That void connects them with death, but hollow things seek to fill their emptiness. These episodes not only show the fragility of dolls but also the terrifying likeness to their human counterparts or in this case, where they become one in the same. But all is not right in the world as Elizabeth mercilessly attacks Ciel, still being manipulated by invisible strings and unable to control her own actions. When they finally find Elizabeth held away in a tower, relief floods over them as they find she had not been completely transformed like the other girls. As battle ensues and the girls fall in defeat, they do not bleed but rather sawdust, straw and other inanimate materials come apart from their seams. No longer human, the girls have all been turned into reanimated dolls, following every command by the strings of their puppet master. Locating where she is being held, they discover the whereabouts of the other missing girls…at least what is left of them. It seems just like any other task from the queen, however, things become much more personal when Elizabeth falls victim as well. When young girls begin to disappear from the city at an alarming pace with the only evidence left behind being a small doll of their likeness in an old shop, Ciel and Sebastian begin investigating the case.
This may have been but a small arc within the anime, but it managed to stick out for me none the less. “ So I think to myself: ‘Something different a precious present for a precious person.’ The most suitable thing would be you yourself.“ Although there are many instances of dolls inclusion in horror and other dark genres, here are but a few marked examples: A human personification that stands to show us just how fragile we really are. They are a picturesque effigy in porcelain with pristine clothes and impenetrable eyes that see everything and nothing.
Dolls often represent a symbol of beauty and childhood a toy played with leisurely or an elegant shelf piece adorning a young girl’s room. There certainly is no denying the terror of someone running at you with a chainsaw but when you manifest a fear so deep and pure, it stays with you long after the fact – far beyond anxiety, past paranoia.Īlthough the topic of horror stretches to far out reaches, one aspect often used is through the concept of dolls. A psychological brand of horror where oftentimes it is what you don’t see, rather than what you do, that you should fear the most. There is just something about the Japanese style of horror that leaves a lasting, and sometimes scarring, impression on people. What is it that makes us fear things from the very depth of our souls?
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