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The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, a thirteen-year-old boy head of the Phantomhive household, an aristocratic family known as the Queen’s Guarddog. Since its debut on September 16, 2006, it has been serialized in Gangan Comics’ shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy. This special adds a nice support for highlighting those concepts.Black Butler (Japanese: 黒執事 Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. This show itself forces you to think of the concept of good and evil especially because of the way the demons and angels act in it.
That made me cry the most probably since I had just completed watching the series and Ciel's end.Īll in all, a totally recommended special to watch. The cheering from the children in the crowd during the play simply added to the highly emotional atmosphere. AndĪ truly clever idea for using Hamlet for the play to portray these contradictions. He says things which would be considered good advice and yet he'll also force Ciel to accept the point of no return that he has already crossed. Sebastian came out fantastically as a demon who toys with Ciel's thoughts. Ciel's circumstances and his interactions, especially around the end of the series, with Abberline and Sebastian were such a mass of contradiction! I felt the same sort of contradiction from the dialogues between Ciel and Sebastian in this special. So to answer that question at the beginning: I think the first option is the most adequate.Īfter all, where would the Phantomhive household be if Sebastian could not even pull off a play?Īs it is, the end of Kuroshitsuji made be cry even though the ending is completely filler even now. To be honest, it was more of a pleasurable experience than the actual series. It is both comical and serious, and ultimately enjoyable. It’s not that they were particularly bad as they serve their purpose of entertaining for that moment, but afterwards you won’t even remember that there was music being played.įor a side story, Kuroshitsuji’s OVA provides decent character development for Ciel and shows off Sebastian mischievous side to the maximum. Ciel is criminally adorable (I’m starting to feel like a paedophile here) in his play get up and Sebastian is actually out of his butler attire! The second OP is used for this special, and is probably the best piece you will hear during the 20 minutes as all other themes aren’t even worth mentioning in this. You get the feeling that it is a little hectic but at the same time sets the mood of the bustling OVA.Īrt is as gorgeous as ever, especially with the costumes. The whole cast of Kuroshitsuji returns in this little OVA from the bona fide gay shinigami, Grell to the ostentatious and somewhat lecherous Viscount. The play does not quite follow the original version as Ciel had intended to do (forgetting lines does sometimes have that effect on a play) but somehow ends up revolving around Ciel’s own situation since the resemblance to his and Hamlet’s quest for revenge is almost uncanny. The first half is about preparation for the play whereas the second half is the play itself. Nevertheless it is genuinely an entertaining piece to watch with much comic relief and yet another glimpse of an insight to Ciel’s troubled character. Viewer’s thirst to see some more screen time of their objects of affection. The OVA is a nice little side story that quenches the
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But what’s this – a sudden mishap had occurred meaning his professional actors won’t be able to make it?! Whatever shall they do? Well, his faithful and most competent butler, Sebastian has an idea: cast themselves in the play! Master Ciel had intended to put on a play for the disadvantaged children as a means to gain publicity for his company by coming off as a philanthropist. To watch or not to watch, that is the question of this review for Kuroshitsuji’s Hamlet.Īnd so begins the production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in the Phantomhive household.
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