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series ''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Ea ...

'' are written and illustrated by Japanese

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Yana Toboso is a Japanese manga artist. She was born in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently resides in Yokohama. Selected works '' Rust Blaster'' is a 2006 six-chapter manga published by Square Enix in one volume. It tells the story of a hu ...

and have been serialized in

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's ''

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'' since its premiere in October 2006. The series follows

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, a demonic butler who is obligated to serve

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, the thirteen-year-old head of the Phantomhive noble family, due to a contract he made with Ciel. Since its premiere, over one hundred chapters have been released in Japan. On July 11, 2008,

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's ''Animedia'' magazine confirmed the manga was going to be adapted into an

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series, directed by Toshiya Shinohara and produced by

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, which began airing in October 2008 and ended its run in March 2009. The individual chapters are published in ''

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'' by Square Enix under their

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. The first volume was released on February 27, 2007 and, as of July 27, 2023, thirty-three volumes have been released. In July 2009,

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licensed the series for an English language release and began to serialize the manga in its ''

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'' August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary. They released the first volume in January 2010. Every chapter follows a naming scheme: followed by a comma and a word or phrase composed of two

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Volume list

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format

These chapters have yet to be published in a ''

'' volume. *Ch.096.5 "That Butler, Friendly" *Ch.099.5 "That Butler, Nursing *Ch.101.5 "The Butler, Requested" *Ch.131.5 "That Butler, Resting *Ch.196 : *Ch.197 : *Ch.198 : *Ch.199 : *Ch.200 : *Ch.201 : *Ch.202 : *Ch.203 : *Ch.204 : *Ch.205 : *Ch.206 : *Ch.207 : *Ch.208 :

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