Top Butler Manga Recommendations

Yeokdaegeum Yeongji Seolgyesa

Also known as The Greatest Estate Developer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When civil engineering student Su-Ho Kim falls asleep reading a fantasy novel, he wakes up as a character in the book! Su-Ho is now in the body of Lloyd Frontera, a lazy noble who loves to drink, and whose family is in a mountain of debt. Using his engineering knowledge, Su-Ho designs inventions to avert the terrible future that lies in wait for him. With the help of a giant hamster, a knight, and the world’s magic, can Su-Ho dig his new family out of debt and build a better future?



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Economics , Slapstick , Isekai , Kingdom Management , Anti-Hero , Demons , Royal Affairs , Long Strip , Full Color , Found Family , Parody , Politics , Reincarnation , Magic , Animals , Rural , Angels , Agriculture , Butler , Dragons , Cult , Zombie , Swordplay , Necromancy , Military , Heterosexual , Elf , Chimera , Desert , Mermaid , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Class Struggle , Reverse Isekai

Pandora Hearts

Also known as Pandora Hearts.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius’s coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal, inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There, he meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to?



Note: Includes two extra chapters and the pilot one-shot.

Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Fairy Tale , Found Family , Time Manipulation , Body Swapping , Reincarnation , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Suicide , Time Skip , Twins , Male Protagonist , Butler , Alternate Universe , Denpa , Gore , Magic , Shounen , Tsundere , Yandere , Guns , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Primarily Adult Cast

Baekjakgaui Mangnaniga Doeeotda

Also known as Lout of Count’s Family.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Kim Rok-Su has one life motto: “Let’s not get beat up.” But after dozing off somewhere midway through the novel “Birth of a Hero,” he wakes up as Cale Henituse - one of the minor villains in the novel who gets the beating of a lifetime from soon-to-be hero Choi Han. Only time will tell how much longer he has before that dreadful encounter. Can Kim Rok-Su change the course of this story so he can enjoy a long and lavish life free of the soon-to-be hero?



Tags: Isekai , War , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Politics , Magic , Super Power , Full Color , Anti-Hero , Royal Affairs , Dragons , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Elf , Terrorism , Assassins , Shapeshifting , Kemonomimi , Twins , Butler , Long Strip , Fashion , Nekomimi

Kuroshitsuji

Also known as Black Butler.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

In Victorian era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose prowess as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Tragedy , Crime , Historical , Butler , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Twins , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Cult , Detective , Shounen , Magic , Found Family , Circus , Mythology , Maids , Assassins , Steampunk , Travel , Medicine , Urban Fantasy , Zombie , Anachronism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Fugitive , Crossdressing , Boarding School , Estranged Family , Musical Theater , Transgender , School , Torture , Witch , Swordplay , Disability , Idol , Religion , Exorcism

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Also known as Maid-sama!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

As if being student council president of a predominantly male high school isn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid café after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultrasmart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!



Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Toumei na Sekai (A Transparent World)
Volume 4: Tsuide ni 3 Baka mo Maid-sama! (And While We're at It, the Idiot Trio as Maids!)
Volume 4: Soshite Momotaro mo Maid-sama (Peach Boy Is a Maid Too!)
Volume 6: Aoi Haru (Blue Spring)
Volume 6: Fukukaichou wa Ouji-sama!? (The Vice-President Is a Prince?!)
Volume 7: Aoi to to Yukai na Nakama-tachi (Aoi with Fun Friends)
Volume 8: Baka to Furyou to Hero to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Hero)
Volume 8: Toaru Asa no Seitokaishitsu (A Particular Morning in the Student Council Office)
Volume 11: Kaichou wa Shisuji-sama! (The President Is a Butler!)
Volume 11: Konnichiwa Imouto desu (Hello, I'm the Little Sister)
Volume 12: Sentimental Ikkun (Sentimental Ikkun)
Volume 13: Maid Latte Hikaeshitsu (Maid Latte Back Room)
Volume 15: Baka to Furyou to Madonna to (An Idiot, a Delinquent and a Madonna)
Volume 17: Comics Kakioroshi Short Story (Exclusive Short Comic)


Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tsundere , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Maids , Work , Male Harem , Restaurant , Time Skip , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Bar , Butler , Cosplay , Chibi

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?

Also known as So I'm a Spider, So What?.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

I'm gonna survive, just watch me! I was your average, everyday high-school girl, but now I've been reborn in a magical world...as a spider?! Wait--this isn't how these stories are supposed to go! Can I get a do-over? ...No? But how am I supposed to survive in this big, scary dungeon as one of the weakest monsters? It's 'every spider for herself' in here! I gotta figure out the rules to this QUICK, or I'll have to kiss my short second life goodbye...



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Monster Girl , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Demons , Vampire , Elf , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Travel , Anthropomorphism , Gods , Magic , War , Dungeon , Dragons , Dissociative Identities , Robots , Survival , Swordplay , Butler , Found Family , Video Games , Meta , Gender Bending , Memory Manipulation

HELLSING

Also known as HELLSING.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...

A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Note: The chapter count includes a three-chapter side-story, "Crossfire".

Tags: Vampire , Seinen , Gore , Guns , Anti-Hero , Religion , Body Horror , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Butler , Historical , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , War , Nun , Swordplay , Drugs , Tragedy , Werewolf , Nekomimi , Super Power , Heterosexual

Geu Angnyeoreul Josimhaseyo!

Also known as Beware the Villainess!.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Sit back and take in this romantic tale of an angelic heroine and her devoted suitors as they vie for the depths of her love... or not. This story’s about to go through some edits! After an accident, a modern-day college student awakens as the story’s villainess, Melissa Foddebrat. She’s far from anyone’s favorite, but she IS the daughter of the duke. Determined to live it up, this new Melissa is doing things her way — antiquated society, be damned! All idiots, prepare to step aside or perish!



Note: Includes 52 extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Villainess , Reincarnation , Full Color , Isekai , Meta , Heterosexual , Mixed Gender Harem , Kemonomimi , Werewolf , Long Strip , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Parody , Butler , Ojou-sama , Swordplay , Surreal Comedy , Maids , Male Harem , Bisexual , Love Triangle , Royal Affairs , Shapeshifting , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins , Adoption , Gods , Work , Military , Tomboy , Suicide

Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

For twelve years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens--and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers. The game may be over, but the epic tale of Ainz Ooal Gown is only beginning...



Tags: Anti-Hero , Skeleton , Magic , Isekai , Demons , Video Games , Medieval , Angels , Swordplay , Yandere , Politics , Cosmic Horror , Necromancy , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , War , Elf , Butler , Virtual World , Conspiracy , Succubus , Maids , Monster Girl , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Vampire , Kuudere , Torture , Archery , Goblin , Alchemy , Crossdressing , Femboy , Twins , Zombie , Werewolf , Dragons , Artificial Intelligence , Memory Manipulation , Aromantic , Dungeon

Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid

Also known as The Duke of Death and His Maid.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

When the duke was a young boy, a witch made it so that any living thing he touched died. Unable to cope with such a cursed child, his family sent him away to live in an old mansion. Now a young man, his only companions are an elderly butler and his childhood friend, a buxom, blonde maid named Alice. Despite the fact that touching the duke means instant death, Alice is constantly teasing him, getting close and flirting mercilessly. But even though Alice loves to make the duke blush, her affection for him is the real deal. Can the two figure out a way to break the witch’s spell?



Note: The chapter count includes 15 extra chapters.

Tags: Maids , Witch , Time Manipulation , Butler , Heterosexual , Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Tragedy , Curses

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin—not to mention their parents’ feud over the inheritance. Battler doesn’t hold much stock in dark omens, nor does he believe the tales of the witch rumored to have given his grandfather a fortune in gold…and who walks the halls of the mansion to this day… But when the eighteen family members and servants are trapped on the island by the raging typhoon, the grisly events that follow leave Battler shaken to his core. Is one of his relatives desperate enough to kill for the family fortune? Or is this the work of the Golden Witch?



Note: Volume 4 also contains the tea party chapter for this episode.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Detective , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Maids , Coastal , Time Loop , Witch , Tragedy , Gore , Magic , Meta , Primarily Adult Cast , Ojou-sama , Foreign , Butler

Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

What do you do when your favorite game shuts down? Momonga decided to stay logged in right up until the very end. But when the servers go dark, he finds himself transported into the game world--and he's been transformed into his skeletal avatar from the game, awesome magical powers included! But what if he's the villain of his own story?



Tags: Skeleton , Anti-Hero , Magic , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Elf , Vampire , Shounen , Slavery , Demons , Swordplay , Isekai , Succubus , Primarily Adult Cast , Dungeon , War , Virtual World , Necromancy , Twins , Female Harem , Conspiracy , Parody , Butler , Medieval

Emma

Also known as Emma.

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the maid whenever she enters the room, and he contrives to meet Emma socially as she goes about her errands. But London society is a web of strict codes and divisions. For the son of a wealthy merchant, seeking out a working-class girl is simply not done! William's father plans for his son to marry into the peerage and elevate the Jones family to greater heights, but although William says and does what is expected of him, he longs only for Emma's company...



Tags: Foreign , Historical , Maids , Work , Heterosexual , Educational , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Adoption , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Ojou-sama , Butler , Orphan , Time Skip , Teacher , Nudity , Marriage , Cars , Trains , Ships

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

With help from the witch Beatrice, Shannon has enjoyed a budding romance with George Ushiromiya, her master’s eldest grandson. As a servant of the Ushiromiya estate, Shannon is little more than furniture, but since her bargain with Beatrice, Shannon has never felt happier…or more human. Her brother and fellow servant, Kanon, is troubled by his sister’s reliance on the witch to reach beyond her lowly status. But when love begins to flutter in Kanon’s heart, will he be tempted to abandon his station and take the witch’s hand as well?



Tags: Witch , Magic , Meta , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Maids , Coastal , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Detective , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Alternate Universe , Cosmic Horror , Ojou-sama , Butler

Hell Mode: Yarikomi-zuki no Gamer wa Haisettei no Isekai de Musou Suru - Hajimari no Shoukanshi

Also known as Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates Another World with Garbage Balancing - Summoner of the Beginning.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Kenichi Yamada, a single, 35-year-old businessman, has spent the majority of his adult life playing every MMORPG to hit the market. Tired of the constant cycle of repetitive, newbie-centric gameplay, he is immediately drawn in by the promise of a new game that, on top of being never-ending, offers up a “Hell Mode”—a difficulty level that makes it nigh impossible to level up but also promises uncapped growth potential.
Upon selecting the newly released Summoner class, Kenichi finds himself reborn as Allen, an infant in a serf family, with nothing but his wits and old memories to guide him.
Allen works diligently to level himself up despite Hell Mode requiring vast amounts of experience between levels. In doing so, he hopes to uncover the secrets the Summoner class holds. All the while, he dedicates himself to freeing his new family from serfdom.



Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Magic , Swordplay , Butler , Dragons

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch

Also known as Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Time holds little meaning for Beatrice the Millennial Witch. Replaying the events leading up to the Golden Banquet again and again only gives her more opportunity to play with her new favorite toy, Battler Ushiromiya. The boy's will to resist the witch remains strong as the curtain rises for a third time on the Ushiromiya family's annual reunion. But as Beatrice pulls more and more players into the game, the strain on Battler's defenses is evident. Do the other members of his family hold the key to solving the witch's riddle and sealing her defeat?!



Tags: Witch , Cosmic Horror , Meta , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Death Game , Tragedy , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Demons , Maids , Butler , Teacher , Alternate Universe , Ojou-sama , Rural , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Gore

Pungjagieyo, Mawangnim!

Also known as What a Bountiful Harvest, Demon Lord!.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Who was that guy that once said, “An army marches on its stomach”? When hapless agricultural science student Jangcheol Kim starts playing the fantasy MMORPG “Paladins of Blood” to escape the stress of school life, he never imagined he would end up inside the game, much less as its final boss. How can a ruthless demon overlord win over his subjects? Perhaps with potatoes.



Tags: Agriculture , Male Protagonist , Demons , Kingdom Management , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Isekai , Full Color , Long Strip , Magic , Shapeshifting , Dragons , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Butler , Nudity , Animals

Guimi Zhi Zhu

Also known as Lord of the Mysteries.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Thriller

With the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?

Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons, dreadnoughts, airships, difference machines, as well as Potions, Divination, Hexes, Tarot Cards, Sealed Artifacts…

The Light continues to shine but mystery has never gone far. Follow Klein as he finds himself entangled with the Churches of the world—both orthodox and unorthodox—while he slowly develops newfound powers thanks to the Beyonder potions.

Like the corresponding tarot card, The Fool, which is numbered 0—a number of unlimited potential—this is the legend of "The Fool."



Tags: Gods , Lost Civilization , Religion , Steampunk , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Astronomy , Detective , Acting , Conspiracy , Isekai , Primarily Adult Cast , Body Swapping , Historical , Martial Arts , Angels , Circus , Necromancy , Alchemy , Anthropomorphism , Butler , Crossdressing , Age Regression , Foreign , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Asobi Asobase

Also known as Asobi Asobase.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

The "surreal gag" comedy manga revolves around three classmates who play simple hand games. One of the girls is good at games, but hates them as she always lost to her older sister and forced to do chores while growing up. Another girl is of American descent, but raised in Japan, and who only pretends to be bad at Japanese. Another girl usually observes their games, and loses to the other girls.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , School , School Club , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Scat , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Vampire , Alternate Universe , Aliens , Twins , Slapstick , Episodic , Butler , Robots

Gabriel Dropout

Also known as Gabriel Dropout.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A fallen angel with falling grades! Gabriel White Tenma has descended from heaven to attend high school and guide humanity, but a newly found video game addiction might say otherwise.



Note: Includes two extra chapters

Tags: Angels , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Demons , Otaku Culture , Urban , Spearplay , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Tsundere , Butler , Ghost , Idol , Crossdressing , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Afterlife , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Chuunibyou , Swordplay , Delinquents , Gods , Magic , Shounen , Isekai