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Kuroshitsuji  
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Description
From Yen Press:

Just a stone’s throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria’s faithful servant…and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master’s wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London’s underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true…or at least, too good to be human…

Type
Manga

Related Series
Kuroshitsuji Anthology Comic (Spin-Off)
Kuroshitsuji Character Guide (Spin-Off)

Associated Names
Чёрный дворецкий
黑管家
黒執事
Black Butler
Hắc quản gia (Vietnamese)
Kuro Shitsuji

Groups Scanlating
Black Asylum
Bleach Asylum
Mazoku
MsLaundry
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Latest Release(s)
c.81 by Black Asylum (7d ago)
c.80 by Black Asylum (37d ago)
c.79 by Black Asylum (69d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
16 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 5, Chap 21 (story splits at Episode 15)

User Reviews
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Forum
30 topics, 257 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (1045 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.64 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 24th 2013, 5:51am PST

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Genre
Action  Comedy  Drama  Historical  Mystery  Shounen  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
TOBOSO Yana

Artist(s)
TOBOSO Yana

Year
2006

Original Publisher
Square Enix

Serialized In (magazine)
GFantasy (Square Enix)
Yen Plus (Yen Press)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Yen Press (13 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #278 decreased(-180)
Monthly Pos #162 decreased(-113)
3 Month Pos #62 increased(+15)
6 Month Pos #62 increased(+2)

List Stats
On 4255 reading lists
On 1374 wish lists
On 180 unfinished lists
On 459 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Should/ will CielxSebastian happen? 137 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes ago
Who looks better together? 379 days, 10 hours, 7 minutes ago
Dream Cast for Live Action Kuroshitsuji? 432 days, 11 hours, 12 minutes ago
Ciel's past: Inconsistent? 446 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes ago
Kuroshitsuji 2 ending: love it or hate it? (in case you can't tell, spoiler alert) 465 days, 3 hours, 52 minutes ago

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 love   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by shiromi
April 6th, 2008, 8:53pm
kya~~!
i love this series
my friend owns all the books
its really good, and funny
ahaha sebastian looks like mukuro, from reborn
but i dont like murkuro <3

... Last updated on May 14th, 2008, 7:02pm
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 Overrated   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by crazyboutcute
December 9th, 2011, 5:38pm
I started reading this manga awhile ago, before it gained its current popularity, and back then, I thought it was a good black comedy that was overlooked by many. It was quirky and fun, a great escapist read. It was easy to accept the blatantly two-dimensional characters for what they were simply for the comedic aspect. The manga wasn't overly serious and oftentimes made fun of itself, which was enjoyable.

However, as it grew in popularity, it started to lose that charm. I'm not one of those people who start to hate something simply because it becomes popular. No, what bothered me was that many people started to take this manga too seriously, and it seems now that the author is doing the same thing. What started merely as a comedy has started to flaunt a more convoluted plot than what the initial premise is capable of. With twelve volumes currently, we have yet to see any significant character development from the protagonist we're supposed to be rooting for. We've been given a few flashbacks of Ciel's clearly traumatic past, and yet we still know next to nothing about what actually happened to him. He is entirely bent on getting revenge, but it's hard for a reader to sympathize with that shaky motive, especially taking into account many of the horrific things we've witnessed him do.
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The gruesome end of the circus arc,
for example, gave Ciel a huge amount of character derailment rather than development, as it essentially reinforced all of the negative characteristics he's come to possess. It would be nice every once and awhile to see him as the innocent kid he was before his parents' deaths and not as the cold, calculating, hardly human chess master that he's become. And since the author decided to take the route of a more serious plot, it's even more difficult for me to engage myself in the story simply because cardboard-cutout Sebastian, who arguably worked well in the manga's original flavor, is simply too perfect and rarely has any trouble accomplishing anything BECAUSE he's perfect.

All that aside, this manga really jumped the shark for me pretty early on during the Jack the Ripper arc. Having studied the actual case of Jack the Ripper, I was interested in seeing which one of the suspects was the killer and how they went about disemboweling the victims. As it turns out,
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it wasn't ANY of the suspects but rather the BUTLER of one of the suspects who committed the murders. This character is then revealed to be an eccentric, out-of-era transsexual shinigami (which previously we did not know existed) who promptly attempts to capture Sebastian's heart and succeeds in capturing the hearts of thousands of fangirls who merely think s/he is "flamboyantly gay." Other than the completely inaccurate portrayal of a transsexual individual (of whom I know many in real life), the manga took a turn for the weird and not in a good way. I found myself increasingly nonplussed reading this part and was happy when the transsexual finally went out. I just could not take this character seriously and felt that s/he ruined the setup. As a side note: Sorry to break it to you, Toboso, but England doesn't have shinigami like japan does. If you're going to bring them into the story, at least make them Japanese!


One of the main appeals of this manga is simply the slashiness of it. I don't know when relationships between prepubescent children and adult men became so popular, but it's one of the trademarks of this series, so if you're into hints of that sort of thing, then maybe this manga is for you after all.

I haven't read the most recent chapters because
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
of said transsexual reappearing
, and I'm not sure I'll be able to bear reading this manga anymore. I'll give it a six because the artwork is beautiful and the humor is good, but if you're looking for a deep, compelling dark fantasy with great characters and a beautifully woven plot, try Pandora Hearts, a series to which Kuroshitsuji is often compared but which can't, in reality, hold a candle to.

... Last updated on December 9th, 2011, 5:50pm
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 Just art   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by NightSwan
January 19th, 2009, 2:42pm
It's one of those fanservice series.
The art is great, and Sebastian is hot, a demon a and a butler. Did I mention he's hot?
And that's pretty much it. As much as I have enjoyed the cat moments, it wasn't nearly enough to make it deserve all the commotion.
The plot is... Is it even there?... Couldn't find it from what I've read.
Maybe I'll read some more, or just flip through it since the art is a serious eye candy.
*sigh*

If the mangaka could at least throw in some romance with a few BL moments, it would have made it so much more enjoyable...


Edit:
Yeah, yeah. We've heard enough from you fangirls.
Shounen-ai doesn't come out of "hints". Many series have hints.

... Last updated on April 3rd, 2009, 2:19pm
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 What was chapter 1 even about?   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by blackmokona
February 15th, 2011, 3:40am
I must have missed something, but what was chapter 1 even about? I sat clicking through the pages but Black Butler seemed to have no intentions of telling a story. It was horrifying to see a mangaka, a magazine and several publishers waste 40+ pages on, well, nothing. It doesn't need to jump right into action and plot, as a quick look through the genres would promise, but it does not even feel like a manga. In that respect, innovating is too much of an understatement.

Edit: I've seen repeated dicriptions of eyecandy and gorgous. Honestly, the artwork is more than good enough, but it's not original. There are similar artists with similar styles, everywhere, half of whom draw better, cleaner battle scenes. The characters were obviously designed to serve vey specific purposes, you could tell at first glance who was going to matter and who wasn't (why bother give the maid and the chef names anyway?). It's typical shoujo art, I mean, have you ever seen so much sparklies in a shounen manga, ever?

Edit 2: I get it. Only it's just as incredibly transparent in its appeal. From what I have seen the writing is conventional if not poor, and the poses are awkward.

It's not even spoiler: For chapter 1: Look how hot and awesome the butler is. Look how spoiled the brat it. For the entire series: Wallow in the UST!

... Last updated on April 12th, 2012, 10:25am
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 NOOOOOO ="(   
Rating: N/A
by xSCENEkidX
August 5th, 2010, 11:31am
When did this get licensed?! D: when?! I cant believe this >.< I was waiting for this to get completed so I could read it without stopping; but now it's licensed!! Dx NOOOOOOOOO!! T^T and I was so lokkin forward to it ="(
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 WHAT   
Rating: N/A
by unnes
January 16th, 2008, 12:17am
DECANTING AT THAT ANGLE
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 genre shounen?   
Rating: N/A
by emeraldglass
February 1st, 2009, 8:25pm
the art and comedy is pretty good. but i have to agree with a previous comment that there were a lot of yaoi hints between sebastian and ciel, and also the blantant attraction Grell has for Sebastian. i can't actually imagine boys would like to watch this type of anime.
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 (^_~)   
Rating: N/A
by mayonakanotaiyou
July 29th, 2008, 10:25pm
I rather like this series. Admittedly, the original reason I started reading this series was because my friend said that Sebastian looked like Hyde from L'Arc~en~Ciel and his master's name is Ciel...but I do like what I'm seeing so far.

I haven't read Hayate no Gotoku, so I can't really comment on that one, but I do agree that this series does share some similarities with Count Cain. They're both rather dark series, they've got some of the gothic-lolita style going on, and there is an angst element that you sense looming in the shadows.

But I did notice that Square Enix picked up Kuroshitsuji. I think that Count Cain was done by Hana to Yume, which leads me to suspect that Kuroshitsuji might be moving into a darker direction (keep in mind Ciel did make a contract with the devil), perhaps not your average shoujo manga??

Also, I know it must sound odd, but I think that the food is done superbly in this series. It's very pretty and aesthetically pleasing considering this is not a food-centric manga.

The characters…can I just say that I love some of the characters that the author has created for this series? I like that in the midst of the dark story line, there are lots of funny moments and characters that are clearly there for comedic relief. Case in point, the Undertaker, who is pretty creepy looking, but has a weakness for Japanese comedy acts?!!

Anyway, to each his own. The Japanese in this series is very expressive. I liked the kooky one liners: Sebastian, “aku made shitsuji desu kara” and of course the shinigami, “kore demo shitsuji DEATH (desu)”, but Sebastian, his choice of words when he taunts even Ciel….*shivers* he is very…kakkoii…. In my book, I give this series two thumbs up d(^___^)b
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 rip off   
Rating: N/A
by zetsuie
January 26th, 2008, 12:39pm
hmm a butler who serves a twelve year old it seems like i have read this before .......... oh thats right its the exact same plot as Hayate No Gotuku

come on
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