kintaro Hongo. She is the main character of the franchise and the franchise's "mascot".
* **Shiori "Lucia" Hongo**: A distant cousin of Mei and an illegitimate child of Kintaro who was mistreated the majority of her life. Jealous of Mei, Shori wants her dead and take the place of succession, as well taking Rihito from Mei to herself.

## Associates, Friends & Other Members

* **Shibata-Redford Family**: Every butlers and maids from the Shibata Family are said to be the best in the world. Two butlers, Rihito and Hideto, worn a Golden S Badge and were S-Ranked while Kento is an upcoming S-Ranked butler who possess immense potential. Rihito is possibly one of the strongest butlers in the series.
	+ **Duke Redford**:
	+ **Hideto Shibata**:
	+ **Clare Redford**:
	+ **Chris Redford**:
	+ **Taizo**:
	+ **Maria Redford**:
	+ **Rihito Shibata**:
	+ **Kento Shibata**:
Redford Ducal Residence

The **Redford Ducal Residence** (otherwise known as **Duke of Redford's Residence** and **Redford Mansion**), is the gigantic residence for the Redford Family, though mostly used by the Duke of Redford as he lives there. Located within England, precisely London, the residence is surrounded by a massive field, spanning kilometers long and can take several hours for a car to travel before arriving at the residence.

The current Duke of Redford is Chris Redford, who currently resides within the mansion as his own home. The prestigious mansion played an important role for the growth of Chris' nephew, Kento Shibata, who strived to become the best butler for Mei Hongo.

## Description

### Known Residents

* **Chris Redford**: The current owner of the residence, as well the current holder of the title.
* **Alfred**: The headbutler of the residence and personal butler of Chris, who wields a Golden S Badge. He has grown as positive reputation alongside the other domestic workers.
* **Kento Shibata**: The young Shibata trained as a butler in the residence, also learning his origins and became the "son" of the duke.
* **Residence's domestic workers**:
Shiori Hongo

**Shiori Hongo**, also known by her title **Lady Lucia** ("*Lucia-sama*" in the original Japanese text), is a character in *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* and a highly respected senior student of the Saint Lucia Girl's Academy who is a distant relative of Mei Hongo, the future heiress of the Hongo Family. She is the main overarching antagonist of the Lucia Hongo Saga, evolving from a frail and sick girl into a wicked and manipulative, envious lady with an intense obsession on the series' most majestic butler, Rihito Shibata. Her main goal is to obtain Rihito for herself by taking him away from Mei and destroy her life by making her suffer as much as possible.

Despite she has no official butler, her private doctor Shinobu acts like a butler/bodyguard and obeys to ever orders she gave to him.

## Trivia

* Though her age is not specified, it is noticeably easy to think Shiori is much older than Mei: she meet a young Rihito Shibata who was probably in his preteen years and possibly the same age as her.
Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX

***Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX*** (*メイちゃんの執事DX*, translated as ***Mei's Butler Deluxe*** or ***Mei-chan's Butler DX***), also known as **Mei-chan no Shitsuji Deluxe**, is the sequel of the manga *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* created by Riko Miyagi. The manga series was created in September 5, 2014 and has enter it's last story arc in February 19, 2022.

## Trivia

* According to this source, the manga has already entered it's final story arc. It is currently unknown if the franchise will meet it's ultimate end upon the manga's last story arc and how long this story arc is going to be.
* Unfortunately, *Mei-chan* *no Shitsuji DX* has no official translations, either be on the Margaret website or fan translating websites, either be English, French, Spanish or other languages.
	+ This is also very similar to *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* (ever since chapter 69) and *Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi*, both mangas who lacks translation teams to translate the mangas from Japanese to any other languages. The most prominent translating team was **Evil Flowers**, which became inactive ever since the most recent translated chapter of *Mei-chan no Shitsuji*.
Mei-chan no Shitsuji (franchise)

The **franchise of** ***Mei-chan no Shitsuji*** is a universe that includes the main manga series, the manga sequel, it's spin-off manga and television adaptations. The franchise was created by Riko Miyagi and was firstly created in November 21, 2006 and possibly ended in February 12, 2022. The franchise received well acclaimed reception and positive comments throughout the years.

As of now, the English translation is available up to chapter 69 ever since May 2021. No further update on translations are made so far.

## Mangas

### Spin-Offs

* ***Mikado Boy***:
* ***Mei-chan no Shitsuji DX***:
* ***Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi***:

### Others

* ***Mei-chan no Shitsuji - Watakushi no Inochi ni Kaete Omamori Itashimasu***: The official stage play, directed by Takarazuka Revue.
The Multiverse

**What is Soup?**

Soup is an imaginary multiverse. It's a culmination of countless storylines and characters between stars and galaxies alike. Here, there is no true 'good' or 'evil', the biggest part of life for the inhabitants is finding a purpose. For some, that may be defeating ancient overlords who have reigned over whole sectors of space to bring an era of peace and prosperity to whole civilizations, while for others their purpose may be to simply watch the stars above in wonder.

Almost everything can find a place in Soup. From the smallest bugs and ideas, to the largest extramultiversal gods and complicated storylines.
Enari Family

**The Enari Family** is a prestigious high class family of rich people who holds various possessions such as hospitals, schools, companies in Japan and seems to currently live in the small village of Shikoku but it is strongly implied they don't have any international connections for business. In fact, the family doesn't seem to be well known in other countries, noticeably being not popular worldwide. The Enari Family is probably the richest family in the small village but comes pale in comparison next to the Hongo Family. The most well known member of the family is none other than the pretentious Emiri Enari.

## Family Members

* **The Mayor**: The father of Ms. Enari and the grandfather of Emiri, the current mayor of the village.
* **Ms. Enari**: Daughter of the mayor, her job is unknown but perhaps she holds a high rank job like her husband.
* **Emiri Enari**: The famous pretentious and arrogant daughter, who goes along with Kento and Mei in the village's school.
* **Possible Siblings**: Ms. Enari mentioned she has "children", hinting the possibility of siblings for Emiri. None have made an appearance yet.

## Associates, Friends & Other Members

* **The Nanny**: Works for the Enari Family, she allowed Emiri to invite friends at her birthday party. She is afraid of Ms. Enari's anger and bad moods.
* **Emiri's Tutor**: Emiri's private teacher, who is paid by Ms. Enari. Emiri's mother seems to put a lot of efforts and money in that tutor.
Mei's School Friends

**Mei's School Friends**, also known as **Mei's Childhood Friends** or "**Mei's Friends from the Village**", are minor characters who appears a few times during the earliest chapters of the manga and were very supportive to Mei Shinonome, they are probably her only and closest friends during the Middle School Saga (putting aside Kento and Emiri).

## Friends

* **Kento Shibata** - Former frienemy who would have a crush on her and would-be love interest.
* **Emiri Enari** - Former rival, still have some hostility at times against Mei. Frenemy at best, Emiri still holds some respect toward Mei.
* **Natsumi Nakamoto** - Close friend, Natsumi gossips often with Mei and the two are most likely have a close bond. Natsumi would sometimes help Mei about her feelings.
* Unnamed pigtails girl - A school friend whose name was never mentioned, the most energetic of the gang.
* Unnamed long hair girl - Unnamed friend of Mei, she is the tallest of the gang and possibly older than Mei and anyone else.

## Trivia

* Prior to Kento's arrival, the gang was only composed of girls.
	+ This makes Kento the only boy of the gang, though he doesn't see himself as part of the group.
Ichiko Ooshima

* A
* SS

**Ichiko Ooshima**

 **Max Power:** -- / --/ --
 **Max Luck :** -- / --/ --
 **Max Toughness :** -- / --/ --

## Character profile

The eldest of sixtuplets that grew up in a poor household. She's the family leader. Eventhough they are poor, she always smiling and strive to create a cheerful atmosphere. She have a strong sense of resposibilty as being the eldest one in the family. She alwasys looking for chances to move up rank in the military to provide her household with better income.

## Cards and skills

* Ichiko's Embrace (A)
* (S)
* Guardian of Endless Compassion (SS)

-Wave of Affection starts at 2 times per battle

### Abilities

[Overdrive]  +10% Skill Strength during Overdrive

[Follow up] A follow up attack after Niina Ooshima uses skill.

-Abilities are passive skills

## Trivia

* All Ooshima sisters have number kanjis in thier names indicating their postition.
* For Ichiko, her name have 一 (One) indicating she's the eldest of the bunch.
Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi

***Mei-chan no Shitsuji Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi*** (*メイちゃんの執 - 事真夜中の執事たち*, translated as "**Mei-chan's Butler: Butler of Midnight/Mei's Butler: Midnight Butlers**"), otherwise known as **Butlers in the Middle of the Night** and **Butlers of Midnight: Mei's Butler side B** (*Mayonaka no Shitsuji-tachi: Mei-chan no Shitsuji side B*) is a manga spin-off of *Mei-chan no Shitsuji* created by Riko Miyagi. The manga was published in 2019 and concluded it's run in early 2020.
Unnamed Spy

*"That is Shinonome... No, Hongo Mei? She's still a child..."*
—The Unknown Spy while he spies on Mei Hongo.

The **Unnamed Spy** was a minor antagonist who appeared for the first and only time at the end of the manga's first volume, being tasked to spy from afar on his target: Mei Shinonome. But much to his surprise and misfortune, the future lady was alongside her friends but also her butler, Rihito Shibata.

## Biography

### Volume 1, Chapter 6

This individual's origins is unknown, though it's very plausible that he works for an organization or unknown group of enemies who targets Mei Shinonome and possibly capture her in order to seize the Hongo Family's riches.

The spy was tasked the mission to spy on Mei, who appears to be in her small house alongside her friends, Kento Shibata and Emiri Enari. To his surprise, he spotted Rihito who was near Mei, which the butler gave to the spy a very cold smile. This was enough for the spy to get scared and drop his binoculars, probably calling the day off and returning to his organization to explain the information to his superiors. At the same time, Kento somehow felt an uneasy presence watching him and his friends, though he was not sure if it was him dreaming or it was real.

## Abilities & Skills

None ability nor skill has been noted from this particular enemy, aside the fact he is possibly an expert at stealth tactics and hiding from far distances to watch upon his targets. The only equipment he carried with him was a pair of binoculars to help him see on long distances his targets.

One could say his only known feat so far is being easily spotted by Rihito.

## Gallery

The spy watching Mei from a far distance, through his binoculars.The spy spotting Rihito, alongside Mei.The spy's frightened reaction upon Rihito's cold smile....
## Trivia

* Like most characters of the first manga, this character has been omitted in the television adaptation.
* Some fans believes this spy was sent by none other than Kintaro Hongo, obviously due to the old man's cunning nature and will test Mei's capacities and emotions through her life in order to see if she's fit to succeed him. Kintaro's reaction, along with Taizo's response, strongly hints the possibility it was a test all along to also see the skills and abilities of Rihito.
Emiri Enari

*"Shibata-kun! Finally, I've found you!"*
—Emiri when she found Kento Shibata.

**Emiri Enari** is the daughter of the rich Enari Family in a small town and a rival classmate of Mei Shinonome while having a crush on Kento Shibata. Because of her family's wealth and possessing many properties, Emiri tend to boast how pretty and rich she to her classmates (much to their anger) and she uses her wealth as an attempt to seduce Kento, the later refusing her advances and prefers to talk to Mei instead: because Kento spend more time with Mei (via arguing against each others), Emiri sees Mei as a potential enemy and will insult her at any moment given.

## Personality

Emiri is well known for her pretentious behavior towards her fellow classmates and can become easily offended or angry when someone isn't listening to her or when things does not go accordingly to her wishes. She can be extremely gloating and arrogant; proud of her family's reputation on their possessions and wealthness. Emiri can be very envious at times, the best example when she displayed her jealousy was when Kento prefers to have a conversation with Mei rather with Emiri. This jealousy transform into a form of loathing against Mei, which she becomes the favorite target of Emiri because of her family's seemingly poor background.

A large number of people despises Emiri's taunting insults directed at her victims, especially when it comes to Mei's case. Most of her classmates despises Emiri greatly to the point some would insult her but when she's not present, in fear of Emiri calling her parents and uses her family's influence to harass them.

But the sad truth behind Emiri's narcissistic and provocating behavior stems from poor educattion given from her abusive attitude of her mother, Ms. Enari. In addition, her father appears to be very absent due to his position as the chairman of the hospital.

## Enemy Skills

Aside of her rich status, Emiri herself isn't much special and lacks any particular ability or skill: she doesn't even have any butlers, domestic servants or at least a bodyguard despite her family's money, making her pretty much defenseless. Emiri's only "strong point" could be her childish, arrogant insults to individuals she dislikes (especially Mei and her friends), which are plain simple and annoying but also hurtful words if the victim is sensible.

## Quotes

*"You made Emiri look everywhere for you!"*
—Emiri talking to Kento, while pushing aside Mei.
*"Idiots! That topic isn't a big deal!"*
—Emiri to Mei's School Friends.
The Village

**The Village** (known as **The Small Village** or **Shikoku's Village**) is a small unnamed town located in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. The location served as the primary settlement for the manga's earliest chapters (the village's role only lasted the entirety of the first volume), most notably for the Middle School Saga. The Village was also where Mei spend her childhood with her friends, believing she was born in the small village until she learned of her origins coming from a very prestigious and wealthy family.

In later chapters, some characters from the village are mentioned briefly such as Nakata Tanaka , Mei's friends including Natsumi Nakamoto.

## Locations & Point Of Interests

### The Middle School

The school served as an important central point in the early story. This is where Mei would meet her friends, as well her frenemies Kento Shibata and Emiri Enari.

## Known Residents

* **Shinonome Family** - A small, seemingly poor family of happy hard workers.
	+ Shutaro "Shinonome" Hongo - The father of the family (deceased), secret elder son of the Hongo Family.
	+ Mei's mother - The family's mother(deceased), an unnamed woman who has a similar face like her daughter.
	+ Mei "Shinonome" Hongo - Daughter of the family, the soon-to-be the heir of the Hongo Family.
* **Shibata Family**
	+ Hideto Shibata - Grandfather, owner of Shibata's Udon. Former S-Rank with Golden S Badge butler.
	+ Kento Shibata - Grandson, classmate of Mei and a butler in training. Has a strong rivality with his older brother, Rihito.
* **Enari Family** - A prestigious and rich family. Possibly the richest family in the village. However comes pale in comparison next to the Hongo Family.
	+ The Mayor - Emiri's maternal grandfather. The mayor of the small village who knows of the Hongo Family's existence.
	+ Mr. Enari - The husband of Ms. Enari and Emiri's father. An unseen character mentioned to be the village's hospital chairman.
	+ Ms. Enari - A pretentious, arrogant woman who gloats of her social status and wealth. Emiri's vile mother.
	+ Emiri Enari - The daughter of the family, who inherited of her mother's attitude due to poor education and abuse for years.
* **Mei's school classmates** - Mei's group of childhood friends at the school. She used to hang out with them prior to her life-changing event.
	+ Natsumi Nakamoto - A schoolgirl wearing a pair of glasses and friend of Mei. Her older sister is a teacher of the village's small school.
* **Students of the school** - Various unnamed students from the Middle School.
* **Teacher Nakamoto** - The only known teacher of the school. Older sister of Natsumi. She also wears a pair of glasses and have a similar face like her younger sister.
* **The Headmistress** - The director of the school, who seems to be aware of the Hongo Family. Only appeared once in the manga.
* **Nakata Tanaka** - A student from Mei's school, who became a future Husband Candidate.

## Trivia

* According to information about Mei, she likes sanuki udon which is udon noodles made in the Kagawa Prefecture. This strongly hints the village is inside the Kagawa regions of Shikoku.
Butlers

**Butlers** are usually male individuals who works in a house serving and are domestic worker in a large household such as mansions or great houses. In general, butlers mostly works for the rich people to take care of their gigantic domains, protecting their masters and other family relatives as well educating the children of rich families. Like most domestic workers, butlers can be dismissed/fired for marrying.

The female counterpart of a butler is a maid, while a nanny can also be considered as another counterpart, although less paid than a butler and maid. Another similarities includes a servant and a slave, though this kind of domestic worker are in extremely in poor conditions with little freedom.

## Trivia

* Like all domestic workers, butlers can be either dismissed or fired if they ask a woman for marriage, though some exceptions seems to exist as Taizo and Maria Redford are married together and conceived the Shibata Brothers.
* The French term for a butler would be "*majordome*".

## See Also

* Headbutlers, the superior rank of a butler.
* Maids, female counterpart of a butler.
* Nannies, a domestic worker with a slightly similar role.
* Chauffeur, another slightly similar role.
* Golden S Badge
* National Butlers' Committee

## Navigation

* Butler article on Wikipedia.
	+ In addition, learn more about Domestic Workers on Wikipedia.
Hongo Organization

*""When you mention Hongo Organization, it may not be the best of organizations.""*
—Rihito Shibata to Mei Hongo.

**The Hongo Organization**, also known as **The Hongo Company**, is the company Kintaro Hongo founded decades before the start of the manga's story and serves as a critical subject within the franchise's plot: because Kintaro grows older, he requires a successor worthy of his massive fortune he build in his entire life and he decided to entrust his granddaughter, Mei Hongo, to be the sole successor of his riches.

The estate is currently within the Hongo Mansion, which also serves as the main residence for every members of the Hongo family.
The Nanny

*"Miss...!"*
—The Nanny upon warning Emiri of her mother.

An **unnamed nanny** who works for the Enari Family, mainly caring for the family's daughter, Emiri Enari. Little is known about her and not even her name is mentioned once in the manga, though she never posed a threat towards Mei or her friends.

## Personality

The nanny obviously cares about Emiri, as she went to barge in the bedroom and warn the family's daughter of Ms. Enari unhappy arrival in order to diminish the troubles, unfortunately she was too late as Ms. Enari finally appeared. It is also to be noted the nanny seems to fear Ms. Enari's anger or when she is in a terrible mood.

## Appearance

She has black hair, her face shows signs of advanced age and she is much shorter than Ms. Enari's height (about one head less tall).

## Relationship

* **Enari Family**: Working for the rich family, how long is unknown.
	+ **Ms. Enari** (Master): She works for the Enari Family as a nanny.
	+ **Emiri Enari** (Master): Cares for the Enari Family's daughter.
	+ **The Mayor** (Possible Master): There is a possibility but since there is little to know, it is only a speculation.
* **Mei Hongo**: She doesn't seem to have any dislikes towards Mei. In fact, the nanny was the only adult in the Enari Family's house, hinting she allowed Emiri to throw a birthday party and invite friends.
* **Mei's Friends**: Similar with Mei, the nanny doesn't hate Mei's friends and possibly allowed them to enter the house.

## Gallery

The Nanny's first appearance.The nanny next to Ms. Enari.A close up to the nanny's face.The nanny next to Emiri's mother, spotting the mayor.