Earl Ciel Phantomhive looks on in horror as Sebastian, his infallible manservant, is struck down by the death scythe of an unforeseen combatant. Devil though he may be, even Sebastian is not immune to the blade of a reaper's scythe. As Sebastian's cinematic record spills forth, the tale of how a devil became a butler to a little lost lord flickers to life in shades of sepia, blood, and ash ...

Reads from right to left.

In the morning : the butler, in training --At noon : the butler, gravely wounded -- In the afternoon : the butler, fighting valiantly -- At night : the butler, frenzied -- At midnight : the butler, at school.