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What do you do when you have a huge fan-base filled of fan-girls who want more out of your Anime's twelve-episode-long first season which had an incredibly confusing messed up finale? Give them a sequel, of course!

Kuroshitsuji II introduces new and fairly interesting characters: Alois Trancy, a sadistic and bipolar fourteen-year-old who you will either love or hate, no in between. Claude Faustus, the butler of said boy, who gets a lot of hate from fans through the season for just, you know, being a demon and wanting to eat human souls and such. The triplets, who do not speak a word but still manage ... to be cute. And, of course, Hannah, who we will classify as "just a maid" in order to avoid spoilers.

Well, first things first: the producers present you with an interesting story. We are reminded that Ciel is not the first and certainly not the last boy to have contracted a demon, by introducing us to Alois and his troubled past. Then, we get to see the differences between the two of them and stand by while it slowly morphs into a rivalry, which is what everyone wants to see, of course. It makes you question how much can a simple human change a demon and how much a demon can change a simple human.

Art is as beautiful as ever, only failing in one or two episodes, but noticeable enough for fans to care. They manage to get the whole "18th century" atmosphere, though in this season we rarely see anyone who's not on the main five: Ciel, Sebastian, Alois, Claude and Hannah. Elizabeth and the servants have been relegated to extras and only appear to save/help the plot.

The seiyuus do a great job capturing each character's personalities and transforming them into a single voice. I specially liked the fact that you could sense Alois's constant struggle with himself and his own personality only through his laugh — that was quite creepy, may I add. The Opening got me singing aloud but the Ending was just too slow for me, though I didn't "dislike" it.

Do I even have to talk about characters here? The old ones I still loved. The new ones I learned to like and eventually love some of them. Ah, that's a warning: you ARE going to hate at least one character by the time you reach the end of Kuroshitsuji II. Maybe the one you've hated through the whole season or maybe the one you though was going to be your favorite when it all started. Either way, you will have conflicting feelings.

"So, you're saying Kuroshitsuji II had an interesting story, good art and sound and great characters; why are you rating it with a six?" You might be asking yourself right now. The answer is easy: it got boring. I know many people would disagree with me and many more would agree, but I just couldn't, for the life of me, get into it. It disappointed me to the point where I don't think I want to see a third season.

Yes, I'm aware it doesn't follow the manga and it's an entirely original story, but that doesn't make it absolutely good (or bad). The fact is that this sequel could have been great but couldn't and instead failed embarrassingly. Maybe it was because expectations were so high for it or maybe because it just was bad.

My advice is this: if you've got time and patience, watch it. If not, don't. You'll certainly not be missing anything big.

After getting too many feels at the end of Kuroshitsuji's first season, I didn't even hesitate in watching the first OVA, not even knowing what it was about. Twenty-three minutes and forty-seven seconds later, here I am.

A stage play for poor children to enjoy and a group of very inexperienced actors make the plot of this OVA simple yet entertaining. As you can imagine, it mainly focuses on the humorous part of the main plot rather than the dramatic part, which is quite big if I might add. It's made to get some laughs out of the fans and to feed that hunger for more ... that is always born when an Anime ends.

It's weird to see the characters wearing something else than their usual attires but the costumes look so beautiful on them that it's rather forgettable. The art in Kuroshitsuji is gorgeous no matter what.

I honestly didn't even listen to the background music in this episode and I'm questioning as if there was even any. The same Opening and Ending we've seen since the second half of the first season are used.

Getting to see another side of the characters is always good. Hamlet and Ciel have a lot in common, specially because both their lives revolve around revenge, and Sebastian sees this and uses it as an opportunity to show the little Phantomhive that revenge is not all there is to life. Fun fact: Ciel seems to be a pretty good actor.

Kuroshitsuji's first OVA is filled with light humor that will make time fly. Personally, I enjoyed it more than some fillers in the actual Anime. If you have the time to watch it, I encourage you to.

Or if you want to see the Undertaker dressed as a girl. That works, too.

After being apart from the Anime and Manga world for a year and four months, I decided to come back, and the best way to do that was to search for something new and refreshing, something that would make me step out of my comfort zone when it comes to genres. After reading several reviews, I chose Kuroshitsuji or "Black Butler".

I told myself to not expect anything and simply enjoy watching it. It wasn't my kind of story at all — not even close. However, as soon as I finished watching the first episode, I was already hooked.

First of all, the story was ... flawless. It's not everyday that you see a twelve-year-old — thirteen after a couple of episodes — seeking revenge for the death of his parents and contracting a demon to help him do it. On top of that, add a strange aunt with secret intentions, servants that could kick your ass in half a second and an androgynous Shinigami that likes to complicate things. Although you must know that Kuroshitsuji is a lot more than that.

Like I said, it was flawless, and it obviously had a lot of potential, which they used very well. However, in the middle of it all things started getting a little vague. Too many fillers and too little answers to important questions made me forget about the main plot for a while. I have not read the Manga and understand that it is still going, but still can't quite find the reason why the producers would follow the story loyally up until episode five. It made no sense to me.

The art was actually one of the things that got me into Kuroshitsuji. Like many others, I judge an Anime before-hand by the character's design. Sebastian and Ciel, the main characters of this story, were beautifully drawn. There were little to no scenes in which they faces looked weird. When I read that the events took place in 19th century London I wondered how well they would portray it, and it absolutely exceeded my expectations. Four for you, A-1 Pictures! You go, A-1 Pictures!

Usually, I'm not very fond of Openings and Endings. They bore me after a couple of episodes and I find myself skipping them. However, I absolutely loved every Opening and Ending that they chose to show. I even liked the subtle changes they made to the Opening after episode thirteen. The background music in important scenes was perfect and it suited the atmosphere. It was unique.

Voices were great, too. Sebastian's voice had that little thing to it, that subtle sweetness which, at the same time, reminded you that he was, in fact, a demon, not a caring butler after all. Ciel's voice was my favorite. Being a twelve-year-old, it would be easy to have him had a voice that would annoy you. However, it was innocent and hard at the same time, just as his character. After all, he was still a kid trapped in a dark world.

I waited and waited for an episode — or even two — that could show us more about the background characters, such as the servants or even the Queen. It came, yes, but it was not what I expected. This Anime would have been even much better if all those filler episodes would have been used to explain where did all the characters come from, their hopes, dreams, and opinions as to what was happening around them.

I've seen a lot of people complain about Ciel being a conceited brat. If Ciel were to be a loving and caring young boy, the story would lose all realism and fall into even more plot holes.

As far as enjoyment goes, I can honestly say I stopped myself from doing important things only to continue watching Kuroshitsuji. Hell yes, I did enjoy it. Even the fillers had a little something that would make me want to continue until the end. I'm not much of a Manga person, but this Anime made me feel such a great deal of things that I think I'm going to start reading just so I can see what other direction can the story go to. I don't regret watching it and I don't see it as a waste of time at all.

Overall: Kuroshitsuji is a great Anime. It can fall sometimes in a boring cycle and make you wonder if you should continue watching, but it always has that something, that doubt that makes you want to keep it up until the end. If you can handle an ending that may not be exactly what you want, then all I have to say is: go watch it. After all... it's just one hell of an Anime.