Black Butler's "Official" Modern Actor AU

Y'all remember The Making of Kuroshitsuji II? The OVA that was essentially a modern actor au for Black Butler?

[@hannahelyse2671]

Sebastian, being the method acting icon Jared Letto wishes he was.

[@PocketLeaves]

Sebastian could play the Joker but Jared Letto could NOT play Sebastian the butler. asdfasdf

[@GretchenGoebel]

My favorite part was when claude was practicing the dance to the point where he was doing it in his sleep in his pretty pink pjs

[@PocketLeaves]

That was so good!

[@GretchenGoebel]

@@PocketLeaves imagine if there was also a blooper where in the middle of the fight scene there was a dog who stole sebastian’s silverware and when they went to look for said dog it was eventually found in sebastian’s arms who was currently cuddling with it while calling it a bunch of different names in the cutesy tone youd hear a dog lover use

[@breadsticks5128]

Honestly all the ova’s are so funny

[@teacupcat3613]

When you mentioned the accidental prediction with Grell's modern outfit, my first thought was Soma's "Phantom Five" misspeak in the OVA.

[@zesty1914]

I can't believe someone else noticed this! That's awesome

[@laxa_7860]

My personal favorite of the ova’s is the self insert fanfic one. It was so nonsensical and over the top. You can’t tell me it wasn’t written by a 12 year old and it’s the funniest shit ever

[@PocketLeaves]

The concept is so wild!

[@bia5141]

I still really love OVAs I rewatch some of them even they are really fun to watch despite not being canon - especially this AU 😊 Brw I hate Claude but I really love this AU Claude - he was so funny to me there for some reason

[@PocketLeaves]

Yes! Rewatching the OVA for this video was the first time I'd seen it since 2013! I had forgotten just how fun this OVA really was. And I'm also a Claude hater who ended up liking him in the OVA asdfasdfas

[@breadsticks5128]

I’ve really exited for more black butler content!

[@PocketLeaves]

I'm so glad! I've got a lot of ideas that I'm really excited about!

[@yolandabustos3294]

I remember showing the ova to my friends that we all love black butler and I show my friends this ova and we all just died of laughter I wish were a others ove for “behind the scenes” for book of circus, book of murder and book of the Atlantic I think I would have been so funny and that some of the cast still act the same after recording like with Sebastian not wanting to rest even after he broke his ankle and even when ash said that he’s the stunt doubles for Sebastian but then Sebastian saying that he doesn’t need a double it so great of an ova even though season 2 was okay when I saw it but the foreshadowing within the ova and season 2 happened in the manga with ciel twin brother being told by alois backstory being a good way to get some of the fans to read the manga to get more independent with the story I really do hope that we get a other “behind the scenes” for black butler season 4 it would be so good and they could mention season 2 as a joke and acting like it never happened and thinking that season 2 sucks

[@PocketLeaves]

It's such a silly and fun concept for an OVA, I would really enjoy if they did make more, but I understand why they may not want to spend the time on doing so.

[@mikkaribbe6200]

A behind the scenes for Book of atlantic would be funny. The fighting scenes alone have so much outtake potential. Long hair and coats going in the way, they fall because everything is wet, the bizzare dolls going in different directions because they couldn't see anything, Grey eating the filmcrew out of house and home between takes, Ciel trying to do the Phoenix pose without dying, people that don't remember their text and Undertaker really having a bad Eyesight and just running into things.

[@liliaaac]

PLEASE make a video about pandora hearts its one of my favorite mangas and I wish more people knew about it TT^TT

[@PocketLeaves]

YES!! I really loved Pandora Hearts in high school! I'll be honest, I kind of shelved the idea for the video because I got really into some other big projects, but I still would LOVE to make a video on Pandora Hearts.

[@nullbirdbones]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR REFERENCING ME HOLY SHIT this video essay was fantastic and I’m so glad you’re talking about the pieces of forgotten kuro lore!!!!!

[@PocketLeaves]

Your video was so iconic, and has changed the way I see and think about season 2!!!!!

[@inaina3362]

oh god a pandora hearts one would be so nice !! i love your black butler recaps vids so seeing a pandora hearts video of any kind would be really amazing

[@limarest761]

Great vid, Pandora Hearts is an anime that is completely erased from my memory even though I remember watching it, so a video might be interesting

[@PocketLeaves]

I never actually watched the anime, but the manga was SO GOOD!!!

[@AloisTrancyDairys]

I really love all of your videos, please make more! Ciel is my favorite black butler character.

[@DemonBunnyQueen]

Dude… Finny’s face!!! ⚰️⚰️⚰️ 13:29

[@MymissAlicorne]

Dragon Ball Z Claude was beautiful 😂

[@RinPhantomhive1001]

I am thinking of making a behind the scenes for book of circus book of murder and book of Atlantic series along with bloopers in it love your content and season one

[@PocketLeaves]

Oh that'd be so cool!

[@dollygiki13]

I'm subscribed to NullB1rd and I'm interested in watching their video about season 2, but I can't seem to find it. Could you by any chance direct me to a link for it please? I would greatly appreciate it and this was a wonderful video, by the way. Speaking of 'wonderful', if possible, please make a video on Ciel In Wonderland. It's my personal favorite alongside The Making of Black Butler II.

[@PocketLeaves]

Ooh, yeah I can totally make a video on Ciel in Wonderland! I know NullB1rd's video has had issues with copyright, causing it to be unavailable in certain countries. They did make this version that should work in all countries kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIOVmIVpfMdgocU

[@dollygiki13]

@@PocketLeaves Thank you so much!

[@theriverastyx]

grell my fucking queen she said no pictures PLEASE!!! edit: also i like ciel in wonderland but it was a very uncomfortable watch later on as i got older

[@PocketLeaves]

Ooh, yeah I bet. I haven't seen it since I was 16, and I just know if I were to re-watch it now, it'd be ROUGH as far as the "fan service" goes.

[@Mailed-Knight]

This was indeed fun, do you have any plans to do the other OVAs?

[@PocketLeaves]

Thank you!!! I'm honestly not sure? It has been requested that I talk about Ciel in Wonderland though. It's very likely that I'll talk about the other OVAs!

[@Mailed-Knight]

@@PocketLeaves Awesome.

[@qingqueen6231]

can I ask you where to watch season 1-3/4 of black butler? complete?

[@PocketLeaves]

This is going to vary based on where you live in the world. If you're in America, you can watch seasons 1,2, and 3 (book of circus) on Funimation. They recently took season 2 off of Netflix. The Book of Murder OVA is not available on any legal streaming platform. The Book of Atlantic movie is on Crunchyroll. However, if you can't or don't want to pay for those subscriptions, you'll have to look to piracy. But be very careful if you do that, and look into installing an ad blocker. Season 4, which isn't out yet, looks like it'll be premiering on Crunchyroll.

[@darkangel7589]

Finnian’s face 😂😂

[@TheGamer2001]

Thank you for the video! My obligatory 5 cents: When I saw actor-Sebastian being injured and returning to the set just a day later, I instantly thought about the working conditions for actors and entertainers in general in Japan, and how this unrealistic behaviour would be definitely pushed onto a real actor. For that reason, this scene makes me uncomfortable now, although I didn't care for it and the possible implications when I watched it for the first time as a teenager. It has never crossed my mind that that could be a joke on Sebastian's prideful stubbornness and idealism until you mentioned that, thank you! I, personally, would LOVE it if you were to talk about Pandora Hearts! This is my most favorite manga of all time, and I still rewatch the anime from time to time (although I know it is not good). Not many people talk about it, so, I would greatly appreciate it if you do!

[@PocketLeaves]

Oh, I didn't know the context of the entertainment industry in Japan! That's incredibly sad. I LOVED Pandora Hearts when I read it in high school, so I'm excited to reread it and make a video on it! It was published in the same magazine as Black Butler, so I figured there had to be some overlap in the fandoms!

[@TheGamer2001]

@@PocketLeaves I did not know that BB and PH were published by the same magazine, thank you! Where I am from, they just existed in the same space one way or another, and PH got the short end of the stick compared to BB.

[@PocketLeaves]

Yeah, I only found out when I was looking through other works published in GFantasy a few months back. Pandora Hearts was very over looked where I live as well. The only people that I know who read it or was into it are my group of high school friends who all shared manga (we had a friend who had all the volumes out at the time)

[@TheGamer2001]

@@PocketLeaves Although PH is not as masssively popular in Eastern Europe as some other shows, it has garnered a massive cult following here. I guess it speaks to our sensibilities more. XD