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The Worst Episodes of Black Butler

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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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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 11 - His Butler, Taking Off
    6.0/10(1 votes)

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

    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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  13. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 3 - His Butler, Omnipotent
    6.7/10(220 votes)

    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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  14. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 16 - His Butler, in an Isolated Castle
    6.7/10(151 votes)

    S1:E16

    When the Young Master is defeated in a supernatural chess match, he must surrender his most prized possession to a ghostly prince. Locating a very old and very specific skull is the key to bringing Sebastian back.

    Director:Tomihiko Ohkubo
    Writer:Unknown

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

    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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  16. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 8 - His Butler, Training
    7.0/10(171 votes)

    S1:E8

    The Butler puts on an exhibition in the art of training demonic canines to shake, roll over, and refrain from terrorizing gloomy villages. Meanwhile, the Gardener gets his first, painful taste of love.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 9 - His Butler, Phantom Image
    7.0/10(166 votes)

    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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  18. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 13 - His Butler, Freeloader
    7.0/10(161 votes)

    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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  19. Black Butler Season 1 Episode 15 - His Butler, Competing
    7.0/10(159 votes)

    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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  20. Black Butler Season 3 Episode 4 - His Butler, Colleague
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E4

    Sebastian and Ciel have done undercover work before, but this particular job presents some unique challenges.

    Director:Takayuki Tanaka
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 4 - His Butler, Colluding
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E4

    Ciel wins the P4's trust, but he still can't find a chance to get close to the Head Master. And so he brings up the subject of Derrick Arden with the P4 and their drudges. When he does, the expressions on the prefects' faces change...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 5 - His Butler, Gaining Admittance
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    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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  23. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 6 - His Butler, Scheming
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E6

    Ciel is chosen to play cricket, but the boys of Sapphire Owl House are the perennial wooden spooners. They've had just one victory in the history of the tournament. Ciel resolves to wrest another victory for his House—without any miracles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 8 - His Butler, Locking Up
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E8

    At the boat parade that caps off the cricket tournament, Ciel vows once again to learn the truth and present it to Queen Victoria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Black Butler Season 4 Episode 9 - His Butler, Having a Laugh
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E9

    His efforts in the cricket tournament having succeeded, Ciel now has an invitation to a tea party sponsored by Weston College's absolute monarch: the Head Master.

    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".