Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen

At the request of Queen Victoria, Earl Ciel Phantomhive goes to Weston College—a prestigious public academy for boys, known for its traditions and outstanding curriculum—to search for a relative of hers who has not returned home in months. Thanks to his noble status, the 13-year-old Ciel is swiftly able to enroll as a student, while his devilish butler Sebastian Michaelis assumes a teaching position at the school.

Ciel does not anticipate being unable to locate the Queen's relative on campus. To make matters worse, he cannot request a meeting with the headmaster of the college, who may be the only person that knows anything pertaining to the disappearance. The only ones in frequent contact with the headmaster are the heads of the college dormitories, known as the Prefect 4 (P4): Edgar Redmond, Lawrence Bluewer, Herman Greenhill, and Gregory Violet.

Ciel must concoct a plan to get in the P4's good graces if he wants to use their connections to succeed in his mission. But the distinguished college and its students hide much that is unseen, making this task more improbable than he could imagine.

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Michaelis, Sebastian Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Phantomhive, Ciel Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Sutcliff, Grell Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Undertaker Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Mey-Rin Supporting

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Finnian Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Midford, Elizabeth Supporting

Tamura, Yukari Japanese

Snake Supporting

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Kadar, Soma Asman Supporting

Tachibana, Shinnosuke Japanese

Tanaka Supporting

Mugihito Japanese

Fukushima, Yuuichi Producer

Takahashi, Kanako Producer

Kurosaki, Shizuka Producer

Itou, Yoshito Producer

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Jun 22, 2024

Shin18

Recommended

After 7 whole years, Black Butler has finally gotten an anime sequel that a lot of fans, including myself, have been waiting for. Ever since Book of Atlantic came out, we've asked ourselves about what's next in store for us, anticipating what's coming next. And now that the continuation is here, one question remains: Was the wait worth it? In my opinion, it is, in fact, worth the wait. Not only being an amazing adaptation of the manga, but also being a very solid arc overall.

As we know, this season's Black Butler was adapted by a different studio, and while some people were excited, some ... were worried too. But now that it has finished, I can definitely say that there wasn't anything to be concerned about. It is without a doubt as great as previous seasons, specifically Book of Circus, Murder, and Atlantic. There were, however, some dislikes among people about the anime's new artstyle in particular. Saying that the Public School arc's art is not only more colorful and about how Sebastian's design is worse, but also that the overall tone and vibe are not darker than previous seasons. For the latter, it is clearly not the case. While there were more comedic scenes and less tension at the beginning, slowly but surely, it builds up as it usually goes with Black Butler, reminding us that it is overall a dark fantasy and mystery. As for the former, there's not much to say other than the fact that, at the end, it all comes down to preference. Personally, both are good in their own perspective ways. However, regarding Sebastian, some people have judged too quickly, I won't go into too many details, but all that needs to be said is that it didn't need to be a concern after all. All in all, CloverWorks has done an overall good job with this adaptation.

Now, as for the plot itself, after the whole event at Book of the Atlantic, Ciel and Sebastian entering a public school to investigate the disappearances of students may seem underwhelming at first, but the start's similar for the majority of the arcs adapted already. This arc itself could simply be considered a build-up for the series' overarching story, or, in other words, the calm before the storm. Even taking into account the subtle foreshadowings and mysteries revealed. This has always been one of Black Butler's biggest charms.

To sum it up, even with A-1 Pictures being out of the picture, this season has managed to retain the qualities of the previous seasons, even with a studio and art style change. and overall, worth waiting for a long time. As of writing this, there hasn't been any announcement of a sequel, aside from a post-credit scene indicating of Emerald Witch, Black Butler's next arc. But again, even if it takes weeks, months, or even years, it wouldn't be a problem as long as it remains to receive good treatments.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 5, 2024

aramis03

Mixed Feelings

I'm not so satisfied with the anime, there are very few fight scenes, I really liked season 1 & somewhat of season 2.

The renewed art is cool, they could avoid using English in a mix of Japanese, if you ask me, please refer to season 1 & develop the upcoming sequel.

I miss those in-house characters, and the dominance of Ciel is missing, if you notice, in seasons 1 & 2, he is strategic & he is like the singular power, but not in the public school arc, it is a bit down in this season.

The story was a soft reboot, but they could've pitched ... more.

Thank you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 11, 2025

plebrepel

Not Recommended

After liking the first two series and then the Books this arc was a misery. I recommend skipping it.
Plotwise it was up to standard for what had been animated up until now. The problems are in presentation, animation, and voice direction.

Presentation: there is no effort put into utilizing the differences between anime and manga. What you see on screen is exactly what you see on paper. So at times it is painfully slow and a lots of gags end up not being funny because they are completely unappended. Objectively speaking there is exposition happening in every episode but it won't feel like it. And Sebastion's ... antics here have none of the usual [animated or implied] flair at all.

Animation: despite the drawing quality being above average the character movements [the animation] is terribly stiff. The range of movement is small. Like powerpoint slideshow simplicity. Enter scene, hit key, limbs slide around, movement stops, next slide. Are they static png's being dragged around? No. They only have limited movement like a doll with ball joints. The route of drawing as few variations as possible. Expressions suffer too.
Should you get to the later episodes some plot related actions suffer as a result of the stringent presentation and simplistic animation.

Though I said above average drawing quality I was very dissasitified with Sebastion's design. Appalled even.

Voice Direction: compared to when the Series was being made by A-1 the decisions for who should voice what character are poor. This applies only to newly introduced characters.
But for voice direction I hated how they handled the Oji's lines.
Voice direction for two or three of the new pretty boys was outright shit.

The more you liked the animated series up until reaching Kishuku Gakkou-hen, the more I urge you not to watch it. Skip to Midori no Majo-hen. Since Cloverworks also did Midori no Majo-hen it too suffers from the animation problem but it is an improvement from Kishuku Gakkou-hen. The plot is strong enough that presentation is less of a problem and the characters are straight forward enough that bad taste in voicing did not hurt it much.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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