Étiquette : reference

Summer = slice of life (/^▽^)/

Hiiii!! So, I had done something similar two years ago and I’m still the type that associates summer with slice of life animes or manga. 😀 

As it happens, I will probably not have the time to tackle anything this year because I’m super busy (…though I’m currently catching up with Barakamon the manga because I never did after watching the anime xD), but if anyone else is like me, please check the following list if you’re looking for recommendation fitting the Summer season!

((Being busy I also haven’t checked the newest anime season so much, but personally I’ll try to catch up with Gintama, SnK, Free! and Banana Fish)). 

Anyway, let me know if you need more details/opinion about any of these series! I linked every title to a summary and I mainly rec everything from the top of the list to the three movies (the rest are series I watched but didn’t enjoy as much).

And here are also titles that were recommended to me but that I still haven’t watched (but I trust the ones who were nice enough to share them!):

Feel free to add some titles that possibly came out these last two years (or even before) if you want, I’ll always be happy to watch those next summer or even in December once I’m done with exams! 

I hope everyone will enjoy their summer!! 😀 ❤

“Where can I read the new Kuro chapter?”

Okay, so I love y’all for real, but it’s a lil’ annoying to have the feeling I’m becoming some sort of google search engine every month around the 18th so here’s a (hopefully) helpful post for everyone who’s too shy to ask off anon ❤

Monthly chronology

  • we can get spoilers starting from the 15th, just like we can not get spoilers at all (yes, it happens)
  • the official Chinese version is usually released on the evening

    (GMT)

    of the 17th or during the night between the 17th and the 18th

  • Yen Press will release the official English translation on the 18th, which is also the day of the official release in Japan (for me the chapter generally becomes available around 5 or 6 pm GMT)
    • unless the 18th is during the weekend, in that case the chapter will be released on the following monday
  • Finally Mangastream will release a fan translation on their website around the 25th
    • it happened once that they released their version before Yen Press did though (on the 17th iirc), but it’s not particularly frequent.

Useful links

  • Where to check

    the official Chinese version

    once it’s out: –> here <– 

    • (please please please though, do not repost the chapter in its integrity on tumblr, it should be common sense but apparently it’s not, so please do me a favor and don’t do it)
  • Where to buy the chapter every month: –> here <– 
    • (all you have to do is to type either the series’ or the author’s name and you will see the new chapter)
  • Generally, sweet @thedarkestcrow will make a post every month from the moment the official translation is available to buy with a direct link to it, so you can also check her blog to know whether a chapter was released or not.

Finally, starting from the moment the official Chinese version

is released, the main tags on Tumblr (’kuroshitsuji’ or ‘black butler’) will be brimming with spoilers (and possible translation of them), so you might not even need any of these links to check out the new content. :))

Bonus: the ever so wonderful @akumadeenglish is nice enough to always translate Yana’s monthly comments on twitter about the newest chapter, so don’t forget to check her blog out too!

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Hiya! I have a quick question that may already have been clarified but I can’t stop thinking about it! We learn in the series that generally only humans close to death can see Shinigami (I believe?) yet it appears that Lizzy can see Grell on the cruise ship. Does this mean that she will die soon? I’m just a little confused and was wondering what your thoughts were! Thank you!

Hi Anon! Ah, I believe there are two possible explanations for this but they come down to basically the same thing. I’m aware it’s something that’s often misunderstood frequently though so I’ll explain the full thing. 🙂

First of all, it’s often forgotten but Shinigamis have the power to hide or reveal themselves to human eyes, it’s something they choose to switch on and off by their own will. Examples of shinigamis allowing themselves to be seen by humans:

  • when Grell was Madam Red’s butler
  • or when UT was working as a mortician
  • or when William was investigating the circus,
  • or when Ronald was on the Campania
  • or Grell and Othello in ch125

However, when Shinigamis choose not to be seen by humans, they become invisible to human eyes, except in two very specific cases:

1) the human who can see them is actually going to die soon

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2) some humans have a very specific lineage allowing them to see Shinigamis, that’s the example of Ciel and his family:

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In Lizzie’s case during the Campania arc though, her seeing Grell never was meant to imply that she was going to die because:

  • either Grell chose to be visible to human eyes at the time
  • or Grell chose to remain invisible to human eyes but Lizzie being a Phantomhive could still see them regardless.

That would be the two theoretical possibilities as to why Lizzie might see any Shinigami in general, despite not necessarily dying “soon”.

Back to the Campania, the explanation that is the right one is that Grell chose to be visible to human and demon eyes at the time

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and that’s how Lizzie, Ciel and Seb could see both them and Ronald back then.

I might as well include a friendly reminder that it seems that Seb, like most humans who don’t belong to the two exceptions stated in ch103, can’t see/sense Shinigamis unless they choose to be seen.

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TL;DR no, Lizzie was never meant to be dying “soon”. It’s just that on the Campania, Grell and Ronald (and UT) chose to reveal themselves to human eyes. :))

I hope it helps, have a nice day!

Myths, Creatures, and Folklore

redadhdventures:

thewritingcafe:

thewritingcafe:

Want to create a religion for your fictional world? Here are some references and resources!

General:

Africa:

The Americas:

Asia:

Europe:

Middle East:

Oceania:

Creating a Fantasy Religion:

Some superstitions:

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Here, I have some more:

Africa:

The Americas:

Asia:

Europe:

Oceanic:

General:

Reblogging because wow. What a resource.

The originally planned ending of Kuroshitsuji

akumadeenglish:

I
don’t know all the truth behind the serialization of Kuroshitsuji
but judging from Yana and editor K’s past comments, it seems that

  1. Kuroshitsuji
    was originally supposed to end after the first 4 chapters, but then
    it was allowed to continue for another few chapters because of its
    popularity.

  2. Hence
    Yana and editor K came up with the JTR arc, reckoning that the
    series will end after that.

  3. However,
    Kuroshitsuji became so popular that its continuation was greenlit
    and it thus became a long-run series.

  • Editor K’s interview (source: X / full translation: X)


“[…] Kuroshitsuji originally started as a short-term series that was supposed to be
wrapped up in one comic volume.

However,
its popularity exceeded the expectations of the editorial department,
so we agreed on turning it into a long-term series. For this reason,
we originally hadn’t really thought much about further episodes
other than the one in which a butler wipes out a bad mafia group by
himself. Since the story is set in 19th
century England, though, we agreed on using real historical events
[as material for the manga episodes]. That’s
where it [*the Jack the Ripper arc] started. […]”

  • Yana’s blog post (source + translation: X)

“Lately, I’ve often been asked when I started to drop hints and
foreshadowings which are relevant to the main story (such as the main
villain or the characters’ profiles). Roughly speaking, I’d say since
the very first volume (lol)
I started to emphasise those
foreshadowing scenes in volume 3 or 4 though, namely after it was
confirmed that I could continue drawing this manga series for another
few arcs. […]”

  • Yana & editor K’s twitter posts
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Editor K: The
re-airing of the first two episodes of the Kuroshitsuji anime has
just finished. “A super competent butler takes care of a huge manor
all by himself and when [the manor] gets attacked by a mafia group,
he chases after them to their hideout and annihilates them with
knives and forks all by himself. We threw in everything we had
originally planned and wanted to do for this series in these first
two episodes, so we actually already completely burnt out 10 years
ago. (lol)

Yana to editor K: We
had totally believed Kuroshitsuji will end after chapter 4, so the
first two anime episodes already show everything we wanted to do when
we had planned this series. (lol) I remember that when I drew Ciel’s
nosebleed, I was told “Isn’t it [visually] problematic to draw a
bishounen [*beautiful young boy] having a nosebleed?,” but then I
emphasised “I’ll draw him with a nosebleed
particularly
because he’s a bishounen”. I gave up on the idea of having blood
come out from both nostrils, though.

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Toboso: If
I tell people “Kuroshitsuji was supposed to end after vol.3″,
most people react like “You must be joking~ (lol)”, but if I tell
them “If it had been supposed to continue for more than 10 volumes,
we
wouldn’t have used the Roman numeral for numbering [the comic
volumes]”,
then most people get convinced like “You’ve got a point there”.
Practicality and aesthetic are incompatible…

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♡Proofread by lovely @minacchin♡

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I wonder… if Kuroshitsuji continues for another decade and vol.38 is released, will there be enough space on the spine to print XXXVIII ? D:

Hello i must say that i really love your blog and hope you keep the good work but i have a question , i remember reading your blog the other day and i came to some old post and i noticed someone asked you if the black butler characters wear underwear

akumadeenglish:

2) and you responded as that they might be wearing a kind of underwear
popular at that time called drawers or they might have a modren
underwear type since black butler is AU where people at that time have
tvs and phones and obsessed with boy bands


3) is it true that they have tvs and modren phones ? Sorry for the long post

Hi!

Yes, Kuroshitsuji is set in a 19th century England AU where TVs and mobile phones exist, at least in the early chapters!

Iirc the mobile phone was only used once in ch3.

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As for the TV, it wasn’t shown directly but Finny’s line in ch2 pretty much indicates that it exists.

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And if you take a close look at this panel from ch2, you’ll notice that there are even more anachronistic devices than TVs and flip phones 😀

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Top left, there’s a poster of what looks like a Nintendo DS and on the right there’s something like a playstation controller. So as you can see, the technology in Kuro-verse seems to be much more advanced than that in real 19th century England^^

However, most of these devices only showed up once and in early chapters. As the author, Yana Toboso, has stated many times, Kuroshitsuji was originally supposed to end after chapter 4, but the series continued only because it became unexpectedly popular. So Yana maybe changed the setting starting from chapter 5 and made the Kuro-verse a bit more realistic, i.e. historically accurate in terms of technology^^

I know you didn’t wanna hear anything more about it, so I’m gonna try and not name it, but am gonna try and tell you how I see that specific theory. It’s a theory based on many visual clues and some written ones too, but the main problem of those « hints » are that they’re not done the right way. I’ve read over a hundred books, and probably the same amount of manga, and what one can notice is that more experienced authors are very good at giving logical clues and hints to future events, while 1/4

keeping it all secret and hidden from being too obvious, but also while keeping it neat and tidy and not making theories go in every direction. The problem which Yana has is that she seems to not have the experience to actually write these parts properly, so there is not the right level of logic most of the time with this topic, and it’s most of the time kind of a mess because it feels like she writes parts and forgets that they’re not logically correlating to the previous information given. 2/4

And this goes to several of the theories revolving around Ciel’s memories. Because you can basically categorise them into different support groups for the theories, which is actually not a good thing. Her own writing is very divided, and it should actually be that all the clues go in “one” direction but you still have the possibility to use them for different theories. Like in one book I read there was a character who was constantly following the MC, the popular theories were: The follower 3/4 

was a time traveler. Able to teleport. Or a part of the MC’s psyche. All of the hints and clues were very logical for the world and kept consistent, and made sense, still people were able to make different theories. This is what Yana should do, instead she seems to be going kinda everywhere with her writing, and weirdly has a lack of consistency around that specific part. I wouldn’t have much of a problem with this normally, but at the same time, if one doesn’t know how to do it, avoid it. 4/4

Hey Anon 🙂 Well, I did say I didn’t really want to talk about this, seeing as I spent an entire evening debating about it with people lol, but… well, it’s not like you don’t make good points and besides you took the time to write all this, so…

(serious and long talk ahead about Kuroshitsuji in general for anyone who is reading this)

Thanks for your thoughts, especially since it’s basically what I’m very roughly saying here. 🙂

Just like you, I’ve always been an avid reader so I’ve also seen my share of bad and good stories, but I have to admit that the Kuro fandom is the only fandom I’m in which sometimes has many and completely opposite theories for the same subject, all sides supposedly having plausible hints to support them (not that I mind), and personally I always attributed that to Yana’s possible slight inexperience and rather odd start of Kuroshitsuji.

What I mean is, in the first place Yana and her editor weren’t sure Kuroshitsuji would work which is why they tested the readers with a few chapters before the real stuff actually started with the Jack the Ripper arc (which is why the chapters before the Jack the Ripper arc are just completely different from the rest of the manga). 

So Yana basically had to build her entire plot with Mr. K when they received an okay for a long serialization and I believe that’s why Mr. K once said that if they could rewrite the first volumes, there would be things to change in order to remove very minor contradictions. 

Anyway, not that it’s important (do correct me if I was wrong though), and while I won’t address the content of the 2CT here, I do have other things to criticize about Yana’s writing which are completely linked to what you were saying yourself; and it’s definitely true that the main reason I’m not fond of the 2CT has the same explanation as the rest of those things I tend to criticize Kuroshitsuji

about. 

For example, the development of secondary characters: if maybe you follow me, you might have noticed that sometimes I can be very annoying with that, since it’s one of the things that I believe Kuroshitsuji really lacks to be an even better series.

Because Kuroshitsuji has two great things making it a good read: 

  • its plot : a young boy selling his soul to the devil to get revenge, nothing to say on this (especially when there is a mystery around why his family was killed in the first place, not just on who did it) 
  • and its characters : because they’re all different, they have flaws, they’re used for both serious situations and comic relief and we can’t help but love how easy it is to get really attached to them.

So it’s really too bad, even if I absolutely love them, that Seb and Ciel took over 90% of the focus in the story so far (especially when the only real inner conflict they ever had started in the last arc). 
I’m aware it’s because of how Yana writes and “arranges” the different arcs of the story that it feels that way, and I am happy that she apparently started doing differently in the last arc (since Sieglinde & Wolfram got more development in record time than the servants, besides Finny, who were there at the beginning) but still, at this point I am sometimes tired of having to fear about maybe getting plot convenience as an explanation for secondary characters.

Still not mentioning the 2CT but taking the example of Lizzie’s parents in the current arc: the possibility remains (since the arc was constructed a certain way) that Frances and Alexis were never mentioned since Lizzie’s departure because, for obvious reasons (mainly since they would probably settle this more quickly) Ciel needs to be the one rescuing her, which is basically nothing more than plot convenience (especially since thinking up a simple reason like Alexis and Frances being overseas for something the Queen asked would have been more okay than complete silence on the question).

Of course that’s just me being tired of that issue in particular, since for all we know they might get a role at some point in the arc, but the thing is, I don’t have to be worried about possible plot convenience with all the other series I love as much as Kuro.

And that’s the same problem I’m running into with the 2CT

(more on that in all the discussions of yesterday, just check my 2CT tag), which is why I have trouble with it, especially when there are other theories, admittedly maybe not answering as many things as the 2CT but that I find to be arranged better and, most importantly of all, playing less the plot convenience card in general, on top of the fact it’s been 24+ volumes.

You mentioned logic and, unless we’re talking about series that initially start mainly as comic relief with literally no boundaries be it for the plot or the characters (Gintama, Katekyo Hitman Reborn…), that’s personally what I’m looking for in answers and explanation for series like Kuroshitsuji. 

This is completely a personal opinion obviously, because I know readers who like the 2CT disagree that it’s not the most logical theory (and I completely respect their opinion), but still, as I could see yesterday even some of them will call some aspects of the explanation “vague”.
And maybe it’s because we’re still missing some parts of the big picture that it feels like that (I can’t deny that and I really hope that’s the reason) but so far that’s really why I don’t like it as an explanation.

So I agree with you Anon, maybe I feel like that about the 2CT because, by trying to give the readers hints about the 2CT ever since the circus arc, Yana might have lacked consistency between the hints, the other subplots and the developments of her characters throughout the rest of the story. 

And it’s probable that she can still salvage it if the 2CT becomes canon, by reducing the possibility of plot holes as much as she can (because I might not like the twin thing but I won’t be bitchy as long as the plot and the character developments won’t be halted or quality-reduced) and I really hope she will succeed in doing so.

Finally, on top of all this, Kuroshitsuji’s pace is slow and not just because the serialization is monthly, so now that we’ve been through 24+ volumes of a story that I love a lot, I just wish for a slow settlement of the story and I don’t want to keep on fearing about plot convenience as explanations, like I do for the following subjects:

  • Will Tanaka and Frances ever have a role in the plot, since the plot is based around why Vincent got killed?
  • Will we get a detailed flashback about UT? (because I don’t fear not getting answers, I know we will, but a real flashback to explain his character? honestly I don’t know)
  • Will we delve a little more into Vincent’s character since his death is basically the reason Kuroshitsuji happened?
  • Will we ever have a Lau and Ran Mao arc? Or even just answers?
  • Will Ciel ever questions his past actions and choices (like the contract)?
  • Will Rachel ever get some panels in the story (she’s the one who appeared the less out of the entire cast, even Randall and Cole got more screentime, how crazy is that when she’s Ciel’s mom???)
  • Will William ever have any big role amongst all the Shinigamis as it was foreshadowed until he basically disappeared from the story?
    (@into–the–abyss, this one is for you)
  • What about what Will mentioned in ch35 about Shinigamis sometimes judging people worthy of another chance at living?
    (@dorkshadows this one is for you)

So as you can see my issue with the 2CT isn’t just 2CT-centered, I hope you get what I wanted to say with this huge block of text, it’s part of an ensemble linked to how Yana wrote her story so far, and for now I’m dealing rather well with it because it doesn’t feel like we’re going to get answers any time soon on the subjects I listed above, except on the matter of the 2CT obviously, which is why I am worried about it lately.

To give you one last example, we’re not there yet which is why I barely ever speak about it, but if Frances and Tanaka don’t get one hell of a more active role towards the whole mystery behind Vincent’s death and Ciel’s revenge (seeing as Frances is Vincent’s sister + Claudia’s daughter + Lizzie’s mom + Ciel’s aunt and the only other real Phantomhive alive left, + Sebastian’s number 1 annoying human, and since Tanaka was the butler of Vincent and probably Claudia + that he’s definitely watching over Ciel), I will probably break my shit ten times harder than I currently do with the 2CT.

Same for Lau and Ran Mao, same for Will and for all the other subjects I listed above (knowing I probably forgot some).

…I basically spent 3 hours writing all of this down instead of working, so I hope I managed to convey my thoughts somewhat in an okay fashion. Sorry for all the ramble, but basically I wanted to say that I think your thoughts are spot on Anon.

Yep, all of this just for “I agree” haha ^_^ but hey, that’s just how it is, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to shut up when it comes to series I really enjoy (I never was able to shut up about them even back when I was 12 so…).

I know I can be pretty annoying with the 2CT or with my criticisms, so I apologize to anyone reading me, but trust me when I say that all I want is for Kuroshitsuji to remain the enjoyable story it managed to really be for over 24 volumes, and once again, I might not like the hidden twin trope, but if that’s all I dislike of Yana’s explanation about Ciel’s character, then I’ll just shut up forever about the 2CT.

Also, I hope no one reading this doubts that I have the utmost respect for Yana-sensei and her work. I just don’t want any plot holes, because that’s what destroys a good story.

Thank you for passing by and for your message Anon, I’m just sorry I rambled that much. 

Please have a nice weekend 🙂

I don’t get why people don’t get lizzy’s character, like now that she does everything she can to see him happy again( she thinks it’s because his parents are dead that he isnt happy anymore) people call her stupid or childish when she’s just 14??

midnight-in-town:

Hey Anon and honestly?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Like, I could speak about this subject for hours, I already did in the past more than once, but in a few months we would have the same kind of posts you are referring to showing up in the tags again so frankly  ¯

¯

¯_(ツ)_/¯

¯

¯
  

I’m really sorry for the rather… morbid tone Anon, I know you did nothing to deserve it, but seriously, if people want to misread or mischaracterize Lizzie that’s really none of my problem; they’re missing out on a great character so it’s their loss not mine. 

I personally consider that I understand what she’s like, what her qualities and flaws are, what kind of issues she has with Ciel and how I’m hoping she’ll develop, and I even wrote posts before to try and help others understand her better (since many had troubles with her before the Campania arc), but there will always be people unable to understand her, so I can’t do more than what I already wrote or reblogged on the subject of her characterization. 

Now though, since you went through the trouble of sending an ask, I might as well do a quick recap about the basis on Lizzie’s character, by precising that all this is actually understandable through a simple reading of the manga:

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  • For people who think Lizzie is stupid/childish/immature -> wrong/biased idea. 

She’s beyond mature considering her age, her position, her relationship to Ciel and her personal issues about herself. 

I think one look at the flashback during the campania arc is enough to say just how fast she had to grow up because she was to be the Watchdog’s wife

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even if, unlike Ciel, she still has the luck to have a supporting family.

A good example of immaturity and childishness in this manga would be Charles Grey.

  • For people who think

    Lizzie is selfish because she wants the old Ciel back and doesn’t understand how much he suffers -> obviously we don’t read the same manga.

First of all, Lizzie doesn’t understand what Ciel went through or how much he suffers simply because he refuses to address this subject with everyone.

Second thing, Lizzie defines her entire self according to (what she believes are) Ciel’s vision and wishes, meaning: 

  1. she loathed her strength for years and was unable to assume who she really was because he said he didn’t like strong women. 
  2. She doesn’t wear high heels because she feels she might hurt his feelings.
  3. She’s only after his happiness because she’s happy when he’s happy.
  4. She trained so hard even though she hated her strength and fencing (and was afraid he would not marry her) because she knew she had to protect him.

So:
– “Lizzie is selfish” -> no.
– “Lizzie wants the old Ciel back” -> she never even implied it during a single panel in 23 volumes, especially not since this Ciel accepted her true self during the Campania arc.
– “She doesn’t understand how much he suffers” -> She gets he isn’t happy because of that one month but he won’t tell her why.

And here’s the minimal to remember when it comes to Lizzie’s self issues:

  • Before the campania arc: she thought Ciel was afraid of strong women and as such would hate her and refuse to marry her if he were to discover she was “like her mom”. 
  • After the campania arc: she fears she’s not strong enough to protect Ciel and make him happy, because she can only imagine that he went through something beyond awful (besides his parents’ death) if he’s the way he is today.
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And that’s when the current arc rolls in.

TL;DR Anon, if people laugh and call her character childish/annoying/blah blah, let them. The way she was raised and everything she was taught from her very young age were all for her future as the wife of the Queen’s watchdog, so she would be a good support to Ciel. 

Lizzie isn’t the only one to get mischaracterized anyway. In one post like those you are complaining about, someone said about Ciel that he “rather dealt well with the scars of his past” and LMAO, apparently some people forgot the PSTD episode of the GW arc as well as how much Ciel lies to himself, so you see, that’s not just Elizabeth.

I hope it helps Anon, sorry again for the tone and don’t bother with people who mischaracterize her, okay?

Have a nice day. 🙂

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LMAO oh Anon! I woke up to your message, you’re sure you’ve read the manga? 😉 it’s time for a reread maybe, hmm? 🙂

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That moment was the explanation Yana gave as to why Lizzie hid for so long that she was a very capable fighter 😉

Have a nice day Anon! 🙂 

I don’t get why people don’t get lizzy’s character, like now that she does everything she can to see him happy again( she thinks it’s because his parents are dead that he isnt happy anymore) people call her stupid or childish when she’s just 14??

Hey Anon and honestly?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Like, I could speak about this subject for hours, I already did in the past more than once, but in a few months we would have the same kind of posts you are referring to showing up in the tags again so frankly  ¯

¯

¯_(ツ)_/¯

¯

¯
  

I’m really sorry for the rather… morbid tone Anon, I know you did nothing to deserve it, but seriously, if people want to misread or mischaracterize Lizzie that’s really none of my problem; they’re missing out on a great character so it’s their loss not mine. 

I personally consider that I understand what she’s like, what her qualities and flaws are, what kind of issues she has with Ciel and how I’m hoping she’ll develop, and I even wrote posts before to try and help others understand her better (since many had troubles with her before the Campania arc), but there will always be people unable to understand her, so I can’t do more than what I already wrote or reblogged on the subject of her characterization. 

Now though, since you went through the trouble of sending an ask, I might as well do a quick recap about the basis on Lizzie’s character, by precising that all this is actually understandable through a simple reading of the manga:

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  • For people who think Lizzie is stupid/childish/immature -> wrong/biased idea. 

She’s beyond mature considering her age, her position, her relationship to Ciel and her personal issues about herself. 

I think one look at the flashback during the campania arc is enough to say just how fast she had to grow up because she was to be the Watchdog’s wife

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even if, unlike Ciel, she still has the luck to have a supporting family.

A good example of immaturity and childishness in this manga would be Charles Grey.

  • For people who think

    Lizzie is selfish because she wants the old Ciel back and doesn’t understand how much he suffers -> obviously we don’t read the same manga.

First of all, Lizzie doesn’t understand what Ciel went through or how much he suffers simply because he refuses to address this subject with everyone.

Second thing, it’s obviously not a good thing but Lizzie defines her entire self according to (what she believes are) Ciel’s vision and wishes, meaning: 

  1. she loathed her strength for years and was unable to assume who she really was because he said he didn’t like strong women. 
  2. She doesn’t wear high heels because she feels she might hurt his feelings.
  3. She’s only after his happiness because she’s happy when he’s happy.
  4. She trained so hard even though she hated her strength and fencing (and was afraid he would not marry her) because she knew she had to protect him.

So:
– “Lizzie is selfish” -> no.
– “Lizzie wants the old Ciel back” -> she never even implied it during a single panel in 23 volumes, especially not since this Ciel accepted her true self during the Campania arc.
– “She doesn’t understand how much he suffers” -> She gets he isn’t happy because of that one month but he won’t tell her why.

And here’s the minimal to remember when it comes to Lizzie’s self issues:

  • Before the campania arc: she thought Ciel was afraid of strong women and as such would hate her and refuse to marry her if he were to discover she was “like her mom”. 
  • After the campania arc: she fears she’s not strong enough to protect Ciel and make him happy, because she can only imagine that he went through something beyond awful (besides his parents’ death) if he’s the way he is today.
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And that’s when the current arc rolls in.

TL;DR Anon, if people laugh and call her character childish/annoying/blah blah, let them. The way she was raised and everything she was taught from her very young age were all for her future as the wife of the Queen’s watchdog, so she would be a good support to Ciel. 

Lizzie isn’t the only one to get mischaracterized anyway. In one post like those you are complaining about, someone said about Ciel that he “rather dealt well with the scars of his past” and LMAO, apparently some people forgot the PSTD episode of the GW arc as well as how much Ciel lies to himself, so you see, that’s not just Elizabeth.

I hope it helps Anon, sorry again for the tone and don’t bother with people who mischaracterize her, okay?

Have a nice day. 🙂