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I've got a lot here since I am doing hardcore research I have a pretty good understanding of a lot of the world of Soul Eater just looking for some more input from people who have watched the show and/or (preferably and) read the manga. I am creating a table-top RPG btw which is why I have a good number of technical questions There is a lot of information in the thread, and I noticed one of my questions came up slightly in the thread so we'll start with that

Soul Resonance

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From what I understand when a weapon and a technician resonate it's kind of like a "stance." From this stance a weapon and technician can perform a number of special attacks they would otherwise be unable to perform (ie: Witch Hunter, Death Cannon). Now as it was pointed out earlier in the thread "Witch Hunter" was referred to as a "traditional Scythe super skill" by Maka in episode 4. This is backed up later by Stein when he uses the Witch Hunter, indicating it is indeed a common attack that can be used during Soul Resonance. However, this begs to question if all of the different weapon technicians have a traditional super skill? For that matter, are all of the attacks that can be performed during Soul Resonance the same for each type of weapon? I bring this up because both Maka and Shinigami use Kishin Hunter, which is a higher level of attack. While the same attack though, the shape is different for each user based on their soul personality and wavelength which is where variation comes into play and begs to ask if the effects of each super skill are different based on the technician?

Pre-Kishins

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I'm not quite sure I understand how a pre-kishin comes into being. Yes, yes I know they have to eat human souls, but in both the manga and the anime Kilik asks Shinigami how Asura was able to eat human souls since only a weapon can eat a soul. With this in mind where do pre-kishins come from? In addition Asura is referred to as the first true Kishin. If this is the case how did Shinigami know that he and the eight warlords needed to hunt pre-kishins to prevent them from "evolving" into Kishins?

Other Institutions

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It is made very clear that the size of Shibusen extends beyond Death City. With this in mind, how many branches are there and who runs them? It is referred to a few times that Shinigami used to have eight powerful allies called the warlords that helped him keep peace. Do these people (minus Eibon and Asura) run the other facilities?

Other Shibusen employees

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This always bothered me. Are the lackeys that Sid commands just normal humans with no "weapon technician" relation? Two star technicians. Do any exist besides the newly appointed ones in the manga?

Witches

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Meetings have been seen on a couple of occasions, but what do they meet for? It is mentioned that Medusa was breaking the witch law by infiltrating Shibusen. If the purpose of the witches is to oppose Shibusen why would such a thing be a law? In addition, how are witches born? It doesn't make sense that Chrona would not be a witch since he/she was Medusa's child unless witches come into existence some other way. If so, what way is that?

Job Postings

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Is Shinigami like Santa, always watching the world to see who will make his "list" as "Shinigami's List" is referred to many times in both the anime and manga. This seems not likely as he was unable to find Arachnophobia without Medusa's help. Since this is the case, who finds these pre-kishins and then takes the time to tell someone else to kill it when it is a race against time, to kill the pre-kishin before it devours enough souls to become a Kishin.

Kishins

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The first question is in regards to how they are made. Ragnarok devours plenty of human souls, but is never able to achieve being a Kishin. I never fully understood the reason behind this as I thought becoming a Kishin was a direct result of eating human souls. Sort of like how a weapon will become a deathscythe if it eats 99 pre-kishin souls and one witch soul.

The second is in regards to their destruction. Could Shinigami have actually been able to kill Asura, or would he have to seal him again. If so, why didn't he kill Asura when the guy had no blood, skin, or power? If it is correct in that Shinigami could have killed him, then the next part of the question is pointless.

Weakness. Maka is able to defeat Asura in the end because of her courage (I have a pretty good understanding of the reasoning and would rather not post my opinion on it within this as this one is long enough). With this in mind, are all Kishins susceptible to such an attack? If so, is the only reason Maka's killed Asura is because he was at "low health," or was that the only way he was going to die (referring back to question two)?

That's a good start for now and I'm curious to see your answers Thank you for your hard work