Being a butler sure is tough!
Ren and his older sister Mihato run away from their abusive father, setting foot in the big city and determined to make it through together. Finding a job isn't easy though, but things look up when Ren helps a girl who faints from the summer heat. She appears to be a member of a very rich family and they just happen to look for a new butler and a maid.
So before they fully realize it, Ren and Mihato are hired by the Kuonji family, consisting of the three quirky sisters Shinra (a classical conductor), Miyu (a genius inventor) and Yume (a school girl and the youngest). The staff they employ is perhaps even crazier than the bosses, if that is in any way possible, and Ren finds his days filled dealing with the hijinks of his demanding masters, his zany colleagues and his jealous sister - not to mention all the people that walk in and out of the mansion to stir things up even more.
They Are My Noble Masters (
Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de in Japan) is typical
ecchi fare, with a hapless teenage boy surrounded by beautiful women who all want a share of his attention. Unlike most other shows in the same vein, Ren is not quite the innocent or stupid protagonist, although he still gets beaten up on a regular basis when unwillingly (or willingly) seeing one of the female characters in various states of undress.
The makers of the show don't leave out the emotional material either, which in this case actually works pretty nicely and gives this show a bit more depth than you'd first expect—despite the fact that it is filled to the brim with all kinds of
otaku fetishes.
Tropes:
- Abusive Parents
- Battle Aura: Various characters.
- Battle Butler: Taijiri, but Ren gets training for that as well.
- Beach Episode
- Big Eater: Natose.
- Bleached Underpants: Do you know that Kimi Aru began as an adult visual novel?
- Bodyguard Crush
- Boy Band: Miyu gets one as a present, to her utmost delight.
- Brother Sister Incest: Mihato is a bit more than sisterly interested in her brother, but of special mention is Shinra's obsession with her sister Miyu, which she openly acts upon on a regular basis.
- Censor Steam: Or in the case of this show, censor sunbeams.
- Cosplay
- Cross Popping Veins
- Cuteness Proximity: Shinra turns from a Kuudere into a total Squeeing ditz at the mere sight of baby pandas.
- Dude Looks Like A Lady: Chiharu, one of the other butlers in the house, looks extremely feminine to the point that Ren has to have his gender confirmed the first time the meet.
- Dreadful Musician: De Niro. His sound system is actually meant for offensive combat.
- Ecchi
- Eyepatch Of Power: Natose, who really is immensely powerful to an absurd degree.
- Fanservice
- Fetish Fuel: Boy, is it ever.
- Furo Scene
- Gag Series
- Gainaxing
- Honor Before Reason: To the point where you have to wonder whether the butlers aren't being plain suicidal.
- Ho Yay
- Informed Ability: Shinra is supposedly a great conductor, but she is usually just shown waving her staff arhythmically.
- Joshikousei: Yume.
- Kamehame Hadoken
- Kuudere: Shinra
- Lolicon: Shinra calls Miyu a 'loli' since she is so short and looks much younger than she is.
- Missing Mom: Ren and Mihato's mother died when Ren was born.
- Meido: Mihato, Beniko
- Non Human Sidekick: De Niro, Miyu's pet robot.
- Ojou: Shinra.
- Panty Shot
- Parental Abandonment: The sisters' parents are dead. Luckily they left quite a bit of money.
- Rape As Comedy: Shinra's sexual harassment of Miyu is supposedly funny.
- Serious Business: Whoever thought that butlers should simply be good personal attendants is wrong.
- Shotacon: Miyu's obsession with young boys.
- Shout Out: Numerous, usually by Taijiri, although especially noteworthy is Miyu's "I'm in despair" bit.
- Teen Genius: Miyu, although she is not quite a teen anymore.
- Unwanted Harem: Or perhaps not that unwanted.
- Yandere: Don't mess with Mihato!
