Demon Butler

mood: all smiles

黒執事
Kuroshitsuji(Dark Butler)

Plot Summary:
One of the noble families of England - Phantomhive, has a butler, Sebastian Michaelis. He has unquestionably perfect knowledge, manners, talent with materials. martial arts and much more. But for some reason, he serves a 12 year old master... –Animenewsnetwork

Director: Shinohara Toshiya
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures Inc.
Original Creator: Tobosu Yana

I first found a picture of Sebastian and Ciel in a website by incident and I was taken by the bishounen-ish character. The person who posted the pic also wrote the title of the anime so I went searching. There was a lot of missing parts in youtube so I got frustrated and searched for downloads. Luckily (or unlucky, depends on how you look it) I found a website that gave downloads. I had to download torrent because I couldn’t use megaupload. So far there’s only 10 episodes that are subbed (Thank you Shinsen-subs!) but I’ve also taken to reading the manga up to chapter 28 now! I find that both have quite different storyline and I like both the anime and manga.

Name: Sebastian Michaelis
Race: Demon
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Butler
Seiyuu: Ono Daisuke(Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi – Koizumi Itsuki, Uta Kata – Ryo)
This man…is the coolest bishounen butler ever! It’s like the summary; he has a wide range of knowledge, manners, talent with materials, martial arts and so much more. Well, he’s a demon but still. He does his works in an unbelievable speed. He always manages to fix the mistakes made by the idiotic servants in the Phantomhive manor. He can be sadistic but that’s a given considering his origin and all. In the manga, he is said to have savaged on lost souls in his past before getting bored of the tastelessness of it. Thus, he searched for rich souls like Ciel’s who no longer trust in god. His favourite quote it seems is: “Watakushi akuma te shitsuji desukara” which can be translated as “I’m one hell of a butler” or “I’m a butler and a demon” or “I’m a butler to the core”. I would describe him as absolute coolness.

Name: Ciel Phantomhive
Age: 12
Occupation: Head of Phantomhive as well as the Funtom Toy Company
Seiyuu: Sakamoto Maaya(D.Gray-man – Roufa, Ouran High School Host Club – Fujioka Haruhi, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE – Princess Tomoyo)

He is an absolutely adorable, emo-ish and funny brat. He always tries to find ways to make Sebastian’s work harder than it already despite the fact that Sebastian does his bidding for him. But then again, it’s understandable because Sebastian is a really sadistic person that tries to find ways to annoy Ciel as much as he can. I’m not sure about the anime but in the manga, Ciel’s past is unveiled to be hellish. After the murder of his parents as well as everyone in the Phantomhive manor(as well as his dog, Sebastian), Ciel was abducted and turned into a pet in the underworld of England. After getting various kinds of beating(I’m not sure if he was exposed to ‘that’ kind of torture), he lost faith in gods and that in turned summoned the demon(later he was called Sebastian Michaelis). He confesses that the reason he returned back to becoming the successor of Phantomhive was not to get revenge on his parents but to destroy the England underworld. The Phantomhive, for generations, had served under the queen as watchdogs that the society does not know of. If there is any mystery that involves unsolved cases of paranormal or underworld, the queen calls for Ciel to solve it and he does with any possible means available.

To my extreme delight, I found out Paku Romi-san was also a seiyuu in the anime. She took the role of Angelina Durless a.k.a Madam Red and an Older brother in episode 6. Madam Red was Ciel’s aunt on his mother’s side. She was also in love with Ciel’s father but her sister was faster than her but she loved her sister and she loved that man so it was okay at first. She married a man that she didn’t really love but he loved her and he didn’t mind the fact that she still couldn’t forget about ‘that man’. She soon got pregnant but got into an accident. Her husband died and she had to remove her womb as well. Shortly after recovering, she witnessed the Phantomhive manor burned to the ground, killing the two people she loved most and Ciel was also missing. In episode 7, she was killed after Ciel revealed her to be the culprit behind the mass murder of prostitutes in the case ‘Jack the Ripper’. She did it because she felt angry that the prostitutes were so willing to undergo operation to remove their undeveloped baby while she was stripped off the ability of producing babies. It was sad though because, despite her madness, she loved Ciel like her own son and to have Ciel finally work out she was behind the murder…well…it was sad.

I’m awaiting the continuation of the anime with hopes of seeing more Plue!
As for the manga, I want to know the truth about the circus as well as more info about Ciel and Sebastian’s past.