Looks like he's gonna eat that soul... like the title suggests!!
Looks like he’s gonna eat that soul… like the title suggests!!
Katt: Hey bloggees! Since our dear Jory has made her debut entry, I figured that I might as well get on doing the same. Since Soul Eater is one of the series that I’ll be blogging, I decided to write on the first three episodes that make up the series’ prologue before I jump forward to episode 14, where I actually am in watching the series. After all, if anyone’s checking this blog out to find out which series they’d like, the prologue is kind of necessary to get the gist of it, no? So let’s get started~
Katt: The Academy of Shinigami Weapons Wielders, a.k.a. Shibusen. This is the primary setting of the series. Yes yes, a school; how typical, right? This school holds a lot more than your typical high school drama, though. It’s a school for Weapons and Meisters—weapons being people that can physically turn into a weapon, and meisters being the people who can use these weapons. The students of this school use their weaponly and meisterly abilities for good under the instruction of their teachers and the school’s leader, Shinigami.

Katt: In episode 1, we’re introduced to the first of the three main weapon-meister teams: Soul and Maka. Right from the get-go it’s apparent that these kids are fighting to keep the peace, but also have their own goals. They’re aiming to harvest a hundred souls so that Soul can upgrade to a Death Scythe: 99 eggs of kishin (the “mislead” souls that Shibusen keeps at bay) and 1 witch. It looks like they’re almost there, with 99 eggs of kishin, buuut… well, come on. It’s the prologue. Obviously they screw up and have to start from scratch or else there wouldn’t be much of a story, eh?

Katt: Of course, there’s more to these characters than that goal. This show contains some great personalities that we just get a taste of in these prologue episodes! Soul is all about being cool…though whether or not he actually is cool is up for debate. The meister Maka may not live up to his standards of cool, but she fills the role of leveheaded partner quite well. She has some issues trusting men, though, thanks to her attention-starved father, Shinigami’s current Death Scythe. Poor guy; all he wants is his daughter’s love. And Shinigami, the guy in charge? He deserves his high status with the way that he can combine rationality and hilarity.

That's subtlty if I've ever seen it.

That's subtlty if I've ever seen it.

Katt: We get to learn lots more about these characters in later episodes, naturally. Episode 2 moves on the show’s next duo: Black Star and Tsubaki. Just like Maka and Soul, these two are out to obtain one-hundred souls. There’s a bit of an issue, though–Black Star doesn’t know the meaning of subtle, while Tsubaki pretty much defines the word…aside from her prominent chest. That’s not so subtle. She tries to keep Black Star in line with the laws of the assassin (hm, wonder why he’s all assassin-savvy?), but he quickly proves himself to be quite the failure when it comes to stealth. The consequence? These two have yet to get even one kishin egg. Ouch.

Katt: Here we get to see the school environment a little more. We learn that the characters find misled souls by picking assignments listed on the schoolgrounds. We also get to see Soul and Maka again; apparently they’re buddies with Black Star and Tsubaki. Doesn’t that just pull things together nicely? Naturally this episode shows another failure on the part of the main characters (like I said: prologue); it serves its purpose of letting us get to know the characters, in the end. Tsubaki and Black Star may not theoretically be the best pair, but their strong morals and individual skills leave them with boundless potential for future episodes! If only Black Star could be a little more assassin-like…

Be more symmetrical!!

C'mon guys, that's not symmetry.

Katt: Now, the last of the prologue episodes. This time, it’s all about my personal favourite, Death the Kid, and his weapons Patty and Liz. Kid is the son of Shinigami, so you know he’s going to be totally badass, right?? Weeell… Much like Soul’s obsession with coolness and Black Star’s inability to be subtle, Death the Kid has a quirk of its own: everything. must. be. symmetrical. So much for badassery. Patty and Liz, the two sisters that serve as his weapons, add to the trio’s comedic value with their contrasting personalities. Patty is child-like and laughs at absolutely everything, while Liz is the typical disgruntled female sidekick.

Katt: Death the Kid doesn’t really have to deal with the entire process of gathering souls to make powerful weapons—since he is Shinigami’s son and all—but he has chosen to do so anyway. So guys, let’s collectively guess what happens by the end of the episode! Ready, reeeaaady… Yeah. Their quest for souls comes up empty in the end. It’s a rough life for meisters and weapons.

Katt: And that’s the prologue episodes of Soul Eater in a nutshell. A very condensed nutshell, but I like to think that it gets the point across. The next time you see an entry on this series, it will be on episode 14 (and hopefully it will be soon, as I am eager to watch more of this series)!

Katt’s Overall Rating for Prologue: 9/10 (an amazing beginning, but more plot would be needed for a perfect 10)
Katt’s Aniticipation for Episode 14: 9/10

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