While not as good as Book Of Circus, Book Of Murder is nearly just as good. The story takes place some time after Book Of Circus' ending. Sebastian and Ciel set up a party at Phantomhive manor with many higher nobles as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. At night however, one of the guests is murdered, and eventually the death count starts to climb, so it's up to Ciel and the guests to find out who the murderer is. Sebastian also has a big role in the story but I won't reveal that in this review. The animation in Book Of Circus and Book Of Murder are MAJOR improvements over seasons 1 and 2. Season 1 looked great for 2008 and season 2 looked like some work could be done on it, but looked fine. But all the things in the ''Book Of'' series of manga adaptions all look spectacular. The animation contains (slightly) more frames, the colours are perfect, the lighting isn't too low or over the top, in general, the animation is excellent. The voice acting is still great in English and Japanese but as I've said in every Black Butler review now, the English dub is the best way to watch the show. It still delivers on comedy very well, and the explanations of the murders are extremely clever. I was surprised at how much I was shocked during this movie. There were many scenes where I was legitimately shocked at what happened. The ending is good and perfectly wraps the movie up. Overall, absolutely excellent movie. The people behind Black Butler really want to make up for season 2, and they deliver, my God do they deliver. Do yourself a favour and go watch this movie, just be sure to watch Book Of Circus first.
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Black Butler's first movie is mysterious, funny, and mindbogglingly clever!
annonymouscritic28 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Book of murder
jaysshukla20 September 2021
The anime follows the Phantomhive Manor Murder arc. Earl Ciel Phantomhive hosts a banquet and it is attended by many nobles and the struggling writer, Arthur Conan Doyle. However, things got intense after couple of murders transpire.
Just like Book of circus, this has been adapted pretty well. The storyline is brilliant. Initially, it looked predictable but there are still some surprises for us in the end. Even though, Ciel and Sebastian are the main characters, Arthur Conan Doyle was used as the perception of us viewers for the most part just for him to realise in the end that it's not worth knowing everything. Nevertheless, he was one of the few characters who ended up gaining something out of all the mess. I also liked how Snake became a part of the Phantomhive Manor staff. The character has all the potential and could be useful for future storyline.
Yes, I recommend this but make sure to finish Book of circus first.
Just like Book of circus, this has been adapted pretty well. The storyline is brilliant. Initially, it looked predictable but there are still some surprises for us in the end. Even though, Ciel and Sebastian are the main characters, Arthur Conan Doyle was used as the perception of us viewers for the most part just for him to realise in the end that it's not worth knowing everything. Nevertheless, he was one of the few characters who ended up gaining something out of all the mess. I also liked how Snake became a part of the Phantomhive Manor staff. The character has all the potential and could be useful for future storyline.
Yes, I recommend this but make sure to finish Book of circus first.
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