Based on the manga series by Yana Toboso which began in 2006 and is still ongoing, Black Butler is a twenty-four episode series that takes us to the realm of 19 th century England. The manga and this first season of the anime scored quite a lot of f more

Black Butler had an interesting if somewhat off episode the last time around as it dealt with Alois' background and pushed him off the stage for a bit while letting Claude take over things for a bit. Claude's decidedly off in general as we see h more

Black Butler had an interesting if somewhat off episode the last time around as it dealt with Alois' background and pushed him off the stage for a bit while letting Claude take over things for a bit. Claude's decidedly off in general as we see h more

The return of Alois in the previous episode was rather welcome as I liked his particular brand of crazy. Though they knew they were walking into a trap, everyone brought Ciel to the residence under the continued pretense of not knowing that he's lost more

Black Butler takes an amusing turn this episode as it puts Sebastian and Claude in competition with each other in a different way, one that has a decidedly video game feel to it. With Ciel off at the Clocktower where his mind contains the memories of both more

The frame job that Claude performed in the previous episode, which included him causing quite a bit of trouble for Alois, now has Ciel being caught up in things where the police thought he was Alois and handed him over to Claude easily. Claude's atte more

Hannah's game, made more clear in the previous episode, reaches its conclusion with this one as the series draws to a close. With the body of Ciel in her hands in which it contains the minds of both Ciel and Alois, she's now set the stage for th more

Watching this season of Black Butler is certainly interesting since it reminds me of when I used to drop into comic book series in my youth and try to catch up and put it all together. A new piece of the Black Butler puzzle comes to light here as it turns more