Does ciel phantomhive die in black butler?
This is EVERYTHING, from the beginning of Season 1 to the end of
Season 2, so I hope you have the patience to read this:
SEASON 1:
- Ciel lost his parents.
- Ciel makes a deal with Sebastian (a demon): his soul for the
revenge of his parents' deaths.
- The deal then becomes a contract.
- The concept of the contract is that Sebastian can have Ciel's
soul in exchange of assisting him in the adventure to seek out
his
parents' killer, however, not anytime before that.
- Until the time comes to retrieve his soul, Sebastian is to
serve as Ciel's butler.
- During a fight with Madam Red (Ciel's aunt) and Grell Sutcliff
(a Grim Reaper), Sebastian loses his arm, the SAME arm that
contains
a pendant on it. This pendant is the mark of proof that they
made a contract with one another. This same pendant is located in
Ciel's
right eye, hence why he is always wearing the eyepatch.
- Closer to the end of Season 1, they realize that an angel
named Angela was the one responsible for the deaths of Ciel's
parents.
Upon finding out about this, they [Sebastian and Angela] duel,
but the Phantomhive manor is burned down in the process, along
with
the streets of London.
- At the VERY END of Season 1, Pluto, a guard dog of the
Phantomhive Manor, loses his life, as he is controlled by Angela
into
destroying the manor and the streets of London, along with Madam
Red, and Angela loses her wings thanks to Sebastian.
- LAST EPISODE: Sebastian sits Ciel down and prepares to eat his
soul...
SEASON 2:
- At the very last minute, before Ciel's soul is eaten, it is
stolen by Claude, a different demon butler, under the orders of
HIS
Master, Alois Francy.
- Thanks to the fact that Sebastian lost the arm that contains
the pendant, he no longer has any proof that he claimed Ciel's
soul,
which means it is basically up on the table for anyone who wants
to take it. Alois wants it because apparently, Sebastian had
made
a contract with Alois's brother, Lau, MAN YEARS PRIOR and ended
up eating HIS SOUL as well. The contract: Alois's happiness in
exchange
for, you've guessed it: the soul of Lau.
- Sebastian fights to get him back (as if he does not, then all
of the events of Season 1 would've been in vain) and he brings
him
back.
- When the ring is placed back on Ciel's thumb, his soul returns
to his body, but his memories are very much damaged. That is
why
(if you may have realized) he has no recollection of the death
of Madam Red or Pluto. He doesn't even remember the revenge
that
he sought for his parents. All he remembers is that Sebastian is
his loyal butler.
- Claude decides to take advantage of all of this, and, still
under the orders of his master, he retrieves Ciel.
- Digging deeper into the story, Hannah, one of Alois's
servants, is also a demon; understand that now.
- This contract involved the happiness of Alois in exchange for,
yes, you've guessed it: Lau's soul.
- This is where the confusion starts to develop: why on earth
would Claude want Ciel's soul if he belongs to Alois? Well,
simply
because Ciel's soul has a "nice taste" to it, Claude couldn't
possibly let it go to waste. And during fight between Alois and
Ciel,
Ciel loses some blood (as he stops himself from coming to harm
with the blade of a sword using his hand) and Alois is stabbed. The
two
butlers come just in time to help and Claude gets some of Ciel's
blood on his face, as Ciel slaps him and orders him to "unhand
him."
As Sebastian and Ciel leave, Claude actually LICKS some of
Ciel's blood. Automatically, his interest turns to him.
- Why does Claude kill Alois? He used Alois as a tool to get to
Ciel. Not only that, but Alois also claimed his love for Claude,
and
you simply cannot "claim your love" for a demon.
- Claude figured out a way to merge Alois's memories with Ciel's
and that's how Ciel ended up getting possessed by Alois. This
is
possible because although Alois was killed, his soul is STILL
INSIDE of the red ring he always wore. Claude slipped this ring
onto
Ciel's index finger.
- Ciel fights to bring himself back, and at the last minute, he
ORDER Sebastian that until he consumes EVERY LAST BIT of Ciel's
soul,
he is to remain his butler forever.
- Despite everything that happens (which isn't really all that
important compared to the TRUE ending), Sebastian ends up
killing
Claude.
- Now here, you'd think it'd be the end. Ciel gets his soul
back, Hannah and Alois are no more and Sebastian can feast.
Wrong.
- Alois, it turns out, has one more trick up his sleeve. He
makes a SECOND contract with Hannah to kill Ciel and bring him back
as a
demon, as demons do not have souls to be feasted upon. Not
knowing this, Sebastian kills Claude anyway.
- The rest is basic common sense: Hannah jumps over the ledge
and into the water below while still clutching Ciel's body.
Sebastian
goes in after them, and again, he has NO IDEA about this SECOND
CONTRACT that was made between Alois and Hannah. Once Ciel awakens
and
his eyes are red, that's when Sebastian realizes what was done.
Now think about this: one of the VERY LAST order given to
Sebastian
by Ciel was that until he consumed ever last portion of Ciel's
soul, he will forever remain Ciel's butler. Ciel was just turned
into
a demon; demons have NO SOUL to consume. What does that mean?
Sebastian was tricked into becoming Ciel's butler for the rest of
eternity.
Final question: why did he leave the Phantomhive Manor? The
others were bound to notice what had happened to Ciel eventually,
about
how he became a demon and such. Who would want him around if
that were the case?
As for where Sebastian and Ciel will go... I guess that's up for
the makers of Black Butler to decide. :)
I hope this clears it up. If I missed something, bring it up and
I'll call it out.
Jordan
Steve
Maxine
