Black Butler X continues the arc where there is a series of murders at the Phantomhive manor. Lord Siemens is dead, Mr. Phelps is dead, and apparently, Sebastian is dead, as well. For the Siemens murder, everyone has an alibi but the Earl Phantomhive. For the Phelps murder, everyone has an alibi except Sebastian. For Sebastian's murder, no one has an alibi except Earl Phantomhive, Sebastian (who was dead), and a young professor and occultist named Arthur.
I first became acquainted with Black Butler when on a day in which Amazon.com had several manga volumes on sale, I read six different tankoban volumes, the best of which was Black Butler I. I bought the first six volumes off eBay and eventually the first dozen or so volumes. I got in the habit of reading monthly comic books and took some time off from reading manga and other trade paperbacks. This is an error I have sought to remedy as of late.
While this volume does suffer from being without my favorite character, Sebastian, he is quickly replaced with the vicar, Jeremy Rathbone, who begins solving the murder and other mysteries by using a combination of wide knowledge and deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes. I can see him becoming a recurring character a some point in the future. Black Butler is currently going strong at 23 tankoban volumes and counting, so there have already been many opportunities for him to contribute. The series is very good.
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