I don't even think it was very badly framed in the manga, I think the poll is mostly misogyny and racism speaking. She's a woman who is an antagonist, it doesn't matter if she was 100% right in refusing to be treated like less than a human because of her caste.
Being 2nd least liked for this is batshit crazy.
I feel a bit sorry for Mina for getting 2nd place in the disliked poll. She didn't do anything bad, she was just not on the protagonists side and her becoming frustrated with her eternal thankless servant position made Soma sad. The narrative also framed her poorly for being an ambitious lower-class woman but if you really look at the things she said and did... I'd do it too, if I were her. She doesn't owe her loyalty or kindness to Soma just because he had a crush on her??
I had so much fun drawing them all I fell in love with this scribble-like-colorstyle. It was so much fun I hope you enjoy the happy servants \(°0°)/ (Pls do not remove siganture
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【Latest update: 30/05/2020】
Character Analyses
【New】Kuroshitsuji FAQ!
【New】Analyses of Sebastian and the Raven Icon
【New】Recommendations of deep character analyses content fanfic
【New】Follow up ⇈ Explanation of “seen everything but understands nothing”
【New】“Lizzie’s nonobligatory romantic feelings for O!Ciel?”
Favourite Character - Analysing Sebastian
Character analysis - Characterising Sebastian
Deep analysis Ciel and Sebas’ bond - Toxic master-servant relationship
Sebastian’s gender? Demon sociology
Strongest character vs Muscle brain? - Sebastian’s intellect and prowess
Sebastian’s full potential? Energy theory
Despicable Vincent Phantomhive
“Why is Vincent in the Akuma 6?”
Scientific proof of Vincent’s height - 160.8cm
Least favourite character - Maurice Cole
Sebas’ old habits and past as mass destruction weapon
Sebastian shooting himself in the foot - He can never lie
“I noticed that Sebas had grown soft towards O!Ciel, do you think he will stay to serve O!Ciel at the end?” - That Master, Starfish
“What do you think of Sascha?” - Sascha’s suicidal past
“How much has Snake grown since working for O!Ciel?”
“Is Snake one of the main three, and what is his true name?”
“Is Sascha AMAB?”
Manga Content Analyses
【New】【tw】“Were the twins raped?”
【New】Is O!Ciel’s contract eye sighted?
Undertaker’s data on Sebastian’s powers
Sebastian’s PTSD
“Can reapers teleport?”
“Do you think we will get UT’s and Grell’s backstories?”
O!Ciel’s emotions through the Blue Cult Arc
【tw】Was Beast raped by Sebastian? - Consent vs Informed consent
【tw】Were the twins raped?
Rin’s character development in the flashbacks & Me hating the anime a lot
Sebastian shooting himself in the foot - He can never lie
“What do you think will happen to R!Ciel?”
“How do you think Sebastian managed to manipulate his Cinematic Record?” - Analysis of Story analysis device and Sebastian’s indifference
“For someone who can’t bear to lose another Phantomhive…” - Analysis Undertaker’s actions
“How much does Frances know about the supernatural?” - Kuro 151
“Why did the zombies not attack Sebas, and can Bizarre Dolls be made from any creature?”
Japanese Language Analyses
“How sad it would be should laughter disappear” - Undertaker
“You have a fair hand for it” - Undertaker’s condescension
Lost in Translation & That Actor, Influential II - Verbal trails
Undertaker’s first person pronoun - shousei
Frances’ and Undertaker’s language - Familiarity?
Tanaka’s line about “master Ciel…” - 2CT
Rin’s gender pronoun in Japanese? - Null-subject language
Meyrin’s broken Japanese (English)
Introduction of Frances Midford
Kuro 140′s Oopsie Rectified
“I wonder if I should be angry that so many humans survived” - Undertaker’s mistranslated line
“Isn’t time almost up for you guys?”/”Has the reaper’s era no come to an end?” - Undertaker’s mistranslated line
Musical Analyses
【New】Uchikawa Reo and Fukuzaki’s portrayal of O!Ciel
That Butler, Skin Crawling - Cinematic record
That Butler, Punchable - Tone analysis
Lost in Translation & That Actor, Influential II - Verbal trails
【tw】That Demon, Seducer - Superiour skills in manipulating Beast
In the Shadows of the Spotlights - Kuromyu 2015
Comparative analyses of the two Kuromyu Snakes
“How does a scythe kill a reaper?” - Using the destructive power of a plothole
“Favourite Ciel actor?” - Performance analysis
Official Info & Japanese Fandom
“Has O!Ciel’s name been revealed yet?”
“Is Sebaciel Canon” - Don’t worry, there is plenty proof it isn’t
“Is UT being the twins’ grandfather a popular theory in the JP fandom?”
“What does the Japanese fandom’s main theories and what do they think of the end?” (bottom of post)
“Are reapers popular in the Japanese fandom?”
“Charles is not popular” - Yes he is…
“Sebaciel in the Japanese fandom?”
“Yana’s opinion on the anime?”
The Anime…
Book of EVERYTHING! and Anticlimactic UT Revelation
Rin’s character development in the flashbacks & Me hating the anime a lot
“Would you support a faithful anime adaptation of the beginning of Kuro?”
“The anime doesn’t do the manga justice”
“Kuro II foreshadowing the manga with the Eiffel Tower?” - No
“Yana’s opinion on the anime?”
Undercover
them!! my faves!!
Tysm ❤️ ❤️ I think you should include a link to link this post to your first post (and vice-versa)
finny + mey rin being determined to help out and ciel being fond over it <3
every time a cover includes cielinny i jump and cheer tbh
and yes we do post crumbs here when it comes to them
finny being jealous of snake getting to go with ciel
finny having nearly the same expression and blush as elizabeth? yeah okay yana you arent slick
more crumbs because i always enjoy finny speaking like a pal to ciel
ciel sees finny and asks "is anyone going to spoil him unconditionally?" then doesnt wait for an answer
finny sees ciel and asks "is anyone going to protect him with their life?" then doesnt wait for an answer
finny holding his hand on his knees at ciels bedside while he's sick then being the one ciel instinctively gravitates to despite being temporarily blind? yana really said "this ones for you devo"
even sieglinde can see it
and be prepared for more full page photos because the green witch arc was MADE for the cielinny shippers
i know its a ptsd episode but it means a lot to me that finny is one of the few to get to see ciel actually cry, because we know he loves him dearly and thinks the world of him so he just wants to help him
its probably no surprise this is one of my favorite covers but i love the imagery of ciel showering finny with all these good and beautiful things in his new life
literally love at first sight like the image of ciel reflected in his eyes smiling? he was enamored from the beginning
finny once again being shown that he will speak up to defend ciel from anyone, even his own insecurities
My instinct was that Finny was reminded of our Ciel, since he did his signature look
I do like your theory though
This chapter introduces a few new potentially significant things.
The first one is Theodore, aka Theo, a member of the Pomeranian class you may remember from a few chapters back:
He helps one of the girls, named Jenny, who is afraid of the horses, and explains that they can sense your fear, and that you wouldn’t want to play with someone who is afraid of you, would you? And then teaches her to bribe him with a carrot.
Sounds a little like what’s happening here at the FOL Orphanage, doesn’t it? Give the kids sweets and make them trust?? 🤔
I doubt that Yana would have included this scene just because, so I expect it’s intended to have a double meaning. Maybe even have a reference to the expression “the carrot and the stick.”
Then, we find out that Theo is “the oldest,” because “Ronnie” “left the nest,” and it’s the “duty of the older brother to look after the younger ones.”
Doesn’t sound a eerily familiar, if not ominous???
But it gets worse. Shortly after Snake and Finny introduce themselves to Theo, the class bell rings so he needs to go. But before he does, he says something cryptic to Finny:
綺麗な
上流階級英語
ですね
Which is a bit tricky to translate.
In literal English, he’s saying:
It’s beautiful,
The Upper-class English language,
Isn’t it?
I am not entirely sure if Theo is commenting on how Finny speaks from his brief introduction, or if it’s meant to emphasize “English” is pretty in general, which is maybe a code of sorts for Finny. So it could be he’s saying:
That’s beautiful
Queen’s English (you’re speaking),
Huh?
OR, more generally, he could be saying in less literal English:
The Queen’s English is beautiful, is it not?
Either seems an odd thing to say out of the blue to someone you just met.
So either he’s noticing that Finny speaks differently than the others (remember that Doll remarks about how Ciel speaks in the circus arc?), or it’s some veiled remark about English in general.
If my theory that Finny is from a program that UT may have been involved with somehow, then perhaps Theo is from the same program as Finny, which remember was not in England, but Germany.
Recall that Finny speaks German? Perhaps this is Theo’s way of saying he knows who Finny is without alerting anyone else who may be listening (and speaking German may have done just that). As far as we know, Finny was the only survivor. Could Theo be a bizarre doll with all the power that Finny has, plus higher intelligence??
Finny definitely recognizes him, though he doesn’t say how or from where as his words trail off. It’s not entirely clear if he recognizes Theo specifically, or if Theo reminds him of someone he knows.
Finny doesn’t have too long to ponder this, though, because Doll collapses not long after.
Snake tries to help but Doll yells at him to stay away, insisting that they’re fine, just a little dizzy. Doll orders the maid (Susan) to take Snake and Finny to the Collie classroom, and staggers off to the stable out of sight.
At first, it seems like maybe Doll doesn’t want to have Snake see them like that, or is worried about hurting him, but once we are alone with Doll, it gets more ominous.
Doll speaks to “everyone,” asking them to “wait for them,” as if talking to the dead circus members, then proclaims their plan for vengeance, saying:
必ずあいつらを
地獄*に送るから
Or, in English:
Without fail, I will send them all to hell*!
Now first, when Doll says “hell,” the spelling tells us they’re saying “there,” so it could be a way of not “swearing,” or it could be a more emphatic way of saying that Doll will send them where they belong.
Or, since we don’t know who the “they” Doll is talking about is, it could mean not Finny and Snake but Sebastian and Ciel. Furtheremore, now that we know Doll is indeed a Bizarre doll and didn’t somehow escape alive, it’s likely Doll knows Sebastian’s true nature. So the phrasing here could a way of saying Doll will send him back to where he came from.
This could mean Doll isn’t a threat to Snake and Finny, and may even help them if Theo becomes a threat to them. But at the same time, Doll (since they are a BD) may not be able to be persuaded against attempting to kill Ciel and Sebastian, which ofc Snake and Finny wouldn’t allow.
It’s messy indeed, and I’m very interested in what happens next.
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