Kuroshitsuji Kishuku Gakkou hen – Episode 06 Review

「その執事、策謀」 (Sono Shitsuji, Sakubō)
“His Butler, Scheming”

First off, I would like to apologize for the lateness of this post. This past week has been crazy between wrapping up at university and moving, and I was finally able to get to blogging today. Now, without any further ado, on to the meat and potatoes of the post.

Part is primarily a flash back to Ciel’s forebear. Vincent sure stepped on some toes during his time at Weston. Like father like son, neither seem particularly troubled by rules and fussy protocols. Diedrich, in contrast, is quite a stickler for them and butts heads big time. Lucky for Vincent, he gets himself a “loyal German dog” in the end, after winning the bet against Diedrich in the historical cricket match.

Fast forward to Ciel’s time, and it initially seems likely that Blue House will get creamed against the Red House talent, Soma and Redmond showing their chops. Oh, and lots of beauty glamor shots, courtesy of Redmond.

Kuroshitsuji is kind of a jack of all trades to some extent with how Tobosa’s tried her hand at divers genres, today, tackling sports. That’s one thing I appreciate about this series, is that it is so off the wall in the different directions it takes, and still makes it entertaining. I never really know what to expect next.

When Sebastian disappeared on his long “toilet” break, I knew he was preparing for some underhanded approach. But wow- lacing the meat pie- now that’s devious. Not that we would expect anything less from the Phantomhive household. I love that Sebastian disposes of the original meat pie by offering it to Tanaka. That’s certainly a foolproof way to dispose of evidence without leaving any traces.

Another hilarious part of the match, for me, was when Violet was the bored school boy picking grass during the inning, but turned the bare patches into the house crest. So over the top in prime Kuroshitsuji fashion.

The Blue House strategy of batting with eyes closed to not be fooled by Green House’s super balls is a clever trick. There is something to be said for trusting your senses over the naked eye. Whether or not it actually works like that in real life, I don’t know, but it certainly sounds good. Using the music to cue the timing was sneakily brilliant. I think this strategy is in line with the spirit of the house competition, the point of which is to showcase each house. For Sapphire house, what they have to show is their brains and what better way to do so than through strategy. I find it highly ironic that the houses turn their noses up at fraternizing with the other houses, but when the game gets tight, have no qualms about using another house’s special moves, Midford pulling out Cheslock’s “Purple Burnout” throw. Now, I don’t know that I would consider Blue House’s strategy as being “unsportsman-like”- there’s nothing in the rules about it, and it’s not exactly fair or fun to play a one-sided game. Sneaky, yes, but more enjoyable (for the audience and Blue that is). Not that it lasts too long. As much as Midford laments being “average”, I really don’t believe that’s the case- I mean, he was the first one to catch on to Blue team’s strategy, and quickly too.

Just as the game starts heating up, so too, does the action outside of the game when the headmaster’s presence is called to attention, leaving Sebastian to quit his conductor role posthaste in pursuit of him. Which is more likely- Blue winning the match or Sebastian catching the headmaster, I couldn’t say, but however it turns out, I doubt it will happen as easily as Ciel wishes.

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