In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive’s tenth birthday a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of death Ceil strikes a deal with a demon, his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon becomes his butler and calls himself by name of Sebastian Michaelis, to protect and serve Ciel until the deal has been completed. One month after the fire Ciel returns from being missing, with his new butler Sebastian. Ceil is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the work as the Queen of England’s guard dog and looking for his parents murders.
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#1 – His Butler, Sneering
Season 3 – Episode 8
Lord Kelvin invites Ciel to replay a certain night from his past, and Ciel’s servants receive some unexpected visitors at the mansion.
The episode was rated from 41 votes.
#2 – His Butler, Fulfilling His Duty
Season 3 – Episode 10
Sebastian carries out his remaining orders, and as usual, Will is left to clean up the mess.
The episode was rated from 48 votes.
#3 – His Butler, Serene
Season 3 – Episode 9
The world is never kind to anyone.
The episode was rated from 44 votes.
#4 – His Butler, Escaping
Season 1 – Episode 20
Sebastian is tortured in the Tower of London by guardsmen and Angela. Ciel continues to pursue Stanley’s case on his own, though Abberline declares his allegiance with Ciel. Ciel frees Sebastian by summoning him through their contract, and together they manage to get onto Lau’s junk. Sebastian duels against Ranmao as Ciel confronts Lau, who turns his dao on Ciel. Abberline intercepts in time to take a fatal blow for Ciel and subsequently dies from the wound before Ciel’s eyes. Sebastian strikes a blow at Lau to prevent him from continuing to fight, and escapes from the sinking junk with his master.
The episode was rated from 51 votes.
#5 – His Butler, However You Please
Season 1 – Episode 11
Elizabeth becomes distraught and goes missing and Ciel and Sebastian head into the heart of London to search for her.
The episode was rated from 62 votes.
#6 – His Butler, Offering
Season 1 – Episode 17
Queen Victoria’s butler informs Ciel that an abandoned monastery in rural Preston has been taken over by a cult that is possibly planning to overthrow the government, so Ciel and Sebastian head there to investigate with the Undertaker and Grell. They find that the cult uses a strange book known as the Doomsday Book to recruit new members and expose their pasts. Ciel is summoned one night and gets taken away by Angela, who reveals herself to be an angel.
The episode was rated from 54 votes.
#7 – His Butler, Transmitted
Season 1 – Episode 18
Angela uses Cinematic Record to force Ciel recall his painful past, including the events surrounding his parents’ murder, but Ciel eventually rejects her attempt to rewrite his past. She then attempts to purify the members of the cult, but Sebastian, Grell, and William incapacitate her. Angela destroys the monastery and escapes.
The episode was rated from 50 votes.
#8 – His Butler, Chance Encounter
Season 1 – Episode 5
Ciel and Sebastian continue to pursue Jack the Ripper and come to a confrontation at the house of the latest victim, Mary Kelly. They discover that the murderer is a combination of Madam Red and Grell Sutcliff, her seemingly bumbling butler, who is actually a Reaper. While Sebastian is busy fighting Grell, Madam Red attempts to kill Ciel, but she sees her sister’s face in his and is unable to do so. Grell kills Madam Red because of this and her life is played back before his eyes, as Reapers can see a person’s memories as they die. It is revealed that she loved Ciel’s father, but he chose Rachel, her sister, over her. Eventually, she found someone she loved and married him, and was to have a child, but an accident killed her husband and caused the doctors to have to abort her baby and take out her womb to save her life, rendering her infertile. When one of her patients came to her and asked for an abortion, claiming children were a nuisance, something in her snapped and she followed the patient later that night and killed her. It was then that she met Grell, and the two of them murdered people as Jack the Ripper since then. Sebastian is ordered by Ciel to kill Grell.
The episode was rated from 76 votes.
#9 – His Butler, Fluent
Season 1 – Episode 24
Ciel heads to the Tower Bridge that is still in mid-construction with Sebastian, where he finds the angel Ash. Ciel commands Sebastian to kill the angel. Ciel’s servants have taken down Pluto, the Shinigami cut off the supply of souls that fuel Ash’s strength, and Sebastian reverts to his true demonic form to defeat Ash. In the aftermath, a fake Queen Victoria emerges and urges London to begin rebuilding. Ciel wakes up being ferried by Sebastian on an ominous river to an unknown location. Sebastian hands Ciel Tanaka’s diary, in which Tanaka details the former Lord Phantomhive’s knowledge of his impending death. Sebastian and Ciel land at the rubble of a mansion, where Ciel calmly waits for Sebastian to take his soul. Ciel’s final order to Sebastian is to make the process as painful as possible, so as to carve the pain of his life into his soul, to which Sebastian agrees. It is not known what happens to Ciel.
The episode was rated from 47 votes.
#10 – His Butler, Engaging Servants
Season 1 – Episode 21
Ciel’s servants show off their hidden talents in an effort to cheer up their master and protect the Phantomhive Estate. Within the mansion, Ciel teaches Elizabeth about chess until sundown. The backgrounds of Maylene, Bard, and Finian are revealed in a series of flashbacks.
The episode was rated from 46 votes.