Black Butler (film)

Kuroshitsuji is a 2014 Japanese movie very loosely based on the manga of the same name (also known as Black Butler in English).

In near-future Asia, Earl Shiori Genpou is a girl who has made a contract for her soul with the demon Sebastian. Shiori is pretending to be a boy called Kiyoharu because of a tradition that only a man can inherit the prosperious family business Funtom Co. Ltd. (There is no explanation for how this kind of rule is legal.) Shiori, who lives in the East, also in secret holds the position of the Queen's Watchdog, doing covert missions for the Queen of the West, whose name is never mentioned. (The world is divided into two blocs called East and West, which makes things simple to understand, but turns out to be irrelevant as far as the rest of the movie is concerned.)

People have been found dead and somehow mummified. Cards with pictures of the Devil have been left next to their corpses, Shiori has to find out what is going on and stop this so-called "Devil's Curse".

Before the movie came out, the movie was expected to be hugely controversial within the fandom, with people expecting that there would be a rift between Shiori fans and those who preferred the original work. Instead, the fan reactions were remarkably consistent, with most considering the movie some shade of mediocre or at best So Okay It's Average.


 * Battle Butler: Sebastian.
 * Big Fancy House: Shiori's manor.
 * Candlelit Bath: In a flashback Hanae takes one
 * Carrying the Antidote
 * Damsel in Distress: Shiori has a chronic case of this.
 * Distaff Counterpart: Shiori to Ciel from the original manga.
 * Evil Laughter:
 * Identical Grandson: It's never said outright if Shiori is Ciel's descendant, but we know that the Genpous used to be called Phantomhives, etc.
 * Plot Hole: There are so, so many.
 * Police Are Useless
 * Sequel Hook: The evil conspiracy is still there. Not that there will be a sequel.
 * Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
 * Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?