![]() He's known as "Manslayer Ginji" for damn good reason. Ginji Matsuzaki could count, serving Yukio Washimine completely, faithfully, and frighteningly.When Ciel warns not to look down upon the Phantomhives' servants, he means it. We have Mey-Rin, who is an excellent case of Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass in that her extreme farsightedness usually makes her very clumsy but also makes her such a good sniper that she can do it with PISTOLS while leaping from rooftop to rooftop Finnian was rescued from some nasty experiments, as has Super Strength as a result, to the point where he can easily uproot and carry a massive tree Tanaka, who effortlessly manages to kill an enemy right outside of Elizabeth's room without a drop of blood on his clothes (he says that he knows Baritsu in a later chapter) and Bard, who, though weakest in physical strength, makes up for it with expert tactical knowledge gained from his time in battle. The Phantomhive servants, though quite behind Sebastian, are still very lethal.While non-canon, Claude serves as one to Alois Trancy, as do the Canterbury triplets, to a lesser extent.Ran-Mao could be considered a female example, in her service to local opium-dealer and criminal mastermind Lao. ![]() In the manga, she has two butlers Charles Grey and Charles Phillips, AKA "Double Charles". And then there's Ash, the queen's butler.Yet another is Agni, super-powered servant to a very spoiled Indian prince.Grell Sutcliff was a temporary one for Madame Red.After all, he's simply one hell of a butler. He could have written this trope all on his own, and made you tea and a five-star nine-course banquet in the meantime. Nirasawa is this to Kabu in Bi no Kyoujin, being at the same time his second in command and his assistant in all things domestic.And then there's this one time in the second season when the Smith house is under attack, Norman responds with heavy artillery and exquisitely delivered profanity. Not only did he grab the laundry, he got a date on the way out. Norman accomplishes this by taking his motorcycle and driving it through the building without slowing down. Roger, mid-fight, asks Norman to get his dry-cleaning. To stress how badass Norman is, one need only look to the Christmas episode. In addition to making soup and cleaning the house, he's quite handy with a machine gun and drives a motorcycle with a rocket launcher in the side car. Roger Smith's manservant Norman in The Big O.Munsarat from Avesta of Black and White is the butler of Archdemon Frederica, being second in command of the Man Murdering Demons, and possessing the power to back it up.The fact that she's The Stoic and could pass as a Bifauxnen without problems certainly helps her appearing as The Dragon. But even for a Chief of Staff, she seems to be holding enormous executive powers on her own and having Athena's full confidence. It's easy to underestimate her as Prime Minister Athena's loyal secretary. Though neither a butler nor a skilled fighter, Nike in Appleseed fits this trope quite well.Not to Be Confused with Hayate the Combat Butler, although the eponymous character is definitely an example. If they come from a long line of Battle Butlers serving that family, they're in a Legacy of Service. If a Battle Butler is also referred to as a bodyguard, you can expect full blown samurai-level abilities this type of Battle Butler tends to overlap with The Dragon if their master is the Big Bad. If she does wear an appropriate maid outfit, she is a Ninja Maid. If a Battle Butler is female she will probably wear a suit, even if she is called a maid. May overlap with Almighty Janitor if said butler/servant is the only one hired in the household, but if said butler/household servant is the head servant of the household, then this trope will also overlap with Asskicking Leads to Leadership, because they are granted the position to command the other servants because they can personally protect the master of the manor. A household or personal servant note Often either a high-ranking one, as most actual butlers are, or the only one employed by their master who acts as a "combat effective" despite their official position having nothing to do with combat.
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