Black Butler 2 - Reviews

I did not know what to expect of this anime when I started watching it. On one hand, the first season had such a perfect ending that it almost felt pointless watching this season. On the other hand, my inner fangirl had not had enough of Sebastian Michaelis and all the other great characters from season one. In the end, I decided to watch this season as well with an open mind and no expectations.

Sebastian failed to take Ciel’s soul at the end of season one, and Ciel himself has no memories of who were responsible for his humiliation, thus he has no memories of getting his revenge either. Sebastian forms a plan with another demon, Claude Faustus, that the ones Ciel should take revenge on are Claude and his master Alois Trancy.

The story of this season is definitely not as strong as the first one. It exists purely for the sake of existing. Claude, the villain of this season, is not nearly as intimidating as Angela was, and he was mostly just an ass throughout the entire season. I felt so sorry for Alois. Of all the children to make a contract with, Claude chose to use the one who was most vulnerable and in dire need of someone who cared for him.

If you want to see this season, do so only with an open mind. Otherwise you will most likely just hate it. I do warn you though, that if you found the hints at child molestation in the first season to be too much to handle, then don’t watch this season, because the evidence are all over the place.

It's literally just non-canon filler and all the new characters suck. Don't waste your time.

WARNING: COMPLETE BULLSHIT REVIEW BELOW WHICH WAS WRITTEN WHILE I WAS LACKING THREE NIGHTS' WORTH OF SLEEP. I'm too lazy to take it down/rewrite it so enjoy this crack review if you're going to read it~ (The ratings at the side are my legitimate opinions, judged with a proper night's rest.)

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So, I have to admit, I was quite reluctant to watch this anime. I wasn't worried about whether or not it'd ruin the first season, but i was bothered by one of the covers i'd seen. A blonde boy who's definitely NOT Ciel and a butler in black wearing glasses. I jumped to the conclusion that Sebastian had begun to serve another person after what happened to Ciel and that turned me off COMPLETELY!  I can't say I don't regret watching the second season of this awesome anime series, but i can't say i do either... So I'll get on with explaining. (I'm not gonna bother with writing a summary... Too lazy.)

I found out that I was more than just WRONG on my assumption when I saw the first episode of the series and i'll admit that the opening song convinced me to check out the series. It was just too awesome to ignore! Okay, so when i saw TWO butlers and Ciel in his -- er -- situation, I was SOO excited to watch the entire series! The first episode was action-filled and I instinctively searched for the second episode the second the first episode ended. (Tongue-twister eh?)

Moving on to the characters, I personally don't like the new added characters in the series besides the three triplet demons. (MAN THEY'RE CUTE!) As for Hanna, I had a WHOLE lot of sympathy for her since Alois stabbed her left eye out but as the series drew on, I began to despise her. She was just so... EVIL! ( to me at least!) After she did what she had done to Ciel at the end of the season, I wanted to hunt her down and stomp her dead! (Sorry Hanna fans but that's just my opinion!)

-Alois Trancy- I have to admit that I have mixed feelings for this character... I don't exactly hate him but can't say i like him either. Okay, I hate him for how he stabbed out Hanna's eye even though i came to hate her, the way he's just soo... spoiled, and how cruel he is to most people. I "like" him because i feel bad for him. His story was just soo.... SAD! I was tearing up when I heard his story on episode one but when i heard the full and TRUE story, didn't shed a tear until that happened to Luca. Don't want to send him to Hell, where the spoiled punk probably deserves to be, but he DEFINITELY doesn't deserve to go to Heaven.

-Claude Faustus- Okay, I FULL-ON HATE this character. NO doubt in my mind. CREEPY PEDOPHILE! Okay, so maybe he's hot but Sebastian is way hotter and cooler and better in every way. Sorry Claude fans, but that's just my opinion on him. Basically, to me, Claude is a failed Sebby fraud...

SPOILER! - (Dun say i didn't warn ya... >_>)

DUDE HE'S SUCH A PEDOPHILE! HE FRICKIN LICKED CIEL'S FOOT. He also killed ALOIS! >_< That is just UNCOOL! Even though the kid probably deserved it, it was so unfair seeing Alois being killed by the ONLY one he trusted and loved. But Claude just HAD to get greedy and go for Ciel! >_> Okay, this rant is over.

Unspoiled! - ( Move on! Continue reading from here!)

Going back to the old characters, let's start with Ciel. Ciel is BACK~ <3 One of the MAJOR things I LUV about this series. He's back with his adorable face, adorable stubborness, and adorable relationship with his hot butler Sebastian! Also, he brought back with him amnesia and a BAD-ASS self! He's really not that helpless and useless when u watch 2nd season especially when he *SPOILER!* kicks Alois's butt in a sword fight! *Unspoiled* Seriously, EVERYBODY in this series WANTS Ciel (cuz that's just how awesome he is! X3)

-Sebastian- Ciel is my favorite character in both series but Sebas-chan comes in a close second. He's back with his hotness, awesome flawless skills, and perhaps a new level of jealousy.

Okay, 'nuff with the characters. I'll just say that the series overall was more than great but less than awesome (but the first series was awesome!). I REALLY hated the ending. It was pretty good and pretty much resolved everything, but Sebastian looked like he DESPISED Ciel! Ciel looked pretty happy and relaxed but he reminded me of Alois at that moment. I hate Alois most of the time so THATS NOT GOOD. Sebby, HANG IN THERE AND CONTINUE LOVING CIEL!! was what I thought the moment the ending song for episode 12 came on...

As a conclusion for this EXTREMELY long review, I'll just say that if you watched 1st season and was absolutely FINE with the ending of it (like me), i wouldn't recommend watching second season cuz it will ruin your fine dream! Dream on, thinking Ciel's tasty/cute soul is now in Sebastian's stomach! I do recommend it though, if you're unsatisfied with season one's ending since the ending of season 2 changed everything. If you're a TRUE fan though, I trust that you would watch both seasons and have your own opinions on it.

Please comment on what you thought of this review! (edit: Please don't.)

AWESOME! MUST WATCH! This anime is one of my very many favorites, I really would like to see a third, if you hven't seen the second one, watch it now! 

THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS FOR EPISODE ONE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

     So! Kuroshitsuji II. Where do I begin? The original Kuroshitsuji wasn't something usually up my alley. I'm not a big fan of gothic victorian clothes or things like that but... I DO like demons so I picked it up. To my surprise, Ciel and Sebastian grew on me and I was sad it ended. News fluttered by that there would be a second season to it and I wondered how they would manage to pull it off. Would it be a prequel? A true sequel? Then there was news about new characters, specifically a new kid with an awesome butler. Ok, sure.     That  left me as a bit of a skeptic, as I am with mainstream popular anime. Would it be the same thing, just repackaged in a different form? Would we have angsty little boy and awesome butler all over again?

What happened in episode one made me wonder if it was all hype and advertising to make people excited about the new season.

     See, for the entire duration of the announcement of KuroII, they emphasized Aloise (new rich kid) and Claude (new kickass butler) which made most fans say that this would be their story and we'd just be sad to see Sebby and Ciel go.But don't write those two out of the story yet.  

Episode one starts us off with Aloise. He's a brat, a total arse to his staff (which comprise of a maid and a set of triplets) and acts nothing like Ciel. There's Claude who is quite obviously kinda like Sebby... except he... tap dances.

YES. He tapdances before he begins to redecorate an entire dining hall down to changing the wallpaper color and setting the table. I start to consider this as the only redeeming factor of the entire thing for now. Seeing Claude tapdance became my only reason to continue watching this show. Aloise had no endearing factor to me whatsoever and his staff seemed bland at best compared to the Phantomhive trio.

Then miracle of miracles... Sebastian shows up, hauling Ciel around in a trunk. 

Butler fight ensues. Butter knives go flying, Sebby rides on a tea cart and Aloise piddles in his pants coz he's scared of the dark.

By the end of the first episode, Ciel's alive and well again and Sebby's still his butler. Unexpected, after everything I'd heard. This left me a bit "O_o wtf just happened?" sort of. Sure, it was nice to see them again and it was awesome to see the rest of the Phantomhive staff again as well as Lizzie but... it made me wonder what would become of Claude and Aloise. Were they just an advertising ploy? Will we have more tapdancing butler? 

My verdict: If you're a fan of KuroI, watch it. If you haven't seen KuroI, watch that first because this entire matter might confuse you. I'm giving it an 8 for now but if Tapdancing Butler turns out to be just an advertising ploy, I will be somewhat disappointed.

Shin out!