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A review by theseventhl
Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana Toboso
4.0
Huge honking caveat: I love Black Butler with all of my heart and soul – and I love Sebastian and Ciel, the butler and his master, with the heat of a thousand suns. That said, I will try my damndest to provide a fair and critical review of Black Butler’s first volume, released in English by the always quality and timely Yen Press. As someone who has actually read ahead of this volume – enough to know that this series is not a pure comedy manga – I find this volume rather misleading for new and prospective fans.
Despite some hints that Ciel and Sebastian’s relationship isn’t what it seems at first blush, this collection of chapters is a mix of madcap humor and action that makes it seems like said things are the primary focus of the story. Which they are not; this book doesn’t even give any inkling of a plot beyond “Sebastian does awesome things and Ciel is a frowny rich boy”. Still, for an entire volume of “Sebastian does awesome things and Ciel is a frowny rich boy”, it is very entertaining.
You can read the rest of the review at Nagareboshi Reviews!
Despite some hints that Ciel and Sebastian’s relationship isn’t what it seems at first blush, this collection of chapters is a mix of madcap humor and action that makes it seems like said things are the primary focus of the story. Which they are not; this book doesn’t even give any inkling of a plot beyond “Sebastian does awesome things and Ciel is a frowny rich boy”. Still, for an entire volume of “Sebastian does awesome things and Ciel is a frowny rich boy”, it is very entertaining.
You can read the rest of the review at Nagareboshi Reviews!