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Intro
I'm a little late on this because I've been busy but, uh, I think this chapter speaks for itself.
Chapter 118: The Cringe-fest
The chapter opens with Agni running in and telling Ciel, Sebastian, and Eddie what we already know: Lizzie has gone missing...again. Eddie is in shock because Lizzie has climbed out the window on the third floor. If I did that, I would've broken a rib or two by the time I get from the third floor to the second, much less the ground. Turns out Lizzie tied curtains together and had one end attached to the bedpost and the other dangling out the window so she could make her escape. Meh, it's ok if we don't see her again for a while since she's obviously still gonna be sobbing until we fix the underlying problem, whatever it is since even SHE doesn't know.
Ciel confronts Sebastian, asking if he knew about her escape, and of course the butler did. Sebastian defends himself, saying that they couldn't have kept her as a prisoner or in a cage anyway so there was no point in catching her.....and I completely dIsaGree! Y'all had already gone through the trouble of finding her and then dragging her aaaaall the way home. I'd keep her there for as long as possible and try to extract some useful answers from her. 'Sides, what if the next time she goes back to the music hall she never returns 'cuz they sucked all the blood out of her body? No arguments here, it's a possibility - and a risk a levelheaded person shouldn't take. Screw her pride, I'd be like yaaas Liz youse a prisoner and yaaaaas youse gon' be in a nice pink cage. Whatever it takes to keep her away from the music hall and the dangerous ideology it's spreading.
Eddie's as frustrated as we are, asking what the hell is this radiance she's so attracted to. Ciel says that it's possible that Blavat brainwashed her and Eddie agrees.....but wasn't that already kind of self-evident? Well, whatever, moving on. So Agni goes to get the door while Ciel and Eddie talk about other self-evident things.
And at this point here, I really thought Grey came to save the chapter and add another twist to the story. Something 'bout the background dialogue like "you mustn't come through the first entrance" sounds like Grey was breaking in again and followed up with "right peckish, I am" made me go, it is Grey since he's always hungry. But, it wasn't him. 'Twas a pity.
Instead it's a bunch of poor kids Soma and Agni have been so generous to feed.
And all this gives Ciel an idea on how to take down the music hall. The way he thanks Soma and Agni for giving him the idea though - lol. Ciel just looks so wicked, like he really wasn't grateful at all.
^ I'm calling it now, I'm going to turn this into a series of memes.
Anyway, it's two weeks later and the S4 are set to perform one of their cheesy songs again. This time it's called "Search for Sirius" and I was actually curious about the lyrics but we didn't get to hear them because the cloaked people in the back interrupt the S4. They say that the S4 are frauds and can't deliver real radiance like they do. And then they take off their robes........
Please. Put the robes back on. This is rather embarrassing.
We've got, from right to left, Soma, Clayton, Joanne, Cheslock, and Eddie...dressed like they're a rock boy band. And if that wasn't bad enough, they started to sing and make some weird-ass poses - I'm looking at YOU, Clay & Jo. And a little bit of YOU, Eddie.
Then they're done singing, and with deepest regret, I must inform you that they pose again and call themselves the "Funtom Five"......
Wat. I thought the S4 doing this was the first and last of it!!! Why??? WhYYYYY??? Ok, out of all of them, Soma actually looks pretty good, I'll give him that, his hair is great. And Cheslock, THANK GOODNESS BOO, wasn't singing and dancing - instead he plays the violin - nice save, Ches. (And his scar is back, guess Toboso-sama really did forget to draw it in back in ch109.) But, Ches, this was not the comeback after eight months I was expecting from you. Though of course you kind of have to do anything your bf Eddie tells you to do, so I suppose you're a little more forgivable. BUT CLAYTON! (I thought Clayton was Sebastian lolz 'cuz of the somewhat long black hair and those eyes, but then I read that it was Clayton and I guess that makes more sense since Clayton always had those hook-like hair strands by his neck.) Well, you were already embarrassing back in the Public School Arc so I shouldn't be that surprised (but even this is a little bit too much). AND ERMAGERD JOANNE. Joanne. Young sir. Non. You just ruined your image further. I recognized him right away and of course given his delicate personality only he would strike those poses.
And, last but not least, Eddie??? Is that you, child??? The child who couldn't stand Nina's "provocative" outfit or dancing with Paula without blushing??? He somehow has the guts to say the innuendo "We'll drive you wild all night long"??? PFFT.
Uh, maybe I missed the point. I'm guessing Toboso-sama thought this would be an incredibly fun and comedic move. But the boy band thing with the S4 didn't fly with me before, so of course this ain't flying really well either. I get it if she wants to add humor and all that, but the whole boy-band plot device was so contrived and out of place - and if taken out of the story, not much would be lost (actually more would be saved, like the characters' image in my head). I would much prefer her to stick with the Victorian era as much as possible. This seems like fanfiction material (and omg now people can have Kuroshitsuji characters be modern boy-band singers and still classify it as "canon material"). And, yeah, I get it - it's Toboso's story, she tells it how she wants it, yadda ya.
So Eddie points to the outside where the "fun" will be and Blavat, who's as horrified as I am about everything, dashes outside where he sees the Funtom Music Hall.
Whaaaaaaaaa???? Holy crap. The place looks pretty damn cool. And according to Blavat, it used to be an abandoned theatre.
Then the scene switches to Ciel and Sebastian who are in the Funtom Music Hall across the street. Sebastian talks about how he had to invest in the property and then remodel all in a fortnight (I didn't know fortnight meant two weeks until I read this chapter). "As always, you ask for the impossible," Sebastian says - yes, I really think it's impossible for you guys to somehow rebuild this previously ramshackle place and get it up and running all in two weeks.
So Ciel's plan was really this, give the people a choice - they can choose between the Sphere Music Hall and the Funtom Music Hall. By offering the same services as the Sphere, the Funtom (getting real lazy of spelling out the music hall part) can potentially steal away all of its customers - it will be a force to be reckoned with for Blavat.
Ciel and his ego says that he's gonna teach the Sphere how to really provide fine entertainment.
And then the chapter ends.
Wrap-up
I did not expect the Funtom Music Hall, but I guess that's a good move to counter the Sphere. The Funtom Five were a little scarring but I'll be ok. One thing I have a problem with though. It's been said that the Funtom is right across the street from the Sphere. And yet somehow during the two weeks of its remodelling, which probably included loud construction in broad daylight, Blavat had no clue it was happening?? Did he never step out of the Sphere or something? I find his complete ignorance hard to believe. But whatever, suspension of disbelief check.
Other than that, I'm excited to see how the Funtom will tackle the Sphere and more importantly, how the Sphere will respond to this. I bet there will be more cringeworthy performances coming soon.
^ I might even write one if you dare me. >:D
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Sorry about the rant. Cheers to the new Kuroshitsuij chapter and I hope that there's many more to come. I've recently tried watching anime again and so far I find 91 Days (Avilio is so cool) to be the most promising this season so let's see how it goes.
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