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4 - His Butler, Capricious

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[00:29] ---
    Ugh, there are too many people in London!
[00:33] ---
    From the country manor house
    to the London townhouse...
[00:36] ---
    It's traditional for the nobility
    to move en masse for the Season.
[00:40] ---
    The Season, eh?
[00:41] ---
    Honestly, these cretins
    have too much free time.
[00:44] ---
    Getting away from the estate occasionally
[00:46] ---
    might provide a nice change of pace.
[00:49] ---
    For one thing, those four aren't here...
[00:51] ---
    We should be able to spend
    some quiet time, my lord.
[00:54] ---
    Quiet time, hmm?
[01:00] ---
    For goodness's sake!
    Wherever do they keep the tea in this place?
[01:03] ---
    I can't find it either...
[01:05] ---
    Oh, silly! Of course it's not over there.
[01:05] ---
    "Should be able to spend some quiet time..."
[01:09] ---
    Madam Red?! Lau?! What are you doing here?!
[01:12] ---
    Goodness, you're early.
[01:15] ---
    You coming here can mean only one thing.
[01:18] ---
    The Queen's guard dog is making a move.
[01:31] ---
    "Black Butler"
[01:37] ---
    Deai ni iro wa nakute monokuro fukinukeru
[01:44] ---
    Suzushii yubi temaneku mama ni
[01:49] ---
    Toketa ato no yakkai na
    koori mitai na watashi wo

[01:56] ---
    Yasashiku sukutte uwakuchibiru de asobu
[02:04] ---
    Soredemo hitotsu no ai no katachi wo sagasu
[02:10] ---
    Tooku yori mo ima wo musunda kareta hitomi wa
[02:16] ---
    Dekireba kono mama tsutsumarete owaritai
[02:22] ---
    Sono negai wa yoru wa munashiku
    asa wo tsurete kuru

[02:29] ---
    Yasashikute atsukute hikyou na kisu de
[02:36] ---
    Irodotte yo saigo no yoru
[02:39] ---
    Tsuki ga terashiteru
[02:54] ---
    "His Butler, Capricious"
[03:01] ---
    Another prostitute was
    murdered in Whitechapel yesterday.
[03:05] ---
    These aren't ordinary murders.
[03:07] ---
    They're bizarre...
    No, you could fairly call them aberrant.
[03:11] ---
    A special blade was used on the most
    recent victim, Mary Ann Nichols,
SIGN    "Pear & Blackberry Cornmeal Cake"
[03:16] ---
    and she was torn apart
    beyond all recognition.
[03:20] ---
    Here's what Scotland Yard and
    the press are calling the criminal:
[03:25] ---
    "Jack the Ripper."
[03:29] ---
    Jack the Ripper, eh?
[03:31] ---
    So I hurried to London to
    ascertain the situation.
[03:39] ---
    Do you have the guts to
    see the scene of that crime?
[03:42] ---
    What do you mean?
[03:44] ---
    The darkness and bestial
    stench that pervade the scene
[03:47] ---
    eat away at those who share the same destiny.
[03:50] ---
    If you set foot upon it,
    you may be consumed by madness.
[03:55] ---
    Are you prepared for that, Lord Phantomhive?
[04:00] ---
    I came here to dispel her worries.
[04:04] ---
    Don't ask foolish questions.
[04:07] ---
    Very nice, I like the look in your eye.
[04:21] ---
    What brings you here?
[04:23] ---
    This is no place for a child. Go on home.
[04:27] ---
    Where is the victim's corpse?
[04:29] ---
    Corpse?! What are you saying?!
[04:31] ---
    Abberline!
[04:33] ---
    What are you doing here, Lord Phantomhive?
[04:37] ---
    You know him?
[04:38] ---
    I came to clean up after the
    slow-moving hounds working this case,
[04:42] ---
    Sir Arthur Randall.
[04:47] ---
    It looks as if you haven't got many clues.
[04:50] ---
    We of Scotland Yard will solve this case.
[04:54] ---
    We don't need your interference.
[04:56] ---
    Excellent. Let's go, Sebastian.
[04:59] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[05:04] ---
    What will you do?
[05:07] ---
    The best thing would
    probably be to visit him.
[05:10] ---
    My lord! You don't mean...
[05:12] ---
    Indeed I do.
[05:16] ---
    So... where are we?
[05:18] ---
    You just spoke as if you
    knew all about it, didn't you?!
[05:21] ---
    It's a funeral parlor run by an
    acquaintance of the young master's.
[05:25] ---
    "The Undertaker"?
[05:28] ---
    Are you here, Undertaker?
[05:34] ---
    I thought you'd drop by before long.
[05:40] ---
    Welcome, my lord.
[05:44] ---
    Is today the day you'll condescend
    to enter one of my special coffins?
[05:49] ---
    Certainly not. Today I--
[05:52] ---
    You don't have to tell me. I know.
[05:57] ---
    That wasn't the type of
    customer fit for respectable people.
[06:01] ---
    I'll have you know, I made her beautiful.
[06:05] ---
    I want to hear about it.
[06:07] ---
    Ah, I see, so the funeral
    parlor is your cover business.
[06:11] ---
    How much is the info?
[06:14] ---
    I have no desire for any
    of the Queen's coins!
[06:21] ---
    Come on, my lord, give it to me!
[06:27] ---
    Give me prime laughter!
[06:31] ---
    Do that, and I'll tell you anything.
[06:35] ---
    Freak.
[06:38] ---
    Leave it to me.
[06:40] ---
    Behold the genius of the
    man that Shanghai called
[06:43] ---
    the Sleeping Tiger of New Year's Parties!
[06:48] ---
    "Every calendar's days are numbered!"
[06:52] ---
    Huh?
[06:53] ---
    If I must...
[06:56] ---
    Madam Red, the belle of fashionable society,
[06:59] ---
    will tell you her special story!
[07:02] ---
    So, his [CENSORED] was
    completely flaccid and [CENSORED],
[07:06] ---
    but when I [CENSORED], the [CENSORED]
    tip started bobbing like [CENSORED]--
[07:11] ---
    Now, my lord, you're the only one left.
[07:14] ---
    I gave you a special discount
    last time, but I won't do it again.
[07:19] ---
    Bloody hell...
[07:20] ---
    I see there's no help for it.
[07:23] ---
    Sebastian?
[07:26] ---
    Everyone please wait outside.
[07:29] ---
    You must not peek inside on any account.
[07:34] ---
    "Silence"
[07:45] ---
    Please come in. It appears
    he will tell us everything.
[07:51] ---
    Ahaha... I've seen my Utopia...
[07:55] ---
    These days I often get
    customers
[07:59] ---
    who are incomplete.
[08:03] ---
    Incomplete?
[08:04] ---
    Yes, incomplete... the wombs are missing.
[08:10] ---
    Though the killer makes
    quite violent splatter,
[08:13] ---
    the wombs themselves are neatly cut out.
[08:16] ---
    It was done on a public road,
    even if it was not a high-traffic one...
[08:19] ---
    Wouldn't such an excision have
    been difficult for an amateur,
[08:22] ---
    particularly in the middle of the night?
[08:25] ---
    You're a sharp one, butler.
    That's my opinion as well.
[08:33] ---
    First the Ripper slashes their
    throats with a sharp hand weapon,
[08:36] ---
    then cuts this part open...
[08:39] ---
    and takes what's precious to them.
[08:43] ---
    I'm sure there will be others killed.
[08:45] ---
    People like that don't stop
    until someone stops them.
[08:53] ---
    Can you do it, o villainous
    noble Lord Phantomhive?
[08:58] ---
    On the honor of my family crest,
[09:01] ---
    I eliminate anyone who defiles the
    Queen's garden, without exception...
[09:04] ---
    ...and by any means necessary.
[09:09] ---
    What he said narrows down
    the field of suspects considerably.
[09:12] ---
    First, those well versed
    in medicine or dissection.
[09:15] ---
    From among them,
[09:16] ---
    those who have no alibis for the nights
    before the murders' discoveries.
[09:19] ---
    And given the removal of
    internal organs, it seems ritualistic...
[09:23] ---
    So we should also consider
[09:24] ---
    those involved with secret
    societies and black magic.
[09:26] ---
    That doesn't "narrow the field" at all!
[09:28] ---
    I'm a doctor; I could
    have done the dissection!
[09:30] ---
    And summer is ending. Before another
    week passes the Season will be over,
[09:35] ---
    and any doctors the noblemen brought
    in from the country will go back ho--
[09:37] ---
    Then we'll simply conclude
    our investigation before then.
[09:41] ---
    What?
[09:42] ---
    A Phantomhive butler who can't
    do that much isn't worth his salt.
[09:48] ---
    I'll make a list of suspects
    now and question all of them.
[09:56] ---
    Now, if you'll excuse me...
[09:59] ---
    This carriage is moving!
[10:04] ---
    Sebastian said he'd do it.
    We can just sip some tea and wait.
[10:17] ---
    Welcome back. I've been
    awaiting your arrival.
[10:20] ---
    Your afternoon tea is ready.
[10:24] ---
    How did you get here?!
[10:26] ---
    I finished my errands, so
    I came home ahead of you.
[10:30] ---
    You already finished your suspect list?
[10:32] ---
    No...
[10:34] ---
    I merely created a list of names
    based on the criteria we discussed,
[10:36] ---
    contacted them all, and directly
    collected their statements.
[10:40] ---
    Come now, Sebastian, even for
    you that would be impossible...
[10:45] ---
    Richard Oswald, family
    doctor of the Duke of Bailey.
[10:47] ---
    Has an alibi: he spent the night
    with his friends at the White Horse pub.
[10:50] ---
    No connection to secret societies.
[10:52] ---
    Madam Heavitt, surgeon at the
    Royal London Central Hospital.
[10:54] ---
    Has an alibi: she was
    with a boy at the Stipple Inn.
[10:55] ---
    No connection to secret societies.
[10:56] ---
    William Somerset,
    family doctor of the Earl Chambers.
[10:57] ---
    Has an alibi: he was at a party
    hosted by the Earl Harwood.
[10:59] ---
    No connection to secret societies.
[11:01] ---
    Through this investigation, I've
    narrowed it down to one person
[11:05] ---
    who meets the criteria.
[11:07] ---
    Are you really just a butler?
[11:10] ---
    Are you sure you're not a
    military intelligence officer?
[11:12] ---
    No, I am merely one hell of a butler.
[11:23] ---
    Aleister Chambers, the Viscount Druitt...
[11:27] ---
    He graduated from medical school,
    but has not gone into practice.
[11:31] ---
    He's thrown several parties at his home.
[11:34] ---
    However, people say he
    simultaneously holds secret parties
[11:38] ---
    that only his intimates may attend.
[11:40] ---
    I've heard rumors that he's into
    black magic and that sort of thing.
[11:45] ---
    So you suspect that at
    these underground parties,
[11:48] ---
    they perform ceremonies
    and sacrifice the prostitutes?
[11:53] ---
    Tonight is the last party of the Season.
[12:02] ---
    We only have one chance.
[12:17] ---
    Ciel will play my niece
    visiting from the country,
[12:21] ---
    and Sebastian will play Ciel's tutor.
[12:24] ---
    Why do I have to play your niece?!
[12:26] ---
    I always wanted a girl.
[12:29] ---
    That's your reason?
[12:31] ---
    You can't let them find out
    you're a Phantomhive, can you?
[12:33] ---
    What's more, I'm told Lord Druitt
    is a ladies' man of catholic tastes,
[12:38] ---
    so this is to your advantage!
[12:40] ---
    Didn't you say you'd use any means necessary?
[12:47] ---
    First we must find the viscount.
[12:49] ---
    I never want Elizabeth to
    see me in an outfit like this...
[12:53] ---
    Oh, that dress is so cute!
[12:58] ---
    There are so many lovely
    dresses here! How cute!
[13:01] ---
    S-S-Sebas...
[13:04] ---
    Young mas-- er, mistress, please calm down.
[13:07] ---
    We'll take this opportunity to...
[13:08] ---
    --Oh, my!
[13:08] ---
    --Gulp!
[13:09] ---
    That girl's dress is absolutely adorable!
[13:12] ---
    Let's go over there.
[13:16] ---
    Hmm?
[13:21] ---
    This is no good. I had no idea
    Lady Elizabeth would be here...
[13:25] ---
    If people found out the family
    head was dressed like this...
[13:28] ---
    The shame would stain the
    Phantomhives for generations.
[13:32] ---
    Let's just join Madam Red and the others.
[13:36] ---
    No need to stand on ceremony with me.
[13:38] ---
    She's having a grand old time...
[13:42] ---
    There she is!
[13:45] ---
    This way, Miss.
[13:49] ---
    You there. Serve that lady some lemonade.
[13:52] ---
    Very good, Sir.
[13:54] ---
    Would you like some lemonade?
[13:59] ---
    Why do these things
    always happen to me?
[14:02] ---
    Lord Druitt is as gorgeous as ever tonight.
[14:05] ---
    His hair is like spun gold!
[14:10] ---
    That's the Viscount Druitt?
[14:13] ---
    Let's go.
[14:14] ---
    All right.
[14:21] ---
    Oh, hell... I can't get near him like this.
[14:24] ---
    We have no choice but to use
    the dance to get close to him.
[14:30] ---
    You're telling me to dance in public?!
[14:32] ---
    With you?!
[14:35] ---
    Right now I'm merely one hell of a tutor.
[14:38] ---
    Tonight, I may publicly dance
    with you in all propriety, Miss.
[14:43] ---
    Y-You're right...
[14:46] ---
    Let's go, Miss.
[14:57] ---
    We'll cut through the crowd just like this.
[15:06] ---
    I'm ashamed of you, becoming
    exhausted so easily.
[15:12] ---
    You danced like a lovely little robin, Miss.
[15:18] ---
    Miss, I'll go get you something to drink.
[15:23] ---
    G-Good evening, Lord Druitt.
[15:26] ---
    Are you having fun...
[15:29] ---
    ...my dear little robin?
[15:31] ---
    It's a wonderful party.
    I'm so very impressed.
[15:35] ---
    But I've been wanting
    to talk to you, my lord.
[15:40] ---
    Oh?
[15:41] ---
    I'm sick to death of dancing and eating.
[15:45] ---
    What a pampered princess
    you are, little robin.
[15:48] ---
    So you want something more amusing to do?
[15:51] ---
    "Shudder"
[15:53] ---
    Endure it... Endure it, Ciel...
[15:56] ---
    This is the whole reason
[15:58] ---
    "Fitting"
[15:58] ---
    that you let them do all
    those terrible things to you!

[15:59] ---
    "Walking"
[16:00] ---
    "Lessons in Manners"
[16:03] ---
    Do you know of something
    more amusing, my lord?
[16:06] ---
    But of course. And I'm willing
    to tell you, my darling little robin.
[16:12] ---
    The moment this is all over,
    I'm going to kill this guy!

[16:17] ---
    What is it?
[16:18] ---
    I have to draw him out
    somehow before the dance is over.

[16:23] ---
    What? She's looking this way!
[16:26] ---
    Do you want to know?
[16:27] ---
    I'm very interested.
[16:29] ---
    If Elizabeth comes this way,
    everything goes down the drain.

[16:31] ---
    You might be a bit young for it.
[16:34] ---
    Hurry...
[16:35] ---
    I'm a lady, not a child.
[16:38] ---
    Hurry!
[16:42] ---
    The dance is over!
[16:45] ---
    She's coming!
[16:47] ---
    What has you so distracted?
[16:50] ---
    E-Er...
[16:52] ---
    My life is over!
[17:03] ---
    Ladies and gentlemen, I will
    now perform a magic show for you.
[17:10] ---
    Could I ask for your cooperation, Sir?
[17:12] ---
    Me? Of course.
[17:15] ---
    I don't recall ordering any parlor tricks...
[17:18] ---
    Now's my chance!
[17:19] ---
    I'm sick of parlor tricks,
    too, my lord. Pretty please?
[17:24] ---
    Ugh, gag me!
[17:26] ---
    All right, my little robin.
[17:31] ---
    Come in here.
[17:38] ---
    After I go inside this chest,
    you bind it tightly with chains.
[17:43] ---
    Then, run it through with the sword.
[17:49] ---
    I shall come out of it perfectly unharmed.
[17:51] ---
    There are no tricks or gimmicks to it.
[17:53] ---
    Feast your eyes on this wondrous magic.
[18:00] ---
    All right, don't mind if I do.
[18:18] ---
    Amazing! It's a miracle!
[18:20] ---
    Bravo!
[18:21] ---
    That was amazing, Sebastian!
[18:23] ---
    Indeed! I was rather
    afraid I might have killed you.
[18:27] ---
    Yes, it did hurt a bit.
[18:29] ---
    I didn't expect you to go right for my head.
[18:32] ---
    Anyone else would have been dead.
[18:34] ---
    So, what was the trick to it?
[18:36] ---
    You stabbed him that many
    times without knowing?!
[18:41] ---
    I told you: there were no tricks or gimmicks.
[18:47] ---
    We're going to a very
    nice place-- quite amusing.
[18:54] ---
    What is this sickly sweet smell?
[18:59] ---
    Bloody hell...
[19:06] ---
    Yes, it's a very nice place, little robin.
[19:18] ---
    S-Sebastian!
[19:20] ---
    Please endure a little longer.
    You'll quickly get used to it.
[19:28] ---
    I told you, I'm gonna leak!
[19:30] ---
    No corset has ever made a
    woman's internal organs leak out.
[19:36] ---
    A dream?
[19:38] ---
    And now, what you've all been
    waiting for: tonight's crown jewel.
[19:47] ---
    You may enjoy her as a
    decoration, or make a pet of her.
[19:49] ---
    I imagine she'd even make an
    attractive part of a ceremony.
[19:53] ---
    Or if you want to sell her parts
    individually, that's up to you.
[19:56] ---
    Her eyes bear the contrasting
    colors of a deep forest
[19:59] ---
    and the sea reflecting a beautiful sky.
[20:01] ---
    A black market auction?
[20:03] ---
    I shall show you now.
[20:05] ---
    So he sold the organs of
    the prostitutes he killed here?

[20:11] ---
    We'll start from a thousand guineas.
[20:13] ---
    2000!
[20:14] ---
    3000!
[20:15] ---
    3500!
[20:17] ---
    5000!
[20:18] ---
    Here I am, Sebastian.
[20:24] ---
    What's that?!
[20:34] ---
    Good grief.
[20:36] ---
    You're truly good for nothing
    but getting yourself captured.
[20:40] ---
    As long as I have the contract,
[20:42] ---
    you'll follow me anywhere,
    with or without my summons.
[20:46] ---
    A "contract" is a mark demons
    place on their prey to keep track of it.
[20:51] ---
    The more noticeable a place you
    put it in, the more executable it is.
[20:56] ---
    In exchange...
[20:59] ---
    ...the prey can never escape the demon.
[21:05] ---
    Yes, I shall accompany you
    anywhere, right up until the end.
[21:10] ---
    I shall never leave your side,
    even if I should perish.
[21:16] ---
    I shall go with you even
    to the far reaches of Hell.
[21:19] ---
    I do not lie...
[21:22] ---
    ...unlike humans.
[21:25] ---
    Good.
[21:27] ---
    Never lie to me, whatever
    anyone else may do. Never.
[21:30] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[21:34] ---
    This solves the Jack the Ripper case.
[21:39] ---
    It was unexpectedly easy...
[21:44] ---
    I imagine Scotland Yard
    will be here before long.
[21:47] ---
    We shouldn't stay here.
[21:51] ---
    Well, shall we go?
[22:07] ---
    I thought I saw someone just now...
[22:11] ---
    Maybe it was my imagination?
[22:17] ---
    "Jack the Ripper Strikes Again"?
[22:20] ---
    So that means the viscount wasn't our man?
[24:04] ---
    At last, we've almost reached
    checkmate in the serial prostitute murders.

[24:09] ---
    Who is Jack the Ripper,
    and what is Jack's goal?

[24:14] ---
    I imagine it'll be a rather bitter turn
    of events for my na
ïve young master.
[24:19] ---
    When we've tidied everything up,
    I'll make him some sweet hot milk.

[24:25] ---
    Next time on Black Butler:
    "His Butler, Chance Encounter."

[24:26] ---
    "Next Time" "His Butler, Chance Encounter"
[24:29] ---
    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.