Kuroshitsuji: Hellsing and Ouran HS Host Club combine!

LOL WHAT THE FUCK I am behind on these. Thread #3, go!

SUMMARY: In a manor house on the outskirts of Victorian London, butler Sebastian Michaelis serves Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old head of an English noble family. He carries out any task required by his master with ease and perfection, because of his secret demonic lineage and Faustian contract with his master.

The time period is never stated directly, however the events that take place could be from any time between 1888 to 1903 supposedly under the reign of Queen Victoria. There are many historical inaccuracies and references that have no place in the book's story, but the cases that Ceil and his demon butler try to resolve were real problems plaguing England at the turn of the century.

Also known as Black Butler. Summary stolen from Wikipedia.

CAST:



Ciel Phantomhive [VA: Maaya Sakamoto (Rip Van Winkle, Hellsing Ultimate and Chrona, Soul Eater)

The young earl and head of the noble Phantomhive family, his right eyepatch conceals a pentagram that forms the contract he has with his demon butler Sebastian. Outside of running a toy and sweets manufacturing company, he also solves "problems" for the queen. He is very serious in demeanor, especially for a kid.



Sebastian Michaelis [VA: Daisuke Ono (Hosaka, Minami-ke and Kyousuke Kishi, Yozakura Quartet)]
The all knowing, unstoppable butler, he is also Ciel's bodyguard. He is bound to Ciel by a contract, and will stay with him until the day he dies. He's a softy for cats too, who would have thought? Spends most of his time fixing the other staffs mistakes.


Bard [VA: Hiroki Touchi (Lasse Aeon, Gundam 00)]
Meirin [VA: Emiri Katou (Ran Isozaki, Telapathy Girl Ran, and Blair, Soul Eater)]
Finian [VA: Yuuki Kaji (Akina Hiizumi, Yozakura Quartet)]
Tanaka [VA: Shunji Fujimura]

The servants of the Phantomhive household include (from left to right):

Bard: A cook who specializes in using flamethrowers and the likes, he's not very good for a chef.
Meirin: a clumsy maid with a huge crush on Sebastian.
Finian: A gardener who would be better off working as a lumberjack. Constantly destroys the mansion gardens.
Tanaka: The house steward who rarely takes his real form (or does any work), but is as capable as Sebastian when he does so, apparently.



Madam Red [VA: Romi Paku (Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist and Maki Aikawa, Air Master)
Madam Red is an acquaintance of Ciel through his deceased father, and is occasionally around to dote on the none-too-happy 12 year old.



Greil [VA: Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge, Code Geass and Luca Angeloni, Macross Frontier)
Madam Red's butler, who also sucks at his job. He has huge crush for Sebastian much like Meirin, and impressive secret to boot.

IMPRESSIONS: Kuroshitsuji starts off with your typical introduction episode, then slowly kicks into full gear through episodes two and three. It manages to keep a fair balance between humor, plot, and the general darkness surrounding Sebastian/Ciel that draws you in from beginning to end. Episode 5 is really where things get interesting though...

Episodes

Shinsen Subs

01: SD SD (MKV) HD
02: SD SD (MKV) HD
03: SD SD (MKV) HD
04: SD SD (MKV) HD
05: SD SD (MKV) HD
06: HD SD SD (MKV)
07: HD SD (MKV)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Zzero: They drop a fair bit of the comedy past episode 3 in favor of a heavier plot arc or two.

Glad you like it though Hikaru, I should probably update the first post. Shinsen is two episodes behind the show though. ;_;

How ya doing, buddy?