Black Butler vs Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.8/10 for Black Butler). Black Butler is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are animation, comedy, drama shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Black Butler
Common Side Effects| Black Butler | Common Side Effects | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2025 |
| Seasons | 5 | 1 |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery | Animation, Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | – | Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely |
| Main cast | Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto | Dave King, Emily Pendergast, Mike Judge, Martha Kelly, Joseph Lee Anderson |
Synopsis
Black Butler
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
Common Side Effects
Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.
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