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Personality:   Soul Eater Japanese manga series For other uses, see Soul Eater (disambiguation). Soul Eater (Japanese: ソウルイーター, Hepburn: Sōru Ītā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and at least one human that can transform into a weapon. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. Quick Facts ソウルイーター (Sōru Ītā), Genre ... The manga was preceded by three separate one-shots published by Square Enix in 2003; the first two published in two Gangan Powered special editions and the last one in Gangan Wing. Soul Eater was regularly serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from May 2004 to August 2013. Its chapters were collected in 25 tankōbon volumes. A 51-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2008 to March 2009. The series has also spawned a drama CD, an art book, and three video games. A spin-off manga series, titled Soul Eater Not!, was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from January 2011 to November 2014. Soul Eater was licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press; it was serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus manga anthology starting in July 2008, and the first manga volume was released in October 2009. The anime series has been licensed in English by Funimation (later Crunchyroll). The Soul Eater manga had 20.4 million copies in circulation by February 2022. Both the manga and anime series have been overall well received, especially for its art style and Gothic setting, often compared by critics to Tim Burton's works like The Nightmare Before Christmas. The series, however, has been criticized for its use of fanservice and similarity to other shōnen series. Synopsis See also: List of Soul Eater characters Setting Death Weapon Meister Academy Soul Eater is set at Death Weapon Meister Academy (死神武器職人専門学校, Shinigami Buki Shokunin Senmon Gakkō) — "DWMA" (死武専, Shibusen) for short — located in the fictional Death City in Nevada, United States. The school is run by Shinigami, also known as Death, as a training facility for humans with the ability to transform into weapons, as well as the wielders of those weapons, called meisters (職人, shokunin). Attending this school are Maka Albarn and her scythe partner, Soul Eater; assassin Black Star and his partner, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, who turns into various ninja weapons; and Shinigami's son, Death the Kid, and his pistol partners, Liz and Patty Thompson. The meister students' goal is to have their weapons absorb the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, which dramatically increases the weapon's power and turns them into "death scythes" used by Shinigami. Plot Maka and Soul battle the witch Medusa, who forces Crona, her child and meister of the demon sword Ragnarok, to collect non-evil human souls and eventually transform into a kishin (鬼神), an evil god. Medusa and her cohorts attack DWMA to revive Asura, the first kishin who nearly plunged the entire world into madness before being sealed beneath DWMA by Shinigami. Despite the combined efforts of Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kid, Medusa's group successfully revives Asura, who leaves to spread chaos around the world after a brief battle with Shinigami. Medusa is seemingly killed by meister and DWMA teacher Franken Stein, while Crona surrenders to DWMA and enrolls there. As a result of Asura's spreading madness, Medusa's sister Arachne comes out of hiding and reforms her organization, Arachnophobia, which poses a serious threat to DWMA. Shinigami calls in death scythes from around the world to aid in the fight against Arachnophobia. During this time, Medusa reappears with her soul possessing the body of a young girl, and forms a truce with DWMA so they can annihilate Arachnophobia together. The DWMA students and Medusa's entourage infiltrate Arachnophobia's headquarters, where Maka kills Arachne, only for Medusa to betray DWMA, possess Arachne's body, and brainwash Crona into rejoining her. Meanwhile, Death the Kid is captured by Noah, an artificial construct created from the Book of Eibon. Following this, Maka uses Arachne's soul to turn Soul into a death scythe. The duo become part of the newly formed meister unit Spartoi along with their friends, who rescue Death the Kid and defeat Noah. Crona resurfaces in a city in Russia, destroying it and the death scythe stationed there, before being provoked by Medusa into killing her and getting taken by insanity. Maka is ordered by Shinigami to hunt down Crona; while searching for Crona with her powers, she unwittingly detects Asura's location on the cartoonish moon within the atmosphere. DWMA launches an attack on the moon to defeat Asura, aided by the witches after Death the Kid convinces them to establish a temporary alliance. During the battle, Crona absorbs Asura's body before being overtaken by him. Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kid eventually restore Crona's sanity and defeat Asura by sealing him on the moon with his own blood; Crona willingly remains with Asura to keep him imprisoned, and Maka promises to one day rescue Crona. The DWMA forces return to Earth, where Death the Kid becomes the new Shinigami following his father's death, and establishes a peace treaty with the witches. Production After the end of his first manga series, B.Ichi, Atsushi Ohkubo created a one-shot story called "Soul Eater" published in June 2003 by Gangan Powered. Japanese readers were so fascinated by it that Ohkubo created two other one-shots called "Black Star" and "Death the Kid", published in September and November 2003, respectively. Since the results were high, the editor of Gangan Comics asked Ohkubo to create a series from his one-shots which became the introductory chapters to Soul Eater. In an interview, Ohkubo said that the series was greatly inspired by ideas from Tim Burton's animations, and by concepts from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter. Ohkubo also stated he decided to make the main protagonist of the series, Maka Albarn, a female to differ from the traditional male hero found in most shōnen manga, and paired her and the other main characters with those of the opposite sex to demonstrate an equal representation of gender. He also said the series' title, Soul Eater, was intended to refer to Asura and his desire to eat innocent souls, and not to the character, Soul "Eater" Evans. Ohkubo has explained that, when he began Soul Eater, he already had the plot and details like the DWMA fully formed and shared with his editors. He thought too many manga had characters who were developed through flashbacks, which he considered too clever. Therefore, he decided to develop his characters in the present rather than referring to their pasts, and to focus on "action and momentum," so he could "write freely". Media Manga See also: List of Soul Eater chapters Atsushi Ohkubo wrote three one-shot chapters published by Square Enix. "Soul Eater" (ソウルイーター, Sōru Ītā) and "Black Star" (ブラック・スター, Burakku Sutā) were published in the summer and autumn special editions of Gangan Powered, released on June 24 and September 22, 2003, respectively; the third one-shot, "Death the Kid", was published in Gangan Wing on November 26, 2003. Soul Eater started in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan on May 12, 2004, and finished after a nine-year run in the magazine on August 12, 2013. Square Enix compiled the series' 113 individual chapters into 25 tankōbon volumes, released under its Gangan Comics imprint, between June 22, 2004, and December 12, 2013. Square Enix republished the series in a seventeen-volume kanzenban edition, titled Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition, released from July 12, 2019, to March 12, 2020. The manga has been licensed by Yen Press for distribution in English in North America. The manga was initially serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus anthology magazine; the first issue went on sale on July 29, 2008. The first English volume of the manga was published on October 27, 2009. The last volume was published on March 24, 2015. In July 2019, Square Enix announced the English release of Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition. The first volume was released on July 28, 2020. Another manga series which ran alongside the main series, titled Soul Eater Not! (ソウルイーターノット!, Sōru Ītā Notto!), was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from January 12, 2011, to November 10, 2014. Five tankōbon volumes were released between September 22, 2011, and December 22, 2014. Soul Eater Not! has been licensed by Yen Press in North America. The five volumes were published between July 24, 2012, and August 4, 2015. Drama CD A drama CD was released on August 31, 2005, by Square Enix titled Soul Eater (Vol. 1): Special Social Studies Field Trip (ソウルイーター(Vol.1)特別社会科見学, Sōru Ītā (Vol. 1) Tokubetsu Shakaika Kengaku). The CD came bundled with an art book and a script of the CD dialogue. Of the cast used for the drama CD, only Black Star's voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi was retained for the anime voice cast. Anime See also: List of Soul Eater episodes A 51-episode anime adaptation was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, Aniplex, Dentsu, Media Factory, and TV Tokyo; Bones and Aniplex were responsible for the animation and music production respectively. The scenario writer was Akatsuki Yamatoya who based the anime's story on Ohkubo's original concept. Character design was headed by Yoshiyuki Ito, with overall art direction by Norifumi Nakamura. The anime's conceptual design was done by Shinji Aramaki. The episodes aired on TV Tokyo between April 7, 2008, and March 30, 2009, and two animated specials aired on May 29 and June 1, 2008. The series aired in two versions: the regular evening broadcast and a late-night "Soul Eater Late Show" version, which included special footage. The dual broadcast of the series was billed as the "world's first evening and late-night resonance broadcast". The "resonance" term refers to a story concept in which Maka and her living weapon partner, Soul Eater, achieve maximum power by synchronizing their souls. Media Factory collected the episodes in thirteen DVDs, released from August 22, 2008, to August 25, 2009. The series was rebroadcast on TV Tokyo, under the title Soul Eater: Repeat Show (ソウルイーター リピートショー, Sōru Ītā Ripīto Shō), on September 30, 2010, featuring new opening and closing themes. Media Factory and Kadokawa brought the two previous Blu-ray box sets together into one box set released on February 26, 2014. In North America, the anime has been licensed by Funimation, who released the series in four half-season DVD box sets starting with the first volume in February 2010. The anime made its North American television debut on Funimation Channel in September 2010. It later premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block on February 17, 2013. Video games Three Soul Eater video games were produced. The first, Soul Eater: Monotone Princess (ソウルイーター モノトーン プリンセス, Sōru Ītā Monotōn Purinsesu) is an action-adventure video game exclusively for the Wii and developed by Square Enix with Bones. It was released on September 25, 2008, in Japan. Two characters that appear in the game, Grimoire (グリモア, Gurimoa) and Ponera (ポネラ), are original characters designed by author Ohkubo; Ponera is the titular Monotone Princess and Grimoire is known as Noah in the manga. A soundtrack called Shibusen's Treasure "Campus Broadcast Music Complete Works" (死武専秘蔵「校内放送楽曲大全」) was released as a pre-order bonus CD. The second game, Soul Eater: Plot of Medusa (ソウルイーター メデューサの陰謀, Sōru Ītā Medyūsa no Inbō) is an action game produced by Namco Bandai Games for the Nintendo DS and was released on October 23, 2008. Despite being created by two different companies, there are similarities between the Nintendo Wii game and the Nintendo DS game. It is a third-person hack-and-slash game. The third game, Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (ソウルイーター バトルレゾナンス, Sōru Ītā Batoru Rezonansu) is a fighting game developed by BEC and produced by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and was released on January 29, 2009. This game follows the story line of the first 24 episodes of the anime series and allows the player to engage in the training and battles the characters experienced first hand. Along with new costumes and items, the player gets to experience the minds and wardrobes of each playable character. Music Six pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: two opening themes and four closing themes. The first opening theme is "Resonance" by T.M.Revolution for the first 30 episodes, and the single was released on June 11, 2008. The second opening theme is "Papermoon" by Tommy heavenly6 from episode 31 onward; the single was released on December 10, 2008 by DefStar Records. The first closing theme is "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks for the first 13 episodes and the 51 episode; the single was released on June 4, 2008. The second closing theme is "Style" by Kana Nishino from episode 14 to 26; the single was released on August 13, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The third closing theme is "Bakusō Yume Uta" (爆走夢歌) by Soul'd Out's Diggy-Mo from episode 27 to 39; the single was released on November 26, 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The final closing theme is "Strength" by Abingdon Boys School from episode 40 through episode 50; the single was released on February 25, 2009. The anime rebroadcasting features two additional opening and closing themes. The first opening is "Counter Identity" by Unison Square Garden, released in autumn 2010, and the first ending is "Ao no Kaori" (碧の香り) by Yui Makino, released on November 10, 2010. The second opening is "Ai ga Hoshii yo" (愛がほしいよ) by Shion Tsuji, released on March 9, 2011, and "Northern Lights" by How Merry Marry. The first character song maxi single sung by Chiaki Omigawa (Maka) and Kōki Uchiyama (Soul) was released on August 6, 2008 by Aniplex. The second single by Yumiko Kobayashi (Black Star) and Kaori Nazuka (Tsubaki) was released on September 3, 2008, and the third single by Mamoru Miyano (Kid), Akeno Watanabe (Liz), and Narumi Takahira (Patty) was released on October 1, 2008. Composed and produced by Taku Iwasaki, two CD soundtracks have been released for the Soul Eater anime series. Soul Eater Original Soundtrack 1 was released on August 27, 2008 with 20 tracks, and Soul Eater Original Soundtrack 2 was released on March 18, 2009 with 22 tracks by Aniplex. The theme song for Soul Eater: Monotone Princess is "Soul's Crossing" sung by T.M.Revolution, and is included on the "Resonance" single. Other media An art exhibition to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary is set to run at Tokyo's Space Galleria from August 23 to September 23, 2024, and at Osaka's Space Gratus from October 25 to November 25 of the same year. A special video featuring Chiaki Omigawa and Koki Uchiyama, Maka and Soul's voice actors respectively, was released alongside a teaser visual for the event. Reception Manga Soul Eater was the seventh best-selling manga in 2008, with 3,076,351 copies sold. By October 2012, the manga had over 13 million copies in circulation; As of April 2018, the manga had sold 18.2 million copies worldwide. by July 2019, it had 19.6 million copies in circulation; and by February 2022, it has over 20.4 million copies in circulation. In her review of the first volume, Danielle Leigh of Comic Book Resources wrote that it is "stylish and fun", favorably comparing Ohkubo's art to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride, which considered paired quite well with references to Anglo-American spooks and horror legends as Jack the Ripper and Frankenstein. Leigh, however, criticized the series for its excessive use of fanservice, and considered that it clashes terribly with the series "pattern oriented, with very little depth" art style. Penny Kenny of Manga Life, gave the first volume a "B+". Kenny praised the series for its action scenes and variety of art styles, commenting that its panels "could have come out of Blade of the Immortal, while others are very Yu-Gi-Oh like", and that others "share the same sensibilities as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas", adding that Ohkubo uses a "nice mix of standard action, comic, horror, and deformed design styles that blend together surprisingly well". Julian Gnam of Otaku USA praised the weapon meister/demon weapon partnerships presented in the story, but criticized the series' fanservice and overall found its plot "conventional", adding that it could come off cliché to the "more jaded manga veteran", stating although, that this makes the series accessible to casual readers. Reviewing the second volume, Chris Zimmerman of Comic Book Bin gave it a 7.5 out of 10. Zimmerman commended the series for its action sequences and wrote that the character designs are "thoughtful and creative", but criticized it for its lack of character development, prioritizing single chapter fights, and making it similar to other shōnen series. Reviewing the first two volumes, Shaenon Garrity of About.com gave the series 2 out of 5 stars. She praised the manga's setting, describing it as a "hyperkinetic Halloween world that's equal parts Shaman King, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and The Nightmare Before Christmas", but stated that "snazzy visuals can't compensate for the bland characters and meandering story". Garrity concluded that the series' popularity comes from its anime adaptation, adding that it is "fun to look at, bright and vibrant and visually imaginative", and in contrast, the original manga is "a lot less fun to sit down and read". Reviewing the first volume of Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition, Nicholas Dupree of Anime News Network gave it a B+. Dupree wrote that the series holds an inherent charm to its world and characters that is hard to find anywhere else, adding that the key is its "spooky, Spirit Halloween-esque design sensibilities". He pointed out, however, that the comedy did not age well, stating that the main characters' gimmicks become repetitive and unfunny, and he felt that its use of sexual humor and fanservice is "questionable at best", and would not blame uninitiated readers if they drop the series for it "being too much". Dupree concluded: "for whatever warts it bears 15 years later, there's still nothing quite like Soul Eater out there". Anime In her 2008 Anime Preview Guide, Casey Brienza of Anime News Network wrote; "Though Soul Eater should not be surprising anyone with its standard tournament plot structure, it has some serious style to burn. Like D.Gray-man it is deeply indebted to Tim Burton's idiosyncratic gothic-fantasy imagery (think Beetlejuice and Nightmare Before Christmas), but this series does, if possible, execute it better". Jacob Hope Chapman of the same website describes the series as "dark but lively, visually imaginative, explosive great fun". James Brusuelas of Animation World Network wrote positively about the series, stating; "this anime knows exactly what it is: fun! The result: a series that takes the guilt out of your guilty pleasure". Holly Ellingwood of Active Anime praised the anime series, and wrote that "It is different, exciting and unexpected at various turns. A large part of its uniqueness and thrills have to do with the original animation style. It is zany while at times being creepy at whim. It is stylin' from start to finish!". Sandra Scholes of the same website, wrote that its story is "full of comedy, fun and dark humour in a Gothic vein", also comparing the series to D.Gray-man and Bleach, and its art style to Gorillaz's videos. Scholes concluded; "If these type of dark fantasy anime grips you then yo List of Soul Eater characters The Soul Eater manga and anime series features an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Atsushi Ohkubo. It is set in a fictional universe inhabited by various characters capable of using supernatural powers by channeling the wavelengths of their souls. Most of the characters in the series, including the main protagonists, are classified into two groups: humans who are born with the power to turn into weapons, called "demon weapons", and the wielders of these weapons, called "meisters". The main protagonists attend a school called Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) located in the fictional Death City in Nevada, United States. DWMA is run by Shinigami, also known as Death, or the Grim Reaper, as a training facility for weapons and meisters to hone their powers, as well as an organization to preserve world order against anyone who threatens it, including witches, monsters and kishin, which are essentially humans who become monstrous creatures by devouring the souls of innocent people. The main characters of Soul Eater (from left to right): Top row: Black Star, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, Soul Eater Evans, and Maka Albarn. Bottom row: Liz and Patty Thompson, Death the Kid, Blair, and Spirit Albarn. The main Soul Eater manga and its anime adaptation follow three meister/weapon partnerships—Maka Albarn and her scythe, Soul Eater; Black Star and his shadow weapon[broken anchor], Tsubaki Nakatsukasa; and Death the Kid and his twin pistols, Liz and Patty Thompson. These three teams and their fellow students act as field agents for their school, reaping the souls of evil humans to prevent them from turning into kishin. The spin-off prequel manga titled Soul Eater Not!, also created by Ohkubo, follows the everyday lives of three other DWMA students—halberd Tsugumi Harudori and her two meister friends, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn. Creation and conception While creating Soul Eater, Atsushi Ohkubo was heavily influenced by the manga series Dr. Slump and wanted to create a story in which serious or intense action scenes would be defused or interrupted with comedic moments. The story element in which characters transform into weapons is an expansion on the idea of weapons being personified, which Ohkubo frequently saw in other fictional stories. Ohkubo decided to make the main protagonist of the series, Maka Albarn, a female in response to other shōnen manga having male main characters, and paired her and the other main characters with those of the opposite sex to demonstrate an equal representation of gender. He also decided to use a scythe as Maka's weapon for its unique fighting style. He resisted drawing influence from other people for most of his characters, particularly the main protagonists, whom he instead based on assets on his own personality—the arrogant Black Star is based on Ohkubo's narcissistic side, the neurotic Death the Kid based on his manic side, etc. However, he did base a few characters on people he was familiar with, such as Excalibur, whose personality he based on his own father. He also designed supporting character Kilik Rung to be black after noting a lack of African characters in other manga series. The names of several characters are based on the titles of other films as a form of tribute, such as Blair being named after The Blair Witch Project and Kilik after Kirikou and the Sorceress. Main characters The three main meisters of Soul Eater wielding their partners in weapon form (from left to right): Death the Kid, Maka Albarn, and Black Star. Soul Eater Maka Albarn Voiced by: Junko Takeuchi (drama CD), Chiaki Omigawa (anime)ep. 1 (Japanese); Laura Baileyep. 1 (English) Maka Albarn (マカ=アルバーン, Maka Arubān) is one of the main protagonists of Soul Eater. She is a young but dedicated student who takes after her mother, another prodigious meister. However, her relationship with her father, Spirit, is strained due to his constant flirtations with women, leading her parents to divorce. As such, Maka is obsessed with turning her weapon partner, Soul Eater, into a death scythe that will surpass her father.[ch. 0a] She collaborates well with Soul in battle, but sometimes gets frustrated at him when he does something foolish. When in danger, however, Maka does everything she can to keep Soul out of harm's way.[ch. 4] Early in the story, Soul is infected with black blood during their first battle against Crona, which causes Maka to become infected as well, risking her going insane under the black blood's influence.[ch. 11] She later gains some control over the black blood by developing a soul wavelength inherited from her mother called the Anti-Magic Wavelength, which helps her resist the effects of insanity.[ch. 60] She is also adept at a skill called Soul Perception, which allows her to detect the souls of other people and measure their strengths.[ch. 2] After turning Soul into a death scythe, Maka gains the ability to combine the power of her uniquely shaped soul, called a Grigori soul, with Soul's and grow angelic wings on Soul's weapon form, enabling her to fly.[ch. 63] Maka can fully synchronize with Spirit due to their bond as father and daughter.[ch. 106] In the anime adaptation, Maka is shown to have demon weapon powers inherited from her father and mother, allowing her to conjure blades from her body while she is unconscious.ep. 51 Soul "Eater" Evans Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi (drama CD), Kōki Uchiyama (anime) (Japanese); Micah Solusod ep. 1 (English) Soul Evans (ソウル・エヴァンス, Sōru Evansu), nicknamed Soul Eater (ソウル=イーター, Sōru Ītā), is a demon scythe and the partner of Maka Albarn, and one of the main protagonists. His weapon form has a red-and-black blade and an eye near its heel which expresses his emotions. He has a laid-back and nonchalant personality and tries to maintain a "cool" attitude, but often ends up embarrassing himself instead.[ch. 0a] He tends to bicker with Maka over unimportant things from time to time, but is fiercely loyal to her and has more than once displayed his will to die for his friends' safety.[ch. 2] After he is slashed in the chest by Ragnarok and infected with the Demon Sword's blood, he fights to resist the madness-inducing effects of the blood, which is portrayed by the little demon who appears within his subconscious. As a member of a renowned family of musicians, Soul's innate talent as a pianist cannot be disputed, but it's his newfound powers as a weapon that have allowed him to break ties with his family's tradition and aim for the title of the strongest death scythe. He dislikes being compared to his older brother Wes, a famous violinist, and is reluctant to play music for other people.[ch. 55] He can use this talent when resonating his soul wavelength with others, playing the piano within his soul to drastically enhance their power.[ch. 36] He manages to become a death scythe after defeating Arachne with Maka and eating her soul, gaining the ability to use sound waves and sabotage enemies with his "Soul Hack" attack.[ch. 62] In the aftermath of Asura's defeat, overcoming his fear of using black blood, Soul becomes partnered to Death the Kid after he officially becomes the new Shinigami. Due to Kid's agreement with the witches to make no more death scythes, Soul becomes the last death scythe created. Black Star Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashiep. 1 (Japanese); Brittney Karbowskiep. 1 (English) Black Star (ブラック☆スター, Burakku Sutā, stylized as "Black☆Star") is a ninja assassin and the meister of Tsubaki. He is exceedingly arrogant and loudmouthed for an assassin, preferring to make a flashy entrance rather than sneaking up on his opponents, and tries to upstage anyone who gains more attention than he does.[ch. 0b] He frequently calls himself a "big" man destined to surpass God, thus driving himself to his physical limits. He is a skilled combatant even when unarmed, using a skill that allows him to increase his own soul wavelength and channel it through physical attacks.[ch. 2] He is one of the last remaining survivors of the Star Clan, a family of assassins who slaughtered others for wealth until they were wiped out by DWMA, whereupon academy Professor Sid Barrett took him in and raised him. He is oppressed by anyone who recognizes the clan's symbol, a star-shaped tattoo on his shoulder.[ch. 7] Due to his obsession with power, some believe he will eventually descend down the path towards becoming a kishin like his father, White Star.[ch. 39] However, in his final battle with Mifune, he resists such temptation and chooses to create his own new path instead, eventually leading him to become a warrior god (武神, bushin).[ch. 110] Tsubaki Nakatsukasa Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (drama CD), Kaori Nazuka (anime)ep. 1 (Japanese); Monica Rialep. 1 (English) Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (中務 椿, Nakatsukasa Tsubaki) is the weapon partner of Black Star, classified as a "shadow weapon" who has the power to transform into a variety of ninja weapons[broken anchor] including a kusarigama, a shuriken, a ninjatō, and a smoke bomb.[ch. 0b] She is gentle, quiet, friendly, and easy going, and provides a soothing influence among her friends whenever they argue. She is also very patient and tolerant of others, which allows her to put up with Black Star's constant arrogance and showboating, and serves as a highly collaborative partner in battle.[ch. 2] Her multiple weapon forms are part of a tradition passed down by her family, descended from the first demon weapons created by Arachne.[ch. 28] She later acquires her most powerful form, the Uncanny Sword, after absorbing the soul of her corrupted brother Masamune.[ch. 8] She primarily takes the form of a black katana in this form, but is eventually able to transform it into other weapons as she ordinarily does.[ch. 49] Death the Kid Voiced by: Takako Honda (drama CD), Mamoru Miyano (anime)ep. 2 (Japanese); Todd Haberkornep. 2 (English) Death the Kid (デス・ザ・キッド, Desu za Kiddo), called "Kid" for short, is the son of Shinigami. Kid is created from a part of his father's being like his older brother Asura as an incomplete shinigami, modeled after his father’s creator Shinra Kusakabe. Lacking his father's aspect of fear and starting out as a child, however, Kid grows and develops his own personality.[ch. 72] His status as a shinigami grants him formidable godlike powers such as invincibility to a point, but he suffers from asymmetriphobia and a crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder for symmetry in everyday life, stemming from his father's "madness of order".[ch. 0c] This mindset results in him becoming the meister of the Thompson sisters after seeing their matching weapon forms as a means to preserve his personal symmetry, but unable to fight using one of them while the other is missing.[ch. 13] Because of his status as shinigami and a polished meister, Kid is not required to collect souls or attend DWMA, but he does so anyway to create custom weapons suited to his desires.[ch. 0c] Kid's most distinguishing feature is the set of three white lines on the left side of his hair called the Lines of Sanzu, which plagues him at times due to their asymmetry. However, the Lines of Sanzu are revealed to be symbol of his status as a shinigami, and their eventual connection would awaken his full power.[ch. 110] Later in the story, upon learning of his origins as the technical brother of Asura, Kid fears becoming a greater threat than his brother if he unlocks his full potential. However, after being assured by Maka and understanding his father's true power in the process, Kid connects the lines and assumes his true form, thus killing his father, as only one true shinigami can exist at a time.[ch. 111] Liz and Patty Thompson Liz: Voiced by: Yūko Kaida (drama CD), Akeno Watanabe (anime)ep. 2 (Japanese); Jamie Marchiep. 2 (English) Patty: Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (drama CD), Narumi Takahira (anime)ep. 2 (Japanese); Cherami Leighep. 2 (English) Elizabeth Thompson (エリザベス・トンプソン, Erizabesu Tonpuson) and her younger sister Patricia Thompson (パトリシア・トンプソン, Patorishia Tonpuson) – nicknamed Liz (リズ, Rizu) and Patty (パティ, Pati), respectively – are the weapon partners of Death the Kid. Liz is a cynical but mature, smart and resourceful young woman who always finds Kid's perfectionist attitude annoying, but is deathly afraid of ghosts and anything she labels as "creepy". Her younger sister, Patty, is known to be extremely childish, but is able to maintain a cheerful attitude in any situation that is replaced with an insane, psychotic anger when motivating her teammates or when angered. They both take the form of semi-automatic pistols that compress Kid's soul wavelength and fire it in the form of energy bullets that range in strength from destructive blasts to painful yet harmless shots.[ch. 3] Both sisters are able to act as each other's meisters whenever Kid is absent.[ch. 0c] As infants, they were abandoned on the streets of Brooklyn and survive by mugging members of the public. They originally joined Kid to exploit his wealth and authority as a shinigami, but grew closer to Kid over time and outgrew their greed.[ch. 78] Soul Eater Not! Tsugumi Harudori Voiced by: Haruka Chisuga (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English) Tsugumi Harudori (春鳥 つぐみ, Harudori Tsugumi) is the main protagonist of Soul Eater Not!, a Magic Weapon who becomes a halberd with a dull blade. She is a weapon transfer student from Japan who attends DWMA's NOT class, a class designed for weapons and meisters who want to control their powers in order to lead normal lives. Originally a timid romantic, Tsugami seeks to improve herself since meeting Maka on her first, wanting to emulate the confident senior student. She becomes friends with two Meisters, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn, alternating between them as a weapon, but will eventually pick one of them to be her official meister partner. She has a habit of exclaiming "Gagantous" when she is shocked or surprised, a word with no apparent meaning. Meme Tatane Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel (English) Meme Tatane (多々音 めめ, Tatane Meme) is a meister student from DWMA's NOT class and one of the main protagonists of Soul Eater Not!. She suffers from short-term memory loss and occasionally forgets her own name. She is also very well-endowed for her age, which Tsugumi envies her for. Despite her spacy nature, however, she is very athletic and specializes in a form of martial art called "Sleepy Fist" (睡拳, Suiken), which she can only perform when partially unconscious. She befriends Tsugumi after she defends her from being bullied on their first day of class, and takes turns with Anya as Tsugumi's meister partner. She specializes in using the axe portion of Tsugumi's weapon form. Anya Hepburn Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Alexis Tipton (English) Anya Hepburn (アーニャ・ヘプバーン, Ānya Hepubān), like Meme, is a meister from DWMA's NOT class and a main protagonist of Soul Eater Not!. Coming from a wealthy family, she acts condescendingly towards other people, referring to them as "commoners", but has become tired of her restrictive lifestyle and attends DWMA to better understand commoners. She becomes fascinated by Tsugumi, believing her to be the most average commoner of all, and desires to become her partner. She thus takes turns with Meme to wield Tsugumi; Anya becomes an expert with wielding the spear portion of Tsugumi's weapon form. Anya also tends to fight Black Star on a regular basis, their fights usually resulting with the DWMA building's symmetry being ruined. Her true identity is later revealed to be Princess Anastasia Yngling (アナスタシア・ユングリング, Anasutashia Yunguringu), whose family's considerable influence led an agreement with the DWMA for her to attend the school only on the condition that the entire country would protect her and that she was to immediately return to her home country should she be endangered. Villains Asura Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa (Japanese); Chris Patton (English)ep. 24ep. 24 Asura (阿修羅, Ashura), also known as the Kishin (鬼神, lit. "demon god"), is the ultimate antagonist of Soul Eater.[vol. 5] Originally one of the Great Old Ones eight centuries ago, Asura comes into being when Shinigami separates a fragment of his soul and gives it life. As that fragment contains Shinigami's fear,[ch. 72] it reflects in Asura's madness through his paranoid tendencies and quirks such as covering his face with bandages and wearing multiple layers of clothing. Eventually, to quell his constant fear, Asura swallows his own weapon Vajra (ヴァジュラ, Vajura) whole in order to devour human souls until he transforms into a godlike being. In that state, Asura can emit his "madness of terror", which deters the sanity of anyone in his presence until they are mindless beasts. Asura is eventually defeated by Shinigami, who rips off Asura's skin to use as a container to seal him in a shrine beneath the DWMA building, preventing him from escaping while have the DWMA deal with those affected by Asura's "madness wavelength".[ch. 16] Early in the story, Asura is resurrected after Medusa's minions inject him with black blood and he escapes after a brief battle with Death.[ch. 22] Though his intensified madness wavelength greatly influences the manga's plot, Asura remains largely absent until he is discovered by Maka to be hiding on the cartoonish moon in Earth's atmosphere.[ch. 90] After his Clown army is defeated, Asura comes out of hiding and is absorbed by Crona before taking the child's body as his own. By the time Death the Kid arrives to fight him, Asura reveals their relationship before his younger brother awakens his full power to face him as an equal. However, after the two meet and develop a plan to stop him, Maka manages to make Asura bleed while Crona uses Brew to manipulate the black blood to create a barrier around the moon to trap Asura on it. In the anime adaptation, Asura's whereabouts after his escape from Death City have him being found in a Tibetan mountain range by Arachne, who aims to spread his madness wavelength across the world.ep. 39 After defeating Shinigami in a second battle, revealing that he learned to stop imagining to overcome his personal fears before learning he developed feelings for the witch, Asura kills Arachne to rid himself of his weakness and eats her soul to transform into a monster.ep. 48 Even after reverting to his original state, Asura overpowers the meisters until only Maka remains to fight on her own after Soul is knocked out. However, Maka's persistence and bravery confuse Asura, who relapses back into fearful paranoia before he explodes after being punched in the face by Maka channeling her courage into her fist.ep. 51 Gorgon Sisters Medusa Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)ep. 7ep. 7 Medusa (メデューサ, Medyūsa) is the first major villainess introduced in the story and the middle of the three Gorgon sisters, a snake-themed witch who contains over a thousand snake familiars inside her body that she can use in her Vector Arrow spell.[ch. 5, 9] She can also create arrow-shaped panels on the ground called Vector Plates that throw anyone standing on them in the direction they point.[ch. 17] Medusa is a scientist who developed black blood, a substance that enhances madness within people, and aims to use it as part of her experiment to enable the world to evolve and no longer be stagnated by the DWMA's actions.[ch. 15] Medusa is resolute of her goals to the point of experimenting on her own child Crona whose purpose is essential to her overall scheme.[ch. 4] Prior to the start of the story, Medusa infiltrates the DWMA under the guise of a school nurse to find Asura's location, amassing an entourage to help her revive the kishin with black blood.[ch. 15] Though defeated by Franken Stein shortly after her plan succeeds,[ch. 22] Medusa survives the destruction of her original body in the form of a snake, which possesses the body of a young girl named Rachel.[ch. 29] Sure! Here’s a detailed description of the main characters from Soul Eater, including their appearances and heights. 1. Maka Albarn Height: 150 cm (4'11") Appearance: Maka is a petite teenage girl with light green eyes and ash-blonde hair, usually tied into two short pigtails with bangs framing her face. She typically wears a white dress shirt, a red tie, a black trench coat with a plaid skirt, and black boots. Personality: Hardworking, determined, and intelligent, but sometimes stubborn. She has a strong sense of justice and is driven to become a great Meister. 2. Soul Eater Evans (Weapon: Scythe) Height: 170 cm (5'7") Appearance: Soul has white hair styled in a spiky manner with sharp red eyes and jagged teeth, giving him a shark-like grin. He wears a headband with his name ("SOUL") on it, a yellow jacket with black sleeves, red pants, and sneakers. Personality: Laid-back and cool, though he can be reckless. He deeply values his bond with Maka and struggles with his inner darkness. 3. Black☆Star Height: 160 cm (5'3") Appearance: Black☆Star has spiky blue hair and green eyes. He is athletic and wears a sleeveless black top, gray baggy pants, white wristbands, and a white scarf. He has a star tattoo on his right shoulder. Personality: Extremely confident to the point of arrogance, he always wants to be the center of attention. Despite this, he’s loyal and cares about his friends. 4. Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (Weapon: Multiple Weapon Forms) Height: 169 cm (5'6.5") Appearance: Tsubaki is tall and slender, with long black hair tied into a ponytail and dark blue eyes. She usually wears a black sleeveless top with matching arm sleeves, gray pants, and black ninja sandals. Personality: Gentle, kind, and patient. She contrasts with Black☆Star's loud personality by being soft-spoken and understanding. 5. Death the Kid Height: 158 cm (5'2") Appearance: Death the Kid has neatly parted black hair with three white stripes on the left side (a sign of his asymmetrical "flaw"). He has golden eyes and wears a symmetrical black suit with white stripes, a skull tie, and white gloves. Personality: Intelligent and serious but has an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for symmetry, often breaking down if something isn't perfectly balanced. He is highly skilled in combat. 6. Liz Thompson (Weapon: Twin Pistols) Height: 173 cm (5'8") Appearance: Liz is the taller of the Thompson sisters, with long, straight light-brown hair and blue eyes. She wears a brown sleeveless crop top, matching pants, and a belt. Personality: More mature and responsible than her sister, though still enjoys teasing Kid and Patty. She used to be a street thug before meeting Kid. 7. Patty Thompson (Weapon: Twin Pistols) Height: 160 cm (5'3") Appearance: Patty has short, choppy light-brown hair and blue eyes. She wears a similar outfit to Liz, with a brown crop top and matching pants. Personality: Childish and carefree, often acting silly and making animal noises. Despite her airheaded nature, she can be quite ruthless in battle. These are the primary characters from Soul Eater! Let me know if you need any additional details.

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