Volume 27Previously:>>290336913
>>290368408love this dog
F Sebastian should be honored by being named after a hero
>>290368678how did Tanaka survived?
>>290369024And than Lizzie broke it
>>290369081Why is this page so lewd...
>>290368408>>290368434So Ciel(real) is clearly involved in this somehow, yeah? Between the weird pages last week and his comment about becoming the earl. How did the dog get muzzled and locked up unless it was done by someone he knew? He wouldn't let a stranger do it, and if it was just someone carrying out the massacre, they clearly wouldn't care(since they kill him later). >>290368662And of course Tanaka all but says it here, what else could he be saying would be "too awful to bear" re:Ciel? If he was dead and he was trying to keep fake Ciel from seeing the body that would also make sense, but he clearly isn't.So real Ciel made a deal with somebody else to arrange the attack, but they decided to get rid of the whole family?
>>290368716He went limp to disperse the damage.
>>290369081candy
>>290369434for those asking in early chapters if sexual abuse was involved, there's your definitive answer
>>290368197A few days ago, you said you'd dump up to volume 27 or 28, if I remember correctly. Are you still sticking to that plan?If so, could someone else please jump in and dump the remaining volumes?
>>290368197For a second, I thought he had a tattoo.
>>290369696i wil dump some volumes after 28. maybe until 33
>>290368201Is that the first one without Sebastian?
>>290368489RIP.
>>290369081>>290369107Jesus Christ, Yana.This is really not the right timing for you perversions
>>290369753Sebastian is right there.
>>290370052Nothing gets women horned up quite like tragedy
>>290368549What a pathetic death.
>>290368602Killing the dogs and cute maids is going too far.
>>290368532RIP x2. This already would be a LOT to take for an average kid, but MC being sickly, weak, and anxious makes it even worse. He's even more defenseless than his brother. Also, seeing how a big dog and a healthy adult man weren't able to save themselves further confirms the strength and danger of the unknown intruders. If I were in his shoes, I would have pissed myself at this point.
>>290370123shut it Ciel
>>290368716Well he clearly suffererd brain damage so barley.
>>290368847He's so meek and cute and just asking for it.
>>290368973Cute sockless feet. Did they remove them intentionally?
>>290369081Irresistible lips.
>>290370123Ciel......
>>290369107What's the plan? Keeping pooping, cleaning and swallowing it?
>>290369191Lucky maids.
>>290368736Yana definitely knew what she was doing, drawing them like that.
>>290369320 It doesn't give the creepy vibe of Eyes Wide Shut. It looks like a fun halloween party with
>>290370568hot perverted noblewomen*
>>290369532their soul isn't the only thing filled...
>>290368847Is that why he wears the earrings? If so, then he probably didn't make the best decision. At his age, the hole can heal relatively quickly if you don't insert anything for a while.
>>290369081Whoa.
>>290369219Their eyes and hair really are noticeably different. Shame on Baron Kelvin for not noticing, indeed.
>>290369320The twins most definitely have never seen this much bare female flesh before.
>>290371218This would make for a great doujin. Just change it to rape them to death.
>>290369380That does match Sebastian's wish to see Ciel's soul be tainted further.
>>290370704The trauma probably has made him feel uneasy if his holes aren't constamtly stuffed with something.
>>290371270Imagine eating food someone cummed on, pissed on and wiped their fat hairy ass on it. Devils are incomprehensible beings.
>>290371397Never ever sign anything without a lawyer reading through it at lest thrice.
>>290371485for someone that was mindbroken OCiel acts pretty levelheaded here
>>290371485Is notCiel a better earl than real Ciel would be?
>>290369434In the Victorian age, there were cases of women not knowing what sex was on the day of their wedding, leading them to believe their husbands were attacking them. Of course, here, the boys are also being attacked in a way, but I do wonder: Assuming they also didn't know about sex, they probably presumed it to be some inherent form of violence. Leaving aside OG (maybe the false visions of the future implanted by Undertaker taught him?), this would mean that MC possibly was taught sexual education by Sebastian, which must have been awfully awkward, what with him associating it with these events, only to learn it's something often done for intimacy.
>>290371438Pretty nice he didn't count the previous command as wish. Then again I guess he likes tragedy and playing with his food.
>>290371555Imagine how much fun that must have been for Sebastian. In the beginning he could tease him a lot more, but the quality of it must have been lower. The back and forth in the recent times must be a lot more entertaining
>>290368549Even in the mystery murder arc I felt like that Yana is really good at drawing dead people
>>290370556I have to wonder if there are people into the whole roiling mass of swirling chaos version of Sebastian specificallyThe answer is probably yes.
>>290369407Incredibly page
>>290371769kek, he was actually hoping the "wish for more wishes" thing would be possible.>>290371966>I haven't coughed at all recentlySee? Rape fixes everything!
>>290371966Suspicious indeed.
>>290371966>hasn't coughed at all recently despite the conditions he's been inHmmmm.
>>290371662>>290371832This fucking guy
>>290370217glorious
>>290372086as your first command, get on your knees and open your mouth
>>290372340>Wait brother i am still ali-WAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH
>>290371505what a lewd face
>>290372376>>290372402kekpoor little guys
>>290372275Hardly the worst thing that has happened to him during confinement, but stillPoop ring
>>290372437and Lizzie broke it
>>290368201Borzoi with some dudes
>>290372590> -1947Really? That recent?
Thats it for the day bros until tomorow
>>290368201Black Borzoi
>>290372750tytyanother great volume
>>290372590>CrowleyCurious to see how much Twst's headmaster draws inspiration from this, though it can't be as extreme as Black Butler.
>you now remember the old art
>>290373627The fact the gem shattered always triggered meis the phantomhive heirloom a cheap chinese knock-off?
>>290373627I was going to say how the fuck you break a ring like that(I know some gemstones are softer than others, but still) Then I remember this girl has a gorilla strenght.
>>290374367Lizzy gorilla strength.
>>290374430>>290374567>Yana planned everything
Fucking incredible. Man. I really resented myself for having to put up with BB during the peak of my con days (friend was a Grell obsessed fujo) and I'm sad it kept my from actually going all in. I've been off on some arcs but there's always flashes of gold. (Like Greenhill chimping out in the school arc) but this volume was spectacular. Absolutely lovely the negotiation, loved the way Yana played with Sebastian. Liked the word play and even covering the bases of the price to cross / reward how the twist as covered up.
>>290372750Thanks OP.But I admit I'm curious, when will you post the extra chapters? The chapter about fairy tales? And this one, chapter 99.5? I love this chapter and I'm curious if you plan to post it.
>>290375112i post the volume versions, i thought they came together with them
I don't get why some anons keep harping on the early volume art, it looks fine to me. Yana's progress was from good to excellent throughout the years. I've seen more extreme change in series like OHSC.
I really really really want to see right now the faces of the servants after hearing all the things that happened to both Ciels. I'm doing my best effort to wait for tomorrow's chapter instead of binging the remaining volumes.
>>290375821Agreed. This manga's art was never bad.
>>290372590Remember when each volume had about two pages' worth of translation notes?
>>290375568I just checked the wiki and I think the extra chapters were never released in the volumes; for example, this one was released with the third season. So, what do you think is the best thing to do?If you plan to post these chapters, when? Today? Another day?
>>290375821I don't think it was bad, but it was still immature. To say Sebastian never did anything to me. But nu Sebastian is another story. Too lewd.Spoiler because it's the lastest chapter cover.
>>290375821>>290376210Yana's art was always considered top tier, it's just that her skills are even more amazing nowadays and her initial artstyle was very specific for that era.
>>290368716Samurai spirit
>>290371639"You....! How dare you bring that up?! I told you never to-""Now, now, young master, most humans partake in this activity at some point in their lives. Indeed, even your parents have, or else you would not have come to be. You may ask Baldroy for confirmation, if you do not deem my words believable."...sorry, I suck at this.
>>290368716UT saved him
>>290374929Yeah the first two anime original seasons have damaged the series reputation considerably because they were badly-written and also had tons of fujo pandering. Not saying that the manga doesn't but Yana is also a legit good storyteller and the gayness is toned down a bit.
>>290377905I know with inflation 40 pounds back then was probably the equivalent of thousands now, but I still feel like it was too much of a bargain.
>>290378154A bit under 10k usd in today money.
>>290368197Is this gay? My dad watched it and I've never ask him
>>290378362Not at all.
>>290370391>God forgive usWas she just there for the rape and murder and didn't expect it to actually work?
>>290369496Not explicit enoughI need an official doujin
>>290371365The third form is awesome.
>>290378700>live a life of sin and debauchery >preform a black sabbath on a lark >it actually works>...>oh fuck god is real>oh shit I am condemned to eternal damnation for the everything I've doneIt's kind of why Faustian bargains can never work if you think about it
>>290378904Is that spit or...
>>290371397>we could have had black admiral
>>290371485What a bright kid.
>>290370391>That unfazed fellow with his hood onI bet that's John Brown spying for the Queen
>>290378362Ask him yourself.
Remember the curry contest?haha...
>>290371415I love his face here
>>290378286$10k for two small cute twin boys like them is still a cheap price IMO.
>>290379702Life was pretty cheap back thenKids could just disappear, less overhead for kidnappers
>>290379125Could be >>290337170Which if I recall, could also be the guy behind the four star door in the music hall. The same guy who says he's a butler even in death. My bet is a schizo Frankenstein.
>>290371530They botth deserve the title it's just that O!Ciel was a soft-spoken kid due to his weak body and inferiority complex towards his brother but as Yana said, his evil genes were eventually awoken by the tragedy/Sebastian and R!Ciel is basically a mini-Vincent but probably more deranged.
>>290371995Kek Sebastian was so smug before realizing that being a butler was going to be a huge pain.
>>290369753And without any color. Sebastian can't be there, if the original is still alive :)
>>290368197One of my favorite volumes
Real Ciel after selling out his parents and getting sold to a slaanesh cult.
>>290372750Thank you, OP!
>>290374367>>290374430Retards break the diamonds on their engagement rings all the time irl. Hard doesn't mean unbreakable. Many hard objects are brittle.
Would you purchase the Ciels for £40 fully knowing that if at least one of them survives they will eventually become little shits that will complot against you?
>>290380126Honestly how did he fuck up that badly?
>>290369380>>290371270I agree.
>>290369746Holy fuck I had forgot it was an entire month. No wonder Ciel is ruthless
>>290379447Black Butler didn't really start until the Circus arc
>>290379125It could also be Undertaker, because at some point he must have retreived OG's body.
>>290380126>>290380454Assuming the other party behind things is the queen, I imagine it went something like>"So help me kill my family so I can keep my brother as a pet for the rest of our lives, and I'll be a more loyal watchdog than my dad :)">"Haha, sounds good to me.">Ciel leaves>"Yeah, get rid of that little psycho too, he'd cause even more problems."Though the one questionable thing about it being the queen, is why go the extra step of selling them into slavery instead of cutting off the loose ends? Unless she saw it as punishment for Ciel for being that treacherous.
>>290370858For those who've been wondering who's who in the past volumes, this double spread is the perfect reference! Left side is MC, right is OG.
Well hope you guys are ready for 80 chapters of irrelevant nonsense after tomorrow.
>>290369216Some stuff worth pointing out: 1 Tanaka is not attacking. Rather, he runs to shield MC. One thing is protecting the young brother of the master, another is not attacking the aggressor. ...unless it's an aggressor he cannot attack, that is.2 Sebastian (dog) behavior makes us reconsider his first appearance, because it means he was likely protecting MC back then, instead of bullying him.3 Why would OG be captured somewhere else than MC? WHy not in the same box? I mean, both were at the same house. THat's suspicious.4 OG had the time to take the ring from his father.Some good anon already spotted a hooded figure in the crowd that doesn't act like the others, bravo.This volume features the ultimate tragedy on multiple levels: At some point Ciel wants to become The Ciel his brother wanted to be and asks for revenge: this implies his brother would have wanted revenge. I don't think Ciel really understood his brother completely... although he definitively gets it more than the other characters: >>290370802OG hated to be alone. Which is curious because MC was actually more alone than his brother.
>>290371056WHAT A PAGEYana was on fire for this volume
>>290370880Is this dissociative identity disorder? Did yana really base black butler on the satanic panic of the 80s?
>>290371459Many volumes ago, some characters had a talk about that. Unlike anyone else in the world, Ciel knows fully well the dead can't come back for real.
>>290381136Epstein. Some bread and circus for the nobles, keeps them occupied with little boys instead of scheming against the crown. And if John Brown being another demon is true, then they would've blown themselves up when they summon a demon.
>>290371415>>290371505This is their first interaction, I bet this is the Sebastian in CIel's mind all the time.Btw I love that both start their business partnership by lying to each other.
>>290369137epstein...
>>290371530It's all about looks and leverage. OG looks the part in every possible way, but we know deep inside he depends on his brother. MC doesn't look the part, but the moment shit hit the fan he was calm and collected.It also helps that the devil worshippers forcibly removed any weak point from MC. how are you going to threaten Ciel Phantomhive? He got no more friends, no more family (beside Madame Red and we know how it ended) and doesn't even care about his house. Best (or worse?) of all, in the next three years he willingly isolated himself from making genuine connections.He IS the perfect Lord.Arguably, Lizzie was the only possible weak point. But again, he was with her for sense of duty rather than genuine affection.
>>290371533Albeeeerrrrrt!!!
>>290380913Nah, you'll find out soon enough why it isn't him.
>>290371609Very smart kid
>>290371662>>290371690Sebastian knows all the truth. Mind his words: "defining a mastermind is not easy".Told ya all, at best this is a two guilty parties affair.
>>290372402Poor undertaker had to fix all that.
>>290368716Given that he was still standing there unscathed over an hour after it started and everyone else was already dead, I no longer trust that he wasn't involved.
>>290371716Another extremely important page, and also a throwback to the Green Witch arc.If Sebastian sticks with Ciel, it means Ciel's revenge is possible and killing a culprit is possible.Which means the moment Ciel kills the culprit (and afaik this was teased in the Circus arc), it's checkmate and Sebastian will claim his soul.But this also allows Ciel to time Sebastian's attack: Ciel has an exact window to order Sebastian something before he ends his quest for revenge. I bet in the future, before closing it all, he'll order Sebastian something very specific.
>>290378183What a slut.
>>290371936>Random Vincent panel>Or is it not random?
>>290372472First and last time Sebastian calls him Ciel. And of course, the immediate correction. CIel, being a first rate liar, doesn't acknowledge his own lie.
>>290381801>doesn't even care about his house.He doesn't? I was wondering why he hadn't thinking of somehow leaving descendea... You could argue vengeance entails not letting the Phantomhive house die out.
>>290369276That outfit looks familliar.
>>290382079Probably. I also think this must have been a plan from OG gone wrong.
Still dont get the point of the school arc
>>290383084The point was shota piss
>>290382088By my command seal, Sebastian, kill yourself!
>>290383084Yana wanted a reason to draw more bishounens but that thirst was eventually quenched with Twisted Wonderland.
>>290383361Nah, we both know it won't work. Surely there's some loophole like I killed myself in the material world and went back to Hell, now guess what I'm back with another life goodness gracious look at the clock, it's feast time. I think it could be something like Sebastian, go doing something that it'll take a while + gouges out his own eye (the eye is how Sebastian locates Ciel easily) + something with Sullivan and Shinigami technology. Or Ciel tries bargaining with another devil (all his emphasys on "dude, don't enter in another deal with someone else" doesn't apply to Ciel's party - problem is, I don't see how Ciel can pay the price twice), or something else.
>>290371505>>290371609So, until commanded otherwise, he was perfectly capable of lying. Which means that when he asserted that he wasn't lying about fake Ciel sacrificing his brother's soul and summoning him >>290370586 he could very well have been lying. He even uses the weasely language that he wouldn't be there had the fare not been paid. But that has nothing to do with whether or not he actually wished to sacrifice his brother's soul. It could have been the real Ciel that desired the sacrifice. Or even just the cultists and he decided to pick someone more flavorful when he got there.
>>290383684Swapping his cinematic record with og ciel? If you can extend it, surely you can copy it?We are all 'Ciel'.
>>290371966Ciel was definitely poisoning him. For it to clear up that quickly in those conditions, there's no other way. He probably only continues to get sick in extreme cold because of permanent damage the poisoning did.
>>290378997>we could have had Hornblower but with supernatural hijinksFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-Gonna start reading Baldo's lines in Styles' voice now.
>>290371995>unlawfulPushing his luck a bit there. This only became about three wishes because Ciel was having trouble articulating what he wanted. If they'd started writing up a proper contract instead, I think Ciel could have gotten a better deal.
>>290384036I won't tell the other "me"s about us being "here" if you don't, "me".
>>290384297the question is how did a child acquire the means to do all that?
>>290382088>implying MC deserves to live after all the shit they pulled
Ciel also made Lizzie hide her talents so maybe he just has an issue with people being better than him?
We already knew that Sebastian was a devil but I really really like how his true nature was shown without any restraint in this volume. It gives much more weight to all interactions that Ciel and he have with each other.
>>290384781That's not what I'm saying, deserving or not doesn't enter into the equation. My point is, he'll go down fighting.
>>290378286Would. Both of them. And not even to rape.
>>290384883Especially since their very first interaction is: I lie / he lies / I lie / he lies / oh shit how can I restrain him / sounds good, how about I close you in a box to keep you safe huh?
>>290384883I also started to wonder, is Sebastian the devil or ''just'' a devil? I remember some early volume having grim reaper comment about Sebastian being a devil but I can't remember if he said that he's the devil or just one among many.
>>290383084Schoolboys are incredibly cute.
>>290385235 sebestian mentions there are fellow demons that dont behave like him in this volume. demons are another species in this universe like the reapers.
>>290384831As far as I remember he never said anything to her about it. That was her own insecurity. That would have also required the crazy brocon to care about anyone else.
>>290369164Are they in Spain?
>>290369298or southern France?
>>290369407brothers be like>oh shit no, oh shit no>uh? what do you mean?
>>290380126>was getting raped part of your plan?
We all know what Nina's upper age limit for boys is, but what do you think her lower limit is?
Now I am looking forward to how Vincent is to play into this, considering that special.
Isn't this tanaka's flashback? Why is everything being revealed at once? It's nice to know the backstory, but surely our fake ciel is not revealing all these details in the current time to everyone right?
>>290381216I was hoping after the obvious was out of the way something new would happen. This can't be happening to MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>290383567What happens when the general Western public finds out who she it now that there is a Disney show?
>>290384721That would be one of the more straightforward things he could have been up to. There'd be medicine stored somewhere, likely without child proof locks in the 1880s. And basically any medicine, in the right dose, is a poison. What's more curious is his seeming involvement in the attack. He definitely couldn't have planned that and hired people on his own. So he had to have at least one adult accomplice. There is Tanaka. But I don't know. While I do think he was in on it, I don't see how a plot to betray the family ever comes up between them. Perhaps someone with motive to destroy the Phantomhives (the queen) found out about Ciel poisoning his brother, which he'd started up on his own with no deeper scheme than to keep him isolated and dependent. And then they helped foster Ciel's psychosis until he could be used to assist in the attack and even pull Tanaka into letting it happen.
>>290387598How did is turn to it? I don't have any auto correct on.
>>290387651As far as we know the only adults that are in his life that could pull this are Tanaka, Vincent, and Undertaker. Vincent died in the attack and UT is mourning that fact, so both of them seem unlikely. Tanaka is the most suspicious but still lacking in motive. Depending on how close Ciel was with the Queen she's a possibility too but once again what is the motive.
>>290388010They mentioned that fake Ciel might have inherited the same illness his mother had. We have reason to believe fCiel was poisoned by rCiel but what if Vincent was also poisoning his wife and that's where rCiel picked it up from?As for the Queen, it feels reasonable for them to meet since Vincent would have rCiel assume his duties. I'll have to go back and read the previous chapters but I do think the Queen knows she's talking to the spare.
>>290385756He did say that he's glad that Lizzie wasn't like her mother because he would be scared of a wife like that
>>290387793Fans are just as degenerate as her if not more. Most controversies came from fujos and yumes fighting to have the franchise for themselves (in the game the MC is ambiguous, and side media features unique stories with male and female protagonists).
>>290387651I don't think Tanaka was involved, feeling dutybound to serve real Ciel now that he's legally the head of the household is one thing, but I can't see him being involved in those actual events. Also why stab him then?
>>290383720It has to have something to do with denouncing god, right? Like maybe he still "summoned" him, and therefore it's his sacrifice?
>>290388386I'm not talking about fans. I'm talking about parents that stumble upon Twisted Wonderland when using Disney+.
>>290388715It was always his sacrifice.It's not exactly obscure occultism to say that one cannot sacrifice what does not belong, and thus does not have value to, one's self.Sacrificing Farmer Bob's goat that you stole a few days ago is Farmer Bob's sacrifice, not yours. Kidnapping a child to sacrifice is the sacrifice of his surviving family, not yours, or in this case those hedonistic degenerates'. Spurning God is just a sweetener.
>>290388010I was thinking more that whatever agents the queen had monitoring the Phantomhives picked up on Ciel being insane and exploited that. The Charleses show up all the time even with fake Ciel being openly hostiles towards them. So when Vincent was alive I wouldn't be surprised if she had someone there often enough to gain Ciel's trust and plot with him.As for motive, we know the queen is evil enough to think employing a zombie army would be neat. It could be as simple as Vincent's knowledge of her crimes becoming so great that it gave him an uncomfortable amount of leverage over her. Or it could be that he did want to get his family out of the watchdog business. Or both. If her trust in him was already waning and then she caught wind of him wanting out, that would be especially worrying for her.On Tanaka, I could see whoever the main culprits were using his loyalty to the Phantomhives to buy his inaction. With Ciel in on it, they could sell it as sparing the boys and allowing the Phantomhive family to continue existing if he doesn't get in the way. This would be especially convincing coming from the queen, as it would make resistance futile.>>290388500The thing that makes Tanaka suspicious is the attack. The attack had to have started before 6 when Tanaka was supposed to come get them. Real Ciel waited over 40 minutes after that to leave the room, fake Ciel almost an hour. Everyone else was already dead by then, but Tanaka wasn't even injured. And here >>290368662 what was he about to say about Ciel? We know he wasn't dead. So he seemingly knows something about what Ciel was doing between leaving the room and fake Ciel arriving here that he has never disclosed to fake Ciel.>why stab him then?I could see both Ciel or the other culprit having motive. Ciel to silence him from telling fake Ciel what's happening. And whoever the other party is seems to have betrayed Ciel. I don't think getting raped and killed were part of his plan.
>>290389207>but Tanaka wasn't even injuredThe man was cutting bullets out of the air a few years later. I don't think it's a great stretch to say that he could probably have put up a good fight up until that point.
>>290388228>but what if Vincent was also poisoning his wife and that's where rCiel picked it up from?But Madam Red did say that Rachel has been sick since they were kids. Even so, we have no reason to suspect Vincent of doing that, especially since his marriage with Rachel has been portrayed as being healthy and full of love.
>>290389207>but Tanaka wasn't even injuredHe was slashed under his right arm >>290368678.
I'm glad so many people stuck with this readalong. ngl when I saw the first thread pop up I assumed it wouldn't catch on and be abandoned after a handful of volumes.
OP hereAny ideas for other storytimes? i will do Shibito no koe on october but maybe i can fill something on september if anyone has any idea
>>290389207I agree that it's odd, but it's also possible that there was still a struggle going on between the manor's servants and the attackers for a while.>what was he about to say about Ciel? We know he wasn't dead. So he seemingly knows something about what Ciel was doing between leaving the room and fake Ciel arriving here that he has never disclosed to fake Ciel.I definitely agree he was about to say something important. But that can just as easily be that he discovered(or Ciel had just admitted) Ciel's role in the attack. His posture when fake Ciel finds him looks clearly taken aback by something >>290368643, so at least something about the circumstances were a shock to him I'd say. I'm not fundamentally against it, I just don't really see a motive for him or an obvious hook to have forced him to stand aside and let it happen.
>>290389109The problem with Sebastian's phrasing is that fake Ciel never offered up his brother. Not physically; unless there's some unreliable narrator stuff going on Ciel was chosen by the cultist with no input from either brother and fake Ciel pleaded with the cultists to stop and give him back. And probably not psychologically or spiritually, either. He screams out his desire to kill the cultists, yes. But I don't see any indication that he connected this in his mind to the offering of his brother's soul. He was totally disengaged from the ritual and its motives. He only cared that his brother was being killed, which he clearly did not want to happen.I think Sebastian was just saying all that to manipulate him. He's hitting him with two elements of sunk cost. His brother's life and soul have already been irrevocably lost to buy this opportunity and denying it won't bring him back (truth). And he is already guilty of offering up his brother and turning down the deal won't wash away that sin (lie).
>>290371966>'Ciel' asks about protecting his life>Sebastian suddenly starts talking about diseases >that separate panel of his torso>a healthy body being so great an ask it needs a separate wishthis sickly kid isn't going to live long is he?
>>290389556Well I'll be. I still don't trust him. The amount of time and the totality of the rest of the staff being killed are just too suspicious. And I seriously doubt Tanaka was the only one there that could put up a fight. I could see Vincent being less hardcore than "Ciel" about requiring all of his staff to be able to hold their own (a policy likely brought about by this attack). But no way was Tanaka the only security.Since things clearly went sideways for Ciel at some point, that could be when Tanaka got injured. And then fake Ciel showed up as that was going down.
>>290389585Honestly I'm shocked it's gotten this much discussion
>>290391600holy 10/10 art of 10/10 cuties
>>290391600If his family is never attacked, he gets to attend Weston normally. And they become cute boyfriends.
>>290387651>one of the more straightforward things he could have been up toNot as straightforward as it seems. Take the time he brought his brother warm milk in the middle of the night. He couldn't have done it like a kid today and poured it out of a carton and nuked it in the microwave. The milk would've been stored in a heavy and unwieldy container and he would've had to heat it up on the stove, all this unnoticed in a house with dozens of staff. That implies he had someone from the kitchen working for him.>any medicine, in the right dose, is a poisonThere aren't a lot of substances that cause coughing when eaten/drunk. All the drugs I've been able to find that induce the symptoms we were shown were invented a long time after the Victorian era. Assuming they exist in the story, they would've been a big deal and not kept in an easily accessible medicine cabinet.
>>290391801>And they become cute boyfriends.Not with ultimate brocon Ciel present.
>>290391801Who tops?
>>290392139>>And they become cute boyfriends.>Not with ultimate brocon Ciel presentnow this is truly BL
>>290391816>There aren't a lot of substances that cause coughing when eaten/drunk. All the drugs I've been able to find that induce the symptoms we were shown were invented a long time after the Victorian erainteresting>Assuming they exist in the story, they would've been a big deal and not kept in an easily accessible medicine cabinet.maybe it's supernatural?
>>290389585Last volume probably would have hit post limit if it weren't for the new thread. Deserved, one of the better written twists I've read in manga.
>>290392184notCiel, of course.>>290392139That would be half the fun. By that age, he would have grown wise to Ciel's obsession. It would be a game of cat and mouse, but with gay yandere incest.
>>290392139>>290392714>O!Ciel preparing to go on a date with Harcourt>R!Ciel locking his brother in the bathroom so he can pass himself as him to ruin the date>His sheltered aristocratic ass thinks a shameful display of improper etiquette would be enough to ruin the date>Harcourt gets more and more smitten by how cute each and every faux-pas comes across
>>290393168Is this supposed to be a love triangle that turns into a threesome or a polyamorous relationship?And can Sebastian be a teacher or a priest?
>>290389709Shotaoni. The anime will premiere in January.
>>290393256R!Ciel would never be willing to share I'm afraid
>>290393168Do you write fanfiction perchance?
>>290393349Who would be their fags?
I'm convinced that the manga will end with Sebastian "taking" Ciel's soul by turning him into his pet cat for all eternity, maybe Ziel too as a bonus for his excellent service as a butler. Sebastian definitively enjoys taunting Ciel too much to simply consume his soul.
>>290393501my dumb esl ass could never lmao
>>290393544You write better than half the burgers on this site, just saying. I'd totally read a fic with that idea because it sounds hilarious and cute
>>290368264>MC is missing from hereI might be getting crazy to think everything has meaning
>>290368434Good dog, he's trying to protect his master's mental
>>290368874Do you think this is Ciel's plan as well or he just fucked up and betrayed
>>290368914I guess he just fucked up, lol
According to Yana>There's that old saying "One's foster parents have more influence on the child than one's real parents.": Ciel became an extreme sadist due to Sebastian's education in the last three years and it seems like the evil blood in him [*the evil side of his personality] was completely awakened [by Sebastian].>But if we consider the possibility that Vincent might have been brought up by Tanaka-san, that old guy must be quite...... oh I’d rather stop here.Dude was probably a very dangerous guy in his youth, I wonder if he became this chill and warmhearted when he got old or when he started working for the Phantomhives.
>>290368736cute as a bug!
>>290369456>lol>lmao even
>>290370241>Sebastian has tentacles
>>290370464>That eyeSo Sebastian is beelzebub?
>>290394442>It's just a mix of famous demon to confuse readerNevermind me, I commented too fast.
>>290370880And so, I killed the protagonist
>>290393524Sebastian is so lucky
>>290384463Anon are you trying to make Sebastian go through the red eye torture
>>290394139These pages in particular >>290369251 >>290369407 make it look like this was not part of Ciel's plan. His brother doesn't realize what's going on. But Ciel clearly knows what's about to happen and appears to be genuinely afraid.
>>290372750Thanks OPMust be hard to wait through this for 5 fucking years
>>290389709Some had suggested Hanako-kun in one of the very first threads. I'd prioritise >>290393287, though.
>>290391600So am I. Hopefully, the interest won't wane too much after the end of the storytime.
>>290395404>Some*Someone
>>290395404I've wanted to recommend Hanako-kun and now Black Butler to my mother for a while since she likes mystery/suspense stories and is open to read manga and watch anime (she read Pluto when I recommended it to her, watched Demon Slayer with my sister and even watched High School of the Death on her own because it was on TV), but I'm afraid of accidentally revealing my whole powerlevel by doing so. Not only these manga look gay as fuck to outsiders (and she's already questioning my lack of interest in dating someone), but the shota protagonists will definitively make her think bad things about me.
>>290396678lol I tried watching the anime with my mom but I don’t think she gets invested in 2D characters like I do.>but the shota protagonists will definitively make her think bad things about meReally? They’re both palatable stories at the end of the day and lots of people read them without picking up on the shotacon themes. It would be fucked up if she judged you for your manga tastes but most mothers aren’t like that.
>>290396678Hanako should be fine. The main story is a het romance.
>>290394208>that old guy must be quite...... oh I’d rather stop here.Makes Tanaka even more suspicious. Him also being the only survivor among the servants despite getting stabbed multiple times is something to take into consideration.
>Hanako should be fine. The main story is a het romance.WRONG!
this arc is so much more bearable when you're not waiting a month between releases
>>290371912>>290371936>>290371966>>290371995I really like this scene
>>290399179Me too. It does a very good job of encapsulating their relationship.
>>290393287Eh Shotaoni is more a collection of twitter short stories
>>290389709Katabami to OugonBecause Sebastian really reminds me of one character in it. 10 volume lenght is also quite humane to storytime
