“Young Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his demon butler Sebastian serve the Queen while seeking his parents' murderers.”
Black Butler
黒執事
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Synopsis
Young Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his demon butler Sebastian serve the Queen while seeking his parents' murderers.
Tucked away in the English countryside lies the ominous manor of the Phantomhives, a family which has established itself as the cold and ruthless "Queen's Watchdog" as well as the head of London's criminal underground. After a tragedy leaves the Earl and his wife dead, many are shocked when their son, a young boy named Ciel, claims his place as the new Earl of the Phantomhive house. At first, many perceive him only as a child surrounded by a few eccentric servants. But they soon begin to realize that it is foolish to meddle with Ciel and his demonic butler Sebastian. Taking place at the end of the 19th century, Kuroshitsuji follows these two as they face countless mysteries and dangers that plague England and threaten the Queen, uncovering the truth about what really happened to Ciel's parents in the process.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 31 sampled reviews
What 31 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.38 · some divergence
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 4.0
↓ 0.61
Running avg · Oct 2008 → May 2025
- 9 “In the black butler manga's I have only read the first 3 books and i got to say there really good so far. I wanna carry of reading the rest of them as it gets quite addicting, its not the best book...”
- 8 “[Tiny spoilers] The entire plot is just so well thought out... But it doesn't really move Ciel forward in his revenge scheme. One thing I enjoyed was: a huge plot twist occurs in later chapters,...”
- 7 “A really interesting deconstruction of Faust (a favorite story of mine), which essentially asks: yes, Faust sold his soul, but what if he sold it not because "uwu power" but because he was a...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Sep 2006 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3280 catalog