Soul Eater Air Date: March 30, 2009
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yep it was great, too bad im a damn late poster XD!!!
manga goes on??
maybe anime will go on too…???
xo I love this anime…. Manga.. XD and i’m only ten years old d*mmit!! XD
This really, really bites!!!
This anime cannot and must not end!!!
Nothing can EVER compare to this ANIME……EVEEEEERRR!!!!!!!
a punch…wtf? =_=
this anime is really the most awsome i’ve ever seen but srsly, a punch? W-T-F?!
NO!!!!!!!!
why the hell does it have to eeeeend!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cries*
IM BUYING TEH ENTIRE FUCKING SERIES! *cries maor*
i got tired of reading comments…so…im gonna comment on like the first 100 people’s comments.
ppl should get their facts straight if their gonna talk about an anime. Anime versions are usually completely different from the manga series. This goes mostly with mainstream stuff. Underground and legit japanese anime like Hellsing usually get everything right up to 6 – 20 episodes. A
Anyway, there are only 2 seasons of Soul Eater and the guys at the studio wouldn’t be able to continue with the story since they have no material from the manga to work with. That is how most animes work. I know this because a couple friends of mine have fathers who work for square enux and other studios. They base off the storyline which is usually the manga and usually change around the plot in order to make it more interesting. Interesting as in different I should say so that it creates a new concept of how the story could go.
If you read the manga for those people who don’t seem to understand why there were many things left undone. The manga has reached a certain point.
This will be a SPOILER for those who have not read the manga.
Soul has become a death scythe….yea. i actually found this out way before from my friend who found out the storyline up to a few chapters ahead of chapter 64. So yea….
If anyone wonders why i can see into these things so deeply or even care this much It’s cause I have nothing better to do these days and studying is boring so I use my time to have fun with friends and read/research anime and manga. This is because I am actually a college student who is majoring in animation. Specifically Asian animation. So im kinda not straying away from studying neways lol.
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conclusion : ANIME WILL NOT GO ON. ANIME HAS ENDED AND THE MANGA WILL CONTINUE BUT END SOON depending on of course the people who work hard to make it. Of course they have other projects going on at the same time so. dont be disappointed. animes are most of the time always different from the manga. there’s a lot in store for the manga neways.
For anyone who read this post kudos to you haha
D: it had to endd?
NU
IT CANT
BE
DAMN
IT
OVER
….
guess all i can do is read the manga noa…
anyways..
i so criedd when this ended D:
and i think Soul and Maka would make a EPIC WIN couple 8D
i shall rewatch Soul Eater again someday
OH EM GEEEEEE!!!!!!! THEY”RE DOING A DUB OF IT!!! u guys gotta go to the homepage of this site and click on the link…..Soul;’s voice is HOT lol *melts*
so… Maka is a weapon? But only when she’s asleep? And she can walk and fight while she’s asleep? And she can punch a demon god once in the face and kill him but not use a gigantic scythe?
Whatever drugs the writers were on, I GOTTA get my hands on those!
So… Maka is a weapon? But only when she’s asleep? And she can still fight while she’s asleep? And she can kill a demon god with one punch but not with a gigantic scythe?
Whatever drugs the writers were on when they wrote this… I GOTTA get my hands on those!
Maka: I HAS COURAGE! (commence Maka PAWNCH)
Asura: NOES!11!1one!1 -dies-
… the ending sucks … the manga is better
the ending suuuuuuucks sooo much a goddamn punch??? are you kidding me??
… the ending sucks … the manga is better;
WTF punch of doom!
i would have rather want to see Black Star kill him then what i just saw
Well we see that dad’s side finally shows up
i wonder how….nvmd
oh well time to read the manga
NOOO!!!
IT CAN’T REALLY BE OVER
COME ON THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER SERIES!!
THEY CAN’T LEAVE IT AT THAT!!!!
ok now I’ve got that out:
WAT THE HELL WAS WITH THAT PUNCH!!! I mean really a punch with no special power?!
My God who wrote that part?
never mind lol
there better be another series
NO ITS FINISHED!!!!!! TTT^^^^^TTTTTT!!!!!! Wuaaa…. *sniff sniff* Uh .. Like i said i have some kinda … uh … something thats called over reacting… But anyways… Yeah well…. That was the ending of it .. And im still kinda mad because Soul-kun and Maka-chan didnt kiss –..–”’ (C-Chans inner voice?) I really like Soul Eater (Uh … if u thinks of Soul eater evans your wrong.. uh i like him 2 ((Very)) but i was talking at the serie XD) Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck… Cant there be a Soul Eater 2 or something? AND COULDNT SOUL-KUN AND MAKA-CHAN ATLEAST HUG AT THE ENDING? (My inner voice AGAIN)Atleast no one died and im happy Death the kid got his father back owo … AW COME ON?! WUTS WRONG WITH A KISS OR A HUG IN THE END? ANWSER THAT! (Inner voice.. again… ) And also Black star kinda reminds me of Narotu … Lol think about Narotu and then Black star? Theres a BIG match there… SERIOUSLY WHATS WRONG WITH *Tapes my inner voices’s mouth* MMMFF MFFFF!!!!! MMMMMMMMMMFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!! … I guess buy buys? XD Sorry for the over reacting ^^’ …
What a truly awful end to a great series. How the heck did Soul and Maka survive Asura’s laser beams? Those things nearly, and really should have, killed Shinigami yet they don’t so much as tear Maka and Soul’s clothes?
And the punch is just ridiculous. Here’s a guy that can survive being cut in half yet a single punch powered by friendship and courage can defeat him? BS!
Do I want another series of Soul Eater? Hell no! Not after this ending. God I really wish I didn’t watch this episode.
With all that said the rest of Soul Eater was sublime and I thoroughly enjoyed it up to this point.
i think the punch makes Asura feel fear and that is what causes him to die. anyway an idea is to keep going with the series and have soul eventually become a death scythe and then have minor enemies until Asura gets reborn from all the insanity of the world.
i thought the kishin was supposed to be a coward by nature that’s why he was covered up by those straps which i think were his skin? i don’t really remember
i am relly mad maka and soul did not kiss
i was wanting them to kiss so bad it CAN NOT FINISH!!!!
*SOB* thats all *SOB* i *sob* wanted
>>>>>>> A PUNCH TO THE FACE <<<<<<<< …………….. NEED I SAY MORE
awww poor death the kid, he didn’t get to see his own symmetry come to life through the connecting of his rings lol. i hope they can come up with new material for another season. i heart this show so much <3<3<3<3<3<3
I agree. I wanted to see Soul and Maka kiss! WAHHHH!
Oh, and the ending completely sucked! How anti-climactic!
Lools . This episode was .. okay I guess :/ I didn’t expect that ..>_>;
Anyway .. Im gonna start to read the manga >:3
I support MakaxSoul >:D
and being a Kid fangirl XD ;;
Asura looked so awesome in this episode. : D Not the best ending, I have to say. =/
DDDD: NOOO WAII DID ASURA HAD TO DIE
What??? Soul hardly helped a bit!!! Maka went inside his soul and everything just to have him fail? What ever happened to the demon slayer being the last hope and what not, I was hoping for an epic battle! They through a few punches/slices and Maka didn’t even need Soul. Not Cool Man! Oh well… I rly don’t want the show to end, how about a new seson, I don’t see why not.
This finale episode was ok but the whole sereis was freaking awsome!!! to bad they ended it. im now going to have to start another anime
p.s. this ending song is from naruto hahaha bye bye soul eater show
@ kat: Yes. :]
@ Generic: I lol’ed.
Ahhh, yes.. Yes, this anime was totally epic.
But I sense much hate in all of you’s mindz.. Nande?
..You guys don’t wanna look as ugly as the Kishin, do you? (Kidding, the Kishin’s STILL hawt. ;D *Gets shot once more*) ..UGH.
Alright,
ENOUGH OF THIS. So the ending sucked a rat’s ass, you guys have 50 other episodes of Soul Eater being ttly awesome, deal with it.. ”’;_; …
Uhm.. I shed tears when the song started playing at the end.. Du..dunno why. Ahh.. Don’t feel good.
*Dies from lack of awesome ending* x.x’
Kid-kun. <3
P.S. ‘>_<
Idk why you people get angry that Maka fought while she was unconscious, if Kid-kun did the same thing last episode..
When he suddenly went epic..? *-* Remember?
Ahh, yes.. v_v So epic. Heh.
Anyway, Kid-kun was unconscious, and because I KNOW that most of you like Kid-kun.. *–* You won't argue about this anymore.. Instead you'll be all like, ''Oh, that's right.. It's nothing weird. Heh.. I got mad at Maka for nuthin' ;D 'sides, she was pretty epic in her weapon form.. (cough)unliketheendingpunch(cough)'' ..Ya know?
T_T'
The Kishin’s..seiyu..is the same as.. My favorite..anime character. Portgas. D. Ace..
Also.
I know that the guy that voices Ichigo from Bleach (Lelouch from Code Geass, Kira from Wolf’s Rain, and many more) is pretty awesome with his voice acting and all…
But now he’s voicing Soul from Soul Eater too? ..
Ugh. I’m sorry, but I’m getting tired of hearing his voice everywhere. :\ Why can’t he (for once in his life) voice someone that’s not one of the main characters..?
THE END !!!!!!!!!!!
I WANT MOOOOOORE.. ;’(
LOVE THE END…NOTHING SPECIAL FOR SOME OF YOU..
BUT THE END HAD A DEEP MEANING
I WANT SEASON 2….
Lol i think she shud of finished him with a maka chop
Finally finished
I really like this series :3 It had a really decent ending, although I wished they showed more of what happened to the characters after instead of that stupid really long scene of them on the building with the wind blowing — That was sort of a let down. Stupid cheap animation companies… If you have enough money to make epic ending in the stupid pokemon movie I believe you have enough for the ending of an awesome series like this. Anyway I wish they used one of the new openings (2-recent) instead of this one. I honestly can’t stand this one — although I did learn three new Japanese words off it |D
This was a pretty good series I thought. Overall I think I prefer the first season, as the second does seem to add a bit more then necessary… although it was still a pretty good story. I wouldn’t mind finding out what happened after all this, and think there should be a movie made. Not another whole season, because then it would just be dragging on for too long… but a movie just to wrap up a few of the open links they left. Overall though, great job and thank you so much for creating this website to share the joy that is Soul Eater! =D.
there was no tentacle rape or dick shitting nipples in this? the fuck bru? i wanted some seriously sad ending but we ended up being served a enigmatic ending about the power of courage! fuck courage, excalibur should have ass fucked the kinshin into oblvion and destroyed the dimension
dude the theme song at the end is a naruto theme song thats cool soul maka kid black star and tsubaki rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and this has been first japanese anime i have ever watched
Konnichiwa.
Watashiwa’berudona’desu.
Gomennasai,demo…Minasanwabakadesu.
Wakarimasuka?
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Joking! Seriously, I’d just like to say this; Kurona’s (Chrona/Crona) name is the feminine form of the name Chronos (don’t ask me what language). (Also, Liz pointed it out when Patty asked, if you’ll remember.) The only reason why there is ANY dispute over gender at all is because of Ragunaroku (Ragnarok). Kurona and Ragunaroku are JOINED. As in, permanently joined, never going to separate, STUCK with each other forever and ever. Because of this, they cannot be called one gender, because Kurona is female, and Ragunaroku is male.
Therefore, this might help as a general rule; if speaking of Kurona, and not wishing to use her name, refer to her as feminine. If speaking of Ragnaroku, and not wishing to use his name, refer to him as masculine. Referring to them both would constitute a name, or ‘that person’, though I, as a native German speaker, find the word ‘it’ fine.
Owaridesu. (over, end of dispute, etc.)
And no, I don’t feel like translating my Japanese. Though I will tell you that Japanese has no spaces, only periods, commas, and other puntuations.
WHAT THE _____ IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL! You should all at least be grateful that there was this kind of animation series in the first place! Don’t blame other people, especially not Admin! He should be happy that he made this!
You guys suck at spelling!
Personally, though, I want more, too…..
Call me whatever you want the ending was totally awsome! Not the best. . . but awsome non the less. No dout the manga is better than the anime but I have watched the anime in a week ,I haven’t read the manga yet, and I didn’t quite get the ending but that was f-ing sweet! I love that Maka was a wepon and I don’t care who doesn’t like it I do. The ending could have been better and I totally think Maka and Soul sould have kissed or something, sorry but I had to say that, but the manga is still going, or that’s what people are saying, so if you liked this anime at all but just didn’t like the ending read the manga! Onemanga.com is the best place to find it. Truth be told, yeah the ending did disappoint me and I still wonder how kid got away with not having a huge hole in his stomic after that blow from kishin but whatever. I know everyone who reads this after everyone elses will be like,’Oh great! Another ranter!’ but I was tired of people putting down the anime because of a crappy ending.
wtf, that was the worst ending ever =[
it didnt even make sense, and wtf was up with maka being a weapon, when she was a meister the whole damn time!
her being a wepon didnt even matter at the end
and black star shoulda killed him, not maka, bcuz he always talked about surpassing god.
THE ENDING SUCKED BALLS!!!!!!!!
NOOO NOT THE END PWEASE AND I KINDA AGREE WITH U OMG BLACK STAR SHOULDA SURPASSED asura oh sry for caps anyways but u shoulda seen this coming and i rly mean comon the while seris was like almost bout maka and soul maka and soul so ya it was rly obvius that they will defeat him and oh well i am sure that if black star fought with maka he would beat the crap outta her and then he well realize that he surpassed god since she defeated one O.O
The ending was pretty lame in comparison to the rest of the series but at the same time you have to understand and feel the ending at the same time. The counter that only she could could truly wield against a monster made insanely powerful with fear.
Karma
dont you remember, when ashura died all the osul he had ever absorbed went everywhere, if you read the anime, the take aracnes soul, shinigami keeps it and says they will give it to them when they get 99 kishin eggs.
The end has a incredibly deep meaning, i mean, who new maka as a girl!
WHY DID MAKA KILL THE KISHIN THAT”S JUST NOT FAIR!!!
BLack star should have done it cuz he owns and maka … DOESN”T omg!
this is a lot later but i must admit this story had to many plot wholes like 1 what ever happened to soul during into a death scythe or any of the other weapons huh? this anime can do another arc with new weapons death scythe transformations bring maka’s mom into the story to where she is actually scene give some new characters kinda make something for the new arc like harry potter where they come in 1 year into the future are higher up in the school thing you know you could deck out the next arc and fill in all the plot wholes maybe even start some new ones right?
Well, they still didn’t release the other manga so we must sit and hope cuz i too enjoyed it (not as much as eng Bleach) but I still liked has a waiter for the new eng eps for Bleach…almost cried when I heard the ending song. Hope they release new manga chaps and make a second series of this series just like Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
i love this show said that it is finished but, i’m hoping for a second season. Happy Halloween
god this episode suck i would rsather have soul go insane
srry just my opinion plz dont critisize me
ya … i’d rather Soul had gone insane too .. it would have made the show more interesting then .. but it was good like this nonetheless =)
…THIS UPSETS ME! The show itself was freakin awesome but the ending was….disappointing…very disappointing I expected it to be epic but instead I get this *sniff* Ugh and as if that isnt bad enough…ITS OVER D: What the hell am I supposed to do in my spare time now!? Ugh!!!@%^#%^&*!!!! I want to cry so effing bad!
Please don’t say that this is the end what i’m going to watch from now on?
I watch bleach but it had become boring and finally when i find something what someway feels like bleach its ending so soon:(((
Best anime ever!!
great ending
sick animation…its over :,(
the ending was quite comedic.. but i still liked it.. XD
i hope they make a season 2 for this.. i mean, i want to know what happens next,.. and there are some explainations that i want to hear..
well i guess ill try to find time to read the manga,,
thank you ADMIN for making this site~!! XD
ARIGATOOOOOO!!!!! XD
Man THis Sucks, IT sucks it ended but if it was going to, THey shoulda have done alot better Job on the ENDING, I mean, Just like that?
Man I thought there will be a Be battle against all the witches and I even though Maka’s Mom will show up to help them. Especially since they said she was a Good fighter. SO now we are all anticipating all this stuff for nothing.
Well, it was good while it lasted =)
awww that was really good ^-^ … -sigh- i still wish they made more episodes… oh well… now onto the manga!!!!!
“GODDAMIT SHIT!”
-Free
Aw, now it’s over, but that was still a great ending, i hope there will be another season, it’d definitely by incredible.
PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
im just trying this :]
o man…its over. i wonder what maka’s mom looks like…
That was wonderful. The best anime shown I have ever seen!
wait…this show is called Soul Eater. Right?
so why did maka kill the eveil dude at the end
isnt soul suppost to kill him
i mean this show is called soul eater
well…. its called soul eater cuz the people eat souls? =,=
Hmm… I do wish that this anime willl be longer! Another serires is too much… But If only they had a few more eps with their daily life, and maka and soul changing to a death scythe! They never completed it!
Aww… It’s over! I want to see Maka’s mother or atleast change Soul change into a Death Scythe! :*3
HOW CAN IT END LIKE THAT?!?! AFTER THEY DEFEATED ASURA WHAT HAPPENED?!?! At least drag the ending abit longer and tell us what happened overall…? -.-!!!
DDDDDDDDDDD
Nevermind. At least they defeated Kinshin!!!!(not sure if correct spelling)
I HOPE THERE’S SEASON TWOOOOOO!!!!! PLEASE HAVE SEASON TWO!!
Alot of people in the chatbox are assholes.
WTF!!!! man that was a terrible ending manga is sooooooooooooo much better than this
…THERE BETTER BE A SEASON 2
PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT TO AT LEAST 3 VIDEOS YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS. NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS OVER TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
that ending….kinda a letdown imo. i mean yeah they defeated him…but with courage? kinda stupid. but at least its original. hopefully there will be more. if not thats okay it was a good show. off to the next one
I found Asura extremly funny in this episode, even if he wasn’t meant to be.
This series was awesome/terrible. I thought the ending would be a let down, and it was, but it still didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would.
If only they hadn’t made Asura so cute…
*End rambling.
lol
*NOW slient*
ey thanks a lot for posting the whole soul eater serie I love it!!! it is so awesome it PWNZ!!! but yea I hated this ending, It started to go down since Maka defeated Medusa that easy and then Arachne didnĀ“t do anything important at all, in fact nobody from Shibusen met her, and what about Free?! he rocked but we got to see him like two episodes or so, and I expected a truly epic battle between shinigami sama and the kishin and wtf!!…
Gosh man *sniff* *sniff*
God! Man where’s the flip’in tissues!?
That episode gave me the shivers and usually when things give me the shivers it is sooooooo right! Who agrees with me?! I liked how they ended the series by ending with the original song the series started with, I don’t know how many anime’s do that, but damn did that feel awesome!
I AM GONNA MISS THIS SERIES! I can’t believe the anime’s over!
TT^TT GOD BLESS SOUL EATER AND ATSUSHI OKUBO.
BY THE WAY THIS EPISODE WAS EPIC AND HEART WARMING!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! it cant end!!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITS OVER OMG I’M GONNA FAINT ONE OF THE BEST ANIMES EVER CHYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MAKA WAS A WEAPON/MEISTER FTW OMG SO DOPE AS EXCALIBUR WOULD SAY BAKA LMFAO (; ON TO A NEW SHOW
…That’s it? The black blood problem, the Kinshin all solved by Maka?
Aw man… it’s called SoulEater, but he’s not really the main character, or even the most powerful, even Maka’s a stronger weapon than him.
;D Still love the sarc-y bastard.
IS THIS THE LAST EPISODE???!?!??!!?!?!?
pLEASE ANSWER ME
T___________________________________T
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AND SOUL NEVER SNOGGED MAKA, WTF?!?!!
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Oh God!
Please make a
Soul eater movie
or
Filler episodes
or
Season 2
Pwetty please!!
to me in everything u see there is a hidden message tht tells you sumthing tht anime was so nice but i dnt lyk tht it ended so quick :/ i lyked the ending a lot :] amzing it ended tht way :/
Well…….. At least they set it up for a sequel.
BAKA!
omg i want more
I
NEED
MORE
SOUL
EATER.
THAT WAS SO GOOD.
meh, i still think its kinda corny sounding, i mean defeated by the courage in every1, well i gues u cant spell without rage.
I have finally finished Season 1. Can’t wait for Season 2 next year (2012) Yeah Season 2 is being made, I also got a poster saying Season 2 of Soul Eater since they hired moar pro Anime Makers. I went to the Anime Expo in my country and they said “Wait till 2012 where Season 2 of Soul Eater will come out” I was like “LOLICON FUCK YEAH!!!” I mean. “SOUL EATER YESH! *Hides in Metal Gear Box*
ppl ya know you could read the manga its still continuing!
if the show isnt over than it wont as good as b4
WAH!!! SHE SHOULDA USED THE MAKA CHOP!!!
this show is the best i just finished it yesterday and i really did not expect arachne to be in this show but w.e. oh and you ppl who have nothing better to do except argue th whole on the internet…. go fuck yourself now that i cleared that up..i dont want the show to end but if it continued it will turn out just like bleach were they just keep adding new enemies and nothing else.
my bad. my keyboard sucks cock u have to press every button extremely hard.
oh and to the person who said that ppl who say last are mindless retards…you’re so right! im like reading some posts and some fucking retard comes and sais oh im last T-T. well if u can just stop that shit with the first,second,third exe. i;d really appreciate it. sorry for the bad languagge but i’ve lived in florida my whole life so it cant be helped :p
I cried a little…
I need more soul eater so bad. Theres so many questions left unanswered. Mostly WHO THE HELL IS KID’S MOTHER. SHE GOT IT ON WITH DEATH HIMSELF. WHAT. THE. FUCK.
And wheres maka’s mum?
for some reason. i really wanted black star to win. but. i knew he wouldnt. cuz everythings about Maka.
haha
i wish it wasn’t over D:
YO Maka & Soul rocks! Howeva the end sucks hope it does continue! Well i guesss thats the curse of all awesum animes
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