Strangely enough, it is this literality that has angered many fans. Weird? But it’s understandable – apparently, it’s boring to watch on the screen what I’ve already seen in the form of a comic, copied down to the last letter in the lines and to the angles in each scene. This is a paradox - for distortion of the canon hurt, but I want something new! However, there were those who did not like ... insignificant, purely fan service inserts with popular characters that were not in this manga arch. Although these inserts did not have any impact on the plot.
As for the plot, here Ciel and Sebastian will have to investigate the case of kidnapping of children, which is associated with a certain wandering circus “Noah’s Ark”. And during the investigation, they will have to appear before the viewer in an unusual capacity.
The screening is good. One of the darkest and most serious stories about Sebastian and his young master was transferred to the screen. However, even in this exquisitely perverted Gothic story, there was room for healthy humor: supernatural beings are mostly amused here. Sebastian will almost fail at the crucial moment his love for cats, and shigami ... this is a separate story.
Perhaps most of all, this story reveals the psychological problems of Ciel, the severity of the mental trauma inflicted on him. From the outside, it seems that the horror he suffered and the subsequent criminal adventures turned Ciel into a complete sociopath who lost the concept of good and evil and the sense of justice. Sometimes he scares even Sebastian. But is it really that simple? Does he have the right to decide who lives and who dies? To despise the weak and broken, or is he one of those weak and broken who will never return to normal? But does he consider himself a superman, or vice versa, a monster who, having destroyed other monsters, must leave this world after them? The viewer will have to decide whether it is possible to feel pity and sympathy for someone who does not pity anyone.
Summary: this time – a literal adaptation of one of the drawn stories about the demon-butler Sebastian and his master. Fans of manga will be curious to look at the “revived” and colored characters, those who are familiar only with anime are likely to be perplexed. As such - a gloomy "Victorian fantasy" with an admixture of original humor and serious ethical issues, colorful characters are attached. A good anime, but on an amateur - a painful story, moreover seasoned characteristic of the entire franchise "glamour" and "Victorian sophistication" on the verge of kitsch.
8 out of 10
Original