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[[File:Kuroshitsuji_anime_poster.jpg|thumb|Ciel and Sebastian engaging in symbolism.]]
The first anime adaptation of
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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: The Dolls.
* [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]]: Because the manga had not progressed very far when the first anime was made, there are a number of noticeable differences between the manga and the first two
** Ciel is more mature, intelligent, and devious and counts as a real [[Villain Protagonist]].
** Sebastian is more emotional, and his true form is different.
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** The circumstances of Ciel's parents' deaths were different.
** Ciel did not inherit a family business but founded Funtom when he was ten.
** Note that after the sequel ''[[
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Starting at episode 7, the anime no longer follows the manga.
** Even before that point there were divergences, such as a pair of filler episodes that added a new inhabitant to the Phantomhive manor.
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* [[Fan Service]]: So, so much.
* [[Foreign Language Theme]]: "I'm Alive!", the first English ending theme.
* [[Gecko Ending]]: The manga [[Overtook the Manga|had not progressed far]] when the anime was made, and so the anime went with its own ending and told a self-contained story. Unlike in the usual case, the anime started laying groundwork for the ending even before it had run out of manga chapters, using episodes of what seemed to be pure filler for the manga fans to set up the main plot.
* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: The ghost of King Edward has this.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Sebastian's "Yes, my lord."
* {{spoiler|[[Hair Color Spoiler]]: Ash. Ash has purple eyes and white hair. Who else has white hair and purple eyes? Angela. Angela is an angel. Therefore, when [[The Reveal]] happened, it wasn't much of a surprise.}}
* [[Historical Fantasy]]: At least at first.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: Ciel was used for this, but ended up making a deal with Sebastian instead.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "The/That Butler, ______."
* [[I Didn't Mean to Turn You On]]: Undertaker in the anime loves the feeling of the moisture leaving his body. Unbeknownst to Grell, who tosses him in salt and keeps him buried neck-down.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|In the first episode, Sebastian borrows a page from [[Sweeney Todd]] in dealing with a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. However, he is later seen alive, though injured}}.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: The infamous corset scene.
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Ciel is [[Arranged Marriage|engaged]] to Elizabeth, who is his cousin. This was rather common in the Victorian Era.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: You know something's wrong when the demon butler is easier to see as heroic than the angel in the series.
* [[Locked in the Dungeon]]: Happens to Sebastian.
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: In season 1, Ciel loses a game of chess and {{spoiler|Sebastian, to the ghost of King Edward and his little brother Richard. Their contract isn't broken over a silly game of chess, and Sebastian soon returns when it's most beneficial.}}
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: Those well-dressed people in black-feathered domino masks, found around demon summoning rituals and illegal slave auctions, situations where it pays to avoid getting recognized.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Subverted and then almost immediately double-subverted. {{spoiler|Surely those ragged Indian thugs trying to rob Ciel have no chance against Sebastian. Right? Right. Then the new characters Soma and Agni enter the scene and side with their countrymen. Agni actually knows how to fight. And then rather quickly Soma figures out that he was siding with robbers and orders Agni to switch sides.}} [[Curb Stomp Battle]] ensues.
* [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]]: There are a number of [[Seinen]] themes (villain protagonists, child abuse, violence and gore, etc.), an art style not unlike that of a [[Shoujo]] series and a ''lot'' of subtext, but is published in a Shounen magazine - though the themes of a [[Deal with the Devil]], as well as the style of action, are not foreign to the Shounen genre.
* [[Of Corset Hurts]]: Ciel doesn't enjoy having to put on a corset.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: The corset scene, combined with [[Innocent Innuendo]].
* [[Old-Timey Bathing Suit]]: In episode 7.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]
* [[Overtook the Manga]]
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Lots.
* [[Please Wake Up]]: Ciel when {{spoiler|Sebastian died, and Ciel kept repeating things like, "Sleeping on the floor doesn't look that comfortable to me," and "Get up". Subverted}} because it ended up being {{spoiler|a fake death, which Ciel was aware of the entire time}}.
* [[Running Gag]]: Sebastian and his obsession with cats. And then, Ciel's (both hateful and allergic) reactions to said cats.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Episode 7 has a few nods to the [[Sherlock Holmes]] novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''.
** The famous painting ''The Isle of the Dead'', by Arnold Böcklin shows up as a landscape.
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* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: This Japanese mainstay appears in the Phantomhive garden as a part of a temporary Japanese theme.
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Sebastian, Grell, and Undertaker.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]:
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 is one way to interpret Ciel and Sebastian's relationship.
* [[Whip It Good]]: In Episode 20, {{spoiler|Angela}} pleases all the fangirls by whipping Sebastian.
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