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* AmbiguousDisorder: Shiori regularly has nightmares about the night her parents died, has forgotten how to smile, and is terrified of meetings outside of an office setting. She pretty clearly has PTSD, but it's never named in-film, though Sebastian notes that she has a nondescript mental illness.
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* BulletTime: The effect is applied when Sebastian takes care of a few mooks in the opening scene, a lot like a certain other series [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Hiro Mizushima]] starred in.
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* AdaptationalLocationChange: The live-action film changes both the location and the time period from the original manga; the location is changed from England to an unnamed Asian country, and the time period is changed from the Victorian Era to 2020.
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* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:Shinpei Kujo, a CorruptCorporateExecutive who gleefully traffics women to be experimented on for Hanae's experiments, and forces a room fulll of people to kill each other for the antidote for the hell of it. He claims he believes that everybody tearing each other apart for power is the natural state of humanity.]]
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* HateSink: Shinpei Kujo is a pharmaceutical executive hired by [[BigBad Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]] to make an immortality serum. To do so, he buys women from HumanTraffickers and experiments on them until their bodies give out. After discovering a drug called Necrosis, which mummifies people within minutes, Kujo tests it on various people. This eventually culminates in him poisoning a nightclub full of people and watching them tear each other apart for the antidote.
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'''''Black Butler''''' is a 2014 {{Japanese|Films}} SciFiHorror HeroicBloodshed SpyFiction film based on [[Manga/BlackButler the manga]] and produced by Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/SquareEnix.
InAWorld where the planet is divided between empires run by Japan and Great Britain, the Queen has spies all over her rival. One of these spies is Shiori Genpo, a toy company heiress long thought dead, who has by her side a mysterious butler named Sebastian Michaelis. As it turns out, Sebastian is a demon bound to Shiori's will until he can claim her soul. The duo are tasked with investigating mysterious mummification murders, but could potentially uncover more personal secrets along the way.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: Sebastian rescuing Shiori from some HumanTraffickers.
* AllNationsAreSuperpowers: The world of 2020 is divided into the West, run by England, and the East, run by Japan.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shiori regularly has nightmares about the night her parents died, has forgotten how to smile, and is terrified of meetings outside of an office setting. She pretty clearly has PTSD, but it's never named in-film, though Sebastian notes that she has a nondescript mental illness.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Shiori learns that there were other conspirators in her family's death besides the BigBad, so Sebastian saves her life so they can finish the contract.]]
* ArchEnemy: Shiori Genpo has [[spoiler: her aunt, Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]], who killed her parents and is currently plotting a terrorist attack on Japan.
* AssholeVictim: The killer tries to frame an infamous ArmsDealer for their crimes, and kills him to keep the lie going. [[spoiler:Also, it turns out Shiori's father was this, having abandoned his first wife after she was rendered infertile by a miscarriage.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]], a hooded figure plotting a chemical terrorist attack.
* CallingCard: The killer leaves behind a Baphomet card at each killing.
* DevilButNoGod: Despite having a demon in her employ, Shiori is a staunch atheist, believing this trope to be how things are. The forces of Heaven do not show up in the film, so she may very well be right.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: At first it seems like [[spoiler:corporate scumbag Shinpen Kubo]] is the mastermind behind the murders, until he's shown answering to a hooded figure who guns him down to take the Necrosis formula. Said figure is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Sebastian may be a soul-devouring demon, but he absolutely adores cats and will pet any feline he sees. He's also implied to care for Shiori, but this could easily be self-serving due to his claim on her soul.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Shiori's maid Run seems like an absurdly klutzy ditz when she has her glasses on, but the second they're removed she becomes a hyper competent assassin. However, unlike the anime where it's an act to deflect suspicion, she really is awful at cooking and cleaning.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae is working for a whole conspiracy of masterminds identified by a twisting snakes symbol, but they never show up personally.]]
* HeirClubForMen: Only male heirs to the Genpou family can inherit the Funtom Corporation. For this reason, Shiori disguises herself as her fictional brother.
* HumanTraffickers: The first antagonists are a group of traffickers Shiori got herself captured by to figure out their connection to a string of murders. They're shown to handle their victims in an incredibly degrading way even by human trafficking standards. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this is because their primary client is experimenting on the girls to discover immortality.]]
* HumansAreBastards: Shiori believes that humans are worse than demons, because [[AtLeastIAdmitIt demons don't pretend to be anything but selfish]].
* ImmortalityImmorality: [[spoiler:The entire plot of the villains is revealed to be a giant experiment for the BigBad to attain immortality.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: A group of Japanese cops try this on Sebastian. He knocks them out and escapes handily.
* JapanTakesOverTheWorld: Well, half of it. They run the Eastern faction.
* JobTitle
* MasterPoisoner: The killer's WeaponOfChoice is a virus that causes near-instant mummification. The murders are testing this virus so that it can be released on Tokyo.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These appear human, but are completely immune to harm by Earthly objects, can throw a butter knife with the strength to make it cut through bone, and can move faster than the naked eye. They can be bound to contracts to serve humans, but are simply waiting until it's met to eat their souls.
* ProtagonistTitle
* TheRedBaron: The West's spies are known as the Queen's Watchdogs.
* ScoobyDooHoax: The murders are known as "The Devil's Curse," and are suspected to be the work of the actual Devil, to the point of a mass exorcism being planned, but it's made clear from the beginning that it's just normal bioterrorism.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Sebastian can talk to cats. [[spoiler:This helps him find Shiori when she's captured by Hanae.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki acts like Shiori's kindly aunt, but is secretly a terrorist mastermind willing to kill anybody who gets in the way of immortality. She also has no problem selling out her co-conspirators to save her own skin, and is pretty convincing at faking remorse.]]
* StealthSequel: The film is implied to be in continuity with the manga, what with the Genpou family being formerly named Phantomhive and [[spoiler:deals with demons being a recurring issue for the bloodline]].
* SweetPollyOliver: Since most people think she's dead, and the Funtom Corporation can only be inherited by a male heir, Shiori disguises herself as a fake brother Kiyoharu.
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'''''Black Butler''''' is a 2014 {{Japanese|Films}} SciFiHorror HeroicBloodshed SpyFiction film based on [[Manga/BlackButler the manga]] and produced by Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/SquareEnix.
InAWorld where the planet is divided between empires run by Japan and Great Britain, the Queen has spies all over her rival. One of these spies is Shiori Genpo, a toy company heiress long thought dead, who has by her side a mysterious butler named Sebastian Michaelis. As it turns out, Sebastian is a demon bound to Shiori's will until he can claim her soul. The duo are tasked with investigating mysterious mummification murders, but could potentially uncover more personal secrets along the way.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: Sebastian rescuing Shiori from some HumanTraffickers.
* AllNationsAreSuperpowers: The world of 2020 is divided into the West, run by England, and the East, run by Japan.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shiori regularly has nightmares about the night her parents died, has forgotten how to smile, and is terrified of meetings outside of an office setting. She pretty clearly has PTSD, but it's never named in-film, though Sebastian notes that she has a nondescript mental illness.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Shiori learns that there were other conspirators in her family's death besides the BigBad, so Sebastian saves her life so they can finish the contract.]]
* ArchEnemy: Shiori Genpo has [[spoiler: her aunt, Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]], who killed her parents and is currently plotting a terrorist attack on Japan.
* AssholeVictim: The killer tries to frame an infamous ArmsDealer for their crimes, and kills him to keep the lie going. [[spoiler:Also, it turns out Shiori's father was this, having abandoned his first wife after she was rendered infertile by a miscarriage.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]], a hooded figure plotting a chemical terrorist attack.
* CallingCard: The killer leaves behind a Baphomet card at each killing.
* DevilButNoGod: Despite having a demon in her employ, Shiori is a staunch atheist, believing this trope to be how things are. The forces of Heaven do not show up in the film, so she may very well be right.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: At first it seems like [[spoiler:corporate scumbag Shinpen Kubo]] is the mastermind behind the murders, until he's shown answering to a hooded figure who guns him down to take the Necrosis formula. Said figure is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Sebastian may be a soul-devouring demon, but he absolutely adores cats and will pet any feline he sees. He's also implied to care for Shiori, but this could easily be self-serving due to his claim on her soul.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Shiori's maid Run seems like an absurdly klutzy ditz when she has her glasses on, but the second they're removed she becomes a hyper competent assassin. However, unlike the anime where it's an act to deflect suspicion, she really is awful at cooking and cleaning.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae is working for a whole conspiracy of masterminds identified by a twisting snakes symbol, but they never show up personally.]]
* HeirClubForMen: Only male heirs to the Genpou family can inherit the Funtom Corporation. For this reason, Shiori disguises herself as her fictional brother.
* HumanTraffickers: The first antagonists are a group of traffickers Shiori got herself captured by to figure out their connection to a string of murders. They're shown to handle their victims in an incredibly degrading way even by human trafficking standards. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this is because their primary client is experimenting on the girls to discover immortality.]]
* HumansAreBastards: Shiori believes that humans are worse than demons, because [[AtLeastIAdmitIt demons don't pretend to be anything but selfish]].
* ImmortalityImmorality: [[spoiler:The entire plot of the villains is revealed to be a giant experiment for the BigBad to attain immortality.]]
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: A group of Japanese cops try this on Sebastian. He knocks them out and escapes handily.
* JapanTakesOverTheWorld: Well, half of it. They run the Eastern faction.
* JobTitle
* MasterPoisoner: The killer's WeaponOfChoice is a virus that causes near-instant mummification. The murders are testing this virus so that it can be released on Tokyo.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These appear human, but are completely immune to harm by Earthly objects, can throw a butter knife with the strength to make it cut through bone, and can move faster than the naked eye. They can be bound to contracts to serve humans, but are simply waiting until it's met to eat their souls.
* ProtagonistTitle
* TheRedBaron: The West's spies are known as the Queen's Watchdogs.
* ScoobyDooHoax: The murders are known as "The Devil's Curse," and are suspected to be the work of the actual Devil, to the point of a mass exorcism being planned, but it's made clear from the beginning that it's just normal bioterrorism.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Sebastian can talk to cats. [[spoiler:This helps him find Shiori when she's captured by Hanae.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Lady Hanae Wakatsuki acts like Shiori's kindly aunt, but is secretly a terrorist mastermind willing to kill anybody who gets in the way of immortality. She also has no problem selling out her co-conspirators to save her own skin, and is pretty convincing at faking remorse.]]
* StealthSequel: The film is implied to be in continuity with the manga, what with the Genpou family being formerly named Phantomhive and [[spoiler:deals with demons being a recurring issue for the bloodline]].
* SweetPollyOliver: Since most people think she's dead, and the Funtom Corporation can only be inherited by a male heir, Shiori disguises herself as a fake brother Kiyoharu.
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