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<\/a>This was a Black Butler<\/em> episode full of twists and turns. And they were an intriguing combination of the expected and unexpected. My working theory was that the whole curse premise was a chemical weapon scenario (I actually suggested a biological agent last week), and that the werewolf thing was a cover story. As such that turning out to be true (it\u2019s actually a nerve gas \u2013 either way would work with the evidence) surprises me not at all. But the same can\u2019t be said for the developments in the B-part, which take Kuroshitsuji<\/em> onto some pretty new ground.<\/p>\n<\/a>The reaction of \u201cthat man\u201d on discovering<\/a> what Ciel had \u201cgotten himself involved in\u201d, gave away that there was some high-level involvement in what was happening in the werewolf village. Ciel, meanwhile, has been given the unwelcome task of bringing Sieglinde back to London to meet the Queen (an obvious request, given later reveals). There are serious challenges there, given the Emerald Witch\u2019s physical limitations and the restrictions placed on her by the village \u201claws\u201d. But the little witch\u2019s desire to leave and see the world is indisputable. How sincere Wolfram\u2019s seeming consternation at being unable to grant it (I would guess \u201cmostly\u201d) very much uncertain.<\/p>\n<\/a>One seeming prerequisite is for her to finish her \u201cultimate spell\u201d<\/a> and thus seemingly complete her contract with the werewolves. Sieglinde at least harbors hope that this will buy her freedom, though Wolfram is quick to dispel the notion. But despite having her dream denied by her butler, all hope for freedom is not lost. Sebastian arrives on her windowsill, a much-recovered Ciel in his arms<\/a>. Ciel is in full-on dashing mode here<\/a>, leveraging every ounce of his bishounen dandy charm, and the effect is pronounced. Sieglinde immediately takes his pledge of gratitude for her help in his recovery as an offer of very intimate payment<\/a>, but Ciel has something quite different in mind.<\/p>\n<\/a>Sieglinde is quite single-minded \u2013 later it\u2019s Sebastian\u2019s genes she pronounces herself to be after. But Sebby has other plans too, and the intel he\u2019s gotten from Oscar has clearly pointed him in the direction all this is truly headed. It mostly seems to surprise Ciel, however. In the underground chamber, Sieglinde tells her guests the story of how history led her to this moment, and what miasma truly is. It\u2019s quite a compelling tale, and just the sort of this you imagine might be the actual premise of a gothic fantasy series. But Kuroshitsuji<\/em> ingeniously turns it on its head \u2013 the storybook premise is just that,\u00a0 a story. And a fantasy one. The truth is almost as strange, but not quite as fanciful.<\/p>\n<\/a>I\u2019ll say this much \u2013 some of the technology the trio find in \u201cU4\u201d looks pretty advanced for Victorian Europe<\/a>. But chemical weapons, those they did have for sure. It\u2019s all a lie \u2013 everything Sieglinde has been taught, her entire existence. The wolves are soldiers in wolf suits, the \u201cmiasma\u201d is a toxic gas, and the entire werewolf village tale a cover story to keep outsiders from stumbling onto what\u2019s really happening there. What isn\u2019t yet clear is who the cackling village elder<\/a> is, and why a little girl and a magic circle are the key ingredients in creating a superpowered version of the gas \u2013 one which the elder dubs \u201cSulin\u201d, a name which takes Black Butler<\/em> shockingly close to one of modern Japanese society\u2019s great third rails.<\/p>\n