Manga Review – Black Butler Vol 33 by Yana Toboso (4/5 stars)
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Manga / Historical Fantasy / Paranormal
Length: 186 pages
Publisher: Yen Press
Release Date: June 18, 2024
ISBN-13 : 978-1975391676
Stand Alone or Series: 33rd volume in the Black Butler series
Source: Bought Paperback
Rating: 4/5 stars
“Much to Lau’s disdain, Baldo offers to help chief nurse Ada drive out the Aurora Society for the good of the sanatorium. But as they hatch a daring plan to thwart its next shipment, Baldo and Lau meet their match when a sinister, deadly foe threatens to bring about their end. Meanwhile, under Sebastian’s orders, Finny and Snake arrive at the third blood-collection site―F.O.L. Orphanage, where a familiar face awaits them…”
Series Info/Source: This is the 33rd volume in the Black Butler series. I bought this in paperback.
Thoughts: This volume finally gets us back in to the main story and out of delving into the characters’ back stories. I enjoyed it but was also a bit frustrated that more progress wasn’t made here. We are still dealing with the blood collection/Aurora Society storyline. Sebastian finally makes a brief appearance but Ciel is no where in sight.
The story mainly sticks with Baldo and Lau who are trying to help get the Aurora Society out of the sanatorium. We do cut over to a couple other scenes but the bulk of the book deals with that. I felt like not a lot of progress was made in this book and am ready for this storyline to tie up.
This is beautifully illustrated as always. I am enjoying the story enough that I will stick with the series and I loved looking at the illustration here.
My Summary (4/5): Overall not a ton to say about this volume. It was beautifully illustrated and a decent read. I am happy to be getting back to the main storyline but a bit disappointed more progress wasn’t made. The story feels a bit slow and scattered right now. I do plan on continuing with the series but would really love to spend time with Sebastian and Ciel again at some point.
