Black Butler II/Characters

Ciel Phantomhive
"Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto (JP) and Brina Palencia (ENG)"


 * Anti-Hero
 * Astral Checkerboard Decor: In his mental world.
 * Barehanded Blade Block:
 * Boy in a Box:
 * Dark and Troubled Past: It is a matter of fan contention whether his or Alois's past is more dark and troubled.
 * Deal with the Devil: With Sebastian.
 * Dude in Distress
 * Dull Eyes of Unhappiness
 * Evil Eye: His right eye contains Sebastian's mark, the proof of the contract between them.
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Hates Being Touched
 * Kuudere
 * Smart People Play Chess
 * Stoic Woobie

Sebastian Michaelis
"Voiced by Daisuke Ono (JP) and J Michael Tatum (ENG)"


 * Battle Butler
 * Bishounen
 * Catch Phrase: In the dub, "I am one Hell of a butler."
 * Cuteness Proximity: Get him close to his beloved cats, and he'll even ignore Ciel.
 * Fangs Are Evil: His demon form has sharp teeth and small fangs.
 * Fork Fencing
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: In his demon mode.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Red Right Hand: His fingernails are black even when he suppresses his other visible demon traits.
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * Villain Protagonist: He used to be more of a dark Anti-Hero in the previous season, but he is more villainous here.

Alois Trancy
"Voiced by Nana Mizuki (JP) and Luci Christian (ENG)"

"They should all die! All of them! Everything, completely annihilated!"

A rather disturbed and unstable boy who made a contract the the demon Claude. Alois is clingy and emotional and in general Ciel's total opposite.


 * Animal Motifs: Apparently the Trancy clan has been long associated with spiders, and Alois himself has had quite a few What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic scenes with spiders and webs. His contract mark even looks a bit like a spiderweb.
 * Creepy Child: Much more so than Ciel.
 * Cute and Psycho: Alois. Throughout the first episode he flips from sweet and innocent to Ax Crazy so many times it could make someone dizzy.
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * Deal with the Devil: With Claude.
 * Desperately Craves Affection
 * Foil: For Ciel.
 * I Just Want to Be Loved: An evil variation.
 * Kick the Dog: One of the first things in the anime that Alois does is Talk about bad first impressions.
 * Leitmotif: The Slightly Chipped Full Moon and its variations.
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Nouveau Riche: He flaunts his money and doesn't rally seem to care, as seen by the first episode when he tosses bills and bills of money down to his "uncle".
 * Please Don't Leave Me:
 * Rags to Riches: His backstory.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red Oni to Claude's Blue Oni. Can also be considered the Red Oni to Ciel's Blue Oni.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: For the whole first episode, he goes from acting completely innocent to downright crazy within a few seconds, and switches back and forth between the two personas. Not to mention how he acts as if he is trying to seduce any male character within five feet of him. Which is, sadly, Truth in Television. Many childhood sexual abuse victims end up acting like this, because their trauma never allowed them to develop healthy ways of interacting with adults.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: His "Booty Shorts" have pretty much reached memetic status by now.
 * Yandere: He appears to be that for Claude. Much of what Alois does can be attributed to him trying to impress Claude.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red Oni to Claude's Blue Oni. Can also be considered the Red Oni to Ciel's Blue Oni.
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: For the whole first episode, he goes from acting completely innocent to downright crazy within a few seconds, and switches back and forth between the two personas. Not to mention how he acts as if he is trying to seduce any male character within five feet of him. Which is, sadly, Truth in Television. Many childhood sexual abuse victims end up acting like this, because their trauma never allowed them to develop healthy ways of interacting with adults.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: His "Booty Shorts" have pretty much reached memetic status by now.
 * Yandere: He appears to be that for Claude. Much of what Alois does can be attributed to him trying to impress Claude.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.
 * Yandere: He appears to be that for Claude. Much of what Alois does can be attributed to him trying to impress Claude.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.

Claude Faustus
"Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai (JP) and Jason Douglas (ENG)"

"Passion to calm, hesitation to resolve, love to gravestones. That is the Trancy butler."

The demon who made a contract with Alois and became his butler. Claude is for the most part cold and uncaring, but he does have a hidden passionate side. He appears to be even more evil than Sebastian, with whom Claude develops a rivalry.


 * Absurdly Sharp Blade Claude's knives are as sharp as Sebastian's.
 * Animal Motifs: Claude is connected to spiders.
 * Battle Butler
 * Cheshire Cat Grin
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Though sometimes they glow red.
 * Fangs Are Evil: He grows sharp teeth and fangs in his demon mode.
 * Foil: For Sebastian.
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: When he lets his demonic side closer to the surface.
 * The Glasses Come Off
 * Gratuitous English: "Yes, your highness."
 * Hellish Pupils: Occasionally.
 * Knife Nut: Like Sebastian, Claude fights with cutlery - but instead of mere silverware, he uses goldware.
 * Meaningful Name: Claude Faustus.
 * Razor Floss: One of his attacks.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He's got a real talent for crocheting.
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Super Reflexes
 * Super Strength
 * The Un-Smile: He smiles at the beginning of episode 8, shocking and disgusting Alois.
 * Yandere:
 * Yandere:

Hannah Anafellows
"Voiced by Aya Hirano (JP) and Caitlin Glass (ENG)"


 * Absolute Cleavage
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Because You Were Nice to Me:
 * Body Horror:
 * Clothing Damage: A lot.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Love Martyr:
 * Meido
 * Ms. Fanservice: Although to some, with the amount of disturbing things that she becomes involved with, it could be Fan Disservice.
 * The Reveal:
 * Trouser Space: From which she pulls out a
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?:
 * The Reveal:
 * Trouser Space: From which she pulls out a
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?:
 * Trouser Space: From which she pulls out a
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?:

Thompson, Timber, and Canterbury
"Voiced by Kenichi Suzumura (JP) and Scott Freeman (ENG)"

"None of your business." "My cowlick spins to the left." "My cowlick spins to the right."

A set of strange, quiet triplets who are servants at the Trancy Manor.


 * Buxom Is Better: In their opinions, anyway.
 * He Who Must Not Be Heard: Until the Spider's Intention OVA, where Alois demands that they speak up, we only see them whispering among themselves.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Theme Naming: English writers, it seems.

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford
"Voiced by Yukari Tamura (JP) and Cherami Leigh (ENG)"


 * Arranged Marriage: With Ciel. He does care for her though.
 * Genki Girl
 * The Glomp: She never hesitates at a chance to glomp Ciel.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Kawaiiko
 * Kissing Cousins: She and Ciel are cousins. Not that this was unusual for this time period.
 * Morality Chain: Her entire reason for existence seems to be keeping Ciel from falling into the abyss.
 * Princess Curls: In Mega Twintails.
 * Spoiled Sweet: She's used to getting what she wants but, for the most part, isn't a bad person for it.
 * Stepford Smiler: She keeps most of her fears and worries regarding Ciel to herself.

Grell Sutcliffe
"Voiced by Jun Fukuyama (JP) and Daniel Fredrick (ENG)"

"I'm the shinigami of mangosteen!"


 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: All the guys he seems to like.
 * Ambiguous Gender: There's still discussion among fans on whether or not he's a transsexual or just flamboyant gay. The Word of God is that he's gay.
 * Badass Long Hair / Badass Longcoat
 * Camp Gay: Though in a previous season it's heavily implied that he was romantically involved with Madam Red...
 * Cheshire Cat Grin: This seems to be a popular trope for the characters of this series, but now Grell can especially fit it, seeing as how he's portraying the Cheshire Cat in the Alice In Wonderland-inspired OVA.
 * Combat Stilettos: He wears women's boots.
 * Depraved Bisexual: He actually did fall in love with Madam Red in the previous season, so he could be considered bisexual.
 * He could be pansexual. It seems he just likes cruel people.
 * Green Eyes: In two concentric rings. The inner ring is green and the outer ring is yellow, since this is the anime.
 * Jerkass Dissonance: Most fans seem to completely ignore his ruthless and sadistic streak and tend to portray him as something completely different.
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Love At First Punch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one. It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)
 * Mad Love
 * Meaningful Name/Partially Named After Somebody Famous: He shares a surname with
 * Shinigami
 * Transsexualism: The fandom debate is heated and endless.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.
 * Jerkass Dissonance: Most fans seem to completely ignore his ruthless and sadistic streak and tend to portray him as something completely different.
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Love At First Punch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one. It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)
 * Mad Love
 * Meaningful Name/Partially Named After Somebody Famous: He shares a surname with
 * Shinigami
 * Transsexualism: The fandom debate is heated and endless.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.
 * Trans Equals Gay: The source of much confusion and disagreement.

Luca Macken
"Voiced by Marina Inoue (JP) and Lindsay Seidel (ENG)"

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An adorable little orphan who lives on the streets with his beloved older brother Jim.


 * Ambiguous Innocence: Between dead parents and needing to steal to live, Luca apparently never realized that, well...
 * Big Brother Worship: He adores his brother Jim.
 * Cheerful Child: Despite his situation. It is likely that he is a Stepford Smiler for his brother's benefit.
 * Meaningful Echo:
 * Meaningful Echo:
 * Meaningful Echo:
 * Meaningful Echo: