<P> Black Butler (Japanese: 黒 執事, Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso . Since its debut on September 16, 2006, it has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy . </P> <P> The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, a thirteen - year - old boy (as of chapter 14) head of the Phantomhive family, an aristocratic family known as the Queen's Guarddog, and tasked with solving crimes in London's underworld . Ciel has formed a contract with Sebastian Michaelis to seek revenge against those who tortured him and murdered his parents . Sebastian is a demon who has taken on the disguise of a butler, and in exchange for his services he will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul . The series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in Yen Press' August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary . </P> <P> A 24 - episode anime adaption, with 3 seasons, directed by Toshiya Shinohara and produced by A-1 Pictures, aired from October 2008 to March 2009 . The second season, Kuroshitsuji II, aired in 2010 spanning 12 episodes with two new main characters, Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus, following the aftermath of the first season . This series had an original storyline and did not feature manga content . A live action film adaptation was released in Japan on January 18, 2014 . A third anime series, titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, was broadcast between July 10 and September 12, 2014 . A two - part theatrical OVA titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters on October 25, and November 15, 2014 . An animated film for the series, titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic, premiered in Japan on January 21, 2017 . </P> <P> In Victorian - era London lives a young boy named Ciel Phantomhive . Ciel lives with his wealthy parents in a manor in England . On the night of his tenth birthday, Ciel comes across his mother, father, and dog dead and surrounded by flames . The manor was set on fire, and he is captured by cultists . He is sold by his kidnappers, and then given a mark on his abdomen that's supposed to be the mark of a "noble beast". After enduring a month of excruciating and humiliating torture, Ciel unknowingly summons a demon and signs a contract with him . He names the demon Sebastian after his childhood dog . Ciel returns to the Phantomhive household with an enigmatic black - clad butler, Sebastian Michaelis . To others, it seems that the butler is simply the best at his craft, from anticipating his young master's needs to carrying them out to the best of his remarkable abilities, which seem limitless . </P>

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