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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' Mei's Butler
* '''Romaji:''' Mei-chan no Shitsuji
* '''Japanese:''' メイちゃんの執事
* '''Director:''' [[Junichi Ishikawa]], [[Takao Kinoshita (director)|Takao Kinoshita]], [[Hidenori Joho]], [[Kazuyuki Iwata]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Osho Furuya]], [[Riko Miyagi]] (manga)
* '''Network:''' [[Fuji TV]]
* '''Episodes:''' 10
* '''Release Date:''' January 13 - March 17, 2009
* '''Runtime:''' Tuesday 21:00
* '''TV Ratings:''' 14.1%
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot==
One day Mei ([[Nana Eikura]]) loses her parents because of an accident. Her rich grandfather (that she doesn't know about) of the Hongo Family appears in her life with a butler named, Shitbata-Rihito ([[Hiro Mizushima]]). Even knowing she's rich she detests going with Rihito to a school for Heiress to inherit her grandfather's riches. However, not only does she not want to be a heiress to the Hongo Family, it's impossible to say no because her life and her friends depends on it after her parent's noodle house was blown away by her enemies leaving her homeless. To protect her friends, she decides to attend to a school for rich heiress. However, the place she has to go doesn't accept her because they feel that she doesn't belong there. Using all the method they have to have her kicked out, Mei decides to leave the school and go back to her home, only she doesn't have a home.

When she reaches home, her grandfather calls her up and threatens her that he's going to take is son's body back with him. With all the plead in the world, Mei wants both her father and mother's bodies in one burial her grandfather threatens to Mei, that if she is able to go to the school and become the Hongo Family's heiress he will bury both her mom and dad into one burial, but it's only if she can prove to her grandfather that she's worthy of being a bloodline of Hongo then her wish will be his command.

With the help of Rihito, Mei decides to have a reason to become a heiress. But as the time goes on and problems build up between other heiresses including one she doesn't know about, "Lucia" aka Hongo Shiori ([[Yu Yamada]]) also wants to be the heiress for the Hongo family. Shiori, is a beautiful young lady that people called worthy of being called Lucia (name for the lady who is true, beautiful, smart, etc.) Mei's life was almost stable with the girls at school, however, there are problems that keeps aiming for Mei to be kicked out of school. However, with her first rank butler Rihito helping all the way, she doesn't worry but the one thing that worries him are the threats to kill and kick Mei out of school and the Hongo Family. With problems coming up and Mei and Rihito getting along. Rihito's younger brother, also Mei's friend, Shitbata Kento ([[Takeru Satoh]]) joins his brother as a butler. Though Rihito and Mei are getting along well, butlers and heiress are forbidden to fall in love, but will this forbidden love be broken and will Kento allow the person he love go to his brother? Will Lucia give up Rihito and the position of a heiress? How will Mei decide her path?

==Cast==
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| [[Hiro Mizushima]]
| [[Nana Eikura]]
| [[Takeru Satoh]]
| [[Yu Yamada]]
| [[Osamu Mukai]]
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| Rihito Shibata
| Mei Shinonome
| Kento Shibata
| Lucia (Shiori Hongo)
| Shinobu
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Nanase Hoshii.jpg|link=Nanase Hoshii|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Hiromi Kitagawa.jpg|link=Hiromi Kitagawa|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Mako Ishino.jpg|link=Mako Ishino|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Tetta Sugimoto.jpg|link=Tetta Sugimoto|90px]]
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| [[Keiko Horiuchi]]
| [[Nanase Hoshii]]
| [[Hiromi Kitagawa]]
| [[Mako Ishino]]
| [[Tetta Sugimoto]]
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| Sister Rose
| Natsumi Nakamoto
| Mifuyu Nakamoto
| Akiko Nakamoto
| Shunpei Nakamoto
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Masahiko Tsugawa.jpg|link=Masahiko Tsugawa|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Manpei Takagi.jpg|link=Manpei Takagi|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Shinpei Takagi.jpg|link=Shinpei Takagi|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Mayuko Iwasa.jpg|link=Mayuko Iwasa|90px]]
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| [[Kosuke Suzuki (1974)|Kosuke Suzuki]]
| [[Masahiko Tsugawa]]
| [[Manpei Takagi]]
| [[Shinpei Takagi]]
| [[Mayuko Iwasa]]
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| Sakuraba
| Kintaro Hongo
| Ukon Akabane
| Sakon Akabane
| Izumi Ryuonji
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Asami Usuda.jpg|link=Asami Usuda|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Riko Yoshida.jpg|link=Riko Yoshida|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Mitsuki Tanimura.jpg|link=Mitsuki Tanimura|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Shiori Kutsuna .jpg|link=Shiori Kutsuna|90px]]
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| [[Aya Omasa]]
| [[Asami Usuda]]
| [[Ai Yoshikawa]]
| [[Mitsuki Tanimura]]
| [[Shiori Kutsuna]]
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| Rika Kayama
| Yuma Daichi
| Miruku Mamahara
| Tami Yamada
| Rin Amo
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Chiaki Horan.jpg|link=Chiaki Horan|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Akihiro Mayama.jpg|link=Akihiro Mayama|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Jutta Yuki.jpg|link=Jutta Yuki|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Nobuo Kyo.jpg|link=Nobuo Kyo|90px]]
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| [[Aoi Nakabeppu]]
| [[Chiaki Horan]]
| [[Akihiro Mayama]]
| [[Jutta Yuki]]
| [[Nobuo Kyo]]
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| Fujiko Natsume
| Satomi Mizusawa
| Aoyama
| Kiba
| Nezu
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Tomomi Maruyama.jpg|link=Tomomi Maruyama|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Ryohei Suzuki.jpg|link=Ryohei Suzuki|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Shinnosuke Abe.jpg|link=Shinnosuke Abe|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Ayano Yamamoto.jpg|link=Ayano Yamamoto|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Natsumi Ishibashi.jpg|link=Natsumi Ishibashi|90px]]
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| [[Tomomi Maruyama]]
| [[Ryohei Suzuki]]
| [[Shinnosuke Abe]]
| [[Ayano Yamamoto]]
| [[Natsumi Ishibashi]]
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| Yotsuya
| Daimon
| Kanda
| Eriko Hino
| Ai Kazama
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Chise Nakamura.jpg|link=Chise Nakamura|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Haruna Kojima.jpg|link=Haruna Kojima|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Hikari Kikuzato.jpg|link=Hikari Kikuzato|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Kinako Kobayashi.jpg|link=Kinako Kobayashi|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Tana Akiyama.jpg|link=Tana Akiyama|90px]]
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| [[Chise Nakamura]]
| [[Haruna Kojima]]
| [[Hikari Kikuzato]]
| [[Kinako Kobayashi]]
| [[Taana Akiyama]]
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| Hikaru Matsushiro
| Nao Takenomiya
| Kaori Uemura
| Kyoko Umeshima
| Yuko Nakano
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| [[File:Meis Butler-Keisuke Minami.jpg|link=Keisuke Minami|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Daishi Shikanai.jpg|link=Daishi Shikanai|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Keisuke Kato.jpg|link=Keisuke Kato|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Kenki Yamaguchi.jpg|link=Kenki Yamaguchi|90px]]
| [[File:Meis Butler-Yuki Kimisawa.jpg|link=Yuki Kimisawa|90px]]
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| [[Keisuke Minami]]
| [[Daishi Shikanai]]
| [[Keisuke Kato]]
| [[Kenki Yamaguchi]]
| [[Yuki Kimisawa]]
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| Tsukiji
| Okachimachi
| Roppongi
| Nakameguro
| Nogizaka
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'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Jun Hashizume]] - Shutaro
* [[Yorie Yamashita]] - Yu
* [[Rio Sasaki]] - Shiori Hongo (child)

==Episode Ratings==
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! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
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| 01 || 01/13/2009 || 14.9%
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| 02 || 01/20/2009 || 14.8%
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| 03 || 01/27/2009 || 14.4%
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| 04 || 02/03/2009 || 12.0%
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| 05 || 02/10/2009 || 13.6%
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| 06 || 02/17/2009 || 14.0%
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| 07 || 02/24/2009 || 13.1%
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| 08 || 03/03/2009 || 13.5%
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| 09 || 03/10/2009 || 13.4%
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| 10 || 03/17/2009 || 16.6%
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! colspan=2 | Average || 14.1%
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Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

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==External Links==
* [http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/mei-chan/index.html Official Website]

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