Rising Shows
Launch app →
Black Butler poster

Black Butler (2008)

Action · Animation · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
7.6 (11,475 votes)
Episode average
7.3 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
2
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Crunchyroll
Language
JA
Type
TV series

Declining trajectory: each season no better than the last. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well. See every Declining show in the explorer →

Browse all Declining shows in the explorer → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

7.34 avg 25 episodes 7.1 → 7.5 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 280 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 235 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 212 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 199 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 197 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 185 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 166 votesEp 8: 7.0 · 164 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 161 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 155 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 156 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 156 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 156 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 155 votesEp 15: 7.0 · 154 votesEp 16: 6.7 · 146 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 151 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 147 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 142 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 145 votesEp 21: 7.5 · 149 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 140 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 148 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 176 votesEp 25: 7.5 · 108 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sono shitsuji, yuunou7.1280
2Sono shitsuji, saikyou7.5235
3Sono shitsuji, bannou6.7212
4Sono shitsuji, suikyou7.3199
5Sono shitsuji, kaikou7.8197
6Sono shitsuji, sousou7.4185
7Sono shitsuji, yuukyou7.1166
8Sono shitsuji, choukyou7.0164
9Sono shitsuji, genzou7.0161
10Sono shitsuji, hikami7.1155
11Sono shitsuji, ikasama7.4156
12Sono shitsuji, sekiryou7.4156
13Sono shitsuji, isourou7.0156
14Sono shitsuji, inou7.1155
15Sono shitsuji, kyousou7.0154
16Sono shitsuji, kojou6.7146
17Sono shitsuji, hounou7.6151
18Sono shitsuji, tensou7.7147
19Sono shitsuji, jurou7.4142
20Sono shitsuji, datsugoku7.7145
21Sono shitsuji, koyou7.5149
22Sono shitsuji, kaishou7.6140
23Sono shitsuji, enjou7.9148
24Sono shitsuji, toutou8.0176
25Sono Shitsuji, Kôgyô7.5108

Season 2 (2009)

7.31 avg 18 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 129 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 110 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 107 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 102 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 101 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 102 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 101 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 103 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 101 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 109 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 98 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 112 votesEp 13: 6.8 · 71 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 69 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 68 votesEp 16: 6.6 · 64 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 61 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 64 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Kuro Shitsuji7.1129
2Soroshitsuji7.2110
3Meroshitsuji7.2107
4Teroshitsuji7.4102
5Noroshitsuji7.3101
6Yoroshitsuji7.3102
7Koroshitsuji7.5101
8Toroshitsuji7.8103
9Uroshitsuji7.7101
10Zeroshitsuji7.3109
11Kiroshitsuji7.798
12Kuroshitsuji7.5112
13Special 1: Ciel in Wonderland Part 16.871
14Special 2: Welcome to the Phantomhives7.169
15Special 3: The Making of Black Butler II7.568
16Special 4: Ciel in Wonderland Part 26.664
17Special 5: The Story of Will the Reaper7.261
18Special 6: The Threads of the Spider's Design7.464
The Sinner poster
The Sinner (2017) Front-loaded
Top Gear poster
Top Gear (2002) Front-loaded
The Grand Tour poster
The Grand Tour (2016) Consistent
Queen Cleopatra poster
Queen Cleopatra (2023)

See all Declining shows →

Episode ratings and vote counts from IMDb. Poster, overview, and streaming data from TMDB. Data refreshed 2026-10-03.

Want to discover more shows by their rating shape? Browse Rising Shows →