Kuroshitsuji: Midori no Majo-hen

Queen Victoria of England has ordered her loyal watchdog, 13-year-old Earl Ciel Phantomhive, to investigate a series of suspicious deaths in southern Germany. Across multiple villages, all the victims have one thing in common: they had entered the so-called Werewolves' Forest right before they developed strange deformities and subsequently died. The rumors put blame on a "witch's curse," the nearby villagers' firm belief based on old folklore.

Unconvinced that anything truly supernatural is at play, Ciel and his contracted demonic butler, Sebastian Michaelis—along with the rest of the Phantomhive servants—come across an isolated village in the Werewolves' Forest. Its residents are only women, hostile toward the outsiders and serving a young girl with emerald eyes and bound feet, Sieglinde "Green Witch" Sullivan. Ciel and Sebastian investigate to uncover the truth, but as they soon fall victim to the curse themselves, it appears that there is more to the local myths than meets the eye.

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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

Snake Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Joker Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Spears, William T. Supporting

Sugiyama, Noriaki Japanese

Fukushima, Yuuichi Producer

Takahashi, Kanako Producer

Kurosaki, Shizuka Producer

Itou, Yoshito Producer

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Jun 28, 2025

Shin18

Recommended

A year after the previous Black Butler season was released, we've received a new sequel, this time being the anime adaptation of the Emerald Witch arc. With this arc teased at the post-credit scene of the Public School arc's adaptation, it's something many fans have anticipated. And the end result? In my view, this season is one of the best ones yet.

About the characters, at this point, we should already be familiar with the main cast, or are we? One of the biggest accomplishments this season is showcasing the fact that we don't know much about them, particularly Ciel Phantomhive, our protagonist. But within this ... arc, with the help of a certain trigger and flashbacks, we get to learn more things about him, revealing more of his personality, feelings, and ambitions that we didn't know of before. With subtle foreshadowing and plot points along the way.

To continue, we get to see more of the Phantomhive servants, who have been absent for quite a bit, participating in this arc. Seeing them in action and in spotlight is always enjoyable, with Finnian getting a bit more screentime as we learn more about his origins. But, we can't talk about the characters without mentioning the titular character of the arc, Sieglinde Sullivan. Known as the Emerald Witch, she's a person of curiosity and a talented individual. We get to know her and her ambitions, and I believe she's an overall well-written character.

As for the adaptation itself, it follows the manga faithfully, with the animation elevating during the major moments of this arc. However, there are some complaints about the way it adapted, specifically regarding the abundance of recaps. Spanning from 3 to 7 minutes in most episodes, they take away a decent amount of content per episode. I do agree to some extent. Could they have removed the recaps altogether? Yes. Could they have reduced this arc from 13 to 11 episodes? Yes. But in my opinion, it doesn't change the fact that the Emerald Witch arc is an excellent season. While it may be annoying for some viewers watching it during its airing, it shouldn't pose a problem at all for those watching it in one go after it has finished airing.

All in all, Black Butler's newest season proves to be another amazing entry to the series. With the constant twists, build-ups and foreshadowing, it's a matter of time before it comes to fruition. We can only hope that they'll announce a sequel sooner or later for the Blue Cult arc that was shown at the last scene of this season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 29, 2025

5iv3_

Recommended

I need to preface - I absolutely adore Black Butler, so basically this review is me gushing about how much I loved it >w<

To start with, I feel Cloverworks did a wonderful job adapting the manga. It stayed very true and accurate story wise, and delivered the story in a very wonderful way. They did much justice to some of my favorite parts of the manga, so I was estastic with this season. (this arc specifically is one of my favorite arcs of the manga).

On to the next, the animation for this season was crisp and clean as always. Truly, Cloverworks' animation is a ... treat to look at for me. They accentuated certain parts of the story with the animation and really enhanced the overall viewing experience.

~ this needs its own space: The OP & ED for this season were so well done I was going crazy. I watched them all the way through every episode it's so great ~

My only complaint was the recaps. I feel Cloverworks may have overestimated how many episodes they needed for this season and had to make do with the recaps, OR they did it on purpose so the episodes would end on certain points. Either way, at least recaps are skippable so I didn't really mind them too too much.

Anyways, Black Butler is so awesome <3 I really hope we get Blue Cult (season 6) cause it's such a good arc, and leads into some crazy stuff too :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 30, 2025

Bluedinodothings

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I've been a fan of Black Butler for as long as I can remember and this is one of the best narrative arcs so far. If I had to judge based solely on that, my rating would be an 8 or higher. However, I can't get behind how the studio is handling a project that deserves so much respect.
The visuals are often stunning, but if you look past embellishments, does the animation actually have much quality? The scenes are often lazy, the movements are not fluid or sometimes not shown at all and replaced by still frames.
It often almost seems like they barely animated ... manga panels. Even though some scenes are really well executed, they don't make up for the overall problem.
I'm not usually the type to nitpick on these details, I can enjoy even below-standard animation, but Black Butler deserves (finally) a good adaptation, especially this arc.
And I don't think this studio is handling it well enough.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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