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I was really afraid of how this would turn out for me, since sequels are often not as good as the original series. After having seen the first season and not read the manga, I wasn't really sure about what they would do since I had heard that it didn't follow the path of the manga (characters like Pluto and the angels were only in the anime). Since the story had sort of gone along the lines of a gothic Scooby-Doo (and I say that in every positive way possible, because I ADORED season one), I was curious about the new material the writers had come up with.

I wasn't even a little disappointed. Kuroshitsuji II was absolutely stunning, just as good as the first season, the addition of Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus helping in that aspect. It was a lot more of a story than season one, instead of various crimes/mysteries for Ciel and his demon-butler Sebastian to solve.

As for the opening theme: Shiver by The GazettE is an AMAZING song, one of my favorites, and the two different animations for it, one for a Ciel-centric episode, and one for an Alois-centric one, really had a positive effect on the enjoyment of that first 2 minutes of each episode, something I normally skip.

Alois and Claude were quite the characters. I extremely enjoyed their anti-Ciel and Sebastian mannerisms, like Alois' outward sadism and affinity for causing trouble, and Claude's never smiling but flashily getting the job done ways; it was a change I was very open to. As soon as I saw Alois gouge out Hannah's left eye with an insane grin on his face, and Claude do a tap-dance performance and throw the tablecloth into the air as he flawlessly set the table for dinner without batting an eyelash, I knew these weren't just your run-of-the-mill filler characters to mercilessly bash to my hearts content. They were the real deal.

I won't say anything further (so as to not accidentally release some spoilers), but I highly recommend this anime to anyone who enjoys amazing visual and audio aesthetics, an excellent story, and deep characters with fantastic histories. read more