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SOUL EATER
20 shelvesWhat is Soul Eater? Ohkubo's weapon and meister manga explained
Soul Eater is Atsushi Ohkubo's manga about students who hunt evil souls in Death City. This page covers its premise, run and place in shonen manga.
Who is Atsushi Ohkubo? From B. Ichi to Fire Force
Atsushi Ohkubo created Soul Eater and Fire Force. This page follows his path from assistant work and B. Ichi to two of his generation's defining series.
How Soul Eater was published: prologues, Gangan and 25 volumes
Soul Eater began as three one shot prologues before it became a series. This page traces its Gangan serialization and the road to 25 volumes.
Death City and the DWMA: Soul Eater's world explained
Lord Death's academy sits under a laughing sun. This page explains Death City, the DWMA, soul wavelengths and the order the school defends.
Meisters and weapons: Soul Eater's three teams profiled
Maka and Soul, Black Star and Tsubaki, Kid and the Thompsons. This page profiles the three lead teams and what each pairing says about the series.
The Soul Eater anime: Bones, 51 episodes and the Resonance era
Studio Bones made Soul Eater a 2008 phenomenon. This guide covers director Takuya Igarashi, the 51 episode run and its famous openings.
Soul Eater endings: how the anime and manga diverge
The Bones anime invented its own finale in 2009; Ohkubo's manga ended in 2013 on the Moon. This page compares the two endings without spoiling their best beats.
Soul Eater NOT! explained: the slice of life spin off
NOT! shows the academy's ordinary students. This guide covers Ohkubo's spin off manga, its halloween of everyday school life and its 2014 anime.
B. Ichi: Ohkubo's first series and Soul Eater's blueprint
Before Soul Eater there was B. Ichi, a four volume series full of its ideas in embryo. This page reads B. Ichi as the blueprint for everything after.
Soul Eater and Fire Force: the connection explained
Fire Force ends by rebuilding the world, and Soul Eater fans recognized the address. This page explains the connection Ohkubo hid for six years.
Soul Eater's art: Halloween design, fashion and the crooked city
Ohkubo's art made Soul Eater unmistakable. This page studies the Halloween iconography, street fashion design and the architecture of Death City.
Soul Eater covers: the 25 tankobon as a design set
Each Soul Eater tankobon cover is a poster for its arc. This gallery page reads the cover program from the prologue volume to the Moon war finale.
Soul Eater in English: Yen Press singles and the Perfect Edition
Yen Press built Soul Eater's English life. This guide compares the 25 single volumes, the NOT! and B. Ichi releases and Square Enix's Perfect Edition.
Soul Eater art books: Soul Art 1 and 2 and the guidebooks
Ohkubo's art carries its own books. This guide covers the two Soul Art collections, the Japanese guidebooks and what each volume actually contains.
Soul Eater games: Monotone Princess, Medusa's Plot and Battle Resonance
Soul Eater's games stayed in Japan. This guide covers the Wii, DS and PlayStation titles released alongside the anime in 2008.
Soul Eater music: Iwasaki's score and the anthems of 2008
Resonance and Paper Moon defined an anime season. This page covers Taku Iwasaki's soundtrack, the theme songs and the character song catalog.
Collecting Soul Eater: editions, art books and anime sets
Soul Eater is a completable shelf with real choices. This guide sorts the manga editions, art books, games and Bones anime releases by value and use.
How long is Soul Eater? Manga, NOT! and anime measured
Soul Eater is finished and countable. This page measures the 25 volumes, the NOT! spin off, the 51 episode anime and the full Ohkubo shelf.
Soul Eater's legacy: sales, the Gangan flagship and what it changed
Soul Eater made Monthly Shonen Gangan a global name. This page traces its 19 million copies, its role for Square Enix and its influence on Ohkubo's generation.
Soul Eater characters: the wider cast beyond the three teams
Stein, Medusa, Crona, Spirit and Excalibur carry Soul Eater's second story. This guide profiles the teachers, witches and legends around the leads.
