Complete Skippable Filler Guide to Enjoy Black Butler

It isn’t always that the filler arcs are so brilliantly made that the fans get confused whether they are canon or not.

Black Butler is a dark fantasy that revolves around the death and supernatural surrounding demons and grim reapers. But in the fillers, we also get to know about fallen angels and their vices.

Black Butler has aired three seasons, with a total of 46 episodes. It has a high filler percentage of 63%, with 29 reported fillers.

The fillers are interesting and follow a ‘different timeline’ than the one in the manga.

With an epic battle between demons and angels and a short cameo by Ronald, who will later appear in Season 3, the entire arc doesn’t necessarily give the ‘filler’ feel to the viewers.

Black Butler: Season 1 - Official Trailer

With an explosive, sad, and conclusive end in Season 2, the start of Season 3 surprises many.

This is why you should use this guide to skim through the fillers and confirm whether they are worth watching or not.

1. Quick List

• Canon: 2-6, 13, 14, 15, 38-46
• Fillers: 1, 7-12, 16-24, 25-36, 37

Episode Number	Title	Air Date	Where to Watch
1	His Butler, Able	2008-10-02	Funimation
7	His Butler, Merrymaking	2008-11-14	Funimation
8	His Butler, Training	2008-11-21	Funimation
9	His Butler, Phantom Image	2008-11-28	Funimation
10	His Butler, on Ice	2008-12-05	Funimation
11	His Butler, However You Please	2008-12-12	Funimation
12	His Butler, Forlorn	2008-12-19	Funimation
16	His Butler, in an Isolated Castle	2009-01-30	Funimation
17	His Butler, Offering	2009-02-06	Funimation
18	His Butler, Transmitted	2009-02-13	Funimation
19	His Butler, Imprisoned	2009-02-20	Funimation
20	His Butler, Escaping	2009-02-27	Funimation
21	His Butler, Engaging Servants	2009-03-06	Funimation
22	His Butler, Dissolution	2009-03-13	Funimation
23	His Butler, Up in Flames	2009-03-20	Funimation
24	His Butler, Fluent	2009-03-27	Funimation
25	Clawed Butler	2010-07-02	Funimation
26	Solo Butler	2010-07-09	Funimation
27	Wench Butler	2010-07-16	Funimation
28	Terrorist Butler	2010-07-23	Funimation
29	Beacon Butler	2010-07-30	Funimation
30	Bedewed Butler	2010-08-06	Funimation
31	Deathly Butler	2010-08-13	Funimation
32	Divulging Butler	2010-08-20	Funimation
33	Hollow Butler	2010-08-27	Funimation
34	Zero Butler	2010-09-03	Funimation
35	Crossroads Butler	2010-09-10	Funimation
36	Black Butler	2010-09-17	Funimation
37	Book of Circus: His Butler, Presenting	2014-07-11	Funimation

2. Which Fillers Can You Skip Altogether?

Black Butler has a clever, chill-inducing plot put in the shadow, at the end, due to the overpowering filler arc.

Nevertheless, if you are completely uninterested in the happenings of the manga, you are welcome to enjoy all the fillers.

However, to the fans who want to enjoy the canon experience, you are recommended to skip the following:

• All the fillers from episode 16 to 36 (i.e., all the fillers from episode 16-24 of Season 1 and entire Season 2)

3. About Black Butler

Black Butler anime is based on a manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Yana Toboso.

Black Butler is a story about Ciel Phantomhive, a thirteen-year-old boy, who has taken up the mantle of the head of the Phantomhive household and thus became the Queen’s Watchdog.

He is tasked with taking care of the troublesome issues that take place behind the Queen’s back.

He is contracted with Sebastian, a demon in disguise of a butler, who would be allowed to consume Ciel’s soul in exchange for his services.