Black Butler, Vol. 26

黒執事 [Kuroshitsuji] #26

by Yana Toboso

While Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his indomitable butler, Sebastian, are away on the trail of Blavat and the Blue Star Cult, the sound of gunshots echoes through the halls of their London townhouse. What chaos awaits master and servant upon their return home? And why is the young earl shaken to his core by the message left behind by the invader?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Mystery, Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Supernatural

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 27, 2017

About the author

Yana Toboso (枢 やな Toboso Yana) is a female Japanese manga artist born in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently resides in Yokohama. She is best known for Black Butler (黒執事 Kuroshitsuji), a popular shonen manga series.

She has also written yaoi under the pen name Yanao Rock (簗緒ろく).

Appearance
Yana Toboso draws herself as a devil with a black body and horns, a white head, and a pointed tail. She has never uploaded a picture of herself, so her actual appearance is unknown.

Reviews

[Lanie]

I can not deal with this.

How can they do this to me?!?!?!?!!!?!

This made me cry.

Fucking bawl.

I shit you not, full on fucking bawling. Tears, whining noises, complete body shaking sobs.

My cat came to check on me, I was so upset.

HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TO ME?!?!?!?!?!

Also, I fucking called it. My friend said it was "just a theory" but I was right.

5 stars.

I am fucking emotionally drained. But any story that can make me this sad and angry must be good.

Beautiful art as always. The next few volumes are going to be amazing. I hope we're gearing up for a fucking epic series finale. Because I can't take much more.

[Victoria ✮⋆˙]

THIS SERIES LITERALLY JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER! (I read in monthly chapters so late review here!)

[Yasamin Seifaei]

خدایا باورم نمیشه!!!
چرا انقدر عالیه این مانگا؟؟

[EH]

Two Ciels? Thank God they killed Agni, the best character in this God-forsaken series, for that...

[Fatemeh]

WHAT.THE.HELL


I kind of like the new revelation but I also don't. I feel like the whole lost-twin trope is getting old and very cliche.

I will seriously miss Agni. He was one of the best characters of this series. And the way he died.... I'm sobbing

[gabi]

I don’t think any manga has brought me so close to tears. This is the most heartbreaking thing that I have ever seen. I can’t handle this. And then, to be hit by a truck from the most shocking plot twist that I have ever read. I can’t handle all these emotions.

[Karissa]

This is the 26th volume in the Black Butler series and it was a fairly emotional and startling one with some huge twists. I enjoyed it a lot and remain a huge fan of this series.

The book plunges us right into the action with the death of a major character….sadness. Meanwhile some of the side characters are still recovering from the music hall incident. When Ciel finally gets home after making sure Samos has the care he needs (he’s recovering from an mysterious attack), there is a huge surprise waiting both for Ciel and the readers.

This is an excellent installment in this series with some huge new twists and turns. Beautifully illustrated as usual! Of all the mangas I have read, this is one of the most beautifully illustrated ones and I love the characters and complex plots.

Overall this was an amazing installment in the Black Butler series that had me dying to read the next book in the series. I highly recommend this whole manga series, it’s just so well done.

[Stephanie]

"Ragequit"

a song by me

[Kat]

Oh...my God??? My heart is broken. I NEED THE NEXT ONE NOW.

[Karen]

WHAT THE HELL ???? I know that it was already a theory but... I still had the hope that it wouldn't happen... And Agni !! OMG I'm so flabbergasted!!

[Rod Brown]

A regular character dies!
Most everything we know about Ciel Phantomhive has been a lie?
Secret origin time?
Juicy!

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini]

اپدیت ۹ شهریور ۴۰۰-
این جلد با اختلاف زیادی نقطه اوج داستانه. ⁦⁦ಥ╭╮ಥ⁩
هزاران اشاره کوچیک و تمام سیری که داستان طی کرد برای رسیدن به این نقطه بود.
ضربه‌های پیاپی مرگ تایید شده اگنی و بعد برگشت ارل حقیقی اشوب کامل رو بهمون هدیه داد. و بعد یه عالمه بک استوری که واقعا لذت‌بخشه.
چقدر بی‌رحم بودن همه به‌خصوص وینسنت با این بنده‌خدا.
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[tig :3]

“because you, my sun, were there for me, my days could finally begin. you blew a new wind through my stagnant heart. you are able to soothe the silence of the night. that is why i hope and pray that nothing ever clouds your radiance.
as long as you continue to shine, i am certain that there is no ice on earth that can withstand your warmth.”

tears running down my face i’m in so much PAIN

[Az life]

my heart is aching for all what happened, it is so sad :(

[voresta]

The best duo is now a solo 😟 Rip Agni you were one of my favorites 😭🙏. I hope Soma gets to avenge Agni any way at all.

Ciel having a twin brother is so 🤯 I can’t believe I didn’t really catch the hints but the Blue Cult Arc is one of the heaviest ones.

This was really epic but sad.

[Sharon]

CW: blood, murder, graphic injuries, (major character) death

I'm going to be honest - when this plot was spoiled for me, I thought it was a little ridiculous. And then I read it.

So, anyway, crying screaming sobbing throwing up rolling on the floor -

[nameless]

Agni mati 😢😭

[Angélica Díaz]

AAAAAAAAH!!!
NO WAY!!!
NO. FUCKING. WAAAAY!!!!!

[DonutKnow]

Nooooooo Agni 💔

[Alice4170 🌙]

4/5 ⭐️

[Morgast]

At this point it reads like a soap opera. Yknow when you've been following a series for so long and then you realize it's actually really bad? And you can't stop now cause you've already put so much time into it? Yeah.

[Muchomorek ☾]

A masterclass. With each (re)read, I am reminded why I love this series so much. And even though I already knew what was going to happen in this volume, it still hit me hard and sent shivers down my spine. For those wondering, this is exactly the volume where the biggest plot twist is dropped, and it literally makes you question everything you know. Splendid, that's how I would sum it up.

[Phantomº]

From where shall I begin...
My heart hurts.... my soul left my body.... this volume was the most emotionally packed of the whole series.... By the first chapter you get your heart shattered without mercy and afterwards you have the main revelation ( which because of tumblr I was kinda spoiled about but again ... I was screaming).
oh darn... I need to praise the art again, that combination with the story itself made it even more compulsive. Toboso-san you talented creature ...

[Meisa Perez]

I need the next volume ASAP

[Mary]

This volume summed up: WHAT?!

[Azia]

BOTH A TWIST (saw it coming) AND A HEARTBREAK (did NOT see that coming)??!! I can't stand this volume. It's amazing. My heart hurts so much...😟😭

[★ray's bookshelf★]

Agni 😭

[Jaye Berry]

Holy fuck we went dark. I didn't even LIKE that character but jesus christ that was so brutal and sad.😭 The absolute death grip on the doorknob to where Sebastian had to rip it out of the door like okay I need a minute.

Insane revelations and I can't decide if this is genius or so dramatic it's like a damn soap opera. Secret evil twin lmao WHAT. I sure didn't think we were going there. It's an interesting place to go but I also kinda don't want to do any of this?? Lost twin is so overdone and annoying, especially when this kid is killing friends for no reason right off the bat. I really don't understand why he took his brother's identity in the first place but okay !!! You know a twist is wild when even the demon butler was going 👁️👄👁️ at it.

Truly the signs WERE there and in hindsight I feel really fucking dumb for not seeing it lmao.

We get a trip down memory lane into Ciel's childhood and aww he's such a cute little baby.🥺 Rip his cute happy life before everything went to shit.

I can't tell if the chapters are shorter or if I am just zooming because I want to be done with this series already lol. Volume 26, it's starting to feel like a hostage situation.

I feel like because they have way more than five chapters in a volume now, shorter chapters has to be the case. Frankly this entire volume felt soo short to me idk. Like we learned so much so quickly but then also didn't learn anything at the same time.

[Lucybell Haner]

[SPOILERS MUY BESTIAS]

¡¡Agni!! ¡Nooooooooooooo! Me ha roto el corazón de mil formas, no me lo he creido hasta que he visto al shinigami ir a recoger su alma, es la primera vez que no me alegro de ver a Grell.
Por otra parte, me ha costado coger lo de "el hermano gemelo con el que el espectador no contaba". ¿Lo bueno? El resto de personajes saben que existe, o sea, no se lo ha sacado totalmente de la manga. ¿Lo malo? Que a nadie se le ha ocurrido puto mencionar al otro crío, ni ha salido en fotos ni leches. ¿Lo bueno? Que "Ciel" tomando su lugar puede explicar por qué algunos personajes dicen que el conde reapareció tras el incendio con una personalidad totalmente distinta, acompañado de aquel extraño mayordomo. ¿Lo malo? Que tengo que coger todo esto con pinzas. ¿EN SERIO NO HA SURGIDO EL TEMA DEL HERMANO EN TODO ESTE TIEMPO? Siempre hablaban de uno, y había personajes que conocían al hermano.
No sé, es como que no me lo trago y a la vez sí :/
En fin, espero que el manga no comience a decaer porque la saga de la bruja verde la empecé con el mismo miedo y al final pegó subidón, pero esto... ufff... dificil.

[Madhumita]

This one was actually crazy. The next few volumes are going to be super intense. Super excited that the plot is picking up again after the drag in this last story arc.

Also omg Agni's death scene got me emotionally scarred. I'd read some spoilers after the cliffhanger for the previous volume, so I knew he was going to die (which honestly was one of the reasons I'd stopped reading back in high school), but was not expecting it to go down like this... He was definitely one of my favourite characters, and this is actually like the only character death in this series I'm actually upset about. Interesting to see what happens with Soma now, but I can tell it's not going to end well :(