Black Butler Volume X

This was a Sherlock Holmes mystery.  I think I read nearly the same one in the last collection I read.  So I had a pretty fair idea of where this was going.  As a result, this story was very different from the others in this series.  It was less about the human condition and more about the story.  In a weird way, it felt like filler until it was time to go back to the demonic Ciel.

Black Butler Volume IX

Reading this reminded me too much of the movie Clue.  I kept expecting a fast forward run down of what had happened.  I don't believe Sebastian's dead though.  He seems harder to kill than that.

Black Blutler Volume 7

Sebastian becomes both more demonic and more human in this volume.  He really lets the demon out in trying to get information from the circus performer.  I think it's the first time he's really looked evil.  On the other hand, he seems to be becoming more human in how he relates to Ciel.

This was the creepiest thing I've read in a while.  Harvesting body parts from children to make yourself into a porcelain doll is horrific.  And to do it because that's what he thought Ciel wanted hinted at paedophilia.

Black Butler Volume VI

Ciel seems to be losing control of Sebastian.  The butler will still do as he orders but the demon is also making it more uncomfortable to give those orders.  I wonder if there's some morality play at work here as well.  One where Sebastian is trying to teach Ciel to become more independent.  Or, more likely, he's just a demon taking advantage of any loopholes he can find.

Black Butler Volume 5

It's all about a Victoria Curry Competition!  I love the overdone silliness of this manga.

The Black Butler Volume IV

I'm not quite sure where this one was going.  From Volume III I thought that characters that knew Sebastian from a previous experience would be coming into the picture.  That doesn't appear to be the case.  They were just passing through.  It looks like the set up to an epic battle but it isn't.

The Black Butler Volume III

It's all out in the open now regarding the deal surrounding Sebastian.  Not entirely surprised but nice to see the conclusion of the first arc.  A quick humour episode and then right into the second arc.  Not bad for a manga I picked up solely for the name and the front cover.

Black Butler Volume 2

I'm really enjoying this series.  My only complaint for this one is that the the action was cut before the climax.  It was a bit of a let down.  But Toboso is also starting to have an ongoing storyline after having introduced all the characters.

The Black Butler: Volume 1

It's a manga about a butler.  How can one resist?  Especially an English butler to the heir to a toy company.  And that heir is a child.  Of course, there's more than meets the eye but Sebastian is one heck of a butler.