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An image of Sebastian Michaelis from "Black Butler" with the quote: "Now I can show you my true nature." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs
An image of Sebastian Michaelis from "Black Butler" with the quote: "Now I can show you my true nature." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

60 ‘Black Butler’ Quotes by Sebastian Michaelis, Demonic Servant

Roshanak Hannani
Apr 17, 2023
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Japanese manga and anime are incredibly popular around the world. "Black Butler" or "Kuroshitsuji" is a 24-episode fan-favorite series that leaves audiences craving for more, especially because of Sebastian Michaelis, who acts as Ciel's butler. Let's remember these fantastic 60 "Black Butler" quotes by Sebastian.

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Any fan of this show will tell you that the most important feature about Sebastian Michaelis, aside from his butler clothes, is his deep – sometimes threatening – voice. But he is also known for being mean to evil-doers and nicer to cute and innocent people.

On the surface, he is the perfect servant for anyone as he's able to fulfill commands without effort and create things from nothing. Ciel, also known as Smile, sold his sold to Sebastian in exchange for help avenging his parents' deaths. Their Faustian contract is symbolized in Ciel's eye, which is more purple. Read these 60 "Black Butler" quotes Sebastian brought to life.

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Heaven? That has no hold over me." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Heaven? That has no hold over me." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

Sebastian Quotes from ‘Black Butler’ to Inspire You with Power

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"This is your way, right? Day into night, sugar into salt, dark blue into gold. Then I will turn the gold... into black." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Heaven? That has no hold over me." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Now I can show you my true nature." – Sebastian Michaelis

“Even though I dislike being kicked by others, I do enjoy the feeling of kicking others." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “Under one of your orders, I am to be your pawn and your sword. So please, young master, move me into check." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “Under one of your orders, I am to be your pawn and your sword. So please, young master, move me into check." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

"For a king to survive it's good for him to be able to skillfully manipulate the other pieces using both the knight and the queen. Beneath the throne the bodies of your pieces will pile up along with your sins. You must not lose." – Sebastian Michaelis

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"Yes...I am a demon. There's no way I could understand my prey, a human's sense of taste. What I understand is...only the taste of a human's soul." – Sebastian Michaelis

“Under one of your orders, I am to be your pawn and your sword. So please, young master, move me into check." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Ciel) "I am your knight, after all." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Hannah) "I have a contract. Even if you steal him from me, he is still my Young Master. The lot of you aren't fit to even lick his soul." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: (to Ciel) "I shall make it as gentle as possible." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: (to Ciel) "I shall make it as gentle as possible." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

"Hatred and sorrow are power; they are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength, and use that strength to move forward." – Sebastian Michaelis

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"I do not need a thousand souls, I only need one, which is my master's." – Sebastian Michaelis

“I won’t let you touch him. Young master would be sullied if an inferior, dirty person like you were to touch him. (says to Alois)" – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Ciel) "I shall make it as gentle as possible." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to William Spears) "My, my. How difficult to handle alone. But this large quantity of souls, shall a demon like me offer you assistance with them?" – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "I’m just one hell of a butler…" | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "I’m just one hell of a butler…" | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

"I’m just one hell of a butler…" – Sebastian Michaelis

“If it is your wish, I will follow you anywhere, even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies pile up endlessly above the bottomless pile of corpses. Beside you as you lie down softly, I will be, until I hear the words “Check Mate”!" – Sebastian Michaelis

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(about Finnian) "I have lived for a long time, but this is my first time meeting a space alien. What kind of counter-attack is that sparkly, smiley face expecting from me?" – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Young Master... It's time to wake up." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Young Master... It's time to wake up." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

Sebastian Quotes from ‘Black Butler’ to Learn Important Lessons

"I'm a butler. I can't let my master see the form that speaks badly of my reputation." – Sebastian Michaelis

"The hungrier one is, the more satisfying one's dinner." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Young Master... It's time to wake up." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Cats are great. They don't talk about useless things. Or do them. Nothing is cuter. They are something that don't exist in my world. They have pets over there as well...but...it doesn't quite compare." – Sebastian Michaelis

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"Forsake the future, sacrifice your dreams, while stained with deep despair, elude the past, fight the reality, and never relinquish your nobility. Just like that, Young Master. That is the soul I wish to consume." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Wanting to be loved, for that sole obstinate reason, people can even go this far." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Wanting to be loved, for that sole obstinate reason, people can even go this far." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

"The image reflected in a picture is but an illusion. However, even if it is an illusion, wishing to hold onto it is one of the hollow dreams humans have." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Wanting to be loved, for that sole obstinate reason, people can even go this far." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Always skillfully manipulate your pieces, that's how you survive. Use me and madam red, any piece within your reach. Even if the bodies of your pawns pile up in front of your thrown. Because if the king falls - this game is over." – Sebastian Michaelis

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(talking to other servants) "Why don’t you all kneel down on the ground and beg for even a mere scrap of Agni’s talents? Perhaps it would even improve you a little." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Unseemly... ugly... vicious... My true form." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

"As long as there is the contract, I will protect your life. However, if you make a mistake of your own accord, you will possibly suffer a painful experience while alive. You already know that, don't you?" – Sebastian Michaelis

“Once one has rejected faith, it will become impossible for him to enter the gates of Heaven." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Grell) "You really have no standards." – Sebastian Michaelis

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“However, when trying to reach your goals, you need to learn how to eat some humble pie occasionally. If you don’t, one small trip one day might mean your fall." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "If you disappear, I will be most distressed and worried. Because if my master is not here, I wouldn't be able to be your butler." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "If you disappear, I will be most distressed and worried. Because if my master is not here, I wouldn't be able to be your butler." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

“You give up your future, lose your dream, are stained with despair… yet at the same time, you shake off you past, fight reality, and never lose your nobility." – Sebastian Michaelis

"If you disappear, I will be most distressed and worried. Because if my master is not here, I wouldn't be able to be your butler." – Sebastian Michaelis

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(to Ciel) "Well, aren’t you a very young master. You have summoned me. This fact will not change for all eternity. What has been sacrificed will never be returned. Now… choose." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Humans are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair, and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the human." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Unlike demons, you’re base, you harbor a complicated malice, you lie… You struggle desperately, knocking down others in your way… You steal and are stolen from, you make endless excuses… And still you strive to get over the hill and far away. I suppose that’s why humans are so interesting." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “I can use my tongue to make a sakura branch into a butterfly knot." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: “I can use my tongue to make a sakura branch into a butterfly knot." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

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Sebastian Quotes from ‘Black Butler’ to Provoke Deep Thoughts

"You give up your future, lose your dream, are stained with despair... yet at the same time, you shake off you past, fight reality, and never lose your nobility." – Sebastian Michaelis

“I can use my tongue to make a sakura branch into a butterfly knot." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Those round and innocent eyes that know no filth or foulness, those tails that lovingly swish as if they belong to nobility, those paws in the soft shade of warm light pink!" – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Beast) "Wouldn't it be good to forget everything even if it's just for tonight?.." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Honestly, how meaningless... For something called love, which has neither meaning nor form. Laughable, isn't it?" – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Heaven? I don’t have an affinity with that place." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Heaven? I don’t have an affinity with that place." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

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"I hate dogs… Actually, I detest them." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Ciel) "You're a child when it's convenient, huh." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Heaven? I don’t have an affinity with that place." – Sebastian Michaelis

(To Grell Sutcliff) " Then, it's fine if you don't be careful on your way home. Rather, I'd prefer you walk through dangerous roads with your eyes closed." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Isn't it a hot day?" – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "It has nothing to do with England or India. No matter where or when, it's the same. Humanity, that is." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "It has nothing to do with England or India. No matter where or when, it's the same. Humanity, that is." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

(to Claude) "How can you say that. I’m one hell of- wait, it’s still early for that." – Sebastian Michaelis

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"How can you say that. I'm one hell of- wait, it's still early for that." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Ciel) "Well, aren't you a very young master. You have summoned me. This fact will not change for all eternity. What has been sacrificed will never be returned. Now... choose." – Sebastian Michaelis

“Those round and innocent eyes that know no filth or foulness, those tails that lovingly swish as if they belong to nobility, those paws in the soft shade of warm light pink!" – Sebastian Michaelis

"It has nothing to do with England or India. No matter where or when, it's the same. Humanity, that is." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Yes, my lord. I devote my entire being to you. Until the day... that lies become truth." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "Yes, my lord. I devote my entire being to you. Until the day... that lies become truth." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

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"At this moment, my body and soul, to the last hair, belong to my master." – Sebastian Michaelis

“Yes, my lord." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Yes, my lord. I devote my entire being to you. Until the day... that lies become truth." – Sebastian Michaelis

(to Ciel) "In your current state...you are even more like...My Lady." – Sebastian Michaelis

"Friends… is it? That’s the first time anyone has said that to me." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: (About Ciel) "He turns his back towards the light without hesitation. That figure that charges into the abyss at a dignified pace. How beautiful and foolish." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: (About Ciel) "He turns his back towards the light without hesitation. That figure that charges into the abyss at a dignified pace. How beautiful and foolish." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

(About Ciel) "He turns his back towards the light without hesitation. That figure that charges into the abyss at a dignified pace. How beautiful and foolish." – Sebastian Michaelis

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"He made three requests. That I protect him and never betray him until he obtains his revenge. That I obey his orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie... to him." – Sebastian Michaelis

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "He made three requests. That I protect him and never betray him until he obtains his revenge. That I obey his orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie... to him." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

An image from "Black Butler" with Sebastian Michaelis' quote: "He made three requests. That I protect him and never betray him until he obtains his revenge. That I obey his orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie... to him." | Source: youtube.com/Crunchyroll Dubs

Aside from his demonic traits, Sebastian Michaelis is conceited and needs things to be perfect. He hates when others don't like him, which makes audiences believe he has deeper emotions than usual demons. He is also concerned with appearances.

When he taught Ciel in the beginning, he dressed and acted like a tutor from the Victorian era, even donning some glasses. But most of all, Sebastian hates being called old. If you enjoy anime and manga, you should check these 36 "Black Cover" quotes.

If you need an action-packed anime story, try "RWBY," or you could check out these Ray quotes from "The Promised Neverland."

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