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Mei's Butler (2009)
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Mei's Butler (2009)
Original name: メイちゃんの執事
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by someone calling himself her "butler." With only a vague memory, though, the experience seems like just a dream. But one day, after her parents' accidental death, he appears: Rihito comes from a line of outstanding butlers, and he has been appointed to serve her! Now her ordinary life has completely flipped, as she discovers that she's actually the heiress to a fortune, and is forced to transfer to St. Lucia Girls' Academy, where all the students have butlers! As a result, her childhood friend Kento decides to enroll in a butler school so that he can stay close to her.
Style: touching, humorous, captivating, dorama
Plot: butler, unrequited love, boarding school, friendship, love triangle, orphan, rivalry, family secret, loneliness, wealth, competition, duel, loyalty, childhood friend, attempted murder, private school, servant, teen superhero, forgiveness, girls' school, scheming, underdog, grandfather granddaughter relationship, clique, japanese girl ...
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, semi serious and dorama films and TV series with plots about friendship, love and romance, love triangle, relationships, school, rivalry and love mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Mei's Butler: The Thaw (2013), Public Enemy (2017), Somebody Somewhere (2022), Chad (2021), Honey and Clover (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 54 min.
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