(っ◕‿◕)っ ANIME REVIEW! Anime: Kuroshitsuji Noahs Arc (aka Black Butler: Book of Circus) Genre: Historical, Dark comedy, Dark fantasy Episode: 10 Rating: (8/10) OPINION Few anime series have a production history as wackadoodle as Kuroshitsujis. Lets see... How do I even wrap my head around this? Kuroshitsuji I: Solid adaptation of the mangas first five volumes with an original (and very final) ending created to cap the TV series and give the anime viewers a complete story. Kuroshitsuji II: Retcon of the TV series ending made to appease the franchises ardent boys love fanbase. It gave the storys previously tragic Faustian ending a more yaoi-tastic eternal relationship twist. Frankly, it was awful. It was embarrassingly awful. But different strokes, I guess (but as an yaoi fan I enjoyed). Kuroshitsuji III: The story cant go any further into the future (its gone far enough, frankly,) but there are still fans heart and wallets to be plundered (mine included) so its time for an in media res approach that goes back to the storys roots: the manga source material. The original anime cut off right before the fan-favorite mystery of Noahs Ark Circus and its colorful cast of crippled kidnappers. Therefore, we are going back to that well, and animating that material this time around, which is fine. Bring on the big top! PLOT the first episode really drops the ball. Black Butler: Book of Circus doesnt even start with the main attraction. Despite the fact that the only audience for this series is the people whove sat through the first two seasons. It insists on playing out like a compressed version of the first two episodes of the original show: some know-nothing schmuck underestimates Ciel and tries to assassinate him for his title, but ends up silenced forever by his devilishly talented butler Sebastian, after several bouts of cheeky humor and built up irony that will ensure the dirty rat is hoisted by his own petard. Afterwards the story starts showing much colours … even with the least amount of action (which was expected) the whole dark carnival theme would end up getting your attention and same goes for the OST. So I suggest not to skip out on this one~
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:41:11 +0000
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