Unnamed Butler

The Nameless Butler's face, from what Mei remembers of him.

### Butler Skills

Unknown, though he is quite good to track Mei without any proper gears (no flashlight on him) for researching someone in the deep dark woods).

*"I am Mei-sama's butler."*
—The Unnamed Butler to Mei Hongo.

**The Unnamed Butler** (also known as "**The Nameless Butler**") is a young butler whose identity is currently unknown and only appeared in the first chapter of the manga, where he saves a very young Mei Hongo who was lost in the dark woods. Mei struggles to remember how his face looks, though the only details on his identity she still remembers is his long, slender-like fingers and the shimmering brooch on his chest.

The Unnamed Butler appears to be a "*dream-like figure*", an individual who Mei only knows and isn't very sure if he really did exist or not. This leads to theories on either the butler is real or it's just from Mei's imagination, with the most popular theory being the Unnamed Butler is Rihito Shibata.

## Biography

### Rescuing Mei (Some Years Ago)

According to Mei, she got lost in the woods when she was very young girl, possibly at 3-5 years old. Because it was a night with a full moon, Mei was unable to trace back to her house (that is, the Hongo Domain) and thus rendering herself hopeless: the only thing she could do to build up her bravery was to sing her favorite song (Mei was simply chanting the line "*Mei-chan's butler, butler, butler*"), which might have helped for the butler to localize her easier. After finding her, the unknown butler scooped Mei in his arms, which is when she spotted the shimmering badge on his chest and as well his very long, slender-like fingers. Mei's last interaction with the butler was asking who he was, only for him to answer "*I am Mei-chan's butler*".

### Mei's Storytime (Middle School Saga)

While in class, Mei was daydreaming and got woke up by fellow classmate, Kento Shibata, yelling at her in order to wake up so he can do the class register. He then asks Mei if she was dreaming again about her dream (this hints Mei has told Kento about her dream story of the unknown butler more than once), to which Mei's friends enters the classroom and eavesdrops on the subject, asking Mei to tell the story by curiosity. Mei explains the story from what she remembers about the butler and when she was hoping for some positive reactions from her classmates, all of them were very confused and wondering what even was a butler (one of them even thought "which *planet* a butler comes from"), much to her shock to see her peers doubting the existence of a butler. Kento barges in and loudly explains Mei's story is just "*an ugly girl's dream*", mentioning even if a butler would exist in Japan, it would be hard to serve someone like her name due to having too many "No"s and "Me"s in her name's pronunciation. Mei replies back by saying he is just a puppy who loves to bark because his name (Shibata Kento) shorten up becomes "Shibaken" (another name given for the popular Japanese dog breed, the Shiba Inu) and because his stature is quite small, Mei implies about he is just a "Midget Shibaken" to insult him more. This causes the two of them to engage into a verbal battle, with their friends looking hopeless as one of them mentions their fighting isn't the first time.

## Personality

Nothing much is known about this butler, aside to the assumption he might have a high loyalty toward the Hongo Estate, known to have excellent butlers. He probably was very skilled and talented due to the proof of the Golden Badge present on his chest.

Upon meeting and rescuing Mei, his attitude appears to be very calm and composed despite the situation. His mere presence would appease Mei's frightened state, as she would felt more calm upon seeing him.

## Appearances

### Physical Appearances

The butler appears to be quite tall, approximately similar to Rihito's height (182 cm/6'0") and have striking similar bodies: long, slender-like limbs and the Unnamed Butler's lower face do have a striking similarity with Rihito's.

### Clothing & Outfits

He wore a two-piece suit with a tie, with the Golden S Badge on on his suit's collar.

## Butler Information

### Overview Information

There is little known about this butler, aside the fact he managed to successfully found Mei in dark woods, without possessing any proper equipment or tools to help his search to find her (although the possibiliy of the Hongo Estate's fine technology was in use for this situation), he might also heard Mei's singing to localize and find her.

### Butler Skills

There is the undoubtly proof that he is a great skilled butler: he possess the Golden S Badge on his suit, the living proof that he is incredibly skilled.

## Relationships

* **Mei Hongo**: The only known person who had a direct conversation so far. Mei seemed to admired the butler who rescued her and was mostly captivated into his fingers and the Golden Badge.
* **Hongo Family** **(Possibly)**: If this butler really do exist, then he would be an associate of the Hongo Estate's butlers.
	+ **Rihito Shibata** **(Same Person?)**: There is a very high chance both butlers were the same individual from years ago.

## Identity Debates

Since little information is known on this unknown butler, his identity has been the subject of several debates on who he truly is. A popular theory on his identity is actually Rihito Shibata who rescued a young Mei from years ago, because when Mei was crying in Rihito's arms, she would recognize this hug being the same as when she was lost in the dark woods when younger. But she seems to be unsure if this butler truly is Rihito, as it could be someone else.

Another theory puts the grandfather of Rihito and Kento, though this would be most likely impossible as his appearance is of an old man and not a young one. It could also be another butler of the Hongo Estate, who appears to possess a Golden Badge as well.

## Gallery

The Unnamed Butler holding a little Mei in his arms.
## Trivia

* The Unnamed Butler is the minor character who had the least appearance throughout the franchise, having only appeared once in the first chapter and has not been seen, with very little mention about him in later chapters.
* According to from Anime News Network's article, it claims the Unnamed Butler and Rihito are the *same individual*. This is possibly highly unlikely as no background information can be proven of the Unnamed Butler's true identity.