#kuro 138

[plague-of-insomnia]

Ciel does not see Sebastian as his father.

He is actively repulsed by the idea and Yana has shown this explicitly at least twice: once in the Circus Arc and again in the Murder Arc.

I know there’s a significant segment of the fandom who genuinely believes that Ciel wanted to have Sebastian to replace his dead father, but I disagree strongly, not only because of the above, but also because Yana has shown us that OC was much closer with Tanaka than Vincent.

Besides, if you look at the revisited contract scene from ch 138, it almost seems as if Ciel is not thinking of replacing Vincent when he makes the decision to accept Sebastian’s offer, but in fact is looking for a new protector to replace RC, his dead twin.

It’s impossible to talk about this moment without the gorgeous full-page series from the chapter.

Sebastian offers the contract. Ciel recalls his brother promising to protect him. He gazes out at his brother’s corpse and realizes that his only way forward now is through making a pact with the demon. His brother’s soul is gone already, as is his life.

So Ciel becomes his twin. He takes Sebastian on as his new shield for his revenge. Sebastian may be someone that Ciel relies on, but he is absolutely not his new father figure.

[normalestenstars]

Best Babysitter Result Summary

The question asked: NiceP needs someone to look after 4piece kids! Who do you trust the most to babysit them

👑 The overall poll winner is Nazuna, with 34.1% or 77/226 votes

As for the group winners, they're:

√AtoZ: Chiaki, with 59.5% or 110/185 votes XXVeil: Nazuna, with 85.7% or 192/224 votes Branco: Hajime, with 76.8% or 106/138 votes Ring.A.Bell: Mao, with 67.7% or 130/192 votes Getto Spectacle: Tatsumi, with 43.3% or 61/141 votes La Mort: Rei, with 40.2% or 68/169 votes Puffy☆Bunny: Mika, with 37.6% or 76/202 votes Butou-kai: Kuro, with 48.9% or 91/186 votes BLEND+: Tsumugi, with 39.4% or 52/132 votes Flambé!: Yuzuru, with 42.9% or 63/147 votes

OR, here's a visual summary of the shuffle winners. Nazuna (of XXVeil) was the most unanimous winner for best babysitter. Mika (of Puffy☆Bunny) was the most divided winner.

Is this the best way to conduct the question, who knows! But these are the results nonetheless. Browse the individual polls here

[childrenofthesun77]

I expected chapter 138 to continue the fight between tsubaki and kuro, but hopefully there will be some progress on the other fronts too.

It's not like I dislike the fight, but there are simply other plots going on that I find juicier. Revelations like tsubaki doing all of this because of his probably dead sister (yay, another fridged female character in servamp, like we didn't have enough of those already) are just not as interesting as lily turning the entire plot of servamp on its head in his chess game with misono.

[nuis-world]

"NUI WORLD" (LISTA DE CAPÍTULOS / TEMPORADA 02)

AUTORA: SHIZUME SHADE

101. Medio frutero (Mikoto/Grupal) 102. Dos lados (Mikoto) 103. Adivina (Totsuka) 104. Consejo de pareja (Totsuka) 105. Testigos (Mikoto) 106. Días de beber (Trio Homra) 107. Disfrutando (Iwa/Yukari) 108. No leo más (Iwa) 109. Reflexión (Iwa/Grupal) 110. Cada uno en su sitio (Iwa) 111. Brillo (Yukari) 112. Sabes demasiado (Yukari/Iwa) 113. Te deseo... (Yukari/Shiro) 114. Déjame ser (Totsuka/MikoRei) 115. Comercial de leche (Seri) 116. Eso no era aceite (SaruMi) 117. El monumento (Mikoto) 118. Soy guapo (Reisi) 119. Se barrer (Totsuka) 120. Celos (MikoRei/Totsuka) 121. Si te jodo... (SaruMi) 122. Sonríe (SaruMi) 123. 911 (MikoRei) 124. Visitando perfiles (Trio Homra/Reisi) 125. Mi voz (Totsuka) 126. Cuidado (MikoRei) 127. Como un perro (Totsuka/Mikoto) 128. Veneno (Totsuka/Mikoto) 129. Infeliz (Saru/Andy/Akiyama) 130. Desmadre (Clan Plateado) 131. Barriga (Kamamoto) 132. Mi barrio (Totsuka/Rikio) 133. Abrazo (Totsuka/MikoRei) 134. Receta (Trio Homra) 135. Se solicita personal (Iwa/Izumo/Rikio) 136. Dame mimitos (Clan Plateado) 137. Una fiera (SaruMi) 138. Frase (Totsuka/Reisi) 139. Malhumor (Rikio/Reisi) 140. Valórame (Izumo/Seri) 141. Wifi (Trio Homra) 142. Ojalá cayera dinero (Mikoto/Totsuka) 143. Sin batería (Sukuna) 144. Cocinar (Sukuna/Iwa) 145. Cambio de color (Sukuna/Seri/Izumo) 146. Problema para trabajar (Trio Homra) 147. Necesitas un abrazo (Totsuka/Mikoto) 148. Amor de lejos (Trio Homra/Reisi) 149. Ratero (Totsuka/Anna) 150. Tengo problemas (Totsuka) 151. Enemigo (Iwa) 152. Lectura (Izumo/Seri/MikoRei) 153. Regrésamelo (Izumo/Seri) 154. ¿Vino solo? (Izumo/Iwa) 155. Negocio (Totsuka/Iwa) 156. No soy una planta (Totsuka/Mikoto) 157. Ir lejos (Totsuka/MikoRei) 158. Mandamientos del flojo (Mikoto) 159. Vete a... (Saru/Reisi/Seri) 160. Si me hundo, te hundes (Saru/Seri) 161. La novela (Reisi) 162. Calma mi dolor (Yata/Rikio) 163. Mientras me ignoras... (SaruMi) 164. Salgamos a correr (Yata/Rikio) 165. Número enojado (SaruMi) 166. Mañana (SaruMi) 167. Mensaje (Izumo/Seri) 168. Sin control (Izumo/Seri) 169. Razones para no casarme (Izumo/Seri) 170. Ayudando a encontrar el camino (Kuro/Yukari) 171. Mi religión (Totsuka/Andy) 172. Destino (Rikio/Andy) 173. Vicio (Totsuka) 174. Buen hábito (Totsuka) 175. To tite (Totsuka/Seri) 176. Colgate (Totsuka) 177. Dormir (MikoRei) 178. Poema (Izumo/Seri) 179. Todo a tu nombre (MikoRei) 180. No pierdas la cabeza (Iwa/Izumo) 181. Carne (MikoRei/Totsuka) 182. Propósito de Año Nuevo (Iwa/Mikoto/Izumo) 183. Ojalá (Totsuka/MikoRei) 184. Poeta o basura (Totsuka) 185. Amor/Odio (Rikio/Mikoto/Izumo) 186. Gran error (Iwa) 187. Años cogibles (Iwa) 188. Lección (Totsuka/Yukari) 189. Pensador (Sukuna) 190. Plantas (Yukari) 191. Edad del golf (Yukari/Iwa) 192. Mala suerte (Totsuka/MikoRei) 193. Emocionado (Sukuna/Anna) 194. Olvido (Sukuna/Anna) 195. ¡Feo, yo? (Yukari/Sukuna) 196. Te mando... (Zenjo/Seri) 197. Paciencia (SaruMi) 198. 100% pendejo (SaruMi) 199. Mejor tarde que nunca (Saru/Andy/Akiyama) 200. Preferencias (Andy/Totsuka/Mikoto/Iwa)

[bb-latvija]

Ceturtdien satiksmes negadījumos cietuši 14 cilvēki

Aizvadītajā diennaktī Latvijā reģistrēti 138 ceļu satiksmes negadījumi, kuros cietuši kopumā 14 cilvēki, aģentūru LETA informēja Valsts policijā. Starp cietušajiem bija viens gājējs, četri velosipēdisti un viens elektriskā skrejriteņa vadītājs. Kopumā ceļu satiksmes jomā pieņemti 556 administratīvo pārkāpumu lēmumi, tajā skaitā 259 par ātruma pārsniegšanu un trīs par agresīvu braukšanu. Par…

[chibimyumi]

That Butler, Chonk

An abridged redraw of Kuro chapters 137 and 138.

╮ (* ^ω^ *) ╭ Sorry not sorry

[funtomrabbits]

Sebs knows how to handle children.

[desferal]

disgusting, slimy little man

[nickiminajlov3]

Reblog if real!Ciel died for our sins

[fatifleur-blog1]

Guys sebastian is sitting

HE'S SITTING

[nominalbutler]

Sebastian's body language throughout the whole chapter has given me chills™

[shuuji-chan]

“12.800.000 meters.”

“One second.”

[grelleswife]

That butler, absolute trash. •-•

One (1) bastard trash demon

[blackbootyler]

PREDICTION:

So Our Ciel says that he will take care of illness when the time comes since Sebastian cannot protect against it (that’s the terms in their contract) so I believe Yana will wrap up the series eventually with Our Ciel dying from his illness so that Sebastian cannot eat his soul. If you think about this, this could be the best ending because our Ciel is allowed to escape the devil with his soul.

[caeli-phantomhive]

Our Ciel this chapter

[chibimyumi]

Lost in Translation & That actor, Influential II

Now that the chance had arisen to talk about Sebastianese, or ‘keigo’, I wish to make another post on what may have been lost in translation, while using this opportunity to make a sequence for ‘that actor, influential’.

1. Inconsistency in Body and Words

‘Keigo’ is formal language, but it is not restricted to just the spoken words. In Japanese, not only is it imperative that the speaker chooses their words carefully, but also that the body language is appropriately formal. This includes properly timed bowing, nodding, and other such gestures.

In chapter 138 wherein we see newborn “Sebastian Michaelis” in his full glory for the first time, he already speaks in impeccable ‘keigo’. While his command of the vocabulary part of ‘keigo’ is flawless, his body-language leaves a lot to be desired.

I don’t know whether this is universal, but in the very least in Japanese society, crossing one’s legs is considered rather impolite, and unacceptable even in formal settings. It goes without saying then that butlers should never display themselves with legs crossed.

The first time we see any Sebastian with legs crossed was in ‘Tango on the Campania’ on January 31st, 2017. Few months later Yana admitted that she was beaten by the punch with Yunbastian’s mighty arrogant way of sitting down, first seen in the manga on March 18th, 2018.

2. Drawing Attention by Comparison

Additionally, I wish to point out that chapter 138 did not display so much of Sebas’ legs just because they are drop-dead-gorgeous.

The panels serve as visual, comparative narratives wherein we see a well-educated though still somewhat demure kid, versus an uneducated and mighty arrogant demon. Herein, O!Ciel’s straight back and legs represent his educated background, while Sebastian’s casual posture represents the raw demon he is still; one who is yet to be educated by his master.

3. Tone

Not only did Yunbastian predict Sebas’ unpolished mannerisms, he might also have inspired Yana on the demon’s tone.

人間の欲望には際限がありませんからねぇ

Ningen no yokubou ni wa saigen ga arimasen kara neé~

There is no limit to the greed of humans, [now, is there? lol]

あまり良い選択とは思えませんがねぇ

Amari ii sentaku to wa omoemasen ga neé~

I cannot think of it as a very good choice, [now, wouldn’t  you agree? lol]

In ‘keigo’, it is best to leave out linguistic fillers or similar redundant trails and sounds (e.g. “erm...” or “right?”). At the very beginning of the contract, on top of committing the body-language taboo, Sebas also made the mistake of trailing his words; a mistake he never makes again later in the contract!

By trailing the neutral ‘ne’ into ‘neé~’, in practice it makes the speaker sound sarcastic. An English equivalent would be like an emphasised polite word: “Oh, so sorry, madam!”

When tone of voice and body-language are inconsistent with the hyper-formality of ‘keigo’, it is considered even ruder than someone who just speaks in casual language. This inconsistency would be considered an attitude where the speaker knows they should be respecting the listener, but does not feel like the person deserves the respect. Instead, all there will be left of the politeness in the words is an attempt to show-off just how highly educated the speaker is. (The potential irony of ‘keigo’ is discussed in this post as well.)

This same type of ironic impudence is likewise first to be seen in Yunbastian, where he says “as you wish” with an unacceptable tone and speed, while smacking the plate down before his master.

4. Facial Expression

Obviously, facial expression is part of body-language as well. We see in the same chapter how Sebas uses hyper formality in language, while the rest of his face is screaming: “I am so much better than you, peasant.”

貴方に危害を加えた人間を残らず抹殺して参ります

Anata ni kigai wo kuwaeta ningen wo nokorazu massatsushite mairimasu

I shall [humbly] proceed to obliterate the ones who have harmed you.

よくお気付きになりましたね

Yoku okizuki ni narimashita ne

You did well in [nobly] taking [noble] notice.

O!Ciel I don’t know how you trained your demon pet, but dayum, I take off my hat for you.