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...So so so so late on this. A week late actually. I'm very sorry!!! 'Tis my unofficial job to keep updated with ep and chap discussions but...here goes the generic reason...hell school has recently returned for me, and I hafta juggle tremendous loads of classwork, homework, projects, activities that evil teachers describe as "fun" when really they're not, community service events, work, college applications and all that soul-sucking stuff.
So yeah, it's been a rough month and it's not even halfway over yet. We'll trudge through it together. Anyway, since I'm incredibly late on episode 9, as it turns out...episode 10 comes out, well today! I haven't watched it yet but I plan to tomorrow and then I'll make a blog post immediately so we can share our thoughts. Since I've been so busy I won't be making any major edits/contributions for a while, and you'll hardly see a shadow of me around, but I've personally obligated myself to at least pop in every now and then to do some minor edits and throw in discussions.
But enough 'bout RL. Let's talk real quick 'bout episode 9.
Synopsis
Dagger and Beast are still exploring the manor, and unbeknownst to 'em Peter, Wendy, and Jumbo are all wiped out already (my heart hasn't quite healed yet...) They run into Bard, Finny, and Mey-Rin, who each flaunt their wicked abilities. (Well, in my opinion, no offense but Bard is admittedly the least impressive of 'em all, I get that he's the most levelheaded to lead the group but otherwise he's just the average American man - in terms of fighting and techniques - equipped with big guns.)
When Dagger and Beast stumble into kitchen, aka Bard's domain, Bard whips out his humongous gun and shoots around sort of indiscriminately (basically doesn't give a shiz on who or what he hits as long as he hits it).
Dagger shields Beast, taking all the blows. It was so heartbreaking to see Dagger go! All he wanted was to take her "over the hill" or to freedom. And it gets even more tragic when Beast couldn't even retaliate in time and Bard blows up the entire kitchen with her caught in the blast. It was really sad when the last person she thought of was Joker. (Though Dagger just sacrificed his life for her, he was pushed to the side in this sense but I understand that she greatly loves Joker.)
Now Dagger, Beast, Peter, Wendy, and Jumbo are all gone. Can you believe it - just a couple of weeks ago, they were fine. Now they're gone forever.
Then...there's Joker himself. At this point I'm so sick of bawling over these amazing characters. There's just so much depth to Joker that seeing him cry and wondering what it would have been like had they been born differently was near unbearable.
Buuuut wait. Here comes Doc. What's irksome is that he's acting completely nonchalant about the entire affair, saying stuff like he ain't a kidnapper and casually ignoring the fact that he's a murderer. He reveals that he was never crippled, he was just fooling Joker and the rest. Then it's shown that the prosthetics he gave Joker and all the other circus troupe members are actually made out of...the children's bones. Poor Joker - he was so nauseated and sickened and horrified at this point that he had a mental breakdown. Really shockingly inhumane of the Doc to do that. But he does raise a good point 'bout everyone blindly praising him and his materials until they know the truth. People can really be easily deceived - we tend to irrationally accept things the way they are without thinking critically.
Doc also talks about how Kelly is his perfect everything 'cuz he understands 'bout beauty and whatnot. He takes poor Missy (noooo!) and stabs her ruthlessly to demonstrate for some reason. Ciel sees this and his trauma seizes him. He then barfs - but his puke isn't yellow bile, it's more like saliva - and awkwardly pants Sebastian's name. (Honestly, I felt highly uncomfortable there with Sebastian holding and hovering over him like this was some kind of ship moment.)
Ciel then snaps out of it and demands that Sebastian kill everyone. So the butler does what he's told. He punctures a hole through Doc - yes, the douchebag dies! - steps on Kelly's head and Joker...well, Joker has already gone silent long before (let me grab that tissue...)
Ciel's not done with being merciless though, and tells Sebastian to light the whole manor on fire without rescuing the children (since they are irretrievably lost both mentally and emotionally at this point). The manor is consumed by flames...
So Joker is down too. (JOKER, NOOOO!)
One last troupe member left (except poor Snake): Doll.
Nothing's gonna end pretty.
Episode 10, the last episode of this fantastic season, has already been released but I will watch it tomorrow and give my commentary. Again, really sorry for the late post - episode 9 probably isn't very relevant anymore since 10 is out but I'll try my best to wrap things up nicely!
Lau Talk to me!! What I do 05:16,9/12/2014