Ladies versus Butlers! Specials
れでぃ×ばと!
- Ecchi
- Adult Cast
- Gag Humor
- School
- Episodes
- 6
- Duration
- 2 min per ep
- Aired
- Mar 26, 2010 to Aug 27, 2010
- Status
- Finished Airing
Synopsis
*Ladies versus Butlers! Specials* consists of DVD/BD bonus episodes centered on “Lady Battles” between two female cast members at a time. Each matchup becomes a playful contest of one-upmanship, with the participants trying to surpass their opponent through increasingly provocative poses and striptease.
Otaku Consensus
Ladies versus Butlers! Specials is received as a niche ecchi add-on rather than an essential continuation, with its strongest asset being the brisk DVD/BD-short pacing and Xebec’s visual continuity with the 2010 TV production. Fans who value gag timing, maid-and-ojou-sama iconography, and an unusually stacked voice cast get exactly targeted material, while the recurring criticism is blunt: there is virtually no story structure beyond disconnected fan-service set pieces.
Why You Should Watch
Watch these specials if you want concentrated 2010-era ecchi comedy without the obligation of another full cour. The appeal is highly specific: six short physical-media bonuses from Xebec that push the maids, butlers, ojou-sama energy, and meta strip-gag staging far harder than a broadcast episode typically could. It scratches the same itch as To Love-Ru bonus material or the more shameless side of school harem OVAs, but with a tighter two-character showcase format instead of a long romantic-comedy loop. The voice lineup is a real bonus for seiyuu fans: Rie Kugimiya, Mai Nakahara, Saori Hayami, Haruka Tomatsu, and Kana Hanazawa all appear among the main cast. If you want ecchi without dramatic baggage, this is designed for exactly that mood.
Key Characters
- KKaoru Daichi(VA: Rie Kugimiya)
Kaoru stands out because Rie Kugimiya’s sharp comic timing gives the specials’ reaction-heavy gag structure more bite than the material would have on its own.
- SSelnia Iori Flameheart(VA: Mai Nakahara)
Selnia is one of the franchise’s marquee ojou-sama figures, making her a natural fit for bonus episodes built around competitive theatricality and exaggerated pride.
- SSuiran Fou(VA: Saori Hayami)
Suiran is notable for giving early-2010s viewers a main-role appearance from Saori Hayami, whose later reputation makes these specials an interesting seiyuu time capsule.
- AAyse Khadim(VA: Kana Hanazawa)
Ayse brings Kana Hanazawa into the main lineup, adding another major voice to a release whose cast pedigree is more memorable than its narrative ambitions.
What Makes It Stand Out
- 1
The specials are six DVD/BD bonus episodes released from March 26 to August 27, 2010, making them physical-media extras rather than a broadcast sequel season.
- 2
Xebec handled the animation, and reviewer commentary notes that the art largely matches the TV anime’s standard while also pointing out that some character proportions look thicker than in the main series.
- 3
The format is deliberately stripped down: instead of extending the romantic-comedy plot, each short isolates a pair of female cast members for a direct comic-erotic showcase.
- 4
AniList’s tag spread is unusually explicit about the package’s priorities, with Nudity at 90%, Maids at 79%, Meta at 79%, Ojou-sama at 79%, and Butler at 76%.
- 5
Its reception profile is very niche: MAL lists it at 6.37 from 17,903 votes with a popularity rank of #4291, while AniList records a 59/100 score and 99 favourites.
Fun Facts & Trivia
- Fun fact 1
- The specials’ MAL score of 6.37 closely mirrors the broader TV series rating noted in web data at 6.4, suggesting that viewers did not treat the extras as a major quality departure from the main anime.
- Fun fact 2
- One MAL reviewer, robert788, argued that scoring the story is difficult because the specials effectively have no story, while still noting that the art remains in line with the parent show.
- Fun fact 3
- Another review context for Ladies versus Butlers! describes the franchise as something watched for light antics rather than emotional weight, which helps explain why the specials lean even harder into short, disconnected mini-scenarios.
- Fun fact 4
- The main cast list for these specials includes five highly recognizable Japanese voice actors: Rie Kugimiya, Mai Nakahara, Saori Hayami, Haruka Tomatsu, and Kana Hanazawa.
- Fun fact 5
- Despite being short bonus content, the specials accumulated 17,903 MAL votes, a sizable sample for a set of post-TV ecchi extras.
Studios
- Xebec
