Kuroshitsuji

Young Ciel Phantomhive is known as "the Queen's Guard Dog," taking care of the many unsettling events that occur in Victorian England for Her Majesty. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities, Ciel uses whatever means necessary to get the job done. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?

In Ciel's past lies a secret tragedy that enveloped him in perennial darkness—during one of his bleakest moments, he formed a contract with Sebastian, a demon, bargaining his soul in exchange for vengeance upon those who wronged him. Today, not only is Sebastian one hell of a butler, but he is also the perfect servant to carry out his master's orders—all the while anticipating the delicious meal he will eventually make of Ciel's soul. As the two work to unravel the mystery behind Ciel's chain of misfortunes, a bond forms between them that neither heaven nor hell can tear apart.

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Michaelis, Sebastian Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Phantomhive, Ciel Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Sutcliff, Grell Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Undertaker Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Finnian Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Mey-Rin Supporting

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Midford, Elizabeth Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Spears, William T. Supporting

Sugiyama, Noriaki Japanese

Cainz, Drocell Supporting

Katsu, Anri Japanese

Kadar, Soma Asman Supporting

Tachibana, Shinnosuke Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Shimizu, Hiroyuki Producer

Maeda, Toshihiro Assistant Producer

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Aug 15, 2024

isaasaaaaa

Recommended

I rated it 10 on my profile because im biased toward Ciel but my true rating would be 8 overall.

Black Butler is a classic-ish anime that a good majority of anime watchers have watched. It revolves around a 12 year old boy named Ciel Phantomhive. He carries out tasks for the Queen of England. This is a mystery anime with a hint of silliness lying in it. Ciel solves cases with the help of his butler Sebastian to get revenge on the people that killed his family.

The characters in this anime have a mix of normal characters to not so normal characters. We have the ... MC, Ciel Phantomhive, as a emo child with a butler that is very put together. His servants are all clumsy and are around for not only comedic relief but also are plot relevant later on.

Note: There are filler episodes in this season that are not plot relevant and are anime original but are still a fun watch.

TLDR; Black Butler has fun characters and if you like the mystery genre you would like this too.

This is a short review since the episodes are kind of the same but with different cases and problems. The manga is better than the anime in my opinion, but the anime got me into Black Butler and makes me nostalgic.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 5, 2023

PapaSomm

Mixed Feelings

Mood. Moody. Moodiness. This is a “different-from-other-girls,” quirky goth girl’s wet dream. Set in Victorian England, a dark depressed rich boy orphan and his relentlessly sexy demon butler take to detective work while not forgoing lessons in etiquette. This is Tim Burton's vision of a Sherlock Holmes Story; I was surprised Johnny Depp and Helen Bonham Carter didn't make a cameo. The characters have all the charm of the Addams Family, and the atmosphere is as rich as Bela Lugosi's Dracula films. Sophisticated sexy. Your guilty pleasure. One to watch on a rainy day. Did I mention it’s gothic and moody?

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 13, 2024

KKAJ

Not Recommended

When I initially watched Black Butler my view on it was a lot more positive, though far from something I would have even then called great. After having read the manga though, it has become very apparent to me just how much the studio fumbled with this adaption. They basically only adapted the first few episodes out of the manga and the entire rest is all anime only plot. Characters like Ash, Angela and Pluto have never appeared even once in the source material and the storyline portrayed there does not hold a candle to what the manga was doing. I got at times uncomfortable ... with the suggestive vibes Sebastian gave to Ciel and whilst I know that he is a demon, you do not want to get in contact with the Ciel x Sebastian shippers who are genuinely a few of the weirdest people I have ever met. The entire ending of the anime only gave birth to the abdomination that is the second season of Black Butler which is even worse and which I'm probably going to review later on. If you want the real Black Butler experience, watch the first few episodes and then immediately go to Book of Circus since for whatever reason the studio picked years later up where the manga story line was meant to go.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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