The story had a sort of quirky-cool style that fit surprisingly well with the story’s main antagonist: madness. But, aside from the never-ending fights, it’s pretty average and moved at a solid pace. Nothing about the plot is particularly fantastic, mind-blowing, unique, or interesting. In the end, though, a lot of unexplained story elements came together nicely.
Uninvested in the characters or plot, the story often seemed to drag and frequently bored me. Relatively sure the characters wouldn’t die (good and bad), nothing seemed to be at stake, which made the battles feel a little pointless. Not only were the battles with the same opponents seemingly endless, but I never felt any tension during them. I swear our heroes have to fight them 3+ times each throughout the manga. Several antagonists in Soul Eater pulled this “my true form!” nonsense out. It made Aizen (from Bleach, for those who don’t know) look as if he didn’t have too many final-final-final forms. I quickly lost interest in an enemy who revealed a 7th or 8th form. The plot did move smoothly from A to Z without any hard to swallow plot jumps, but some fights dragged on for volumes. This is a real shame, because I usually enjoy a good philosophical meander. It couldn’t decide if the reader should take it seriously and transitioned from ridiculous panels to long spouts about insanity and madness-which I found about as compelling as watching paint dry. While, I applaud Soul Eater for its distinctive art style and tone, the story trapped itself between humor and (attempts at) philosophy and ended up falling short of both.
It usually worked fine, but once in a while it jarred me.
Excalibur remained a joke character, but Death the Kid whiplashed between a humorous and a serious one. Both, sadly, lacked “screen time”, if you will. At the very least, I found Death the Kid’s eccentricities amusing, as well as Excalibur’s. None of the character annoy me, but I didn’t care for them either. The caricatures were fine, I guess, but difficult to distinguish from other characters like them.
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Instead, most of the characters battled a single problem throughout the series and received a single chapter of backstory (or a few scattered panels) for development. And Tsubaki was “nice” and a powerful weapon but that’s about it.Īfter 20 something volumes, I had hoped for a bit more from the cast. He played the piano, but that didn’t really add to his personality. Soul barely had any personality besides his “cool” vibe and wish to live up to his brother. Between the two of them, I can’t think of any adjectives to describe them apart from their shounen trope counterparts. Sure, some matured as the manga went along (Black Star in particular), but I never found them compelling or a driving force of the series. While some had vibrant personalities, they still lacked emotional depth. Most main characters-like Black Star, Tsubaki, Soul, Patty, Oxford, Maka, etc.-seemed dull and underdeveloped. I enjoyed watching/reading about Death the Kid and Excalibur, but, in the manga, the rest of the cast fell short. I liked Crona in the anime, but the character went from interesting to relativelyīoring in the manga. The characters ranged from bland to erratic with no one I formed any particular attachment too. While I’ll admit that “bravery” isn’t the best ending to a series, the Soul Eater anime surpasses the manga.
More likely than not it's because I wanted to reach this “better ending”. Why oh why did I finish this manga? Because I’m an idiot? However, many mysteries surround them, and as new enemies are discovered and secrets are revealed, Maka, Soul, and their friends must fight to protect the academy, Death City, and the world itself from enemies far worse than humans.Īfter I watched Soul Eater, everyone said, “The manga ending is better.” So I decided to take them up on that and read it. These ambitious students all work towards becoming the ultimate Meister and Demon Weapon team, through misadventures, missions, and many class trials. They are joined by the boisterous Black☆Star and his partner Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, as well as the perfectionist Death the Kid-simply known as Kid-and his partners, the twins Patricia "Patty" and Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson. Maka Albarn and her partner Soul Eater "Soul" Evans are two students who hope to make a Death Scythe. To do this, their weapon partner must consume the souls of 99 wicked humans and one witch. The ultimate goal of a Meister is to create a "Death Scythe" worthy of being wielded by Shinigami. Created to maintain peace, the academy trains Meisters and Demon Weapons-people who take on the form of a weapon-to defend humanity against evil. EditSynopsis Death City is home to the Death Weapon Meister Academy, established by Shinigami-the grim reaper himself.
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