7.1/10219 votes#1 - His Butler, Able
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2008
The Phantomhive estate bustles with preparations for an important meeting between the Young Master and a slithering captain of industry. The maid, the gardener, and the cook are fools, but the Butler is a man of hidden talents.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: N/A
7.4/10180 votes#2 - His Butler, Strongest
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2008
Plans to suppress an uprising of the vermin variety are put on hold when the Young Master is abducted. The Butler is obligated to act decisively in such matters, and no one sets the table better than Sebastian.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10162 votes#3 - His Butler, Omnipotent
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2008
When the Young Master’s fiancée drops by for an unannounced visit, the Phantomhive Estate experiences a sickening outbreak of “cuteness.” Meanwhile, the Butler has his hands full with a suicidal apprentice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10148 votes#4 - His Butler, Capricious
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2008
The Young Master dons an evening gown to apprehend a monster who’s been butchering women of the night, but if his talent for cross-dressing is discovered, the Phantomhive name will be irreversibly sullied.
Director: Tomihiko Ohkubo
Writer: N/A
7.7/10148 votes#5 - His Butler, Chance Encounter
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2008
The Butler and his Young Master scour the seedy back alleys of London in search of an infamous butcher. Imagine their surprise upon discovering that the ripper may actually be a reaper!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10141 votes#6 - His Butler, at the Funeral
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2008
Sebastian continues his gruesome battle with the rogue reaper, and the Young Master takes special care to ensure that his beloved aunt is buried in the proper colors.
Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Writer: N/A
7.1/10129 votes#7 - His Butler, Merrymaking
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2008
At the behest of the Queen, the Young Master and his underlings travel to a dreary land supposedly haunted by a demon dog. This new mission makes the Butler uneasy, but he’s always been more of a cat person.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10128 votes#8 - His Butler, Training
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2008
The Butler puts on an exhibition in the art of training demonic canines to shake, roll over, and refrain from terrorizing gloomy villages. Meanwhile, the Gardener gets his first, painful taste of love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10126 votes#9 - His Butler, Phantom Image
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2008
The Young Master’s latest acquisition is a haunted camera which can photograph beings not of this world. Calamites are sure to follow when the servants set out to snap a shot of the elusive Butler.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: N/A
7.0/10119 votes#10 - His Butler, on Ice
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2008
Already a man of many talents, the Butler adds ice sculpting to his repertoire in an attempt to acquire a priceless-but-cursed gem for his Young Master.
Director: Tomihiko Ohkubo
Writer: N/A
7.4/10118 votes#11 - His Butler, However You Please
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2008
When his betrothed is abducted by a deranged doll maker, the Young Master travels to London to investigate. Little does he know, the search will be complicated by a lovesick reaper who’s lost his scythe.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10119 votes#12 - His Butler, Forlorn
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2008
The Master’s birthday approaches, but rescuing Elizabeth is of far greater importance than celebrating. A vile puppeteer is terrorizing London, and only the Butler can cut down his army of marionettes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10119 votes#13 - His Butler, Freeloader
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/2008
A postcolonial conflict boils over when an Indian prince visits the Phantomhive estate. Later, the Butler’s prowess with a blade is unexpectedly matched by his foreign counterpart.
Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Writer: N/A
7.0/10119 votes#14 - His Butler, Supremely Talented
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2009
Prince Soma has been betrayed by his manservant, and the Butler must put his hellish talents to the test in a curry-cooking competition against the blessed right hand of an Indian deity.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10118 votes#15 - His Butler, Competing
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2009
The Queen is on hand as the Butler wages culinary warfare against Prince Soma’s royal servant. The competition reaches an unprecedented level of ferocity when someone’s secret ingredient unleashes the demon god of curry.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: N/A
6.7/10113 votes#16 - His Butler, in an Isolated Castle
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/2009
When the Young Master is defeated in a supernatural chess match, he must surrender his most prized possession to a ghostly prince. Locating a very old and very specific skull is the key to bringing Sebastian back.
Director: Tomihiko Ohkubo
Writer: N/A
7.6/10114 votes#17 - His Butler, Offering
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/2009
The Queen orders young Master Phantomhive to investigate reports of a cult that promises to “purify” its unclean members. The mission is complicated by the appearance of a familiar reaper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10112 votes#18 - His Butler, Transmitted
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2009
An angel abducts Ciel and attempts to rewrite his unhappy memories of the past. The Butler is powerless to assist, but fortunately, the Young Master has an unhealthy attachment to his hatred.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10109 votes#19 - His Butler, Imprisoned
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2009
There’s a potent new drug plaguing the backstreets of London, and it’s being sold in stolen Phantomhive candy wrappers. The Young Master is being set up, but what manner of man wants him to take the fall?
Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Writer: N/A
7.6/10112 votes#20 - His Butler, Escaping
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2009
While the Young Master continues his investigation into the opium-filled, counterfeit candy wrappers, the Butler is chained and tortured in the Tower of London.
Director: Norihiko Nagahama
Writer: N/A
7.4/10116 votes#21 - His Butler, Engaging Servants
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2009
A series of flashbacks reveals the secret pasts - and hidden talents - of the Phantomhive staff. While the servants go about their daily duties, the Young Master gives a chess lesson to pretty lady.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: N/A
7.7/10107 votes#22 - His Butler, Dissolution
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/2009
The Young Master’s journey to Paris leads to another showdown with the Queen’s angelic butler and a painful parting of the ways with someone dear to his heart. Can Ciel survive without the demonic assistance he’s grown so accustomed to?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10115 votes#23 - His Butler, Up in Flames
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2009
The Young Master arrives in London only to find the city engulfed by flames. After an ominous warning from the undertaker, Ciel attempts to visit the queen, but he’s shocked by his treatment at the hands of the palace guards.
Director: Tomihiko Ohkubo
Writer: N/A
7.9/10134 votes#24 - His Butler, Fluent
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2009
Having regained the services of his Butler, the Young Master issues a chilling order to kill. Sebastian is eager to please, but this task will require a revelation of his true nature.
Director: Hirofumi Ogura
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Black Butler Season 1
Every episode of Black Butler Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Black Butler Season 1!
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
Genres:AnimationComedyDramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"His Butler, Able" is the best rated episode of "Black Butler" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 219 votes. Directed by Hirofumi Ogura and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/2008. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "His Butler, Strongest".