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[[File:Kuroshitsuji_anime_poster.jpg|thumb|Ciel and Sebastian engaging in symbolism.]]
The first anime adaptation of
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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: The Dolls.
* [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]]: Because the manga had not progressed very far when the first anime was made, there are a number of noticeable differences between the manga and the first two
** Ciel is more mature, intelligent, and devious and counts as a real [[Villain Protagonist]].
** Sebastian is more emotional, and his true form is different.
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** The circumstances of Ciel's parents' deaths were different.
** Ciel did not inherit a family business but founded Funtom when he was ten.
** Note that after the sequel ''[[
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Starting at episode 7, the anime no longer follows the manga.
** Even before that point there were divergences, such as a pair of filler episodes that added a new inhabitant to the Phantomhive manor.
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* [[Fan Service]]: So, so much.
* [[Foreign Language Theme]]: "I'm Alive!", the first English ending theme.
* [[Gecko Ending]]: The manga [[Overtook the Manga|had not progressed far]] when the anime was made, and so the anime went with its own ending and told a self-contained story. Unlike in the usual case, the anime started laying groundwork for the ending even before it had run out of manga chapters, using episodes of what seemed to be pure filler for the manga fans to set up the main plot.
* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: The ghost of King Edward has this.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Sebastian's "Yes, my lord."
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* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Ciel is [[Arranged Marriage|engaged]] to Elizabeth, who is his cousin. This was rather common in the Victorian Era.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: You know something's wrong when the demon butler is easier to see as heroic than the angel in the series.
* [[Locked in the Dungeon]]: Happens to Sebastian.
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: In season 1, Ciel loses a game of chess and {{spoiler|Sebastian, to the ghost of King Edward and his little brother Richard. Their contract isn't broken over a silly game of chess, and Sebastian soon returns when it's most beneficial.}}
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: Those well-dressed people in black-feathered domino masks, found around demon summoning rituals and illegal slave auctions, situations where it pays to avoid getting recognized.
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* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: This Japanese mainstay appears in the Phantomhive garden as a part of a temporary Japanese theme.
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Sebastian, Grell, and Undertaker.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]:
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2 is one way to interpret Ciel and Sebastian's relationship.
* [[Whip It Good]]: In Episode 20, {{spoiler|Angela}} pleases all the fangirls by whipping Sebastian.
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