Mei-chan no Shitsuji Thoughts

I’ve been going through a bit of a drama slump. I watched the first two episode of Lie to Me and was meh. I started the first episodes of both Queen of Reversals and Jade Palace Lock Heart but didn’t even finish them. So I decided to try a Japanese series and ended up watching all of Mei-chan no Shitsuji in a couple days.

It’s a very cute, if also silly, series. The concept – heiresses who go to a private school and have their own butlers who are completely devoted to them – is pretty cracky, and if the genders were reversed I think it would have bothered me so much I wouldn’t have watched but as it was it didn’t actually bother me. I liked all the characters and thought this show had a very good supporting cast. Azumi was one of my favourite characters, Rika and Miruku were great as well, and I shipped Fujiko/Nezu and Rika/Aoyama. In fact I think the supporting cast was one of the highlights of the series.

I liked the Mei/Rihito relationship a lot as well. One issue I did have with both Mei and Rihito was ( Read more... )

Some short episode thoughts:

Episode 4

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Episode 5

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Episode 6

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Episode 7

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Episode 8

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Episode 9

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Episode 10

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I was planning on reading the manga until I read that Mei is 12. And Rihito is 21. And there is still romance between them? Umm. No thanks. That age difference, specifically how young she is, is too much for me.