Claude Faustus vs Sebastian Michaelis

This picture sums up the rivalry between Sebastian Michaelis and Claude Faustus perfectly. Right from the start, it was a battle between the two. A battle to see who would get the best soul at the end. In this case, the best soul would be that of Ciel Phantomhive. Ciel's soul is the prize for the eventual winner. Watch Kuroshitsuji season 2 to see who wins! ^_^ 

PS. I support Sebastian. What about you~?

A Lovely Sketch of Sebastian and Ciel

Nothing could express my feelings when I saw this picture for the first time. It is so beautifully drawn and the warm tones bring out the sensual quality in the characters. I also like the way how Sebastian holds Ciel with one arm and Ciel clings onto his butler's head with a single arm too. So much love for this picture~ ^_^ 

Sebastian Says Shhh~

I'll be posting occasional pictures of Kuroshitsuji original and fanarts for sharing on this blog. All the photos and arts credits do not belong to me. Most of these pictures can be found easily on Tumblr so there you go. 

First, I shall be posting a picture of Sebastian Michaelis for this entry. The picture is shown as below: 

This picture is taken from the anime in Season 1, where Sebastian is fighting against Grell Sutcliff and yes, those are Sebastian's blood if you look closely. Grell used his illegal modified death scythe to strike Sebastian but we all know who wins in the end. ^_~

I really like how Sebastian manages to look so calm and intimidating despite being injured. He is indeed one hell of a butler. ^-^ 

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 62

Ok, I know this is late but I always forgot to post my review once I have completed reading each newly released chapter of Kuroshitsuji. I keep neglecting this blog. I'm so sorry.

Anyway for the latest chapter, Yana has brought us more details on how Sebastian came to be contracted to Ciel. Finally fans of Kuroshitsuji gets more insight into the thoughts of Ciel Phantomhive as well as a little bit of Sebastian Michaelis.

Overall this chapter is more centered on their initial meeting and how Sebastian copes with serving such a young, tiny Master. It is actually quite heartwarming and a little hilarious. See a preview picture from the chapter below:

Ciel is too cute in this panel, especially with his grumpy face. Sebastian can be clearly seen as being frustrated with having to deal with such a stubborn young child who couldn't even take care of himself. Well, that is understandable considering that Sebastian is a demon who has lived for centuries. Ciel is nothing but a mere soul to him, a human child that is frail and weak.

With this chapter, Yana promises to show us more about the intricate relationship between Sebastian and Ciel in the forthcoming chapter. All we have to do now is to wait for November 18.

Ugh... I do really hate waiting sometimes. LOL ^^

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 61

The latest chapter for Kuroshitsuji is already out for a few days and I still can't get my mind to stop thinking about it. Chapter 61 is so epic, as expected from Yana sensei. 

Both Sebastian and Ciel are still trying to fight the Undertaker along with Grell Sutcliff and Ronald Knox yet none of them are successful in defeating the wily old fox. 

I've got to admit that the Undertaker is super uber cool in this new arc. His scarred face along with his long, dangerous death scythe is making him so much hotter than ever. Yet in this chapter he is breaking my heart by aiming that scythe of his at Sebastian. See the picture panels from the manga below. 

Undertaker had used Ciel as a bait to get Sebastian to attack him. In the melee, he seized the chance to strike his death scythe right into Sebastian's chest, thus sending strips of Sebastian's cinematic record flowing out from him.

The chapter ends in a cliffhanger as usual. Now I am anxiously waiting for the next chapter update as I want to know what's going to happen to Sebastian. He's the main character so he can't be killed off like that. He had already died once and that was for show~

Nonetheless, this chapter is a great read and once again, strengthens my fangasm for Kuroshitsuji. ^_^

Lunch at Ichiban Sushi at Clementi

After my Human Resource Development exam at SIM, my friends and I went to have lunch at Ichiban Sushi at the new shopping centre beside Clementi MRT Station. Below are the foods that we ordered during the lunch.

My combo set meal is the hotate version and it's really yummy~ It is the second picture from the top down. Plus there's salmon sashimi and it's not too bad. All the foods are very yummy but some of my friends are unable to finish their portions and thus, threw bits and pieces of food onto my plate. Gewd~ My stomach almost bursted from too much food. xD

That Nintendo 3DS

Well, having just read up on the Nintendo 3DS, I might jolly well go ahead and buy it one of these days. The red version is simply begging for me to take it back home. See?

The most touted capability is of course its ability to showcase 3D games in their glory. Apparently, it makes for an impressive eye-candy. So far, I'm interested in playing the Pokemon Black and White series. To play those games, I need a Nintendo DS console and only this model is currently on sale at the moment.

However I won't be buying it so soon. Priced at S$399, it is too expensive for me to fork out the money and buy it on the spot. I'll most probably wait for the price to drop and at the same time, wait for the red set to be launched. So far there's only Cosmos Black and Aqua Blue.

If only time would fly by as quickly~

Anime Watch: Kuroshitsuji II Episode 1

Wow finally the wait for the second season of Kuroshitsuji is over. This time round, the storyline seems to be different as both Ciel and Sebastian are not to be seen anywhere. Instead we are introduced to new characters who seem to be the main protagonists for this season.



Watch Kuroshitsuji II Episode 1 (subbed) in Anime  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com


Enjoy the brand new show!

PS. There's even a slight hint of yaoi. >_<
If you are interested in the manga that this original anime series is based on, you can go to here: Black Butler, Vol. 1

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 46

The latest chapter for Kuroshitsuji is out and as usual, you can get it from Bleach Asylum. =)

Jeremy, the new character that was introduced back in Chapter 45, turned into a full detective mode in this chapter. With each inspection of the dead bodies, he pierced together the bits and pieces of mystery that had befallen the Phantomhive house in this arc.

Poor Ciel even had to be a sacrificial lamb in order to catch the killer and its helper. Who could that be? All that remains is Chapter 47 =)

I am so in awe of Yana Toboso sensei and her style of story-telling. I wish Kuroshitsuji could go on and on. Sebastian is THE butler that every master would kill for. Hiak hiak!

Panasonic creates 152 inch 4K resolution 3D Plasma TV

According to Engadget, Panasonic has created its new 152 inch 4K resolution 3D plasma TV and showed it off at the recent CES.

152 inch, mind you. Where on earth could we stuff a TV that size into homes and offices? Apparently it is destined for greater things. Wahaha...

Trust the Japanese to come up with such a super big TV that no one can afford to buy. $500,000 is enough to buy a HDB flat in Singapore. =/

iPad Lauches All Over the World

According to Channel NewsAsia, Apple has launched its much hyped new product, the iPad, today officially over several countries in a staggered product launch. 

It looks like the iPad is a winning product for the California-based Apple, with long queues formed at all launching countries. The report also mentioned that Singapore will be in the next round of launch in July this year. But I won't be tempted to buy as the price of owning an iPad is too high. Plus I have just gotten my new Toshiba laptop this year too and thankfully, it has served me well after the first week of terror use.

Even Japan's Sony is already getting on the touchscreen tablet bandwagon but I seriously doubt it can defeat Apple's new crown jewel. 

What do you think about the iPad? 

PS. the name still sounds horrible to my ears. It's too close to what ladies uses every month. =/

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 45

Once again, it's that time of the month and Kuroshitsuji has fall upon us, beckoning to be read. ;) Thanks to Bleach Asylum for scanlating this latest chapter so quickly, though probably it's also because the chapter is so short.

Warning! Spoilers ahead!!!

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Here, readers are introduced to a new character which Ciel identified as Father Jeremy. If you recall, Sebastian had instructed Mayrin to send out an owl just before his 'death'. It turns out that this owl reached Father Jeremy and now he has arrived at Phantomhive mansion to solve the murders mystery, since Sebastian is not able to do so due to his unique circumstances.

Now the arc is delving into a Sherlock Holmes world where mysteries are being attempted to be resolved before the next murder happens. This is also like what Agathe Christie would write in her mystery novels too.

Oh man, Yana Toboso sensei is going to her readers one hell of an exciting read and now I am eagerly waiting for the next chapter to come. =D

I finally got Jay Chou's new album, The Era

Yay! After a year of waiting, Jay has finally released his latest album on 18 May 2010. Well for preorder customers we get the album one day earlier. Hence I went to collect my copy at Tampines Popular although I did not order the 3D metal box version (see below).

For Taiwan fans who preordered, they get an additional 3D calendar on top of getting a set of 9 commemorative badges representing each album that Jay has released throughout his decade career. Singapore fans like me only get the badge, no calendar =(

I am not sure what I can do with the badges. Maybe I'll just put them aside and keep them in their original plastic so that dust will not accumulate.

The theme for Jay's new album is vampire and Jay dresses up as a vampire but somehow he doesn't look as good as the dragon warrior knight in his previous album. Nonetheless he is probably catching up on the vampire fever that starts from Twilight and I don't think it will hurt his album sales.

Now I am happily listening to his new songs as well as Ayumi Hamasaki's new album, Rock 'n' Roll Circus (see below).

I bought her album much earlier and after listening to the songs, I liked them immediately and now I am a happy fan. Both my favourite male and female singers have put out their respective albums so what is there not to be happy?

=D

Amazing Japanese Rice Growing Bra

The Japanese are truly an amazing bunch of people on our Earth. They can come up with lots of quirky stuffs that actually turn out to be quite practical in daily life usage. Just like this new Japanese rice growing bra. How did they manage to come up with that kind of stuffs?

Singaporeans are not even close to half of what the Japanese can and have achieved for themselves. Their brains seem to work in a wave that is different and special from normal people like me and you.

I wonder how last will this latest Japanese bra invention goes in Singapore. Most Singaporeans Didn't have freckles but now it's quite obvious. =D

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 44

Wow.... new chapter 44 for Kuroshitsuji is finally here. Many many thanks to Bleach Asylum for bringing this wonderful manga scanlation to us. So far it is the only group that translates Kuroshitsuji and I am so grateful that they are still around to scanlate more Kuroshitsuji chapters.

In this chapter, there are some cute moments and touching moments. It is so fun to see so many stray cats that are hidden away by Sebastian. Ciel is allergic to cats so Sebastian can't have a pet cat openly in front of him.

Then there's the servants who are missing Sebastian and reminiscing over how they met Sebastian for the first time and they vowed to protect Ciel in place of Sebastian.

Overall this chapter is really cool and meaningful. =D

Anime Watch: Kuroshitsuji II PV

I know this is quite late but I have just come across the new PV for the upcoming season 2 of Kuroshitsuji, which is going to be out in July this year.

There are new characters in the PV that I can't recognise but there seem to be no traces of Ciel and his butler, Sebastian anywhere in the PV.





Oh man, I hope this season will be better than the previous season and I am so curious about the direction for this new season. Is it going to deviate away from the manga or otherwise? Things are not so clear at the moment so all I can do now is to wait.

^.^

Dinner and Karaoke with Queenie @ Suntec City

Today I met up with Queenie for dinner as well as karaoke. Well the karaoke was decided at the last minute as we don't know of any other activities that we could do at night. Furthermore, recent offerings at the cinemas are not so good and thus karaoke is the only option left.

For dinner, we went to the Ministry of Food at Suntec City. This a a new fusion Japanese restaurant that serves nice Japanese food. The best thing of all is that it even serves onigiri, a Japanese staple that can't be found in Singapore.

My choice of food can be seen in the pictures below: 

Onigiri! My favourite!

Well, I sure eat a lot of food, as you can see from the pictures above. The tamago sushi is also not bad and its sweetness is just right.

After we finished our food, we went to Kbox for our karaoke session. I was surprised to see that Queenie is finally using an iPhone. She works in the IT industry yet is one of the last people to get the fabled iPhone. Amazing, eh? She put her iPhone to good use by checking out the operating hours of the Kbox outlet in Marina Square.

It's amazing how long we could actually sing if given the time. We checked in at around 8+pm and by the time we ended, it was 2+am in the morning. Wow.... It was so rare to get Queenie to accompany me for so long since she's always busy and running out of time. Perhaps she is making up for lost time? Or could it be that the next time that we can meet is gonna be a long time from now?

Oh well, at least tonight we got to sing like crazy. So that's all for now.

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 42

Wee! Kuroshitsuji chapter 42 is out for reading! Please join Bleach Asylum and thank them for another wonderful release!

In this chapter, we see the guests trying to figure out how Sebastian was murdered and why he got two fatal wounds in two such different locations, namely his head and abdomen. They even thought that a second murderer might be on the loose too.

Meanwhile Ciel appoints Tanaka as the replacement butler for Sebastian. The moment Tanaka wears the butler badge, he transformed into a different person. He looked so much different from what Yana had portrayed him previously. Whether it's going to be good or not is dependent on the next chapter.

But before chapter 42 ends, we get another murder and this time round, it's Phelps. My my, the plot gets more twisted as the arc goes on. Three murders in the space of two nights can be a bit much for a detective to swallow, eh? Plus the owl that Sebastian had entrusted to Mayrin was shot down by someone. Who was it? What is exactly going on? That is all that remains to be seen and I doubt we will get any answers soon.

Hopefully we get more insight into this arc in the next chapter in March 2010. See ya!

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 41

Yes! Kuroshitsuji chapter 41 is out and we get to see the final moments of Sebastian before he gets murdered too. Please join Bleach Asylum to get this chapter and thank the wonderful people there for bringing us this chapter.Without them, we won't be getting any Kuroshitsuji manga at all. >.<

In this chapter, Ciel gets chained to Arthur for the night in order to see whether Ciel is the murderer since he did not have an alibi to prove his innocence. It is so cute to see Ciel being so child-like, especially when he needed his security pillow to sleep and Sebastian had to bring it over for him.

We get to see a poignant moment of Arthur musing over how child-like Ciel is before Sebastian's final live appearance. The next scene brought us Sebastian's death and how distraught Ciel was. He ordered his butler to wake up from his sleep and stop pretending to be dead. Well, as the reader, I do know very well that Sebastian can't die and so this justifies Ciel's actions.

However Ciel's guests do not know that fact and therefore it's no wonder that they are puzzled by his behaviour. How will this arc pan out? We shall have to wait for the next chapter to see what happen next. Yana Toboso is as brilliant as ever.

Manga Read: Kuroshitsuji Chapter 40

Tonight is such a lucky night for me. I get to read the latest translation of Kuroshitsuji chapter 40 and it's all thanks to Bleach Asylum. The guys there are so wonderful. I simply can't live without my monthly dose of Kuroshitsuji after all. (^_~)

In this chapter, after the discovery of Georg's murder, everyone in the mansion arrived at the murder scene, with Ciel being the last to enter. Irene managed to point out that the room was locked while the murder is committed, hence turning the case into a locked room murder. This is churning out into a Sherlock Holmes style of crime scenes and I am loving it a lot.

Ciel proceeded to explain how a locked room murder can be achieved with the use of a needle and thread. Yet eventually as he was unable to produce any alibi to separate himself from the crime scene, he was placed as the number one suspect. As a result, he was chained to Arthur in order to make sure that he would not try to commit another murder again.

That tender loving scene we saw of Ciel's family is truly endearing when he recalled how he used to be so scared of thunder that he crawled into his parents' bed to seek comfort. My heart aches when he said that now he has no one to stay by his side. Apparently Arthur thought the same way as he patted gently on Ciel's head in an effort to comfort him.

The focus then shifted to Sebastian as he went back to the murder scene to clear the hearth, as instructed by Ciel. Somehow Ciel knows that there is something hidden in the hearth and Sebastian is the only one who can check it out, being a butler and all.

Yet when Sebastian was checking out the hearth, a mysterious figure appeared behind him and appeared to prepare to strike Sebastian. That's when the chapter ends and leaves the reader hanging for more.

Yana sensei is so good at creating the mystery and suspense for this current arc and I am so looking forward to the next chapter. In my opinion, I believe the murderer could be Irene as the most innocent person is usually the most suspicious person too. I wanted to guess Arthur as the murderer but seeing this arc is written from his perspective, he can't be the murderer at all.

So for now, I can only wait till 18 January 2010, when the next chapter comes out in the next issue. The case won't get solved that fast but I'm sure Yana sensei will present us with more clues to decipher the case.

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