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Maka is a Meister and Soul is her Weapon. As students at the
Grim Reaper's Death Weapon Meister Academy, their study habits
couldn't be more different. But in battle against the
supernatural forces of evil, they're a freakin' lethal team.
That's when Soul transforms - literally - into a razor-sharp
scythe, and every defeated wicked soul he sucks down makes him
more deadly. That's when Maka unleashes the merciless slayer
within, wielding her partner and dropping monsters. Seriously.
Monsters. Like the witches, werewolves, and zombies that lurk in
the shadows and feed on the souls of the innocent. Every freakish
ghoul Maka and Soul take out strengthens their bond, and fighting
alongside their fellow Meister/Weapon classmates, Maka and Soul
are the world's last line of defense against evil.
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Based on the manga by Atsushi Ookubo, the fantasy-adventure Soul
Eater (2008) takes place at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, a
school run by the Grim Reaper to create pairs of fighters, one of
whom transforms into a weapon wielded by a partner called a
"Meister." Soul, who always wants to look cool, turns into a
scythe that the diligent Maka uses; infinitely patient Tsubaki
becomes a variety of weapons for motor-mouth assassin Black Star.
They're joined by the Grim Reaper's powerful but addled son Death
the Kid, who has a neurotic fixation on the principle of
symmetry, and his twin s, the Thompson Sisters. Despite their
many foibles, all three partnerships command impressive powers.
Assigned to capture the souls of evil beings who could foster the
creation of a terrible demon known as the Kishin, they battle
witches, golems, and other evil creatures. Having created an
appealing and engagingly nutty cast, the filmmakers can't always
figure out what to do with them. At times, the tone feels too
silly, then it suddenly becomes needlessly violent. The witch
Medusa's abuse of her neurotic son Crona is disturbing, but her
menace is undercut by Eruka, the idiotic frog-witch who serves
her. The mixture of freewheeling slapstick, imaginative designs,
and supernatural adventures in Soul Eater may remind viewers of
Fairy Tail and Gurren Lagann, but the artists push the visuals
even further. The designs of Soul and Black Star are essentially
jagged collections of angles; the lumpy-looking sun and moon leer
woozily from the sky, as if they just lurched back from a
prolonged binge. Professor Franken Stein, who constantly adjusts
the large screw in his skull, looks like he was haphazardly sewn
together from spare parts, as do all his accessories, including
his bento box. Soul Eater builds to a suitably flamboyant if very
talky climax, as the main characters face off against the reborn
Kishin. Maka discovers that, like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz,
she has always had powers she was unaware of. It's a very
entertaining series, but the viewer is left with the nagging
suspicion that stronger writing could have made it even better.
(Rated TV 14: violence, violence against women and children,
grotesque imagery, brief nudity, risqué humor, potentially
offensive religious imagery, alcohol and use) --Charles
Solomon
(1. Resonance of the Soul Eater, Becoming a Death Scythe? 2. I'm
Definitely a Star! The Extremely Big Man, Revealed Here? 3.
Becoming the Perfect Boy? Death the Kid's Magnificent Mission? 4.
Witch Hunting Invocation!? Heart Throbbing Graveyard
Supplementary Class Lessons, 5. Soul's Form: Strongest Meister
Stein's Entrance, 6. Freshman Gossip! Lots of Memories of Kid's
First Attendance at Shibusen? 7. Black Blood of Terror: The
Weapon Within Crona? 8. Witch Medusa: Great Evil Possessing One's
Soul? 9. Holy Legendary : Kid and Black Star's Big
Adventure? 10. Demon Blade Masamune: Torn Dependant Soul, Singing
Heart's Rain? 11. Tsubaki, the Camellia: What Lies Beyond
Sadness? 12. Courage That Is Not Lost to Fear: Albarn's One Large
Determination? 13. Man's Demon Eyes--Soul and Maka, the Gap of
the Soul's Wavelength? 14. (Super) Written Test: Heart-Throbbing,
Trembling, Nervous, Lies? 15. Black Dragon That Eats Souls:
Cowardly Liz and Her Pleasant Companions? 16. Clash on the Ghost
Ship! A Hell Inside My Head! 17. Legend of the Holy 2:
Drink, Hit, Buy, Virtue? 18. The Nightmare of Festival's Eve: And
the Curtain Rises? 19. Underground Battle Begins: Bust Through
Medusa's Vector Arrow? 20. The Resonance Battle of Black Blood:
Facing Fear, the Small Soul's Big Struggle? 21. Reach, Soul of
Mine: The Thirst of the Heart Inside Unbearable Solitude? 22.
Seal's Shrine: The Trap Left by the Immortal Man? 23. Dead or
Alive! The Brink Between Resurrection and Spellbound? 24. Battle
of the Gods: Death City's Crisis of Destruction? 25. Death
Scythes Summoned! Preventing Papa's Personnel Changes!? 26.
Delightful and Shy School's Entry Experience! Shibusen's in the
Midst of a New Life Fair's Aid? 27. 800 Years of Murderous
Intent: A Witch's Descending Heresy? 28. Saint Rises: A
Sweet or a Salty Taste? 29. Medusa's Revival! Spider and Snake,
e's Reunion? 30. Red Hot's Runaway Express! The Demon Tool
Left Behind by the Great Demon Guru? 31. Drying Happiness: To
Whom Do You Shed Tears in the Moonlight Shine? 32. Holy Legendary
3: Shibusen's Gang Leader Tale? 33. Resonance Chain:
Playing the Soul's Melodies? 34. BREW Contest! Clash, Shibusen
vs. Arachnophobia? 35. Mosquito's Storm! Old Days World's Time
Limit Is 10 Minutes? 36. Release, Seven People's Resonance Chain!
Concert of Creation and Destruction? 37. A Great Detective's
First Case: Shibusen's Secret Exposed by Kid? 38. Bloodshed
Temptation: The Big Man's Uncontrollable ? 39. Crona's
Escape: Show Me Your Smile, Please? 40. Cut the Cards: Medusa
Surrenders to Shibusen? 41. Winding and Sliding: The Dancing
Doctor, A New World? 42. Charge! Baba Yaga's Castle: Why Is
Everything Suddenly So Unclear? 43. The Last Demon Tool: The
Weaponless Kid's Impossible Mission? 44. Coward Crona's
Determination: For You, Who Are Always by My Side? 45.
Demonslayer's Wavelength: Fierce Attack, Hatred of the Demon
Hunter? 46. Bravery? Bloodshed? Decisive Battle, Mifune vs. Black
Star? 47. The Miracle of Overturning a Table in Anger: Our Death
City's Robot? 48. The Weapon (Deathscythe) Shinigami-sama Had:
Towards Uncertainty, Filled with Darkness? 49. Asura's Awakening:
The Arrival of the World's End? 50. Sink or Swirl?! The Man Who
Exceed God? 51. The Pas Is Courage!)