Random Anime Butlers Who Are Stronger Than Most Protagonists (20 items)

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  (#1) Sebastian Michaelis

  • Black Butler

  Sebastian Michaelis is, in his own words, one hell of a butler. After promising to serve Ciel Phantomhive in exchange for being allowed to devour his soul, he becomes the butler of the Phantomhive household. His job isn't just to run the household and basically raise the twelve-year-old orphan, it's also to help him get revenge on the people who orphaned him in the first place.

  As a demon, Sebastian has a wide range of abilities. There's the aforementioned soul consumption: that's how he satiates his hunger. He's also immortal, super strong, super fast, super hardy, and capable of sensing things that ordinary humans can't. He has control over fire, he can levitate, he can transform, and he can manifest a whole mansion out of nothing. Oh, and he can create powerful illusions to manipulate people into doing what he wants. You do not want to mess with this hellish butler. 
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  (#5) Canary - 'Hunter X Hunter'

  Canary is an apprentice butler at the Zoldyck household. Her job is to keep out unwanted visitors away from the family, which is a pretty important gig given their practice of churning out brainwashed mercinaries. Butlers in the Zoldyck household are expected to suppress their emotions until they appear practically soulless, but Canary still has some heart in her. Though she does fight Gon at first to keep him away from Killua, she eventually asks Gon to save Killua from his horrible family - her employers. 

  How does she fight Gon in the first place? She uses a rod as a weapon for physical attacks, but she can also use assassination techniques like Shadow Step. While she's never seen using any specific Nen techniques, the fact that she was able to fuel a motorcycle with her aura implies that if she wanted to, she could.
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  (#14) Hayate Ayasaki

  • Hayate the Combat Butler

  Hayate Ayasaki is one of the few examples of a butler who actually is the main character. Before coming to work for the Sanzenin family, Hayate worked a wide range of odd jobs in order to support his deadbeat parents. This gives him a plethora of practical skills ranging from cooking and cleaning to cheating at mahjong. Also, his first butler job involved working for Athena Tennousu, who helped him to gain supernatural strength. 

  The way he got his job with the Sanzenin family is wild: he kidnaped her in order to pay off his parents' debts to the yakuza, and she mistook the kidnapping as a love confession, and paid off the debt for him. To work off the debt, he lends his services to the family as a combat butler, beating the stuffing out of anybody to tries to harm Nagi. Aside from using his super strength, he's also proficient with a wide range of weapons, from swords to guns.
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  (#13) Gilbert Nightray - 'Pandora Hearts'

  Gilbert Nightray occupies many roles, but in the current timeline of Pandora Hearts, he works as a valet for the Vessalius family, specifically attending to Oz. After Oz winds up trapped in the Abyss, Gilbert makes it his mission to rescue him. He does this through a combination of his own fighting prowess and his chain, Raven. On his own, Gilbert is a skilled gun-user who possesses enhanced speed, stamina, and resistance.

  Raven, a creature from the Abyss who he contracted with, grants him access to a wider range of skills. Through Raven, he can create extremely hot blue flames, seal other chains, teleport, create illusions, and use the Chains of Condemnation, which pass judgment on those who have been accused of sin, and open up portals to the Abyss. 
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  (#17) Kogarashi & Fubuki - 'Kamen No Maid Guy'

  Kamen No Maid Guy is a 2008 anime that's entirely about this trope. Naeka and Kosuke are set to inherit a massive fortune, and there are plenty of people who wish to steal it from them. Fubuki and Kogarashi are hired with a dual purpose - to work as household maids, and to serve as bodyguards to protect Naeka and Kosuke against those who want to steal that fortune.

  Of the two, Fubuki is far more calm: she uses her ninjalike skills with grace, and she takes charge of fixing the problems that her more boistrous coworker causes. Kogarashi is practically invulnerable to attack, but because of his inability to understand social norms and his tendency to do lewd things by mistake, he often causes problems unintentionally. 
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  (#15) Mosquito

  • Soul Eater

  Mosquito is the top henchmen in Arachne's organization Arachnophobia, as well as her personal servant. While he appears to be a very small and relatviely harmless old man, there's much more to him than meets the eye. He's a Bloodsucker, which gives him several special abilities. One of those is, well, sucking blood, which he can use to weaken his enemies and heal his own injuries. His nose also transforms into a powerful stinger, which he often uses in lunge attacks. He can also transform his body. When he does so, he's able to harness the powers he once possessed during other periods of his life. Oh, and that life has been going on for 800+ years. He isn't immortal, but his lifespan far exceeds what humans can expect.

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