Black Butler II/YMMV


 * Alas, Poor Villain:
 * Broken Base: Team Phantomhive and Team Trancy. Not to mention the manga lovers and anime lovers.
 * Episode seven seems to have caused this . Fans are divided between those who  and those who
 * Evil Is Sexy: In addition to Sebastian, Claude also counts for some.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * Boxchan for Ciel.
 * Foe Yay: Alois to Ciel.
 * Episode 6 shows enough between and Sebastian to match up with the two.
 * I Knew It!:
 * Some fans were guessing that after a preview for episode five. They were right.
 * It's the Same, Now It Sucks: The second season, after it was revealed that . A few fans would have liked it to be independent from the original duo.
 * Jerkass Woobie: Ciel can be seen as this, since he doesn't mind killing or hurting anyone who gets in the way of his plans, but at the same time, he is portrayed very sympathetically, usually because of his horrible past.
 * Alois. He has a horrible past, and as a result, the only person he depends on for happiness is Claude, who openly admits that, despite the fact that most of the horrible things Alois does to people is mainly just because he wants Claude to . It gets worse for Alois in episode 7. And in episode 8, Claude says.
 * At the end of season II, even  can count as this. That look on his face when he realized that he'd have to   was absolutely disheartening for some fans.
 * Magnificent Bastard: By the end of Season 2 qualifies as well.
 * Alois: Although he spends most of the series as The Chessmaster mostly because of his immature mannerisms, he graduates to this level when
 * Memetic Mutation: Claude having an orgasm over Ciel's blood in season 2, episode 7. Also known as: Claude jizzed in his pants.
 * Sebastian's hooker boots.
 * Ciel In a Box/Boxchan.
 * Moral Event Horizon: As of episode 8 of the second season, Claude has crossed it, for many people.
 * No Yay: The strongly implied sex scene between.
 * Everything about the late Earl Trancy and his.
 * Ruined FOREVER: Most fans were not pleased about the announcement of a second anime season that stars an original protagonist and butler.  Later in the season, fans were calling this again for various reasons.
 * Ship Sinking: Done in episode 7 of the second season in regards to the And in episode 8.
 * Squick: Alois and Claude are (very, very arguably) heavily implied to have a sexual relationship. Alois has a rather squicktastic way of relating to the men in his life.
 * Claude kissing Ciel 's foot.
 * Every. Single. Scene. Involving the Earl Trancy in season 2. "Another doll broke?"
 * Though, the ship seems to be at least partially restored in episode 12.
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: When the second season was announced, many fans were not happy.
 * But then...
 * They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Season 2 seemed to be set up as a big battle between the two butlers and their masters..
 * Viewer Gender Confusion: Grell. Finny. Alois for some, as well as Ciel.
 * The Woobie: Hannah could be considered this, due to Alois's treatment of her. Subverted when she is revealed to be
 * , the potential Jerkass Woobie. Sure, she's nuts, but seeing her put down so much, just for her weight, makes you wonder if she had a good reason.
 * It wasn't because she was put down for her weight, it was because she was unsatisfied with her marriage. Either way, there's no real justifiable reason for brutally killing innocent newlywed women.