The better the cleavage....
Spoilers ahead!
So I was not a fan of the Black Butler Anime. I favored the manga which has far less of a particular character and a more serious flavor. But I'm a masochist, so when I heard about the utter horror of the second season of Black Butler I decided to investigate. In the first season everyone died. They said they were starting with new characters.
With that mindset I sit back an enjoy myself. The main character is another brat with a horribly traumatic past, though he has a personality that goes from kind to OMGI'MGONNAKILLYOU in about five seconds. He is a far less stable main character than Ciel, who you can at least enjoy.
And his glasses wearing butler has about as much personality as a brick. Until he decides to uh... tap dance at some point before rearranging the entire house with *gasp* mysterious powers. With each passing minute it's getting sillier and has no redeeming qualities.
And yet I keep watching and waiting. Lo and behold a character who is traveling in a storm knocks on the door. He's covered from head to two and carrying a large truck. His hair is cut like Sebastian's. Hum. I wonder who it could be?
The main character let's him in despite his butler's distrust. Fast forward. He makes a deal with the creepy kid that if he shows him to the basement he will show him what is in the large trunk he has with him. They go down to the basement and he steals a tin that you can only assume has tea in it. Main character's butler throws some dinner knives to reveal that the creepy man is indeed Sebastian! He even calls him out by name. Okay. So they know each other for some reason.
And... Ciel is in the truck. He seems very dead, as he should. Because EVERYONE DIED LAST SEASON.
Sebastian fights with the new butler. Ultimately ends up escaping because he kills all the lights and new main character is afraid of the dark. HA.
Ending credits roll.
.... So I'm sitting in my swivel chair with a "O_o" and I fast forward through the credits. So we get another scene with Sebastian taking Ciel out of the trunk and pulling his ring out of the tea tin. He says "It's time to wake up" and we go to the preview.
Um. What? Wasn't season two supposed to be about new characters? WASN'T EVERYONE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD? According to the preview APPARENTLY NOT. Because all of those characters are SUDDENLY THERE.
I really hope this is some sort of elaborate prank. Because the non-happy ending was okay. It at least ended the anime properly. Now this coming out of NOWHERE on a magic carpet and wearing :3 face. I'm sorry, when did anime get this desperate?
Really?
While I'm here I need to express more WTF. My fond childhood show Digimon now has a /sixth season/. And yet you still can't find season one on DVD. I liked season one. It didn't SUCK. I mean... in retrospect it did suck but it was far cooler than any of the crap that seems to be popping up now.
Anime, why have you betrayed me?