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Sep 24, 2014 4:57 AM

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Mey-rin was a sniper with demon eyes or something? but somehow her voice completely changed when she put on those giant glasses? ummm ... say what? lol. Random ... I prefer sniper her now, she's normally kinda annoying.

Baldroy was in the army, that kinda makes sense and Finny was a human guinea pig for some drug that made him super strong, well okay then lol.
Oct 26, 2014 1:26 PM

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I knew it ! i just knew it ! Mey-Rin is a knockout ! i love the background stories of all the servants, hopefully we get to see Sebastian's past as well

This episode is so refreshing, absolutely my favorite episode of all.
Nov 3, 2014 4:31 PM

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I see. I was wondering for a while now about how they were hired when they can't even properly do their job as servants... but they're actually more like guards.
Mar 16, 2015 3:13 AM

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I enjoyed watching this episode.

So it's all about the servants' histories. Sebastian hired them!

-Mey-rin was used to be a sniper - such a badass. She is hot when she's not wearing an eyeglasses. But she's also cute when she wears it.
- Bard was a veteran soldier. His companions didn't believe them, and as the result he was the only one who survived.
- Finnian was a subject for an experimentation, so he has a superhuman abilities.
- Pluto is a demon hound.

And there are enemies outside the Phantomhive's mansion. Ciel was playing chess with Elizabeth and Sebastian was playing violin, while the badass servants were assassinating the enemies outside.

Also, they were all trying to make the mansion fill with laughter. And at the end... Ciel smiled. =)
Apr 8, 2015 10:18 PM

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I love the whole Phantomhive crew.
May 28, 2015 6:54 PM
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My favorite part about the episode was actually the whole subplotline with Sebastian, about him and his attitude towards Ciel... I don't know, when he set down the white queen and black king at the end, I felt like that was kind of referencing to when Angela offered him a chance to work with her - like he's now debating with himself whether to go with the white queen (Angela) or the black king (Ciel)... It also fits with when he says "An idiot" in the last episode and then twists his face angrily. And there's definitely some sort of tension between Ciel and Sebastian now after the events of the last episodes (esp. with Ciel flashing back to Aberlain's words), like when Sebastian asks if he had fun moping for the day - I think he's disappointed in Ciel for wavering from his purpose (in contrast to whenever Ciel chose to stick to his values and stay on his revenge path in past episodes, Seb would always smile and say as expected of my master).
I feel like this subplot (if there is one, hopefully I'm not just imagining it) is going to be really important in the upcoming episodes.
Jun 19, 2015 12:28 PM

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I had a feeling that all the Phantomhive servants weren't normal. Glad I was right about that...
Sep 11, 2015 5:56 PM
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I LOVED this episode. This should have been episode 3 or 4. It was great to finally get some backstory for all the housekeepers. Made their characters much more lovable and interesting. Why did they put off this story for so long?
Jan 7, 2016 11:22 AM

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I liked the image of the chess' king and queen. To me it kinda seemed like:
First, the standing Queen (of England) and the fallen Ciel.
Then, when Sebastian put them up, it felt more like white Angela vs black Sebastian, the two actual players in this game.
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Jan 11, 2016 12:55 AM

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Cool back story episode. I'm not sure if it is relevant to the main plot as much, although they did throw in some thoughts from Ciel to keep it flowing.

So glad Merlin wasn't a throwaway character.

And Pluto is so much fun!
Mar 27, 2016 10:46 AM

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Good episode but it was pretty random. This made much more sense in the manga.
Aug 26, 2016 8:27 AM
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So everyone have a tough past and they are not useless.
Sep 25, 2016 10:55 PM
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Loved that everyone's backstories had a unique twist to it!
Oct 26, 2016 12:57 AM

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I was so surprised to see Maylene with the sniper.
Nice episode btw ^^
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Aug 28, 2017 11:28 AM

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Mei-rin, Bard, and Finny's backstories. Omfg. I'm so happy! But we didn't get to know Tanaka-san's story. Heck, it still was a great episode knowing about them three who I adore sooo much!

Mei-rin is so pretty. Kyaaa! I prefer seeing her with glasses, though. Hehe. Let's hide that pretty face to get away from them awful men. Haha.

Did Ciel just smile in front of them? Or were my eyes deceiving me?

I missed Lizzy so much. Hisashiburi! :D

What a great episode! Kyaaaaa! <3

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Aug 9, 2019 10:55 PM
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ive never imagined they had so grwat background stories omg xD
speachless :o


May 16, 2020 2:45 AM

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Loved seeing their backstories, and the action ^^ It made me love them all even more <3
May 16, 2020 2:45 AM

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Loved seeing their backstories, and the action ^^ It made me love them all even more <3
Aug 26, 2020 2:55 PM

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Interesting episode. Ngl, Mey looks so good without the glasses and that voice.
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

Sep 15, 2020 10:00 AM

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I had no idea Mey-Rin was that pretty~!

Love how they revealed everyone's pasts, although they maybe could've improved the structure of this episode.
Nov 6, 2020 5:57 PM
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I loved this episode!!

At first, i though all those backstories would crush last episode's drama. But then, I realized Ciel had the right to be upset and the tone of the episode was really sad for me. But the opera music along with the joyness of the staff were warm to my heart...

Ciel's smile was worthy!
Jul 7, 2021 6:16 PM
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I liked how Ciel can't do anything with Lizzie HAHAHAHAHAHAHA even though hes cruel sometime we can see he has sweet spot for Lizzie hehe
Oct 23, 2021 7:15 AM

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This episode is simply intriguing, to think the current maid in the Phantomhive household is actually a former assassin and what's more, she's a babe! OwO
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Jun 3, 2023 5:07 PM
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Second ED is very very good.
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