
Genres
Comedy Aims to entertain and amuse through humor, often using witty dialogue, slapstick, or exaggerated situations to provoke laughter.Fantasy Features magical elements, mythical creatures, and often takes place in fictional worlds with unique rules and societies.Mystery Involves solving a puzzle or crime, with characters gathering clues and piecing together information to uncover the truth.Supernatural Involves events or beings that defy natural laws, often including ghosts, demons, vampires, or other paranormal phenomena.Tags
Demons Prominently features malevolent otherworldly creatures.Butler Prominently features a character who is a butler.Circus Prominently features a circus.Anti-Hero Features a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic attributes and may be considered a borderline villain.Foreign Partly or completely set in a country outside the country of origin.Black Butler: Book of Circus
黒執事 Book of Circus
In late-nineteenth-century England, the Noah's Ark Circus dazzles London with its spectacular performances. However, children are mysteriously disappearing from the city, and the disappearances seem to coincide with the circus's movements.
Queen Victoria sends her loyal Watchdog, Ciel Phantomhive, and his demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, to investigate. Disguised as circus performers, they must uncover the troupe's dark secrets while balancing their new roles and avoiding suspicion from the other performers.
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