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Pryce's Anime Review: Soul Eater

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Pryce's Anime Review: Soul Eater
« on: October 06, 2009, 09:52:11 PM »
Title: Soul Eater


Genre(s): Action, Supernatural, Comedy

General Info: Set in the Shinigami technical school for weapon meisters, the series revolves around 3 groups of each a weapon meister and a human weapon. Trying to make the latter a "Death Scythe" which is the highest title for a weapon and thus fit for use by the Shinigami, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch. Maka & Soul Eater, Black Star & Tsubaki, and Death the Kid with Patty and Liz Thompson are the characters Soul Eater revolves around. Besides taking the time to gather souls, these students of Shibusen defend Death City from some of the most powerful of creatures while still attending school and trying to become stronger.

Number of Episodes: 51
Original Run: Apr 7, 2008 to Mar 30, 2009


Characters:

Maka Albarn: She is Soul’s technician. She is the more level-headed of the two but when her anger gets the better of her, she will put her foot down. Where Soul seems to be the brawn, Maka is the brain. She always tries to think of a way to beat their opponent by exploiting the opponent's weaknesses. Her father is the Shingami’s current death scythe, she seems to hate her father for constantly flirting with other women but she still loves him. Her mother was also a scythe technician; she and Maka’s father are divorced. Maka seems to be annoyed at the fact that her body hasn’t developed yet (which is the center of some jokes in the series). She usually kicks Soul after he does something perverted or if he and Blair have been acting too friendly. Dr. Stein saw her soul and told her she was a “serious person who tries hard.”


Soul Eater Evans: Soul Eater, “Soul” to his friends, is Maka’s Demon Scythe partner; his human appearance is that of a teenage boy with a forever present drool mark coming from his mouth. He acts like a normal teenager . His personality mostly consist of what he considers “cool”. Being a “cool” guy, he almost always uses the direct approach which most of the time fails. He sometimes becomes too driven by the idea of eating souls, which leads him to bicker with Maka, but in the end they remain friends and partners. He has stated that men go for older women while calling Maka “Miss Tiny miffs” (this was because Maka’s father told Soul that if he laid a hand on her in any way, he’ll kick his ass). His way of absorbing souls is literally eating them. He says that it's the texture, not the taste, that matters. When Dr. Stein saw his soul, he said it was that of “a twisted person with a sarcastic soul.”


Black Star: He is Tsubaki’s technician. He is the son of White Star and comes from a family of ninjas (The Star Clan), which explains the star on his shoulder. The Star Clan was wiped out by Shibusen, leaving him as a baby the sole survivor. Shibusen accepts the child and takes care of it within Death City. He became a weapon user and teamed up with Tsubaki, a weapon who transforms into many different types of ninja weapons. His main form of attack includes various ninja arts but, unlike formal ninjas, is a show-off. He is often loud defeating the purpose of his ninja arts proclaiming that he is a "big" person and will surpass even God. His delusion of being a "big" and important person is so great that he gives out autographs that nobody wants. Black Star hates it when someone gets more attention than him and is quick to raise his voice and proclaim that he is better and more deserving of attention. He is also able to use his soul wavelength in hand-to-hand combat.


Tsubaki Nakatsukasa: She is Black Star’s Dark Demon Blade partner. She can change into multiple ninja weapons (shuriken, smoke bomb, a katana [later chapters], etc). She is most of the time disheartened by Black Star’s loud self but she still puts up with it because that’s what she likes about him. She has a very forgiving personality and always tries to help everyone even when she has no idea how to help. Tsubaki soul is “very co-operative and has a lot of space to accept people” as said by Dr. Stein.


Death the Kid: He is Patty and Liz’s technician and the Shinigami’s son. He is called Kidd by his friends and family. At first glance, he seems to be perfect in every aspect (polite, well pressed clothes, etc.) But he has one major flaw. He is completely obsessed about everything being symmetrical and takes the idea of perfection to the extremes. To him, anything symmetrical is beautiful and if it’s off by any measurement (a picture frame off by millimeter, or a pose that is slightly out of place), he will try to correct it right away. The biggest problem Kidd has with is his hair one side being completely black while the other has three white strips going across it. Showing Kidd anything that is too unsymmetrical or mentioning his hair will send him into a state of massive depression (which normally takes encouragement from Patty and Liz to break). He refers to Shinigami as Chichi-Ue (Honorable Father). His father has mentioned that Kidd is already a shinigami and doesn’t need to collect souls but Kidd says he wants to make a weapon of his own. His father also says that since he uses two weapons (the guns don’t count as a set), he will have to collect twice as many souls (198 Eggs of Kishin (Corrupted Souls) and 2 witch souls). If he sees anything perfect or symmetrical get broken or destroyed, it will send him into a blind rage where he will unload all of his power to erase the offensive sight from his eyes. He has a flight-capable skateboard called Beelzebub, which he uses as a form of short distance transportation.


Patricia Thompson: She is one half of Death the Kid's Double Team Demon Guns. She is the younger of the two sisters, and the most naive. Both sisters wear cowgirl (tight sleeveless shirt and cowboy hats) outfits but Patty wears puffy shorts. She has a larger bust size then her sister. She mostly speaks in a sing-song voice. Also, she acts and speaks like a little kid. (She answers test questions in yellow crayon and says "hullo" and "sowwy", like how a child says "hello" and "sorry", etc.). She is so naïve that she thinks everything is all fun and games. She has yet to take anything seriously. If Kid isn’t with them, she can use her sister’s weapon form and vice verse. She and her sister collects soul in the magazines of their gun forms. She and her sister used to live on the streets of Brooklyn before being found by Kid.


Elizabeth Thompson: She is the other half of Death the Kid's Double Team Demon Guns. She is the older of the two sisters and the most mature. Both sisters wear cowgirl outfits (tight sleeveless shirt and cowboy hats) but Liz wears long jeans. She has a smaller bust size then her sisters, which annoys her to no end. She is more like a teenage girl (worried about make up, shopping, etc). If Kid isn’t with them, she can use her sister’s weapon form and vice verse. She and her sister collect souls in the magazines of their gun forms. She and her sister used to live on the streets of Brooklyn before being found by Kid.


Openings:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMK_xzkYM8s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGmqn51xQ1g&translated=1[/youtube]

My Review: Soul Eater has focuses well on the growing friendships between the teams and their individual partners while not detracting at all from the actual story. The battles in this series are always interesting and even when they're half-serious they are still awesome. One flaw though is that even though Maka and Soul are the main characters the story focuses mainly on Black Star and Kidd, although this does not detract from the story very much.
My Rating: 4.5/5

Number of Excalibur Episodes: 3
Number Needed: -32
Awesome Points: 575


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Re: Pryce's Anime Review: Soul Eater
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2009, 08:50:01 AM »
this is an anime that i have kept my eye on

it looks really good, im going to try to find it online

very nice review pryce!