Kuroshitsuji viewers out there?

[amanuensis1]

Gratuitous anime art. Too pretty not to.



Anybody else watching the anime of Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) right now? Cripes, talk about a change in tone! It's as if we were watching, I dunno, the Barbie Cinderella for three episodes, and then they dumped the goofy characters and the show turned into the Disney Cinderella with the right blend of humor and darkness and perverted subtext (this is exactly the right metaphor, right down to the violation in a pink dress), and now on episode 5 they've suddenly whipped Grimm's Aschenputtel in our faces, what with the slicing-off-of-heels and pecking-out-of-eyes. I'm not saying I don't like it, but, whoa.

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[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Is this what you all were watching last night? *Weeps for lost chance!*

Damn, I wish I'd checked that e mail earlier!!!!!infinity!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I WILL TOTALLY WATCH THE WHOLE THING WITH YOU AGAIN. There's only 5 eps so far! Name your evening or weekend (including tonight or tomorrow)!

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Tonight! Totally tonight! Dominus is entirely strapped down to the computer by his Mistress tonight, so I'm on my own for occupation.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Check your email!

[bk7brokemybrain.livejournal.com]

You caught my eye with the music choice "Look back, look back..."
I read the fairly unexpurgated versions of the Grimm's fairy tales when I was a little, little kid, and I will never forget that little song from Cinderella. Awful step-sisters cutting off bits of their feet to fit in the slipper because, after all, if you marry a Prince, you won't have to worry about walking again.
I have wide feet and can rarely find decent shoes, and I refuse to wear uncomfortable things that make me blister, bleed and go numb. That little line from the fairy tale has run through my head so many times when I try on shoes, lol. I currently have settled on Crocs Mary Janes as my everyday shoes. Not terribly attractive, but at least I can walk comfortably, considering I haven't found that Prince to marry who will ensure that I never need to walk again (barf!). The fairy tale would be a great lesson in feminism (don't change yourself to become something you are not) if Cinderella had only told the Footman she wasn't trying on some nasty, bloody slipper. *shrugs*
Where are you watching this Anime series? I'd like to get into Anime, especially Yaoi. Any good suggestions for a "History of/Best Of" kind of link?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I admit I love the tale of Cinderella because I saw the bare bones of my earliest fantasies in poor, oppressed, abused Cinderella. ^_^ I actually don't like the character in the Disney version. She seems disgustingly passive to me, losing herself in dreams.

I'm watching the series via downloads that can be had in anime-eden.com and aarinfantasy.com. It's gen rather than yaoi but the writers clearly adore playing with the subtext; serious deliberate teasing by the writers, I'm tellin' ya.

I haven't made a good comprehensive post on the anime I recommend--would like to remedy that!--but the ones I've enjoyed include:

Death Note (utter favorite) (gen but slashy)
Code Geass (gen but slashy)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (gen but slashy)
Kuroshitsuji (pretends to be gen)
Junjou Romantica (yaoi)
Zombie-Loan (gen but slashy)
Antique Bakery (gay-friendly rather than true yaoi)
Loveless (yaoi)
Ai no Kusabi (yaoi)
Strawberry Panic (yuri)
Simoun (yuri)
Cowboy Bebop (still working my way through these; too amusingly plotty for me to slash)

[theadaze.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be butting in, but have you watched Yami No Matsuei? Silver-haired bastards obsessed with pretty young men sounds like it could be your thing. :D (Totally not hoping more people would write fucked up Muraki/Tsuzuki fics, ahem.)

Also, there's this anime called Monster, which is just brilliant, albeit not in a fannish way, and I would recommend it to anyone. It's like a long movie and one of the most realistic animes I've ever seen.

Of course, if you've seen them both, just ignore my babbling. :D

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Yami No Matsuei is on my list, and I've heard about Monster! Thanks for the recommendations!

[alice_montrose]

Yeah, I'm watching this too. I mean, really: the setting, the characters, the undercurrents... the slaughter of historical events! How could I resist?!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I visited a Kinokuniya in July while travelling, and saw just the covers of the untranslated manga of this series, and said, "What is THAT??" I didn't even know the name when I left the store; I just googled "manga butler" and got lucky! And I freaked when I learned they were making an anime!

[alice_montrose]

I have much love for Sebastian. Then again, it stands to reason I would like gorgeous demons. I also have an unholy love for William. *blush*

I've taken on telling my RL friend named Sebastian about Kuroshituji after he gave me weird looks as I called him "demon butler". Luckily he sees the humour in it, even if he doesn't like anime/manga. *snickers*

[dmlpacker.livejournal.com]

Holy Mother of All that is Wonderful...I just watched the first 3 episodes (because you got me curious) and I think I'm in love. The humor is so dark but not in a depressing way. So much funny/shiney!!!!

Any other recommendations you could offer me along these lines?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I hope you like the next two! I loved 4, and 5's where it got seriously wild. There's so much shiny in this series!

If you take a look up the page I've listed the anime series that I've enjoyed in recent months! :D

[askani.livejournal.com]

that looks interesting. i have a few anime i need to finish watching but i think ill watch this after those. :)

I found few icons here (http://community.livejournal.com/kichikukumo/685.html)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Icons icons! And, yeah, I'm really enjoying this series SO MUCH.

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

I'm not watching, but I habe to say: that really is pretty art!

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

Um, have to say.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Isn't that pretty? The S.O. looked at it and said, "Please tell me that's a girl." I said "Which one?" and he said, "Forget it, I should have known better. But that's okay, still great fantasy fodder." ^_^

[robotlove.livejournal.com]

OH you've started on this too! I stopped at episode 8 (that's all that's subbed still, I think, but I got bored with the anime pacing/direction once we went a little past Ciel's adorable little bark early in episode 7. I have the manga chapters dloaded and waiting but my darling laptop only gets back from the shop tomorrow and so -sigh-)

Did you know, though, that GRELL IS LELOUCH???
I DELIGHT IN TELLING THIS TO EVERYONE 8D

And wellwell you've written fic for it too! Your command of English awes me. A very nice insight and an excellent read xD

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Omigod, you don't know how many times I went back and played that little bark. YOU DON'T KNOW. And YES YES GRELL LAMPEROUGE, eeeeee!

So glad you liked the story! Madame Red went all haughty on me in the prose on that one, and I let her, hee.

(I think the subs are up to...nine or ten now.)

[robotlove.livejournal.com]

OMG MY SISTER AND I DID THAT TOO. WE REPLAYED IT COUNTLESS TIMES. ALSO WITH THE ENDING SONG WHERE SEBASTIAN BATHES CIEL OMG CUTENESS ATTACK TO THE MAX *DIES*

I'm telling you though. That scene in episode 4. The one where they eventually show you that all that *fuss* is just over wearing the corset - I'm telling you they did that purely, absolutely on PURPOSE.
Lots of fanservice in this one, that's for sure. The art too is gorgeous xD

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

They KNEW. THEY KNEW THEY KNEW THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

I mean, I don't even have to be insistent about it. It's plain how deliberate it is. :D

[robotlove.livejournal.com]

It was in the manga in the first place :D I have yet to sit down and properly go through it but I saw that part as I was QC-ing what I downloaded and if I'm not wrong it even includes a little gasp that goes "Sebastian!" (or was that in the anime as well? my memory fails me.) In fact it was a whole PAGE later before the authoress revealed what was REALLY going on - she is one hell of a talented genius =w=

They're all evil I tell you. All of them.

and sorry for the comment spammage. I haven't fangirled in.. a while eheheh ^^;