A Cinematic Record is a recollection of an individual's memories, depicted as a brief movie.

OverviewEdit

A Cinematic Record can be described as a document of an individual's life memories. The concept of a human is broken into two: a flesh body and a soul. When combined, the individual can exist among the living, and thus the initiation of their Cinematic Record. When the flesh body withers, and the Grim Reapers collect their souls, the record ends there, and the living become the dead.^[1] The "end mark" of the Cinematic Record arrives along with every death.^[2]

However, a Cinematic Record is shown capable of being manipulated and rigged if fake records are added to the end of the ever-changing "kaleidoscope". In that case, moving corpses are created, retaining the memories and bodies of their previous lives, yet they remain soulless.^[3]

PurposeEdit

In order to review an individual's life, a Grim Reaper views a person's Cinematic Record by cutting the said person with their Death Scythe. The contents of the Cinematic Record is used to determine if the person should be allowed to pass or to continue to live. The Grim Reapers seem to make this decision by putting a stamp that says "complete" on the dying individual's file.^[4]

In the anime, they use magic plays instead, which show a person's entire life in book form, and can be played like a movie.^[5] When not in use, these are stored in the form of books in the library.

TriviaEdit

• Grim Reapers, demons, and angels can view a Cinematic Record, but humans cannot.^[6]

• Sebastian Michaelis, a demon, calls their use of the Cinematic Record "a terrible interest" and the worst sort of spying activity.^[7]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 60, page 9
2. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 60, page 10
3. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 60, pages 11-14
4. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 35, page 13
5. ↑ Kuroshitsuji anime, Episode 17
6. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 60, page 13
7. ↑ Kuroshitsuji manga, Chapter 10, page 11