
Is Black Butler Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
Gorgeous gothic style and a deliciously sharp demon-butler-and-master double act carry it, even as the arc-by-arc plot wanders across 30-plus volumes.
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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.

Funny, clever, and soaked in Chinese mythology — one of the smartest supernatural-action manhua going, if you don't mind a sprawling, unfinished plot.

One of the best-looking manga on the shelf, and far darker and sadder than the goofy premise lets on — just be ready for a maze of lore and no ending yet.

The horror isn't the monster — it's that you still love your friend after he's gone, and something else is wearing his face. Quietly devastating and genuinely creepy.

Some of the best fight art you'll ever see, bolted onto a plot that completely loses the plot — worth it for the spectacle alone.

Few fantasy manga are this gorgeous or this quietly sad — it stumbles a little once it settles into a magic school, but the spell mostly holds.

The plot knots itself up in the middle arcs, but the art, the atmosphere, and the Kate-and-Emilico double act carry it the whole way.

Tender vampire-school romance with gorgeous art — beloved for its first arc, divisive once it takes a hard left into a past-set storyline.

One of the webtoons that built the format — stylish, funny, and fiercely loyal to its cast, even as the later arcs lean hard on escalating power fights.

Quiet, gentle, and quietly heartbreaking — the comfort read to reach for when you want something warm and a little melancholy.

Way more heartfelt than its goofy psychic-battle premise suggests — ONE turns 'kid with godlike powers' into one of the warmest coming-of-age stories in manga.