Black Butler, Both Series. Story 8/10 (Series 1) 9/10 Series 1 was great had a great story line. However, the comedy in the 1st 3-4 episodes almost made this dark story seem too light-hearted. On series 2 I had no idea how they would continue the story, since series 1 seemed completely wrapped up. It dilivered and gave a great ending to the story. Animation 8/10 Animation was dead-on for the style. However, like a lot of animes, it is hard to distinguish male & female children. A redeeming factor to this is that they play hommage to this fact in the series. Music 9/10 The use of silence for adding tension and the style of background music fit both the situations and mood of the overall series. Opening & Closing Themes (Including animation sequences for them) 8/10 Very fitting of the mood of both series. However the animation is too ambiguious. Though this keeps the show from spoiling itself, it seems too bland to capture the attention of someone not committed to watch the whole.