Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder

There is a truth that not needed to discover for our own good

Bringing the old tradition of the classical detective story theme, Book of Murder covers right after Book of Circus arc. The story starts in Phantomhive manor, the queen order Ciel Phantomhive to held a banquet in his manor. The banquet was poisoned by a homicide that quickly turned the banquet into a death zone. Ciel must unravel the truth within the homicide.

This OVA actually did their job well. Although there is no "mystery" in the genres, Book of Murder offers the genres. The mystery have both predictable & unpredictable things, but despite of ... that, the anime still managed to allure the audience with its excitement. The characters do their roles pretty well, there is a historical character that can be found here (Arthur Conan Doyle)

The animation and the sound settings still the same with previous seasons, it's well matched & nice.

Overall, it's just another Kuroshitsuji OVA that does their job well in bringing the intense excitement to the story ranks.

[English and Spanish review]

[English]

Why you may want to watch this OVA?

If you love Sebastian, and you probably do, you will feel the need to watch him every time as possible.
But, in my opinion, this is not a really interesting story. A "riddle" quite predictible, with the same structure of an ordinary mistery novel, trying to pay tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... a little bit boring (and I'm a fan of Sherlock Holmes)
And the worst part is that Sebastian does not appear that much, so, it's not really worth it, even though he is as charming as always.
Sorry! but I would not mind not to ... have watched this. In one word: expendable.

[Spanish]

Por qué podrías querer ver este OVA?

Si te encanta Sebastian, y probablemente así es, sentirás la necesidad de verlo cuantas veces sea posible.
Pero, en mi opinión, esta historia no es interesante, en absoluto. Un "acertijo" bastante predecible, con la misma estructura de una novela de misterio común, tratando de homenajear a Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... un poco aburrida. (y soy fanática de Sherlock Holmes)
La peor parte es que Sebatian no aparece tanto, entonces, no vale la pena verlo, a pesar de que es tan encantador como siempre.
Lo siento! pero no me hubiera importado no haber visto esto. En una palabra: prescindible.

I think I can say with full conviction that I hate Black Butler now. The first season was repetitive and monotonous, but was at least funny enough to keep me going. The second season was a mess, but was surprisingly much better because it shook things up. The third season was more like season one, but at least was really short, more creative, and had pretty art.

Book of Murder was the last straw. Black Butler can officially go fuck itself. Not since Demon King Daimao has an anime pissed me off so much.

I think my biggest problem with Black Butler is the Black Butler ... himself. With him, all suspense or concept of telling a story is thrown out the window. I know how everything is going to go. Book of Murder's ending was absolute crap. I was shocked by how stupid it was, and was mad at myself for being so surprised because I really should have seen it coming. I actually thought that the answer was going to be clever. It wasn't clever. It was a middle finger.

I think that seasons two and three were more tolerable because they had such big casts. That way, it was easier for me to ignore the fact that I hated the two main characters so much. But this OVA is even worse than season 1 in regards to having to put up with Ciel and Sebastian's bullshit. After this, I think that those two might tie for my least favorite characters in any anime.

Pardon my anger, but this show is just one hell of an insult.