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Guys, from the perspective of todayʼs me, I think UT was speaking about O!Ciel here but not R!Ciel, I am quite sure. It’s kinda strange thought that “Eart of Phantomhive” is put in quatation mark 🤨.

Legendary grim reaper, what do u mean? 🧐Anyway, “he is still with us after all” is all about O!Ciel

[phantomsky14]

The cracking theory about R!Ciel (Black Butler)

Hi, everyone who is reading this post! I’d like to share with you a theory about R!Ciel and the mystery surrounding the attack on the Phantomhive manor. Frankly speaking, I was strongly against this theory but after doing some deep into Japanese fandom I’ve changed my mind! I’m open to the discussion though! Please, don’t be too strict, it’s my first time writing theories 🥲

The main idea of this theory is that R!Ciel was involved in planning the attack on the manor of Phantomhive and even participated in the attack itself. However, in the end, he was deceived by the actual attackers, who used him (my little, poor boy 😔).

So let’s start. Yandere part of R!Ciel. R!Ciel seems to deeply love and care for O!Ciel. In some way it may seem like an unhealthy obsession and some kind of yandere stuff. The most precise depiction of R!Ciel’s yandere part is the scene where R!Ciel is awfully upset that O!Ciel wanted to move to London and launch the toy production instead of living together with his older brother forever (my little, cute, distinguished businessman😭). A little bit later we see the R!Ciel breakdown: he can’t accept the fact of separation with his brother, he tells Vincent and Rachel he will not become an earl (it seems that he doesn’t need this status if it means that he must be apart from O!Ciel) but instead he’ll move to London with his brother. Here we come up to the most important scene in my humble opinion: Rachel and Vincent trying to convince their little boy that he has no chance but to become an earl. R!Ciel stays speechless for a moment and after smiles and “accepts” it. Accept it? Are we sure? It’s kinda sus and also his smile that seems a little bit artificial (maybe not so little bit). I think, at that moment R!Ciel comes to the conclusion: his parents are a hindrance to their life together with his younger brother so he needs to do something about this!

The morning of the tween’s 10th birthday. Interesting, R!Ciel wasn’t sleeping all night long. What does that mean? Maybe, he was preparing for something, planning something? That suspicious but I agree it’s not a concrete evidence.

The attack. First of all, R!Ciel left O!Ciel in the room and went to check the situation. So, from this point we know nothing about R!Ciel, he has no alibi. O!Ciel was nervous and decided to figure out what’s was going on. The first clue: Sebastian (the dog). Someone put a muzzle on Sebastian and O!Ciel hadn’t heard the barking, so perhaps someone familiar to Sebastian had put the muzzle on him.

Next Tanaka. Tanaka apparently seemed to fight with someone. O!Ciel was running towards the gramps and we hear extremely weird respond: “Master Ciel is, the scene is much too harsh for you”

In Japanese (and in the English translation), it's clear that he’s referring to R!Ciel. Could it be that he made a distinction between them? But isn’t it strange? Tanaka, who spent so much time with the twins, couldn't tell them apart? In my humble opinion, he was trying to warn O!Ciel that some scene involving R!Ciel was too harsh for him to witness. But what could it have been? Maybe he was fighting with R!Ciel. Additionally, there’s the scene where Tanaka is in the hospital. O!Ciel asks Tanaka if he saw the attackers, and Tanaka says he didn’t. That seems odd, especially since it’s clear he was fighting with someone. Why did Tanaka lie to O!Ciel? Perhaps he didn’t want him to know something horrible, like the fact that the attacker was his older brother

The R!Ciel’s apology. After the attack, when the twins meet, the first thing R!Ciel does is apologize to O!Ciel—an apology for not being powerful enough. It's a very sad moment, especially considering he’s also a victim in this situation. But could it be about something else? What if R!Ciel was apologizing for the entire attack? What if he had been involved in planning it and played a part in carrying it out?

Conclusion. R!Ciel is a victim of the attack, just like O!Ciel, and both have overcome the same nightmare. In my opinion, this theory is harsh, because R!Ciel is only 10 years old. But at the same time, I can’t help but feel it’s possible. R!Ciel may have wanted to eliminate everyone who posed a threat to their life together with his beloved brother, including Vincent and Rachel. I’m not entirely sure how he got connected to the attacks (which, I believe, were orchestrated by either Queen Victoria, the Grim Reaper Dispatch Organization, or possibly both working together).

In the end, R!Ciel was deceived. The attackers used him to infiltrate the manor, gather information about exits, and so on. That’s why R!Ciel is so sorry to O!Ciel. It’s also why Tanaka didn’t tell O!Ciel the truth—and why, when R!Ciel returned, the first thing he said was, “I will never leave you again.”

Also interesting thing, the Vincent’s monologue from the chapter of Devil 6 about love. It can be the key to many events in Black Butler, including the theory about R!Ciel.