Hey people! Sorry it's been such a long time since I've written a review, I've been very distracted.
But enough excuses, lets get to the new anime review!
That's right, I'm reviewing the anime Black butler! I know this is going to come back to bite me in the butt, but who cares! :D Let's go.
Black butler takes place in Victorian England, the story is about a twelve year old boy named Ciel Phantomhive who is an Earl and The queen's "guard dog". His job is to investigate extreme or unusual crimes (usually murders or kidnappings) at the request of Queen Victoria.
At age ten his parents were killed and he was kidnapped, he was then subjected to torture that was (from what I understood) a part of some kind of religious ceremony. Eventually he manages to escape and make his way to the Phantomhive manor with the help of a demon who he has made a contract with, named Sebastian Mechaelis.
Because of the contract, Sebastian works as Ciel's butler, helps him with his investigations, and do whatever else Ciel tells him to while they look for the people who killed his parents. And in return, once they find and kill the people that killed his parents, Sebastian gets to eat Ciel's soul.
In the story they come across several unnatural adversaries, including multiple Grim reapers, an angel who want's to purge the world of the unclean, and a selfish, psychotic blonde haired boy named Alois Trancy who has several demons at his command.
Now, as you could probably guess, I had several issues with this show. But there were a couple things that I actually liked, so I'll start with those.
Minus a couple scenes in a few episodes, all the people in the show are modestly dressed. And that always is a good point in my book.
Another thing is that, despite having an attractive appearance, they don't try to make demons likable. Throughout the entire series, no matter how nice Sebastian seems to act, you still understand that he's still a demon and all he really cares about is eatting Ciel's soul.
Also, even though he's made several bad choices (like turning his left eye into a contract with a demon and killing several people), I find Ciel Phantomhive to be a very likable character.
And now. On to all the bad stuff.
Oh boy.
To start, the show has demons, nuff said there.
It also makes angels look like bad guys, watching this rather horrifying "angel" run around killing people and sewing together of people so people can be "together forever" literally made me say, "That angel needs Jesus."
It has a lot of blood, and not just 'Oh hey look blood' kind of blood, I mean you SEE someone get SHOT. There's also a few really gory bodies.
Also, though most of the time everyone is modest, there are several scenes where there are people who are naked.
So, over all, with demons, crazy angels, and dead bodies. I have to give it about a 3 out of 10 for christian friendliness, and that's being kind of generous.
So that's the end of this review, comment what you think or any ideas for other animes for me to post reviews of.
See yah later! L.