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In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Black Butler Season 3 Episode 2 - His Butler, Taking the Stage
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - His Butler, Taking the Stage

    S3:E2

    After a letter from Queen Victoria, some breaking and entering, and a trip to Undertaker, Sebastian and Ciel go to the circus. The mission: find a large group of missing children. The obstacle: Sebastian loses it a little when he's around cats...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 3 - His Butler, Hired
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - His Butler, Hired

    S3:E3

    The air is thick with trapezes, knives, and pointed jibes as Sebastian and Ciel audition for the circus. Then after the excitement dies down, they see an unexpected familiar face in the rehearsal tent...

    Director:Harume Kosaka
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 5 - His Butler, Taking Flight
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - His Butler, Taking Flight

    S3:E5

    Sebastian and Will may well be the most awkward duo in circus history, but Ciel currently has bigger problems.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 6 - His Butler, Liaison
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - His Butler, Liaison

    S3:E6

    Sometimes Sebastian's revisions to a plan can be dangerous.

    Director:Mitsutaka Noshitani
    Writer:Ichiro Okouchi

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  5. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 7 - His Butler, Careful Tending
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - His Butler, Careful Tending

    S3:E7

    Before they pay the baron a visit, Sebastian decides to take some advice from Soma.

    Director:Hitomi Ezoe
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 8 - His Butler, Sneering
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - His Butler, Sneering

    S3:E8

    Lord Kelvin invites Ciel to replay a certain night from his past, and Ciel's servants receive some unexpected visitors at the mansion.

    Director:Harume Kosaka
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 9 - His Butler, Serene
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - His Butler, Serene

    S3:E9

    The world is never kind to anyone.

    Director:Tsuyoshi Tobita
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 10 - His Butler, Fulfilling His Duty
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - His Butler, Fulfilling His Duty

    S3:E10

    Sebastian carries out his remaining orders, and as usual, Will is left to clean up the mess.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 1 - His Butler, at School
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - His Butler, at School

    S4:E1

    Ciel begins attending England’s prestigious Weston College. This insular school values tradition, is bound by strict discipline, and is ruled by the prefects of its four boarding houses, collectively known as "P4".

    Director:Kenjirou Okada
    Writer:Hiroyuki Yoshino

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  10. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 2 - His Butler, In Disguise
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - His Butler, In Disguise

    S4:E2

    Ciel builds his reputation within the school in order to get close to the P4. His success grants him the opportunity to participate in an exclusive gathering reserved only for prefects and their drudges. However, this meeting doesn't go as expected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 3 - His Butler, Plotting
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - His Butler, Plotting

    S4:E3

    Ciel decides to pay back Maurice Cole for his underhanded trick. Since Maurice lives in a different boarding house, he arranges a special exemption for an acquaintance to be admitted to Weston so that he can monitor Maurice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 5 - His Butler, Gaining Admittance
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - His Butler, Gaining Admittance

    S4:E5

    Ciel hears some promising information: the ever-busy Head Master will be attending Weston's traditional cricket tournament, and evidently the student who exhibits the most sportsmanlike behaviour will be invited to the Head Master's "midnight tea party."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 11 - His Butler, Taking Off
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - His Butler, Taking Off

    S4:E11

    His duty as the Queen's guard dog complete, Ciel and his servants take a trip to London to inspect new Funtom Company goods. Later, Sebastian is reunited with someone unexpected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Black Butler Season 5 Episode 1 - His Butler, Doing Fieldwork
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - His Butler, Doing Fieldwork

    S5:E1

    Sebastian and Ciel begin investigating a series of suspicious deaths in Germany at the Queen's request.

    Director:Shinobu Sasaki
    Writer:Konomi Shugo

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  15. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 15 - His Butler, Competing
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - His Butler, Competing

    S1:E15

    The Queen is on hand as the Butler wages culinary warfare against Prince Soma’s royal servant. The competition reaches an unprecedented level of ferocity when someone’s secret ingredient unleashes the demon god of curry.

    Director:Hirofumi Ogura
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Black Butler Season 2 Episode 1 - Clawed Butler
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Clawed Butler

    S2:E1

    Devilish butler Claude and his young master Alois must outwit a priest, a viscount, and a conniving uncle with an eye on the family fortune. As if that weren’t excitement enough for one day, a mysterious guest pays a visit to the mansion.

    Director:Shinobu Sasaki
    Writer:Mari Okada

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  17. Black Butler Season 2 Episode 4 - Terrorist Butler
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Terrorist Butler

    S2:E4

    When a nobleman’s son is kidnapped, the Queen orders Sebastian and Ciel to deliver the ransom. The exchange is to be made on a train, but a host of suspicious passengers - and an outbreak of cholera - complicate this mission of mercy.

    Director:Takayuki Tanaka
    Writers:Masahiro Yokotani, Mari Okada

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  18. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 12 - His Butler, Forlorn
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #18 - His Butler, Forlorn

    S1:E12

    The Master’s birthday approaches, but rescuing Elizabeth is of far greater importance than celebrating. A vile puppeteer is terrorizing London, and only the Butler can cut down his army of marionettes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 13 - His Butler, Freeloader
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #19 - His Butler, Freeloader

    S1:E13

    A postcolonial conflict boils over when an Indian prince visits the Phantomhive estate. Later, the Butler’s prowess with a blade is unexpectedly matched by his foreign counterpart.

    Director:Naokatsu Tsuda
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 1 - His Butler, Presenting
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #20 - His Butler, Presenting

    S3:E1

    Our favorite butler and master are back with more tea and cakes, more cutlery-based warfare, and more evil to rout from the London underworld.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 3 - His Butler, Omnipotent
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #21 - His Butler, Omnipotent

    S1:E3

    When the Young Master’s fiancée drops by for an unannounced visit, the Phantomhive Estate experiences a sickening outbreak of “cuteness.” Meanwhile, the Butler has his hands full with a suicidal apprentice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 9 - His Butler, Phantom Image
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #22 - His Butler, Phantom Image

    S1:E9

    The Young Master’s latest acquisition is a haunted camera which can photograph beings not of this world. Calamites are sure to follow when the servants set out to snap a shot of the elusive Butler.

    Director:Hirofumi Ogura
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 11 - His Butler, However You Please
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - His Butler, However You Please

    S1:E11

    When his betrothed is abducted by a deranged doll maker, the Young Master travels to London to investigate. Little does he know, the search will be complicated by a lovesick reaper who’s lost his scythe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 14 - His Butler, Supremely Talented
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #24 - His Butler, Supremely Talented

    S1:E14

    Prince Soma has been betrayed by his manservant, and the Butler must put his hellish talents to the test in a curry-cooking competition against the blessed right hand of an Indian deity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 17 - His Butler, Offering
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - His Butler, Offering

    S1:E17

    The Queen orders young Master Phantomhive to investigate reports of a cult that promises to “purify” its unclean members. The mission is complicated by the appearance of a familiar reaper.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"His Butler, Taking the Stage" is the worst rated episode of "Black Butler". It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/18/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "His Butler, Hired".