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May 31, 7:47 AM
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Somehow the recaps are getting longer and longer lol. How long was this one? 5 MINUTES?!?!? What??

That aside, for the actual content, we know butlers in this series are not your normal butlers.. and we know this fact for years now, but yeah, except for the discovery that these women and Suliivan’s butler are actually from army, I didn’t really expect Sullivan’s butler, or more like former butler, to be this good in fight as well. I mean, he literally overpowered everyone there and almost had Ciel screaming prayers for his life.. almost, until mister toothbrush moustache appeared. I legit don't remember him, but yeah, that timing was really something.

If anything, I really liked this episode for the fact that we finally gave others a chance to show just how inhuman all of them are as well lol. Pretty rare in this series but welcomed. Chef’s kiss to Tanaka-san’s sword skills btw. He’s a bonafide japanese. Which breathing style is that though? xD
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May 31, 8:12 AM
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not just this ep. but also next ep. will have more recap:
https://moca-news.net/artdisp.php?artid=202505312130aa_
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May 31, 9:24 AM
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doesnt matter how many times they take the spot light

the Phantomhive servants are always THE main characters when its comes their time to shine, they are one of the if not the most reliable squad in anime
May 31, 10:03 AM
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I will never get tired of the servants kicking ass, they're seriously so cool. Also, I'll never get tired of Ciel in a dress lmao
May 31, 10:03 AM
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Recap+op+ed is legit 9 and half minutes lol.

Anyway always great to see the phantomhive butlers & maid let loose. Tanaka san cutting the bullet in half was sick. Nice angle of MeyRin too.
May 31, 10:13 AM
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This episode's recap was almost annoyingly long, but that's neither here nor there.

We've gotten to see the Phantomhive Servants in action once again, this time including Tanaka.

And the man at the end is the man we see eating a sandwich in episode 4 of season 1, so it's nice to see him officially come back and not within a flashback.
May 31, 10:22 AM
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I love how the author couldn't resist another chance to have Ciel crossdress lol.
May 31, 10:31 AM
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Ciel in woman dress is a classic.

But those flashbacks and recaps? 5 min recap + intro + flashback + ending. Very short episode IMHO.
May 31, 10:49 AM
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I am mildly annoyed that we only got 14 minutes of content... like... with five minutes of recap and four minutes of opening and ending... wth. i get it this arc is short, but that's crazy. This episode covered chapter 100 and half of chapter 101 of the manga, following almost the exact panel-by-panel sequence of events. You could truly follow along with the manga in hand, bc the dialogue and scenery is the same.

which i think is the reason the episodes are so short. but idk. This is one of my favorite arcs so i guess it was still good
May 31, 11:13 AM

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Point 1
Agree, the re-cap is taking a bit long time that it feels like some sort of strategic move or filler, unless that was just there with the attempt to remind or give some sort of emotional impact... which sadly doesn't work for me, since it just makes me want for it to get back on where it left off. Hopefully this doesn't affect the probability of it continuing with the arcs, getting new seasons.

Point 2
Lol Ciel, this is the 2nd time I saw you crossdressing. I'm not complaining.

Point 3
YES! Imma be honest... there could be a time where I might say someday that showing off servants could get old to me??? BUTTT not today buddies.... I mean just look at this Finnian

Also Tanaka Jii sword-style!
Listen, if I'm gonna have servants, I'd be sure to take notes and hire maybe ex-military, ex-assassin... maybe ex-human experiment, depending on what abilities they have... oh... and ex-circus performer. xD
May 31, 11:15 AM

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The episode was great, but I was really annoyed by this long ass rerun Since they recap every other episode couldn't they have made one less episode? Instead of 13 episodes, they should make 12 and they wouldn't have to extend and stuff everything so much.
May 31, 11:56 AM

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This might sound strange, but it actually took me 13 years to realize Tanaka-san is a Japanese. XD
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May 31, 12:10 PM
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Can somebody tell me who was that mister fat moustache was that saved Ceil .....is he Ceil's Uncle or a relative.......????
May 31, 12:23 PM
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Reply to Softhenic03
Somehow the recaps are getting longer and longer lol. How long was this one? 5 MINUTES?!?!? What??

That aside, for the actual content, we know butlers in this series are not your normal butlers.. and we know this fact for years now, but yeah, except for the discovery that these women and Suliivan’s butler are actually from army, I didn’t really expect Sullivan’s butler, or more like former butler, to be this good in fight as well. I mean, he literally overpowered everyone there and almost had Ciel screaming prayers for his life.. almost, until mister toothbrush moustache appeared. I legit don't remember him, but yeah, that timing was really something.

If anything, I really liked this episode for the fact that we finally gave others a chance to show just how inhuman all of them are as well lol. Pretty rare in this series but welcomed. Chef’s kiss to Tanaka-san’s sword skills btw. He’s a bonafide japanese. Which breathing style is that though? xD
@Softhenic03 I don't know, after 2 minutes of it, I hit skip. LOL Mostly some nice night chase scenes today.
May 31, 12:59 PM
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Ngl I laughed a bit when Tanaka-san just pulled out the New Shadow Style Batto move from JJK
May 31, 1:03 PM

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Can somebody tell me who was that mister fat moustache was that saved Ceil .....is he Ceil's Uncle or a relative.......????
@_itsumaima4321 He is Diedrich. He is Ciel's father's friend from school. If you remember last season (The Public School arc), we were shown a flashback about how Ciel's father tricked Diedrich to become basically his "servant" for life. He has just gained lot of weight in this, probably because all the stress the Phantomhives have put him through...xD
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May 31, 1:10 PM

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I don't think this was intended, but I was laughing a lot this episode XDD some of the fighting scenes were so comedic
May 31, 1:16 PM

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Can somebody tell me who was that mister fat moustache was that saved Ceil .....is he Ceil's Uncle or a relative.......????
@_itsumaima4321 Why does everyone suddenly forget who Diedrich is lol Unfortunately now he's fat af, but he's our angry boy, Vincent's close friend. Often when there are flashbacks with Vincent he also appears. He had a bigger role in the previous arc when he was Vincent's ''rival'' at school, but he also appeared e.g. in Book of circus.As these flashbacks have already shown, he is a friend who, at Vince's request, was supposed to help Ciel if needed. You could call him a fake uncle.

I still can't get over how Yana fattened him up XD My beautiful boy died. Although every time he appeared he ate sandwiches I had a slight suspicion that it might end badly lol

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May 31, 1:26 PM

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I am mildly annoyed that we only got 14 minutes of content... like... with five minutes of recap and four minutes of opening and ending... wth. i get it this arc is short, but that's crazy. This episode covered chapter 100 and half of chapter 101 of the manga, following almost the exact panel-by-panel sequence of events. You could truly follow along with the manga in hand, bc the dialogue and scenery is the same.

which i think is the reason the episodes are so short. but idk. This is one of my favorite arcs so i guess it was still good
@orihihc Yeah, because there's not much material to fit in I think that's why they drag out the episodes with these reruns. It's a shame because I was hoping they'd still fit in the popularity rankings but now there's no point in dreaming about it... The only question is why they didn't make one less episode? Then they wouldn't have to use recaps like that. Unless it's not up to the studio, I don't know
May 31, 1:43 PM
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They do recaps like One Piece

I just guess that Wolfram isn't human at this point. Either an experiment like Finny or a mystic creature that hides itselfs as a human
May 31, 2:50 PM
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The recap was too long. It should have been shorter!

Ciel had some good ideas to save Fraulein and get her out of the forest. I’m pretty sure Wolfram died:)
May 31, 3:39 PM
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such a good episode! I'm so glad they put visibly more effort into animating those iconic fight scenes
May 31, 5:45 PM

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wow that long recap just caused the episode to be too short
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May 31, 6:19 PM
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Tanaka finally took action!
May 31, 6:54 PM
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HFS man... 9 and a half minutes of filler for this episode... what is this anime coming to? like 1/3 of the "episode" isn't even part of the episode lol
May 31, 7:15 PM

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Great episode, i loved it i mean it but wth too long for recap, op, ed!!! The duration getting shorter for crying out loud 🤣😂 i need moreeeeeee 😭😭
May 31, 7:29 PM

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A rare moment where Tanaka gets to be awesome
That expectation vs. reality of Deiderich lol
May 31, 8:15 PM

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recap during almost 6 min + opening so the episode starting at 7min30... they searsh to be rival with old one piece episode lol
Cool episode with battles of servants
May 31, 8:54 PM

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Mfw anime subs just spoiling THE twist in the flashback with ciela dad


Thx CR
It's good that Slop leveling won the CR awards with such a power gap, Gaijin Weebs don't deserve good anime.
Not after what they did to frieren, kusuriya, and many others
Jun 1, 12:07 AM
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Okay wtf was that … 1/3 of the episode literally recap+intro and random never-heard-of plot armor dude to the rescue wtf am I watching Oo
Jun 1, 1:42 AM
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its nice to see more explicit hint drops that Ciel had a brother.
Jun 1, 4:35 AM

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great episode

so the dude was waiting all this years to show up now...

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Jun 1, 6:08 AM
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seeing Mey-Rin again without her glasses, what a pleasure
Wolfram Gelzer, this guy is annoying me. I thought Ciel he was going to make his brand work so that Sebastian would arrive.
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Jun 1, 6:47 AM
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Worst episode of the entire series
Jun 1, 8:17 AM
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The mission to escape the Witches' Forest continues.

But now, a friend of Ciel’s father, Diederich, joins them.
Jun 1, 8:39 AM
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Jollyne7 said:
@_itsumaima4321 Why does everyone suddenly forget who Diedrich is lol Unfortunately now he's fat af, but he's our angry boy, Vincent's close friend. Often when there are flashbacks with Vincent he also appears. He had a bigger role in the previous arc when he was Vincent's ''rival'' at school, but he also appeared e.g. in Book of circus.As these flashbacks have already shown, he is a friend who, at Vince's request, was supposed to help Ciel if needed. You could call him a fake uncle.

I still can't get over how Yana fattened him up XD My beautiful boy died. Although every time he appeared he ate sandwiches I had a slight suspicion that it might end badly lol


oh I am really sorry...I think I should rewatch the previous arc.
Jun 1, 8:57 AM
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Wait didn't Ciel had a twin? ........


Also this kind of B.S is becoming super tiresome and starting to take a lot of people out of anime.
the men were as useless as ever
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Girl GTFO you aren't suppose to be there in the first place ( a female Kommandant in the Imperial German Army right).... In the time period that Black Butler takes place you should be in the kitchen, at best behind some counter at the local water hole serving beers to the local drunkards.

My comment goes out to anyone in the anime industry that saw that comment at said yeah let's roll with it. Are we going to start seeing any time soon any kind of comments like that one with the sexes reverted? Asking for a friend?
Jun 1, 10:38 AM

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This might sound strange, but it actually took me 13 years to realize Tanaka-san is a Japanese. XD
@Bell_cz I genuinely didn't even think about it until I read this LOL, and I've read the manga up to this arc too
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Jun 1, 10:46 AM
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the servants do their part but Dietrich comes back to save the master
Jun 1, 11:32 AM

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Jollyne7 said:
@_itsumaima4321 Why does everyone suddenly forget who Diedrich is lol Unfortunately now he's fat af, but he's our angry boy, Vincent's close friend. Often when there are flashbacks with Vincent he also appears. He had a bigger role in the previous arc when he was Vincent's ''rival'' at school, but he also appeared e.g. in Book of circus.As these flashbacks have already shown, he is a friend who, at Vince's request, was supposed to help Ciel if needed. You could call him a fake uncle.

I still can't get over how Yana fattened him up XD My beautiful boy died. Although every time he appeared he ate sandwiches I had a slight suspicion that it might end badly lol


oh I am really sorry...I think I should rewatch the previous arc.
@_itsumaima4321 It's Okay, he didn't have a lot of screen time but I thought people would remember his hot-headed nature more... It seems that other characters are stealing the attention :)
Jun 1, 12:19 PM
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Banger episode but only a little over 10 minutes of actual content is a little disappointing, surely they could've structured the season with one less episode, and then skipped the odd opening or ending to add runtime if needed like other shows do. Granted I prefer this (skippable content) to needlessly padding out the episode so I'm not complaining to much.
Jun 1, 2:09 PM
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5 minutes of recap is outrageous
Jun 1, 7:12 PM
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ok what the fuck 5 minute recap and the opening its like 7 minutes of NOTHING and if u count the ed thats 2 more minuted thats like 10 minutes of NOTHING? THE WHOLE EPISODE IS 10 MINUTES LONG what the hell man
Jun 1, 10:21 PM

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This might sound strange, but it actually took me 13 years to realize Tanaka-san is a Japanese. XD
@Bell_cz Lmfao, actually same + the same amount of time... His name should've been an obvious giveaway, but alas...
Jun 1, 10:45 PM

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Annoyingly long recap aside, a very entertaining episode!!! Always enjoy watching the Black Butler servants being in badass fighting mode - snipers in particular are one of my favorites, so it's especially hype to see Mey-Rin when she takes off her glasses. But wow, even Tanaka joined the fray! I totally forgot he could fight too. His switch is the funniest.

Ciel sure loves crossdressing.

And Diedrich is here!! Diedrich being a lot fatter in the present is literally the only thing I remember from the Emerald Witch arc manga lmao.


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Jun 2, 11:19 AM
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If I havent read this arc already I'd be so annoyed by the recap
Jun 2, 2:59 PM

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I see they're still not using the word "fag" in translation. Cowards!
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Diedrich?! I forgot he was German. Of all the people to ride to the rescue, he never crossed my mind.

I wondered what happened to Vincent's friends from school, especially the other prefects. Good to know he still had a relationship with one before he was killed.
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Jun 2, 7:21 PM
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can we just admit how MARVELOUS the animation is
Jun 3, 2:30 AM
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they're straight up just spoiling this huh.... i checked back on the manga translations and what vincent said was nowhere near anything this explicit www



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