However as I started watching it, I grew to love it. Alois surpassed my love for Ciel and became my favourite character, even if he is a bit gone.
This review may contain very light spoilers.
Story: 8/10
The story begins with a new butler and a new "insane" master. Alois Trancy hurts his maid badly and Claude...does nothing. It starts dark and kind of confusing but as it progresses, questions are answers and ideas are explained.
However, the second episode--which shows more of Sebastian and Ciel-- is mostly filler, but it also gives more background, sort of, of what happened at the end of Season One.
Alois and Ciel meet and there's an instant rivalry between both the butlers and the masters. Alois wants Ciel, and Ciel doesn't want Alois alive. Claude and Sebastian do their best to protect their masters from each other, but things get a bit..hairy when they form a contract with each other. As this is a huge spoiler, I will not say the reason or description of the contract.
Art: 9/10
Kuroshitsuji 2's art is a bit lighter than K1's, but it still holds the dark Victorian-era style that we all loved. A few minor things-- that, depending on how much you paid attention, you may or may not notice-- were done to the characters, such as Sebastian's eyes being a darker red and Ciel's eyes being a different shade of blue. That is really the only difference though.
Sound: 8/10
I can't really say much about the OPs and EDs as I skip them in every anime, but from what I heard the first time, I did enjoy them. They gave the right mood for the series and allowed people to set into the feeling faster.
Alois's voice had the perfect insanity level that was needed to portray a character like him, and Claude's had the right amount of monotone that held just a bit of sadism. Ciel's and Sebastian's were up to par too, and even Grell, who is still only a minor character, had a good "I'm afraid T_T" voice when he needed it.
Character: 10/10
Alois has to be one of the most believably emotional anime characters I've ever come across, if not THE most. I felt so sorry for him, and just wanted to hug him and tell him everything would be okay when I learned about his past.
Claude.. Gah I hated him, but he did have his good [aka humourous] moments that made him almost likeable. Especially when he got into childish fights with Sebastian.
Sebby turned a bit more childish in this series, as he had to prove he was better than Claude, but his protection over Ciel increased tenfold. He unleashes his anger/jealousy pretty rapidly in this season, but he's still got a slight hold.
Ciel..the little bitch boy XD he does nothing, really, still, except get kidnapped and become something useful for Alois. But his awesomeness/bitchiness increases at the end of the series, which is good.
Most of the original characters-- the three Phantomhive servents, the old man, Elizabeth and her maid and a few others-- have returned but once again, they dont't do much. In fact, I think you see Elizabeth for one and a half episodes at most.
Enjoyment: 9/10
I enjoyed this a lot. It was fast-paced enough, gave a bit of fanservice, and a bunch of emotion that I wish other anime would have. It did have it's bad points, but what anime doesn't?
Overall: 8/10
I would have liked a bit more but as it was, it was still highly enjoyable and one of my favourite animes that I've seen.
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a bit of humour, doesn't mind some obvious shounen-ai hints, and enjoyed Kuroshitsuji 1 so theyre not completely confused xD.
