“I’m a butler to die for!” – Grell Sutcliffe
- Grell’s favourite colour is red. They believe that things which have the colour red in them, such as blood, can be used to achieve beauty
- Grell likes the scent of roses and musk
- However, they don’t like tea
- Grell’s name is thought to be a reference to Petter Sutcliffe (who is also known as ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’). ‘Grell’ is then thought to mean ‘gaudy’ or ‘garishly’ (in German)
- It was the actually Toboso’s editor’s idea to make Grell flamboyant
- Grell also didn’t wear high heels in the earlier drafts of the manga
- They like to use words that can be misinterpreted and like to reference plays in their speech. They also tend to liken events that happen to theatre terms
- Grell has been ranked as the 4th most popular character in the series