#kuro stuff

[pansunset]

I'm never gonna be over Agni's death. He didn't deserve this.

[lecalcifer]

This kind of don't have nothing to do with anything, but I haven't read Black Butler in Years, I think I stopped right at the beginning of the school arc. Anyway, fast foward to november of the last year, I was discussing stuff in a freaking genshin impact forum when someone mentioned the series in a comment. I go "huh, haven't checked that one in years, by now it should have finished it's run" so I decided to see the state of the series. Turns out it hadn't finished it's run, I find out the kid has a brother, I go "wtf where did this come from??" and promptly read through 100-something chapters in a single weekend to figure out HOW did Ciel have a brother. Now I'm here, eagerly awaiting the monthly chapter updates, cause we're clearly reaching endgame and I'm Invested. Anyways, where did Yana-san said she had the ending planned from the beginning? Considering all the brothers stuff, it makes a lot of sense

Welcome back to the fandom, anon! Also, my apologies for leaving this answer forever in my drafts folder D:

We're certainly getting close to the end of BB! I have a lot of personal theories as to the ending, but we will see what plays out. Personally, I struggle with the drip feed style of anything updating, so I usually wait awhile and then binge read a whole section. That said, I have been keeping up with the latest chapters, because its so hard not to! Yana is a talented writer and I'm very interested to see the ending of her story.

As to why it was planned from the beginning - I think I remember reading some comments from Editor K that implied that the ending has been prepared for awhile. Even without that, though, I think there's a lot of clues in the manga itself that tell us (especially after the earliest chapters) that the major twist (with Ciel's twin) and the ending have been foreshadowed for a long time. A lot of folks have already brought up the foreshadowing for the existence of the twin, including little details like Lizzy remembering "Ciel's" favorite being strawberry, as opposed to Our Ciel's favorite, which is chocolate. The Twin Ciel theory was in circulation long before it ever officially went canon.

In regards to hints about the ending already being planned by Yana, I actually think the little side story with the reader's ranking awards with Vincent is the most telling. Vincent says directly to the audience that he hopes we will follow the fate of his son's through to the end. Now this is likely the typical Manga/Anime trope of a character thanking the audience for their readership and asking them to keep following the story, but I do think its very telling that Vincent specifies following the fate of both sons "to the end" as opposed to a more generic message.

[pansunset]

Help I'm confused about Grell, I've been calling her a her but then the bae said the creators say she uses both pronouns and doesn't know what she is. Do I still call her a her or?

She’s canonly a trans woman, so she/her pronouns are the correct ones. Even if Yana uses he/him occasionally, Grell is definitely written as trans. Yana actually wrote a confessional where Grell stated that she was “born in the wrong body” (or something similar). That’s not the only bit of evidence, but it’s probably the biggest.

[kuro-luxia]

Really wish people would listen and try to comprehend what I am trying to convay instead of assuming or insinuating I'm wrong or complaining.

[kuro-luxia]

I've been thinking a lot lately and I'm finally alright with people hating me or disliking me for nonsensical reasons. They can ignore me, block my number for no logical reason, assume the worst of me, or even hope they never met me, but in the end they have to think about me whether they like it or not. They can never forget prom, birthdays, conventions, vacations, homecomings, work, or life in general considering we still have mutual friends and acquaintances. In the end I actually win.

[kuro-luxia]

I love how you can give opportunity to someone through a job or other means to make friends and in the end you're the one left out and they have all your friends now. Those friends then innocently tell on them not knowing what's up. Yeah. That's my life.

[kuro-luxia]

What used to be was so beautiful but what is is just full of devistation.

[kuro-luxia]

For those I still maintain connections to in any way, shape, or form.. Thank you.

You people act like I wanted this. You act like I wanted to be that girl that got all the friends, boys, the attention, the good grades... I’m so tired of it. I never once wanted any of that. From my perspective I was just a normal person among the sea of other adolescents that was lucky enough to have the friends I did that understood me while I was trying to find myself. I fuck up, I make mistakes, I’m not perfect. I’m sorry I had a good personality and was able to do well at things I put my mind too. It was high school, just let it go. I am begging you, let it go. If you don’t like me anymore or talk shit behind my back because of these things then just know it’s not me that’s the problem. I NEVER asked for this! I’m done feeling broken because the world I created with those I love and cared about shattered a long time ago. I still try and glue the pieces back together little by little and apparently it’s still not good enough, every time I get some where with it something else chips off so I give up. I’ve lost myself and everything I stood for. You won. I’m done.