The story revolves around a boy named Ciel Phantomhive and his butler – Sebastian Michaelis and takes place in London around the Victorian era. Ciel comes from a noble family. He inherited a large estate from his parents. He also works for her Majesty to solve mysterious cases. Everything appears to be ordinary except that Sebastian is not human. He is a demon butler bound by a contract to Ciel. The contract stipulates Sebastian to help Ciel to avenge his parents’ death. When the contract is fulfilled, Sebastian is free to consume Ciel’s soul. The pentacle is marked in Ciel's eye as a sign of the contract. That is the reason he always wears an eye patch.I have fallen for this anime ever since the first series. The story is original and imaginative. Some of events depicted can be so funny that I would laugh non stop and some others are so bleak and dark (of course.... it IS a story about a boy making arrangements with a demon).
The characters are so compelling. Ciel, is depicted as an exceptionally smart, serious, vengeful, stubborn, mature, independent boy who is so transfixed in finding his parents killer. He is cruel to the villain and kind to those who are innocent. In the first episode, Ciel made the contract with Sebastian when he was being tortured. This dark past made him unable to smile and live as a child properly. He does not appreciate his own life and threw it away for revenge. In the last episodes, he met a dying police officer who told him that he should live fully. At that time, Ciel realized that it was too late.
Sebastian is a can do all butler. Unlike Ciel, he smiles a lot. His easy going attitude is by far contrast to his demonic nature. He would do anything to do Ciel's bidding since he has a contract with the child. However, sometimes, he is also violates Ciel's orders in order to protect him. In other times, he bothers and irriates Ciel. He is somewhat attached by Ciel but is not reluctant in consuming Ciel’s soul. His "weapons" are the silver knives and forks. He has dark eyes. But they turn red when his demonic aura appears. In his full demon form, it appears that he has wings. However, this form is never fully revealed. He can also takes form of a black crow. Upon following Ciel's orders he always says the sentence "Yes, My Lord". He refers to himself as "One hell of a butler" . Inspite of his perfectionist nature and obidience to Ciel, he would be completely lost when he sees a cat. He would then abandon his job and Ciel (a demon - obsessed with cats).
The characters are so compelling. Ciel, is depicted as an exceptionally smart, serious, vengeful, stubborn, mature, independent boy who is so transfixed in finding his parents killer. He is cruel to the villain and kind to those who are innocent. In the first episode, Ciel made the contract with Sebastian when he was being tortured. This dark past made him unable to smile and live as a child properly. He does not appreciate his own life and threw it away for revenge. In the last episodes, he met a dying police officer who told him that he should live fully. At that time, Ciel realized that it was too late.Sebastian is a can do all butler. Unlike Ciel, he smiles a lot. His easy going attitude is by far contrast to his demonic nature. He would do anything to do Ciel's bidding since he has a contract with the child. However, sometimes, he is also violates Ciel's orders in order to protect him. In other times, he bothers and irriates Ciel. He is somewhat attached by Ciel but is not reluctant in consuming Ciel’s soul. His "weapons" are the silver knives and forks. He has dark eyes. But they turn red when his demonic aura appears. In his full demon form, it appears that he has wings. However, this form is never fully revealed. He can also takes form of a black crow. Upon following Ciel's orders he always says the sentence "Yes, My Lord". He refers to himself as "One hell of a butler" . Inspite of his perfectionist nature and obidience to Ciel, he would be completely lost when he sees a cat. He would then abandon his job and Ciel (a demon - obsessed with cats).
The supporting characters are also interesting. The Phantomhive household has four other servants aside from Sebasitian. Bard is the cook who can’t cook who turns out to be an ex soldier. He was the only survivor from his platoon. Finnian the gardener who destroys the garden. He has supernatural strength due to experiments done to him before he was rescued by Sebastian. Mey-Rin is the maid who destroys things every time she tries to cleans up. She turns out to be an ex gun man. Tanaka is the only servant who served for the former Master Phantomhive. He is usually described as deformed and senile therefore does not usually do any task. However, when he is healthy, he is a perfect butler.
Ciel met an eccentric grim reaper (those who reaps people's soul when they die) upon solving the Jack the Reaper case. His hair, eyeglasses, and clothes are red. His name is Grell. His schythe takes the form of a chainsaw. He sided with Jack the Reaper (who turned out to be Ciel's family - Madame Red). He is a psycho and just love using his schythe. Initially they became enemies and Sebastian nearly killed him. He was however saved by his boss - William. His scythe was taken away and was replaced with a pair of scissor as punishment. In the end Grell was interested in Sebastian and became an unwanted ally to the butler. Sebastian knew this and used him for his own demonic good (he even stepped on Grell to get to higher grounds). All this Grell did happily in exchange for Sebastian's little attentien (e.g. smile) --- (stupid grim reaper in love).
In addition, there is the weird and mysterious undertaker. His hair is white and his clothes and hat are black. Simply put, he looks insane. However, he appears to know things. He becomes Ciel's informant. But he does not wish to be paid with money. Instead, he wants to hear funny jokes. In the ending episodes, he turns out to be a grim reaper just like Grell.
And then there’s Lau – the Chinese trader and the woman he is always with - Ranmau. They are opium sellers and have disagreement with Ciel and Sebastian. Prince Soma is a spoiled prince from India. After getting to understand his mistakes, he became friends with Ciel. He has a bodyguard named Agni. In addition, Ciel has a fiancée named Elizabeth. She is blond and spoiled. But she really loves Ciel. In one of the episodes, she got kidnapped. And the case gave Ciel a hint on who was responsible for his parents’ death.
In a visit to a village, Ciel, Sebastian,and the Phantomhive servants met Angela. She is a woman whose village is terrorized by a giant hound dog who breathes fire. The hound dog is tamed by Sebastian and is named Pluto. Ciel brought him to his estate and made him a pet. However, it is later found out that Angela is indeed a fallen angel. She has a female form and a male form called Ash. She is also the master of Pluto. In the end of the story she unleashed Pluto in London and created havoc. The Phantomhive servants tried to handle the situation and was separated from Sebastian and Ciel. Angela also knows who killed Ciel’s parents. Sebastian battled her and won. Ciel managed to get his vengeance towards those who killed his parents and died. The contract between Ciel and Sebastian ended. In the last episode, Sebastian brought Ciel to his dwelling to consume his soul.
(Please do not be disappointed by this ending… the story continues to season II)
