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Perfect 10 | 3 | 10.34% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 9 | 31.03% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 7 | 24.14% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 6 | 20.69% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 2 | 6.90% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 3.45% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 3.45% | |
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2014-04-10, 17:43 | Link #41 |
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Soul Eater has a very good interesting world. It's definitely worth exploring further in a slower-paced work that doesn't have to worry so much about keeping the main action going strong.
Plus, this type of story has great charm, in my view. Seeing well-established dynamic characters through the eyes of a relatively normal person can be pretty fun and effective. The only thing is that I used to perceive Soul Eater-world as this world that was pretty radically different from the real world. I mean, it struck me as a fantasy-world, especially given that freakish smiling/laughing sun. But the world here seems mostly normal, actually, and that I have mixed feelings about. Still, this was a very sweet first episode. Admittedly, part of my fondness for it is how it appeals to the yuri fan in me - Girl expects to be center of a het love triangle and ends up in a yuri one instead. I also like how the main character is a weapon. I think seeing a story told primarily from a weapon's perspective could make for an interesting change given that Maka was kind of the main character in Soul Eater, and she's a meister.
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2014-04-12, 01:46 | Link #44 |
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I pretty much stopped following the sidestory manga after awhile thanks to its terrible scanlations, but have actually had up to ch. 15 of the licensed release sitting on my bookshelf for a couple months now. I was planning to finish a reread of the original series (which I also bought) before jumping into the side series, but haven't had much time lately (18 volumes is a lot :P); just as well that an anime has started airing so I can catch up with the series.
I have to say that yeah, the yuri-tease and SoL antics are a large part of why I'm looking forward to this adaptation. The original series really is a great and unconventional shounen though. Ookubo Atsushi's art in particular is something which can only be called abso-fucking-lutely amazing. I would definitely recommend new viewers of this adaptation to try out the first series (starting with the anime up to, yeah, ep. 37 followed by the manga due to anime-original material; although the anime doesn't diverge that much until ep. 46 so it might be worth watching up to there due to some great animation). Actually, not to harp too much on my buyfagging, but I even picked up Ookubo's artbook which Yen Press put out so yeah, I have to say that the art (after Ookubo matured his style) is definitely one of the things which makes Soul Eater a foremost shounen series. Anyway, as for NOT's first episode, I have to admit that its initial plainness/normality was pretty jarring, lol; almost played like a psyche-out, haha. Although the artstyle change is also somewhat notable I'm gonna hold back on calling it 'sterile' though since as the episode went on they did start to bring back some of Soul Eater's classic stylisms. Aside from that, I have to say that yeah, I'm excited about the voice actors. I caught a ti-ny hint of Aoi Yuuki's voice in Meme so it's really pleasing to learn that she's in this cast, and Tsugumi's new seiyuu feel is pleasingly reminiscent of Omigawa Chiaki's status back with the first series as Maka Albarn. In a season of what I would consider a relatively high number of hard-hitting/hype-worthy anime, this show still seems like it will be one of my highlights of the week. |
2014-04-12, 16:31 | Link #45 | |
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Anyway, I noticed Tsugumi actually got a one-panel appearance in chapter 99, when folks are talking about the origin of the weapons. Just a background picture of children who were born as weapons, but it's unquestionably her. I have to say I can't picture Tsugumi ever eating souls. As a girl who thought she was an ordinary human until just recently, it just seems to me she would find the idea disturbing.
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2014-04-12, 17:58 | Link #47 | |
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Taking witches' souls is rather a good bit worse, especially once you find out that there was no proof at all that any particular witch had to be evil. My point, however, is that I just can't see Tsugumi as being willing to do such a thing. It's probably just as well that she's not suited for the advanced class, nor aiming to become a death scythe.
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2014-04-12, 18:35 | Link #48 | |
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2014-04-12, 18:36 | Link #49 |
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Not sure if I'm a fan of the animation style change. For established characters, Maka and Black Star look weird. The rest is easy enough to bypass since the rest of the cast will be new.
As I didn't read many chapters and barely remember what I read, I was wondering when this story took place since Sid isn't a zombie and Medusa is the school nurse. I guess them establishing Maka and Soul as seniors threw me off a bit. |
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2014-04-12, 19:54 | Link #51 | |
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If you think about it it's just logical. Tsugumi was sent to DWMA immediately after she discovered she was a weapon. It's not like that can only happen to 14 year olds. Tsubaki is clearly older than the rest of the Soul Eater cast (same with Liz) but they're in the same grade. |
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2014-04-13, 08:23 | Link #53 |
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The first reaction I got was laughing my ass when I saw Maka's new chipmunk face. In fact all of the main characters got the chipmunk treatment. I had to check to see if it wasn't Kyoani doing the production and no, it's still Bones, the creators of the first Soul Eater series.
Well I guess they gotta cash in the Soul Eater franchise somehow considering the first season didn't do that well. Won't be watching this until "credible sources" tell me it's going to be more than yuri/cute girls doing cute things pandering which to be frank at this point is not looking likely. Though I did quite like the cameos! How long and how often can they do those however is another question. |
2014-04-13, 13:14 | Link #54 | |
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2014-04-13, 19:03 | Link #55 | |
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After watching the whole episode I got to say this is style compared to the original is totally the viewpoint of a 14 year old girl in love with love.
Maka is everything that Tsugumi wants to be, so of course Maka is cutified. Black Star looks even more muscular and noticeably taller, while Tsubaki... well lets just say her outfit is exaggerated to draw even more attention to her chest then in the original. Fits perfectly with the viewpoint of a flat chested girl looking for a good-hearted bad boy love interest. The interesting one I thought was Soul. Unlike all the other characters, I thought Soul looked worse in this style. Shorter then the original, sunken eyes like an irritable punk who's been smoking too much crack. Maybe Tsugumi is jealous of him? Quote:
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2014-04-13, 19:31 | Link #56 |
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Soul did appear pretty punkish and bad-tempered in the beginning of the Soul Eater manga... although your idea of jealousy isn't too far-fetched either. He does get to be the weapon and partner of Tsugumi's hero, after all.
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