Black Butler
TV animeFilm2008–2025
5 seasons72 episodes
Original: manga
Choose the season or film you finished to find where to continue in the Black Butler manga and which book edition matches that point.
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.
Season 1
- Anime ends at
- Ep 24
- Read next
- Vol. 1manga · English · Yen Press
After the first Black Butler TV season, begin the original manga at Volume 1. The TV story later diverges and has an original ending, so it has no reliable straight-across manga sequel.
Black Butler, Vol. 1
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1 side entrySPno effect on where to continue
Black Butler: His Butler, PerformerSPThe His Butler, Performer special accompanies the first TV season and has no separate main-manga handoff. Use the first TV season’s route to begin the original manga.
Season 2
- Anime ends at
- Ep 12
- Read next
- Vol. 1manga · English · Yen Press
After Black Butler II, begin the original manga at Volume 1. This season is an anime-original continuation of the first TV series, not a direct continuation of the manga.
Black Butler, Vol. 1
Yen PressEnglishPaperback
1 side entryOVAno effect on where to continue
Black Butler II OVAOVAThe six Black Butler II OVA episodes accompany the second TV season and have no separate main-manga handoff. Use the Black Butler II route to begin the original manga.
Season 3
- Anime ends at
- Ep 10
- Read next
- Vol. 8manga · English · Yen Press
After Book of Circus, resume the original manga at Volume 8 to catch the arc’s ending, then continue into Volume 9 for Book of Murder. The earlier TV seasons changed the manga story, so begin at Volume 1 if you want the complete original continuity.
Black Butler, Vol. 8
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Black Butler: Book of Murder
- Anime ends at
- Ep 2
- Read next
- Vol. 11manga · English · Yen Press
After Book of Murder, resume the original manga at Volume 11. Its opening overlaps the murder story before the next ship arc begins.
Black Butler, Vol. 11
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Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
- Read next
- Vol. 14manga · English · Yen Press
After Book of the Atlantic, resume the original manga at Volume 14 for the ship arc’s ending, then continue into Volume 15 for the school story.
Black Butler, Vol. 14
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Season 4
- Anime ends at
- Ep 11
- Read next
- Vol. 18manga · English · Yen Press
After the Public School Arc, resume the original manga at Volume 18 to catch the arc’s ending, then continue into Volume 19 for the Emerald Witch story.
Black Butler, Vol. 18
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Season 5
- Anime ends at
- Ep 13
- Read next
- Vol. 22manga · English · Yen Press
After the Emerald Witch Arc, resume the original manga at Volume 22. It includes the arc’s aftermath before the story moves into the next arc in Volume 23.
Black Butler, Vol. 22
Yen PressEnglishPaperback
All volumes
Yen PressThe English edition is at Vol. 34. Vol. 35 is due Oct 2026.
Before you read
The 2 side entries listed here have no separate reading start in the main work. Follow the reading route of the season each is grouped with; their individual notes explain the connection.
Black Butler: His Butler, Performer (SP) · Black Butler II OVA (OVA)
The reading route shown here follows Black Butler (manga). Use the recommendations for this work; volume numbers from another adaptation are not interchangeable.
An ongoing manga by Yana Toboso. It tells the story of Ciel, a boy of the Phantomhive family, and Sebastian, the butler who serves him.
These answers use the selected edition: English · Yen Press · Paperback. Changing the book language or edition updates the matched volumes. The interface language does not determine the book language.
