Black Butler (anime)/YMMV

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  • Angst? What Angst?: Finny's backstory includes him being locked in a stone room and experimented on for an undetermined amount of time. The amount of times he complains about this? ZERO.
  • Damsel Scrappy: Elizabeth, to most fans.
  • Die for Our Ship: When it comes to pairing up Ciel, you either go with Sebastian or Elizabeth. Well, the anime gives you only one choice at the end. And guess what? This trope is inverted. Sebastian might have Ciel's soul and technically wins over Lizzie... but only because Ciel is dead.
  • Evil Is Sexy: Sebastian.
  • Fan Nickname: Ashela and Mangela for Ash/Angela.
  • The series itself is referred to as "Kuroshit" by detractors. (And by sarcastic fans.)
  • Foe Yay: Grell attempts to have this with Sebastian.
    • Also between Sebastian and Angela/Ash.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: In episode 9, Finny mentions the fact he accidentally killed his pet bird when he was younger. It becomes even harsher when we realise the bird was probably his only friend when he was used as a guinea-pig.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Ciel can be seen as this, since he doesn't mind killing or hurting anyone who gets in the way of his plans, but at the same time, he is portrayed very sympathetically, usually because of his horrible past.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Lau.
  • Memetic Mutation: Deer-head Sebastian.
  • Too Dumb to Live - Elizabeth, you don't follow a stranger who doesn't even act as if he was human.
  • Viewer Gender Confusion: Finny. Grell as well, in both butler and reaper form. Ciel for some, as well.
  • The Woobie: Madam Red fits this trope to a T.