The difference here to me is huge, and it’s bothering me to hell because I’ve been waiting for this scene to be animated for YEARS.
“Your survival” “raising you” “snatching you away” — all of these phrases emphasize Ciel’s life in a way that prioritizes ‘Ciel’ in that equation.
The manga’s translation, on the other hand, positions these phrases in an objectifying tone: “Your life” “cultivating it” “robbed of it”. Concern isn’t so much about ‘Ciel’ but rather his life. It’s Ciel’s soul that is of greater consequence to Sebastian at this point.
When Sebastian’s making that calculation of distance in his head, it’s out of fear of being robbed of his shit. He doesn’t imagine Ciel being physically put in danger;
he just sees him in the clutches of someone else.
The musical tone of this moment also just feels so dissonant to me man… Like this isn’t a triumphant “I’ll protect you” moment — this is a creature defending its hunt. Ciel is literally being reminded that he is indeed still a meal in the eyes of his protector. How scary is that?
Well not nearly scary enough if you’re crunchyroll apparently. I mean, “raised you?” Like ok mom.
But y’know, if you take Crunchyroll’s version of the translation with the tone of the score, it reads a lot better than if it kept to the og translations ig. So maybe I shouldn’t complain at all. Maybe I’m just being a stinker.
Damn bitch I just realized watching the new episode… regardless of whether or not Undertaker is related to Ciel by blood, the whole Undertaker makin zombies that attack OCiel is extremely fucked from a weird emotional perspective I hadn’t considered before.
Imagine ur creepy uncle SUDDENLY STARTS RESURRECTING THE FUCKIN DEAD AS KILLER ZOMBIES?? CUZ HES TECHNICALLY A DEAD GUY TOO?! Like idk how close the twins got to him growing up but he was around. Maybe it’s more like “dad’s creepy friend” than “my creepy uncle” but still. That’s weird as all fuck.
If that happened to me that my weird uncle by association was a death god who made zombies I’d be shook as fuck too, no wonder Ciel looks absolutely terrified in this episode lol
Like it’s worse than just “some random loco is making zombies” or “the crackhead who gives me intel is making zombies” it’s “THE GUY WHO USED TO COME OVER MY HOUSE WHEN I WAS LITTLE IS MAKING ZOMBIES”