Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” gives us the final part of the most…unique cricket match in anime history. Mostly because it’s a match where our POV team is just barely skirting the edges of the rules of cricket. All without technically cheating too…most of the time.

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”: Details

Black Butler -Public School Arc- NA key visual.
Cricket has never been more outrageously silly.

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” is the seventh episode (you can read reviews of Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, and Ep. 6 here) of season 4 of the Black Butler anime series, immediately following the 2017 anime film Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the dark fantasy and even darker comedy (sometimes the other way around) manga of the same name by Yana Toboso (Disney Twisted-Wonderland). Normally, it’s A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Lycoris Recoil, Solo Leveling) that’s the studio behind this anime. This time, though, the studio behind season 4 is CloverWorks (HoriMiya, My Dress-Up Darling, Spy x Family). Crunchyroll is licensing this anime for its global debut.

Alas, we have no idea just who is behind Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” specifically. As for the new season of the anime as a whole, Kenjirou Okada is still the director behind this newest season of the anime as a whole. Hiroyuki Yoshino is the writer, while Yumi Shimizu is responsible for character design. Ryo Kawasaki composes the music.

Speaking of music: the opening theme music for this anime as a whole is “Fanatic Parade – The Parade of Battlers” by otoha. Meanwhile, “Shokuzai” (Atonement) by SID is the ending theme music for the same.

Voice Cast

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” features the voices of Maaya Sakamoto (Brina Palencia in English dub) as Ciel Phantomhive and Daisuke Ono (J. Michael Tatum in English dub) as Sebastian Michaelis. The voice actors for the Prefects of Weston College who appear in this episode consist of Junya Enoki (Brandon McInnis in English dub) as Lawrence Bluewer and Shunsuke Takeuchi (Jonah Scott in English dub) as Herman Greenhill.

Other notable voices in this episode include Seiichiro Yamashita (Justin Briner in English dub) as Edward Midford, Yukari Tamura (Cherami Leigh in English dub) as Elizabeth Midford, and Shōya Ishige (Christian Taylor in English dub) as Clayton.

That’s not all. We even have the voices of Hiroki Tōchi (Ian Sinclair in the English dub) as Baldroy, Yūki Kaji (Jason Liebrecht in the English dub) as Finnian, Emiri Katō (Monica Rial in the English dub) as Mey-Rin, and Shunji Fujimura (R. Bruce Elliott in English dub) as Tanaka as cameos for this episode.

When and Where to Watch

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on May 25, 2024. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this entire latest season of the anime, along with all previous seasons and even the Book of the Atlantic anime film, only on Crunchyroll.

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”: Synopsis

Since when is Ciel not scheming, even during a cricket match?

Alas, Black Butler -Public School Arc- is an ongoing anime series. In fact, Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match” only just made its premiere four days ago as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis for this episode from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can read that synopsis below:

Ciel and the rest of Sapphire Owl House have won their way into the deciding match. As the cricketers exercise their talents to the fullest, Sebastian pursues the Head Master, who has appeared at last.

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”: The Good

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 "His Butler, Final Match" screenshot showing Herman Greenhill holding a cricket bat.
An impossibly good cricket player, this one is.

Honestly, the story is still the best part about Black Butler, which includes Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”. All because of Yana Toboso. Her story (which the episode is incredibly faithful towards) is still top-notch, and it’s all because of the cricket match. Or rather, the utter insanity that is this cricket match between Sapphire Owl and Green Lion. It’s pretty clear that Toboso-sensei completely familiarized herself with the rules of cricket, and then proceeded to write a story in which Ciel just barely manages to skirt the rules without cheating…at least when he’s not outright cheating and not getting caught. Honestly, the layers of rules skirting here approaches levels of meta-comedy for cricket fans and even non-fans alike, resulting in one hell of a sports comedy story.

Of course though, what a story of an anime without the animation? Fortunately, CloverWorks delivers animation in spades. Or rather, in cricket bats. The animation quality of this episode is the usual feature-length anime film levels of quality that CloverWorks has aspired to for this entire season of the anime. When you see a cricket ball meteor down complete with reentry flames, you know that CloverWorks is pulling out all the stops for this episode.

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”: The Bad

Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 "His Butler, Final Match" screenshot showing Ciel smirking during a cricket match.
When you see that smile, then you know bad things are coming.

Do you not like comedy or action? Or rather, the low-stakes comedic action that is Black Butler -Public School Arc- Ep. 7 “His Butler, Final Match”? Then alas, this part of the anime might not be for you. If you want high-stakes action and drama, then you’re going to have to wait for later in this anime’s story arc. Or you can check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, or Kaiju No. 8.