The problem is they overemphasize each characters idiosyncrasies. Soul wants to be the coolest, Black Star wants to be better than everyone, and Death the Kid is in love with symmetry. They bash you over the head with those qualities way too much in those episodes for them to be enjoyable.
Thankfully, they toned down those characteristics later on. All that takes place in these episodes is Excalibur talking about his past in an extremely annoying fashion. He's never important throughout the entire show!
Why does he get 2 whole episodes to himself? Did Blair get her own episode? So why should he? Anyway those episodes felt very, very out of place and I hated them. Another thing I didn't like about this show was its' refusal to kill of anyone major. It isn't a huge problem and it doesn't really bother me that much, but it would have added some more emotion to the show.
Lastly, I didn't like the ending. All you needed to beat him was to be brave? Wasn't everyone who fought him brave? I would assume so. So why didn't they kill him? I don't know, but I would like to know. Even if ignore that, I wanted a huge epic battle. It wasn't really and I would have preferred it that way.
It sounds like all these negatives make the show bad, but trust me they don't. All the positives crush the negatives, making this one of my favorite anime. The storyline is different because the weapons eat souls to become a death scythe or weapon for Death. Death and his office are funny the way they are drawn.
The other thing I like are the weapons the meisters use are human and transform at a moments notice. Death the Kid is funny because everything has to be symmetrical and he will continue to obsess over it if he thinks it is not. The graphics are cheesy sometimes, especially with buildings and towns. The weapons and the meisters remind me of a zanpakto and the soul reaper.
Soul reminds me of Ichigo Kurosaki and his laid back attitude. Black Star reminds me of Natsu Dragneel and how he acts before thinking, but also has the weapons of Shuehei from Bleach.
The Kid reminds of Byakuya Kuchiki in matters of perfection. It is a decent show, but needs to be its' own without reminders of other anime. Excellent Anime when i start watching this anime.
It's one of those TV series date you got to watch and find your own curiosities and your own thoughts on it but I do say watch it it is good. I first watched and loved Soul Eater, my first shonen anime, as a teen, and have been coming back at it out of pure nostalgia.
Here's my impression as an adult: In a universe in which some persons can transform to weapons, Death himself has created an Academy where Meisters and Weapons team up to learn to fight evil and madness. This is the setting for a wild ride full of electric action scenes, creepy enemies and slapstick comedy. In a sense they are all very caricatural and over the top, but so unashamedly and stubbornly so that I quickly grew fond of everyone.
There's also a whole set of secondary adult characters that I really like, and even the villains hold a special place in my heart. All characters have very strong personalities, which are reinforced by the stellar voice acting of the Japanese version and by the great character designs.
The animation is colorful and vibrant although gloomy and gore at times , with very interesting hallucinatory sequences when Madness strikes, and a lot of signature notes that just scream "Soul Eater! The music has a very cool flair, never pushing itself to the foreground but always adding the special touch.
This show is clearly aimed at a presumably male teenage audience, and the humor is often way too childish for my taste. But it also sometimes indulges in totally absurd humor I found uproariously funny especially the Excalibur "troll episodes" , but then that's my personal taste.
But you can overlook this flaws in part thanks to darker themes like madness v. Because it's the intensity of the relationships between the main pairings of the cast usually Meister and Weapon that make me go fan-girl over it. There's no romance, but deep friendship and such amounts of mutual trust and loyalty that it makes for deeply human and relatable relationships.
It most certainly has a lot of feelings and joy to share with its audience. Not just in story telling but art design too! Most animes all have the exact same looking art style. At the time of making this review I've only watched the first episode and am thoroughly looking forward to the rest of the series!
But apart from that, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series! The first time I watched Soul Eater I honestly liked it, however later on in the series I couldn't stand it.
I will admit the critical reasons I didn't adore it are unreasonable so we'll put those aside. This anime has a very unique sense of animation, the dub is fine, and the theme song is great. The characters, though, are very quirky. Which is enjoyable honestly, you can't find too many characters like them.
But like unlike other animes, this one disappointed me will get to that later It was very different, in many ways, for example it's comedy, it's characters, and it's storytelling. Throughout the series, however, I did not bond with any character like I do with at least one of every animes I watch. There not a lot of reasoning to why, they just didn't seem relatable.
Yes, the characters are funny but it's hard to click with them. The ending is very unsatisfactory, in all honestly I wanted more but I didn't really want to read the manga. It's odd, I don't really how to explain maybe it's just me. Beside the fact, it's a good watch. The appropriate age range would be maybe 12 or for mature kids It's dark but not too dark. In conclusion, I respect Soul Eater. It goes a different route than other anime and gives out a risky animation style.
But besides it's dark humor, the story is pretty typical. My cousin suggested Soul Eater to me and I couldn't stop laughing, even though I only watched the first three episodes. It's really funny. If you like comedy, watch it.
Its really good. Soul Eater is a very good anime! I've been watching whatever they put on Funimation channel and I am going to start watching it from the beginning You will not regret it! Kid, 11 years old July 10, Wow, there are a lot of year-olds reviewing this I love this show, but is 11 like a magic number? Two other 11 year olds wrote reviews on this, and I'm only on episode 11!
Teen, 13 years old Written by cherryblossom May 21, All a matter of maturity Honestly, this is the best anime I've watched in a while. While googling something about it, I came across this review, which I feel is missing some of the positive sides of the show. Soul Eater has a strong message of teamwork and sticking with those you love. The main character, Maka, is also very capable of handling herself and confident, unlike most pitiful, damsel-in-distress love interests in anime. However, I do realize that it sends a bad message about Maka not being able to forgive a father after he ruined his relationship and caused a divorce.
This didn't really affect me, as frankly I am in the same situation as Maka with my father it actually made me feel a bit better having one of my favorite characters go through the same thing as me. But it may be a bad message for younger viewers with a good relationship with their fathers; they may view disliking their father as "cool. Personally, I have been exposed to countless bad words from countless people in real life and on tv, internet, movies, etc.
But obviously not all kids can do that. And yes, violence. Honestly the blood is not even realistic, so the gore is not really the problem. It's more the act of hurting others that may bother you. With the exception of the episode where the kishin is released and there is a disturbing scene in which he, er, puts back on his skin. Peace out! Kid, 11 years old July 3, Some suggestive themes This anime is overall great. At the end Crona once evil and Maka become friends. Although there are some scenes that may be perverted, there is not full-on nudity.
The violence is a bit scary but nothing that preteens can't handle. Professor Stein is seen smoking but we see that every day in real life. Spirit has some sort of obsession with girls which is a bit odd.
Overall I recommend it if you're looking for a good anime title similar to Bleach, D. Gray Man, or Fairy Tail. Teen, 13 years old Written by PizzaRamen September 9, I have just started the anime and it was great! I enitialny looked for reviews as I cant really handle violence and gore, and it looked pretty good, so I started to watch it and it is amazing.
Kid, 12 years old August 8, Here we get to see them before they became a team and a large part of the story involves Tsugumi and her crew befriending the two girls separately and helping them partner up. Kim is a girl that looks fun, but most of her peers regard her with fear because of her bullying and extortion practices.
Meanwhile Jacqueline seems like a poor fit for a partner, as she is a more serious and earnest person. Considering her own problems Tsugumi may not be the best person to play Cupido for others, but surprisingly she does manage to help Kim and Jackie figure things out. The arc that forms around this is really well done and manages to fit in all the important character moments and twists from the Soul Eater manga in a new, simplified form.
The final few episodes are really cool to watch because they both conclude the slice-of-life story, while also delivering on a Soul Eater -worthy conclusion with creative and well-directed action sequences. We get to see Tsugumi, Meme, and Anya resolve their personal issues and fulfill their part in fixing the crisis keeping Death City in its grasp, while all across the city we get to see the rest of the cast fight battles of their own.
The villain Atsushi Okubo cooked up for this finale may not have the impact of Medusa or Asura, but is a perfect fit that manages to be villainous in a way that forces the usually-passive NOT students into a fight anyway. You must log in to post a comment.
0コメント