Post on Yana’s blog that I am soliciting posting here, translated by google, and soliciting any translators who would be willing to do a better job. I think this idea she’s expressing has been largely misunderstood by the Anglo sphere. I’ll save the rest of my input for another post, but I’d like to acknowledge here that Yana was never the one calling Sebastian a ‘perverted gourmet’. She seems to be implying that he’s only ‘perverse’ by demon standards.
Okada's interview was also interesting.
From Claude's point of view, Sebastian is a "pervert" …or…Well, I won't deny it (lol)
Personally, I think Sebas is a " crazy* ” devil. I also think he has a lot of free time. Ha!
I see… So people call people who have free time and put in a lot of effort to do silly amazing things "perverts"…
In the anime, they talk about the taste of Ciel's soul, but what about the taste of Ciel's soul in the original?
I think it seems more bitter, spicy, and less tasty than Ciel in the anime.
I wonder if souls even have a taste? (lol)
(…) The following is a story about the taste of the soul that I was thinking about while watching the anime Black Butler II.
Personally, I think the "value (taste) of the soul" is not the value of the person, but the value of the person who puts it in their mouth.
It's the same with humans, isn't it?
Some people say that McDonald's is the worst junk food, while others think it's the best treat.
I said this on Twitter, but I think the soul is like a bento lunch. But I think everyone starts out with the same convenience store bento. A meal that you casually pay about 500 yen for to stay alive.
But when you get tired of eating it, you'll probably start thinking, "Maybe I should cook for myself…". When that happens, the next step is to buy a bento box you like, buy cooking utensils, gather the ingredients, and start making bento. You add takoyaki sausages, hamburger steak, and fried eggs to make the bento you want to eat.
I think that's what Sebas is doing, so to speak, while raising Ciel. Sebas especially said, "I'm tired of eating random things," so I think he's the type who thinks, "I can fill my stomach with bento from a convenience store, but it's boring. I'll make it myself." Because he's lived a long life and has a lot of free time lol. Sebas especially has strange preferences, like, "If I'm going to do it, the ingredients have to be organic!" and "The salt has to come from a certain place!" (lol)
Then, when he's really hungry, he opens the box and eats it in a place with the best view. I think it tastes better than anything. I don't think it's actually the most delicious thing from the perspective of others.
"Meals" are only valuable to the person who eats them. I think that's what the soul is like.
Convenience store bento or jubako bento… But sometimes you just want a convenience store bento lol. So I don't know if Ciel actually has a really luxurious jubako bento, or if it's not much but the seasoning is great. I think only Sebas knows. From William's point of view in the original, it seems to be classified as "nothing special" lol
But in the end, you can fill your stomach with a frozen lunch box, bread from a convenience store, or white rice and pickles. I think most demons are that way. They're a bunch of no-good guys (lol). And Sebas is a departure from that, so Claude might see him as a "pervert." William might see him as a "person with too much free time."
By the way, I was interviewed with Okada the other day, and we had a chance to talk a little about demons, but the interviewer was a little surprised and said, "Oh… I guess that's what Black Butler's demons are like…" (lol). The Black Butler view of demons will be published someday, so I'll talk about that then. I don't really talk too deeply about demons, or rather, I haven't talked deeply about their existence until now, and I don't plan to do so in the future, so it might be quite valuable if you use that. Generally speaking, there are various theories, such as a former angel turned fallen angel, or someone born from the crotch of a tree… but I don't think I'll ever declare Sebas' true identity as "this!". I have a vague idea that it might be something like this (lol)
I don't really care what it is. I think it's just "blank space" that has nothing to do with the main story.
Sebastian is Sebastian. A butler after all. I think that's simply all that is needed for Sebastian in the manga "Black Butler".
•Then, in a later post, Yana references this idea again when she gave her commentary on season 2’s character songs:
Personally, I think the best thing to listen to in Sebas' songs is the first song, which has a hard-hitting accompaniment and lyrics that are completely devoid of direct eroticism.
The lyrics for both of Sebas' songs were written by series composer Okada-san.
The lyrics are wonderful and are packed to the brim with Sebas's psychological fetishism (Okada-san calls it perversion… lol), so I hope everyone will take a listen with a lyric sheet in hand.
It's a really ideal fetish! (laughs) But the gap with the second song is terrible. (In a good way)
This is a must-listen for Barap. Ono's dark, whispering voice and Seba-rap are wonderful, so if you're a fan of Ono, this is a must-listen.
No matter what you say, this picture clearly shows that this demon is really enjoying his life as a butler for the Phantomhive family.
•The first song is “You will Rule the World”.
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