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do it scared. do it whimpering. do it whining and pleading. do it with a raging hard-on

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Another Twitter trend I had to do

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A work in progress. I have my art TikTok account pinned if anybody is interested in seeing how it turns out as well as any other of my future artworks. @nothingappeals_art is my handle. I'm also on Insta! I've been feeling more confident lately in my skills and I really want to share more. Any follows/support would be super appreciated 🥺❤️

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"Friend Shaped"

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"My Love Glows"

I've been drawing a lot more lately. I gave up for a little while & started back up again recently. My friend & I have been sending each other drawings everyday for the past three weeks or so. It's helped me get over the perfectionism/art block a ton so far. Anyway, I hope someone likes this as much as I do!

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A doodle I did. I miss this show :(

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I will never ever EVER EVER get over Yana’s artwork of genderbent kuroshitsuji

My favourites are Lizzy and Agni, literally perfection. I always wondered what Lizzy would look like if she were a boy.

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they found him in a toilet

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“I wanted a picture that looked like it was cut from an animation, where you can see at a glance where the power is coming from” ~ Yana Toboso

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Sebastian's Facial Expressions in Chapter 138

Manga spoilers.

Sebastian's thoughts/feelings in any given scene are difficult to figure out because his non-human emotions are being conveyed by a human face. Chapter 138 in particular is complicated by the fact that he has only just taken this form and has yet to adjust to his new life as an unobtrusive servant.

Our best insight into Sebastian's emotions is the series of facial expression exercises Toboso did, one of which I already made a post about.

The expressions most relevant to chapter 138 are the following:

Number 15, which was 営業スマイル, "business smile." This is basically his customer-service smile, meant to placate and disarm customers, guests, and masters.

Number 16 was 興奮, "excited." We see this or something like it whenever Sebastian gets to behave like a beast.

Number 20 was 無表情, "expressionless." Akumadeenglish, the Tumblr user who compiled and translated these now deleted posts, translated the caption for this image as "If he faces things he isn’t interested in, he becomes dispassionate." So when we see this blank expression, we know Sebastian is uninterested in whatever he's looking at.

In the contract-formation scene in Chapter 138, before Sebastian takes his human form, we only see parts of his demon face.

This expression doesn't have an exact match in Toboso's sketches because she only sketched Sebastian's expressions. Sebastian is the human butler; this is the face of the demon that will become Sebastian. This demon's expressions aren't limited by servile propriety and human facial anatomy. But if you compare the demon's expression to Toboso's sketches, you'll find that it's actually an exaggerated version of number 16 (excited). Wide-eyed and smiling hugely, the demon is excited to meet his new plaything.

After taking his human form, he doesn't immediately become the well-mannered butler Ciel trains him to be. Besides his nasty attitude, this can also be seen in his Cheshire-cat grin.

This expression doesn't show up outside of the contract negotiation scene. However, toned-down versions appear whenever Sebastian is being particularly nasty.

These don't seem to be any particular one of the sketched expressions, but might be combinations of his expressions for excited, pleasure, happy, and enjoyment.

When the negotiations begin, Sebastian hides this nasty face behind his customer-service smile. However, when Ciel brings up the possibility of bringing his brother back to life, this expression suddenly drops.

Without Toboso's expression exercises, we could only guess at what is behind the blank expression. But with the sketch, we know that this absence of emotion means Sebastian has lost interest. The excitement of a new contractor is immediately extinguished because Ciel has shown that he's the same boring type of master that's given Sebastian the demonic-equivalent of an eating disorder.

But then Ciel reveals that he was just testing Sebastian, and the excitement, pleasure, and interest are back.

More importantly, this is the first time, but definitely not the last, that Ciel will surprise Sebastian. During the next 3+ years, Sebastian will continually think he's got his master figured out, only to be astonished by his endless facets.

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Pretty little baby

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Spooky shadow creature can’t find its favorite stick

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Reblog daily for health and prosperity

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HGSN 37-2

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the Japanese chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

P1

(sfx: cricket chirping)

Luna: Froggy, froggy

Mother: Hey! Luna! Wait up...

Mother: Why'd you want to go to the cave...?

Mother: Putting out the dolls is supposed to be tomorrow, you know?...*sighs*...

P2

Luna: Froggy went back to the cave

P3

(sfx: drip)

Yoshiki: ...ey....

Yoshiki: Hey! 'Hikaru'!!

Yoshiki: What do I do!?...

P4

Yoshiki: Pull him out...

(Hikaru: First, I'll won't close the hole completely, I'll just make it small enough that Auntie can close them!)

Yoshiki: That's right, then I...

(Hikaru: You'll use the "connection" between you and me and pull me out!)

P5

Yoshiki: (Connection...between me and him...)

Yoshiki: (What kind of feeling do I grab him with?)

(sfx: white noise)

Yoshiki: (Like grabbing his hand and pulling him out?)

Yoshiki: (...No)

P6

Yoshiki: (The "hand" isn't him...I have to pull out his true form...)

(sfx: white noise)

Yoshiki: (Colder than a hand... the feeling of being pulled in..."That sensation" which was less unpleasant than it first seemed)

(sfx: white noise)

P7

P8

Yoshiki: Ah! This is it

Yoshiki: He's right there...!

(The white/black divider is formed from the word "boundary")

Yoshiki: "Hikaru"!!

P9

--

(sfx: rain)

Hikaru: (The hole is closed...)

Hikaru: (I have to...)

Hikaru: (...contact Yoshiki...)

P10

Hikaru: *HACK*

(sfx: BURST)

Hikaru: Ah ah shit...

Hikaru: (Ahhh...After I was split...)

Hikaru: (My connection to Hikaru's body became weaker than I thought...)

Hikaru: (Does this mean its finally time...to return this body...?)

Hikaru: (.....)

P11

Yoshiki: "Hikaru"!!

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Extras (link):

Yoshiki: *Coughing*

He isn't used to shouting

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Have Yana or K ever talked about how Sebastian’s pupils shrink?

There are a ton of pages leading up to and following the reveal where we get panels that just show Sebastian glancing at Ciel, and we get to see whether or not his pupils are dilated. I colored these just to better demonstrate. I can’t really tell what it’s supposed to convey, maybe “wound up”? Upset/Excited/Emotional, in a good or bad way? other examples:

I’m also considering the possibility of it being instances of him showing his true nature, which happens both involuntarily and at will. That sounds like the most suitable explanation, but I’m not ready to be sure about that without it being stated fact- as that explanation hinges on the idea that Yana chose which way to draw his eyes in order to indicate sentimentality. I don’t think we’ve previously seen that? Excluding the instance of him crying, since that was a fake-out.