Does ciel phantomhive die in black butler?

Answer 1

This is EVERYTHING, from the beginning of Season 1 to the end of Season 2, so I hope you have the patience to read this:

SEASON 1:

- Ciel lost his parents.

- Ciel makes a deal with Sebastian (a demon): his soul for the revenge of his parents' deaths.

- The deal then becomes a contract.

- The concept of the contract is that Sebastian can have Ciel's soul in exchange of assisting him in the adventure to seek out his

parents' killer, however, not anytime before that.

- Until the time comes to retrieve his soul, Sebastian is to serve as Ciel's butler.

- During a fight with Madam Red (Ciel's aunt) and Grell Sutcliff (a Grim Reaper), Sebastian loses his arm, the SAME arm that contains

a pendant on it. This pendant is the mark of proof that they made a contract with one another. This same pendant is located in Ciel's

right eye, hence why he is always wearing the eyepatch.

- Closer to the end of Season 1, they realize that an angel named Angela was the one responsible for the deaths of Ciel's parents.

Upon finding out about this, they [Sebastian and Angela] duel, but the Phantomhive manor is burned down in the process, along with

the streets of London.

- At the VERY END of Season 1, Pluto, a guard dog of the Phantomhive Manor, loses his life, as he is controlled by Angela into

destroying the manor and the streets of London, along with Madam Red, and Angela loses her wings thanks to Sebastian.

- LAST EPISODE: Sebastian sits Ciel down and prepares to eat his soul...

SEASON 2:

- At the very last minute, before Ciel's soul is eaten, it is stolen by Claude, a different demon butler, under the orders of HIS

Master, Alois Francy.

- Thanks to the fact that Sebastian lost the arm that contains the pendant, he no longer has any proof that he claimed Ciel's soul,

which means it is basically up on the table for anyone who wants to take it. Alois wants it because apparently, Sebastian had made

a contract with Alois's brother, Lau, MAN YEARS PRIOR and ended up eating HIS SOUL as well. The contract: Alois's happiness in exchange

for, you've guessed it: the soul of Lau.

- Sebastian fights to get him back (as if he does not, then all of the events of Season 1 would've been in vain) and he brings him

back.

- When the ring is placed back on Ciel's thumb, his soul returns to his body, but his memories are very much damaged. That is why

(if you may have realized) he has no recollection of the death of Madam Red or Pluto. He doesn't even remember the revenge that

he sought for his parents. All he remembers is that Sebastian is his loyal butler.

- Claude decides to take advantage of all of this, and, still under the orders of his master, he retrieves Ciel.

- Digging deeper into the story, Hannah, one of Alois's servants, is also a demon; understand that now.

- This contract involved the happiness of Alois in exchange for, yes, you've guessed it: Lau's soul.

- This is where the confusion starts to develop: why on earth would Claude want Ciel's soul if he belongs to Alois? Well, simply

because Ciel's soul has a "nice taste" to it, Claude couldn't possibly let it go to waste. And during fight between Alois and Ciel,

Ciel loses some blood (as he stops himself from coming to harm with the blade of a sword using his hand) and Alois is stabbed. The two

butlers come just in time to help and Claude gets some of Ciel's blood on his face, as Ciel slaps him and orders him to "unhand him."

As Sebastian and Ciel leave, Claude actually LICKS some of Ciel's blood. Automatically, his interest turns to him.

- Why does Claude kill Alois? He used Alois as a tool to get to Ciel. Not only that, but Alois also claimed his love for Claude, and

you simply cannot "claim your love" for a demon.

- Claude figured out a way to merge Alois's memories with Ciel's and that's how Ciel ended up getting possessed by Alois. This is

possible because although Alois was killed, his soul is STILL INSIDE of the red ring he always wore. Claude slipped this ring onto

Ciel's index finger.

- Ciel fights to bring himself back, and at the last minute, he ORDER Sebastian that until he consumes EVERY LAST BIT of Ciel's soul,

he is to remain his butler forever.

- Despite everything that happens (which isn't really all that important compared to the TRUE ending), Sebastian ends up killing

Claude.

- Now here, you'd think it'd be the end. Ciel gets his soul back, Hannah and Alois are no more and Sebastian can feast. Wrong.

- Alois, it turns out, has one more trick up his sleeve. He makes a SECOND contract with Hannah to kill Ciel and bring him back as a

demon, as demons do not have souls to be feasted upon. Not knowing this, Sebastian kills Claude anyway.

- The rest is basic common sense: Hannah jumps over the ledge and into the water below while still clutching Ciel's body. Sebastian

goes in after them, and again, he has NO IDEA about this SECOND CONTRACT that was made between Alois and Hannah. Once Ciel awakens and

his eyes are red, that's when Sebastian realizes what was done. Now think about this: one of the VERY LAST order given to Sebastian

by Ciel was that until he consumed ever last portion of Ciel's soul, he will forever remain Ciel's butler. Ciel was just turned into

a demon; demons have NO SOUL to consume. What does that mean? Sebastian was tricked into becoming Ciel's butler for the rest of eternity.

Final question: why did he leave the Phantomhive Manor? The others were bound to notice what had happened to Ciel eventually, about

how he became a demon and such. Who would want him around if that were the case?

As for where Sebastian and Ciel will go... I guess that's up for the makers of Black Butler to decide. :)

I hope this clears it up. If I missed something, bring it up and I'll call it out.

Answer 2

Well, in the manga Ciel's soul is eaten by Sebastian but, in the anime Ciel's soul is stolen by another demon (Claude Faustus) and his lord (Alois Trancy).

Alois believes that Sebastian killed his younger brother, Luca, so he tries to take Ciel in order to get on Sebastian's bad side.

Eventually, Ciel is kidnapped by Claude and Alois' soul is intertwined with Ciel's.

Another demon (Hannah Anafeloz who worked for Alois) reveals that she loves Alois, and that Luca summoned her inorder to fulfill Alois' wish of killing all the people who ever mistreated him and Luca. After she fulfilled his wish she ate Luca's soul, therefore killing him. But, after seeing Luca's love for his older brother Hannah begins to love Alois and Luca as well.

Ciel and Alois makes a contract with Hannah that allows Alois to find peace and Ciel to be reborn as a demon.

Now, Sebastian is bound to Ciel for all enternity.

Answer 3

In the anime Ciel Phantomhive dies as a human on August 26th, 1889; having aged 13 years. But he remains alive as a demon.

At this point, he has not died in the manga, and remains human.

Answer 4

So it would seem. But SUPRISE theres a second season.

Answer 5

It is assumed that Sebastian consumes Ciel's soul. However, more information concerning the happening at the end of Black Butler Season 1 is revealed in Black Butler Season 2.