i have a link to the scan of black butler: rich black pamphlet. if you don’t mind, would you be able to translate it?
https://www.tumblr.com/echidna-nlpc/661561295381938176?source=share
Thank you so much!!!!! You mean translate the whole thing? I wouldn’t be able to give any better a reading than you could get from Google Translate and an LLM yourself, I just crop and flip and scan with the camera function until I’ve stitched the text together correctly 🥲
The pages describing the process is written in flattering third person, so i suppose it must have been Kuma writing those parts? And then there are a couple of notes here and there from Yana. The pins represent the arcs so far and she says Sebastian’s special outfits are always difficult because his black tailcoat is a given, so she has to figure it out in the details.
The interview with Ono is basically the same as it always has been: he was amazed that they would give a role like Sebastian to me when I was so inexperienced, he was directed to be completely inhuman and never falter in doing so (with one example being how he was told that Sebastian doesn’t need to breathe), to always maintain that same elegant composure. The tidbit I posted before was actually something new to me lol but this was several years ago now, in his interviews from the recent anime seasons he’s finally started saying that Sebastian’s delivery is supposed to be changing from that totally non human characterization. Though, he really first started saying that in the movie interviews because Sebastian got seriously hurt for the first time. Here’s Yana message at the end:
Fifteen years ago, in the first volume of the manga, I wrote: "Black sinks deeper than any other color, yet it also stands out more strongly than all other." Looking back now, it almost feels as though that statement predicted what Black Butler would become. That I have been able to continue spinning the tale as I wished has been solely thanks to all of you continuing to support me. And from here onward as well, I would be happy if I may receive your warm support until the end of this ongoing story. The world is still in the midst of unprecedented turmoil. I pray that at the end of this dark black world of uncertainty, there will be a time in that future where joys of every color bloom and flourish. Thank you very much for visiting the Black Butler Exhibition -Rich Black-. ~Toboso
I haven’t run this by anybody yet, for the record— just wrote what seemed to be most accurate after interrogating the machine a bit. It echos sentiments I feel like we’re very familiar with outside of the main text itself, like the Public School Arc’s ED lyrics for instance.
But, obviously, the world being in turmoil is about covid, haha
