However, there’s plenty to enjoy, and the show gets away with falling back on the strength of its characters whenever the story slows down. This still ends up being one of the series’ longest arcs, and in between events taken directly from the manga are smaller episodic storylines that can make the transition between volumes awkward. In particular the Jack the Ripper plot felt like it could have carried the entire season, but only a few episodes later and the mystery is unraveled and the next story has begun. Adding to this confusion is some sporadic pacing, with storylines lasting for seemingly random amounts of time. What’s perhaps most disturbing is that for the most part Black Butler is so much fun, but somehow storylines involving torture, slavery, and dead prostitutes are woven into the mix.īecause of this I found it quite difficult to initially gauge what kind of show it is trying to be. Sometimes it’s something simple, like guns being pointed at kids, and then there’s one episode where Ciel dresses up as a girl to seduce a man roughly twice his age. For the most part.Įvery now and then Black Butler provides us with a scene, or maybe even only a small moment, that massively contrasts in tone compared to the rest of the show. For these reasons it should be a great watch for teens and up, and for the most part it is. Because of their unusual design I’m not exactly sure who the show is aimed at, but the majority of Black Butler is light hearted, silly, and devoid of anything remotely explicit. Whilst this sounds strange, it makes for a genuinely compelling anime, and I can’t stress enough that both Ciel and Sebastian are incredible characters. Admittedly the focus isn’t quite ‘will they won’t they?’, but the two still play off each other in an intriguing way, and watching their master/servant relationship play out is huge fun. The closets comparison I can imagine is Spice and Wolf (although in this case wolf would be a small boy) and both shows even use the same English voice actors the exceptionally talented J Michael Tatum and Brina Palencia. At its heart, Black Butler is about the complex relationship between Ciel and Sebastian.
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Still, on the plus side he’s got an awesome butler with an awesome catchphrase. Well, aside from the dubious ‘contract’ he made with butler Sebastian, and the unfortunate murder of both his parents. As you’d imagine, life is pretty great for Ciel.
Oh, and he’s also got a demon for a butler. He’s the head of a noble family, runs a toy manufacturing company, and lives in a massive mansion.
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