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Ciel Phantomhive: The 13-year-old protagonist of the series.

The ones introduced here limit the risk of spoilers, and give you the chance to experience this moving tale on your own terms. There are dozens of vital characters introduced throughout the manga and anime series.

Who Are the Main Characters of Black Butler? The Phantomhive tale doesn’t end with Ciel and Sebastian. However, there are a fair share of laughs to be had, and a bevy of characters with equally complex backstories and motivations.

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When not out hunting criminals and avenging his family’s memory, Sebastian is simply a butler, and Ciel is the picture of a proper English gentleman.Ĭiel’s story is tragic and upsetting, and the subject matter which the series handles is extremely heavy.

Taking over his father’s position as head of the family, he also assumes the role of the Queen’s watchdog, which tasks him with investigating cases which Queen Victoria believes are important to the wellbeing of England. The contract states that Sebastian will aid Ciel in getting revenge against those who killed his parents and ruined his life, and when that is completed, Sebastian will consume Ciel’s soul as payment. Having a devil servant isn’t something I’d advertise either. Of course, as anyone would be likely to do with a powerful demon servant at their disposal, Ciel orders Sebastian to slay the cultists and rescue him from his cage.Ĭiel had previously been branded by the cult with a ‘mark of the beast’ on his side, and to show proof of their contract, Sebastian places a symbol on Ciel’s right eye, the reason for Ciel’s eyepatch. However, when the demon Sebastian appears, he plainly states that Ciel was the one to summon him, making the young boy his true master. Tortured and abused at the hands of these devil-worshippers, a night comes in which a summoning is performed, with the cult members attempting to use Ciel as a sacrifice to bring forth a demon. Immediately following the horrid attack, Ciel is kidnapped and sold as a slave to a cult, its members shown to worship and revere demons. On his 10th birthday, Ciel’s parents were murdered when a fire was set in their manor. The blue-haired boy with a permanent frown runs a toy, food, and candy company, Funtom Corporation, and acts as the head of a noble family. Set during the Victorian era in Great Britain, 13-year-old Ciel Phantomhive is not your average child. But what is the pull? What keeps audiences coming back almost 14 years after Ciel and Sebastian’s story began?īlack Butler ’s Story Is Incredibly Tragic and Not for Kids Whether or not SQUARE ENIX’s Black Butler is your cup of English tea, the series remains a powerhouse of the dark fantasy genre, and shows what’s possible when a manga series gains such a supportive fanbase. In April 2020, Japanese manga fans were asked which five series defined them… and yes, Black Butler made the top 50. There are three seasons of the anime, a video game release, two drama CDs, five stage musicals, countless artbooks, and two films with one of them a live action. As of writing this article, the manga series has 154 chapters, compiled into 28 volumes. While Yana Toboso, the author of the work, had every intention to end Black Butler after the fourth chapter, its boom in popularity didn’t allow it.

(Not to mention every girl in my high school wore some amount of related Hot Topic merch.) It debuted in 2006, and until the present day, it has found incredible success in Japan and abroad, with the manga selling over 28 million copies worldwide. Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) is a series with some serious staying power.

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