Black Butler (manga)/Characters: Difference between revisions

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"''I'm arrogant, but not so much that I'd irresponsibly save someone just to brag about it.''"

* [[Angst Coma]]

* [[Angst Coma]]: For a while

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV or type V]] in the anime, [[Villain Protagonist]] in the manga.

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: He even is one of the so-called [[The Beautiful People|Aristocrats of Evil]].

* [[Astral Checkerboard Decor]]: Ciel's mental world has a checkerboard floor in unrelated scenes in the anime and the manga, which by then had diverged into entirely different plots. In the manga there are even chess pieces, of which Ciel himself seems to be one.

* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: In spite of Ciel's badassery, he's still the [[Non-Action Guy]] for the most part, which permits him to work this trope with Sebastian.

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* [[Blue Eyes]]: Well, [[Mismatched Eyes|one of them]], anyway...

* [[A Boy and His X]]: A boy and his demon butler.

* [[Byronic Hero]]: A very young example~~, but he still fits this trope to a T~~.

* [[Byronic Hero]]: A very young example.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Proved it during the murder mystery arc where he {{spoiler|planned out and orchestrated the entire event. To sum it up he basically allows the murder mystery to play out all while knowing who the true killer was, keeping everyone else from finding out, placing the blame on someone else in order to complete the mission given to him from the queen, all while not only keeping suspicion off of himself, but also making himself seem like a victim~~. Then very end where he only tells one character based off of [[Sherlock Holmes (novel)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] of his scheme because he wanted to motivate him to continue to write mystery novels~~.}}

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Proved it during the murder mystery arc where he {{spoiler|planned out and orchestrated the entire event. To sum it up he basically allows the murder mystery to play out all while knowing who the true killer was, keeping everyone else from finding out, placing the blame on someone else in order to complete the mission given to him from the queen, all while not only keeping suspicion off of himself, but also making himself seem like a victim.}}

** Also, {{spoiler|with a few [[I Lied|well chosen words]] towards Snake, Ciel turned a former enemy into another one of his devoted servants.}}

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: He has admitted once that he will do anything to win and has resorted to some very dirty tricks in friendly competitions. In a serious fight that he was not able to avoid we see him take out a hidden revolver and simply shoot things dead.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Of the [[Villain Protagonist]] variety. That's not to say he doesn't grieve for his loss.

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* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Much to his displeasure.

* [[Evil Brit]]: This takes place ''in'' Britain after all.

* [[Evil Eye]]: The pentagram in his right eye allows Ciel to command Sebastian.

* [[Evil Eye]]

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Because walking around with a ~~demon's~~ ~~seal~~ ~~available~~ to anyone who looks you in the eyes is [[Red Right Hand|kind of gauche.]]

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Because walking around with a pentagram visible to anyone who looks you in the eyes is [[Red Right Hand|kind of gauche.]]

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: ~~The~~ ~~circus~~ ~~arc~~ ~~shows~~ that ~~Ciel~~ ~~doesn~~'t ~~take~~ ~~well~~ to ~~unfamiliar~~ ~~territories~~.

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Ciel didn't do so well when he had to go undercover as a commoner. It turned out that he didn't even know how to dress himself without help...

* [[Grade School CEO]]: He started his business empire at the age of ten.

* [[Hates Being Touched]]: He appears to not enjoy physical contact, though he tolerates Sebastian and does not complain when the demon picks him up or holds him. If he is stressed, he will slap someone touching him away, proclaiming, "Don't touch me so easily!" This is a negative influence of the trauma he underwent during his time as ~~a slave~~.

* [[Hates Being Touched]]: He appears to not enjoy physical contact, though he tolerates Sebastian and does not complain when the demon picks him up or holds him. If he is stressed, he will slap someone touching him away, proclaiming, "Don't touch me so easily!" This is a negative influence of the trauma he underwent during his time in captivity.

* [[He's Back]]

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]

* [[Improbable Age]]: Ciel is the leader of a popular toys and candy company, is ~~working~~ for the ~~queen~~ ~~as a~~ black ops~~/assassin, owns a mansion, and is rich from the money he inherited when his parents died. He is also only 13 years old, and this whole situation likely started around ''three years ago''~~.

* [[Improbable Age]]: Ciel is the leader of a popular toys and candy company and works for the Queen doing black ops.

** He's also highly skilled at pool to the point that he can beat a bunch of adults, despite being ''so short'' he actually has to ''sit on the pool table to make a shot''.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "The Queen's watchdog/guard dog," one of the "evil noblemen/aristocrats of evil."

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* [[Kuudere]]: You can see on some occasions the softer and warmer inner core he hides from the world.

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]: After all the crap he pulled during the circus arc, he ventures off to the workhouse they were told about only to find out that it's in ruins. Ciel finds this darkly amusing.}}

* [[Little Miss Snarker|Little Mister Snarker]]: Again, mostly in the anime, as the manga portrays more as [[The Comically Serious]].

* [[Magnetic Hero|Magnetic Villain Protagonist]]: He seems to be rather good at gathering loyal followers in the manga. In the anime Sebastian is more responsible for the new hires.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]

* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]

* [[Mark of the Beast]]

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* [[Nice Hat]]: Ciel has many a fancy hat, particularly his top hat.

* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: While Ciel's house staff often cause a lot of trouble, he always treats them kindly (or as kind as Ciel can be). Lampshaded several times by the staff themselves.

* [[Non-Action Guy]]/[[Non-Action Snarker]]: A rare inversion, as he's the main character and he's far from being a [[Butt Monkey]]; he's simply physically weak. Ciel generally sits in the sidelines and watches Sebastian doing the fighting.

* [[Non-Idle Rich]]

* [[Not So Stoic]]: When he breaks down, he ''breaks down''.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Moreso in the anime than in the manga. Especially in the second season, where you can count on one hand the number of times he smiles, even if it's just a smirk.

** During the course of the manga he gradually redevelops his ability to smile. Some of those smiles are even genuinely happy.

* [[Power At a Price]]: He sells his soul in return for help from Sebastian in succeeding in all of his goals, including killing his parents' murderer[s]. After that last goal is finished, Sebastian will be able to take Ciel's soul.

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: He likes to smirk evilly when he is being particularly devious in the later parts of the manga.

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* [[Teen Genius]]: Although he's not a clichéd teen and appears to add up more with the [[Child Prodigy]] trope, he is just past the age range.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Unfortunately for Ciel, psychotherapy is not among the anachronisms in the series.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: When partnered with Sebastian.

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Type B. Ciel has a lot of trauma in his backstory. Then he keeps getting more trauma during the actual story. He [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]], but now he is a [[Villain Protagonist]] and seems to be on a downward course deeper into hardened villainy.

* [[Trigger]]: Ciel suffers from PTSD because of his [[Dark and Troubled Past]].