List of Soul Eater chapters

The cover of the first volume of the Soul Eater manga released by Gangan Comics on June 22, 2004 in Japan

Soul Eater is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Okubo. The series follows the adventures of three students at a school called the Death Weapon Meister Academy (or DWMA for short), known as meisters, who use demon weapon companions with human and weapon forms. These meisters, Maka Albarn, Black Star, and Death the Kid, seek to turn their weapons, Soul Eater, Tsubaki, and Liz and Patti respectively, into "death scythes" for Shinigami, the head of the DWMA, by having their weapons consume the souls of ninety-nine evil humans and one witch.

The manga initially began as three separate one-shots serialized between June 24, 2003 and November 26, 2003 in two manga magazines published by Square Enix. The first one-shot was published in the summer 2003 special edition of Gangan Powered, the second one-shot followed in the autumn 2003 special edition of the same magazine, and the third one-shot was serialized in Gangan Wing. The manga started regular serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine on May 12, 2004. The first tankōbon was released by Square Enix under their Gangan Comics imprint on June 22, 2004 in Japan; as of September 18, 2009, 15 volumes have been released.

The series is published in English by Yen Press, and is serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus manga anthology magazine. The first issue of Yen Plus was released on July 29, 2008. An anime adaptation of the manga, produced by Bones and Aniplex, aired on TV Tokyo between April 7, 2008 and March 30, 2009 and contained 51 episodes.

Volume list

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
01	June 22, 2004	978-4-7575-1223-8	October 2009	978-0-75953-001-0
"Soul Eater" (ソウル=イーター, "Sōru=Ītā") "Black Star (ブラック☆スター, "Burakku☆Sutā") "Death The Kid (デス·ザ·キッド, "Desu Za Kiddo") 001. "Remedial Lesson" (part 1) (補習(前編), "Hoshū (zenpen)")
Maka Albarn and her weapon partner Soul Eater gather the souls of ninety-nine evil humans, and only need the soul of a witch to turn Soul Eater into a death scythe. They manage to find a witch and defeat her; however, she is a magical cat, and Shinigami confiscates all of Maka's souls. Black Star and his partner Tsubaki are assigned to fight Mifune—a swordsman whose soul is the equivalent of ninety-nine souls—and the witch he protects, Angela. Although Black Star defeats Mifune, he leaves him after he learns Angela is a child. Death the Kid, Shinigami's son, and his partners, Liz and Patti, are sent to an Egyptian pyramid to gather souls. Kid defeats all of the monsters inside, but after he destroys the pyramid, Shinigami confiscates all of his souls. Due to their lack of success in soul gathering, Shinigami assigns Maka and Black Star to supplementary lessons in fighting an undead DWMA teacher, Sid Barett.
02	November 22, 2004	978-4-7575-1322-8	February 2010	978-0-75953-048-5
002. "Remedial Lesson" (part 2) (補習(後編), "Hoshū (kōhen)") 003. "The "New Student" and "Soul Observation"" (”新入生”と”魂観察”, "'Shinnyūsei' to 'Tamashii Kansatsu'") 004. "Demon Sword Ragnarok" (part 1) (魔剣ラグナロク(前編), "Maken Ragunaroku (zenpen)") 005. "Demon Sword Ragnarok" (part 2) (魔剣ラグナロク(後編), "Maken Ragunaroku (kōhen)")
Sid reveals that the person that turned him into a zombie was Franken Stein, the strongest meister ever to graduate from the Death Weapon Meister Academy. Maka and Black Star fight Stein, who overwhelms them. Afterwards, Stein informs them that he was part of their supplementary lessons, and begins teaching at the DWMA. Following this, Kid begins attending DWMA, and when Black Star and Soul Eater try to fight him on his first day, he easily defeats them. Maka is assigned on a mission to Italy, where she encounters Crona, the wielder of a "demon sword", Ragnarok, who absorbs the souls of normal humans, putting Crona at risk of transforming into a kishin, a "demon god" that can destroy the world. Crona defeats Maka, severely injuring Soul in the process, and is stopped by Stein, who uses Death Scythe, Maka's father, as his weapon. Before Stein can kill Crona, the witch Medusa takes Crona and retreats.
03	April 22, 2005	978-4-7575-1413-3	July 2010	978-0-75953-065-5
006. "Holy Sword" (聖剣, "Seiken") 007. "Uncanny Sword" (part 1) (妖刀(前編), "Yōtō (zenpen)") 008. "Uncanny Sword" (part 2) (妖刀(後編), "Yōtō (kōhen)") 009. "Persevering Soul" (がんばれる魂, "Ganbareru Tamashii")
Black Star and Kid investigate reports of a "holy sword", and find the weapon Excalibur. After learning of his egotistical attitude, they abandon him. Following this, Black Star and Tsubaki are sent to find a "demon sword" that is attacking humans. They learn that he is Masamune, Tsubaki's brother, and Tsubaki manages to defeat him, acquiring his powers in the process. At the DWMA, Medusa poses as the school nurse, discovering that Soul has the "black blood" she placed into Crona. Meanwhile, Medusa has earned the ire of other witches, and two of them, Eruka Frog and Mizune, attempt to kill Medusa. Medusa kills Mizune before Stein and Maka arrive, and Medusa manages to retain her cover.
04	August 22, 2005	978-4-7575-1505-5	October 2010	978-0-75953-127-7
010. "Experiment" (part 1) (実験(前編), "Jikken (zenpen)") 011. "Experiment" (part 2) (実験(後編), "Jikken (kōhen)") 012. "Super Written Exam" (超筆記試験, "Chō-hikkishiken") 013. "Black Dragon" (part 1) (黒龍, "Kokuryū (zenpen)") 014. "Black Dragon" (part 2) (黒龍, "Kokuryū (kōhen)")
Medusa enlists Eruka to free an immortal werewolf from a witch's dungeon in order to test the black blood inside Soul. The werewolf, calling himself Free, battles Maka and Black Star, and they manage to defeat him. Afterwards, the DWMA students have a major examination. Soul, Kid, and Black Star fail the test, and Maka scores the highest in the class. Kid is dispatched on a mission to investigate a ship that is gathering souls, and he discovers the ship, Niddhogg, and the ship's captain of the same name. Before Kid can defeat Niddhogg, Crona arrives and uses Ragnarok to absorb the souls on the ship, transforming Ragnarok into a black dragon. Crona escapes with Ragnarok despite Kid's efforts.
05	December 22, 2005	978-4-7575-1584-0	February 2011	978-0-31607-107-9
015. "The Eve of The Establishment Commemoration Festival" (創立記念前夜祭, "Sōritsu Kinen Zen'yasai") 016. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 1) (前夜祭の死闘(その1), "Zen'yasai no Shitō (sono ichi)") 017. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 2) (前夜祭の死闘(その2), "Zen'yasai no shitō (sono ni)") 018. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 3) (前夜祭の死闘(その3), "Zen'yasai no shitō (sono san)")
The Death Weapon Meister Academy holds a celebration to mark the anniversary of its founding. Medusa stages an attack on the DWMA with Eruka, five members of the Mizune family, Crona, and Free to awaken the original kishin, Asura, who is imprisoned underneath the DWMA building. Free traps most of the DWMA students and Shinigami inside with his magic, and Maka, Black Star, Death the Kid, Stein, and their respective partners manage to escape. Stein and Death Scythe fight Medusa in order to allow the others to pass, and after they encounter Crona, Maka stays to fight. Maka's efforts prove fruitless against Crona's superior power, and Soul uses the black blood inside him to increase Maka's power by drawing on the madness inside him.
06	April 22, 2006	978-4-7575-1671-7	June 2011	978-0-31607-109-3
019. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 4) (前夜祭の死闘(その4), "Zen'yasai no Shitō (sono yon)") 020. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 5) (前夜祭の死闘(その5), "Zen'yasai no Shitō (sono go)") 021. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 6) (前夜祭の死闘(その6), "Zen'yasai no Shitō (sono roku)") 022. "The Eve's Fight to The Death" (part 7) (前夜祭の死闘(その7), "Zen'yasai no Shitō (sono nana)")
After using the black blood, Maka fights Crona evenly, and manages to locate the source of Crona's childhood trauma. After Maka comforts Crona, Crona surrenders. Meanwhile, Medusa and Stein fight to a stalemate, and Stein uses a technique to paralyze Medusa at the cost of his own movement. Free and Eruka arrive at Asura's chamber, and when Eruka tries to free him, Black Star and Kid arrive. The madness in Asura's chamber stymies the efforts of all of the combatants; however, Eruka manages to inject the black blood into Asura despite Black Star's efforts. Due to Asura's revival, Medusa lowers her guard, and Stein cuts her in half. Asura awakens and flies into the sky, where Shinigami awaits him. Without Death Scythe, Shinigami is overpowered by Asura, who retreats from the city.
07	September 22, 2006	978-4-7575-1774-5	October 2011	978-0-31607-110-9
023. "Daily Life" (日常, "Nichijō") 024. "Experimenting School" (part 1) (体験入閣(前編), "Taiken Nyūkaku (zenpen)") 025. "Experimenting School" (part 2) (体験入閣(中篇), "Taiken Nyūkaku (chūhen)") 026. "Experimenting School" (part 3) (体験入閣(後編), "Taiken Nyūkaku (kōhen)") 027. "Bodyguard" (part 1) (用心棒(前編), "Yōjinbō (zenpen)")
Shinigami summons all of the death scythes in the world to DWMA, and begins to construct a plan to counter Asura's influence. Meanwhile, Crona enrolls at DWMA as a student, and is assigned on a mission with Maka to Romania. The two encounter a golem mechanic, Giriko, who attacks them. Maka detects a presence inside one of Giriko's golems. The presence is revealed to be a witch, Arachne, who Shinigami defeated in the past. Justin Law, a death scythe, arrives to save Maka and Crona, and Arachne retreats, learning that her worldwide organization, Arachnophobia, is still intact. DWMA and Arachnophobia begin a war, and Sid and death scythe Yumi Azusa are assigned to attack an Arachnophobia facility. Black Star accompanies them, and encounters Mifune, now a member of Arachnophobia, at the facility.
08	January 22, 2007	978-4-7575-1922-0	February 2012	978-0-31607-112-3
028. "Bodyguard" (part 2) (用心棒(後編), "Yōjinbō (kōhen)") 029. "Snake" (蛇, "Hebi") 030. "Reunion Express" (part 1) (再会特急(前編), "Saikai Tokkyū (zenpen)") 031. "Reunion Express" (part 2) (再会特急(後編), "Saikai Tokkyū (kōhen)")
Mifune defeats Black Star, and Sid manages to destroy the facility. As Mifune retreats, he gives Tsubaki advice on how to control her brother's power. In Death City, Medusa's remains enter a small girl, whom Medusa uses as her host. She travels to meet Arachne, her sister, and after their meeting, plans to topple Arachne's organization. Kid is dispatched to find a demon tool in a train that has never stopped running for 100 years. He finds the train, and an Arachnophobia agent and the Mizune family join the hunt for the demon tool. Kid manages to find the demon tool, and finds his father's signature on it alongside that of Eibon, the creator of the demon tool.
09	May 22, 2007	978-4-7575-2015-8	June 2012	978-0-31607-113-0
032. "The Corner of The Room" (部屋の隅, "Heya no Sumi") Special. "The Legend of the Holy Sword" 033. "A Class Full of Rivalry" (対抗授業, "Taikō Jūgyō") 034. "'Brew' Tempest" (part 1) ("BREW"波乱(その1), "'BREW' Haran (sono ichi)") 035. "'Brew' Tempest" (part 2) ("BREW"波乱(その2), "'BREW' Haran (sono ni)")
Kid attempts to research who Eibon is and finds that the book on Eibon was taken by Medusa. Meanwhile, Crona begins to adapt well to life at DWMA, and is confronted by Medusa, who asks Crona to spy on DWMA. Crona places an item into Marie Mjölnir, a death scythe and Stein's new partner, to increase Stein's insanity. To counter the threat from Arachnophobia, Stein trains Maka, Black Star, and Kid in duel arts, a form of combat in which the three synchronize their souls to fight better in tandem. Although Maka and Black Star are initially incompatible, they overcome their differences for the sake of their team. Shinigami dispatches DWMA's forces to find "Brew", one of the most powerful demon tools created by Eibon. While the battle rages on the island where Brew is located, Maka, Black Star, and Kid attempt to find Brew, and encounter Mosquito, one of Arachne's foremost servants.
10	October 22, 2007	978-4-7575-2132-2	October 2012	978-0-31607-114-7
036. "'Brew' Tempest" (part 3) ("BREW"波乱(その3), "'BREW' Haran (sono san)") 037. "'Brew' Tempest" (part 4) ("BREW"波乱(その4), "'BREW' Haran (sono yon)") 038. "Internal Investigation" (part 1) (内部調査(前編), "Naibu Chōsa (zenpen)") 039. "Internal Investigation" (part 2) (内部調査(後編), "Naibu Chōsa (kōhen)")
Although Maka, Black Star, and Kid successfully use duel arts to fight against Mosquito, they are forced to retreat after Mosquito continually transforms into younger, stronger forms of himself to fight. However, Mosquito unknowingly returns to Arachnophobia with a replica of Brew, as Medusa sent Mizune to retrieve Brew during the battle. Fearing that there is a traitor at the Death Weapon Meister Academy, Shinigami summons Joe Buttataki to investigate, and he begins to suspect that Stein, who has been experiencing fits of madness due to Asura's awakening, is the traitor. Meanwhile, Maka accidentally overhears Crona talking with Eruka, and she realizes that Crona is a spy. At DWMA, Black Star deliberately instigates a fight with Kid to confront his doubts due to his recent string of defeats, and Kid defeats him. Elsewhere, Joe Buttataki is attacked and killed by an unknown assailant, and Death Scythe and Sid come to Stein's house to arrest him.
11	March 22, 2008	978-4-7575-2239-8	February 2013	978-0-31607-115-4
040. "Decision" (決意, "Ketsui") 041. "The Clown" (part 1) (道化師(前編), "Dōkeshi (zenpen)") 042. "The Clown" (part 2) (道化師(中篇), "Dōkeshi (chūhen)") 043. "The Clown" (part 3) (道化師(後編), "Dōkeshi (kōhen)") 044. "Deal" (選択, "Sentaku")
Death Scythe, Sid, and Marie tell Stein that they believe that he is not the killer, and Death Scythe instructs Stein to leave Death City with Marie to find Joe's killer. Meanwhile, Black Star leaves Death City with Tsubaki, who suggests going to her parents' home. Eruka arrives at Crona's room to instruct Crona to leave DWMA, and she leaves as well. The following day, Maka is dispatched with Kid to investigate a demonic factory. Inside the factory, Maka encounters a clown that is a product of the madness Asura created throughout the world. The clown attempts to overcome Maka with madness, but Soul helps her in finding the courage to overcome her fear, vastly increasing her power and allowing her to defeat the clown. At the academy, two witch agents are found, and meister Kim Diehl, a secret witch, and partner Jacqueline O. Lantern Dupré run away from the DWMA and are accepted into Arachnophobia by Mosquito. Shinigami then learns that the witches' locations were disclosed by Medusa, who offers a deal to reveal the location of Arachne's headquarters.
12	June 21, 2008	978-4-7575-2300-5	June 2013	978-0-31607-293-9
045. "Trade" (取り引き, "Torihiki") 046. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 1) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その1), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono ichi)") 047. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 2) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その2), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono ni)") 048. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 3) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その3), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono san)")
Medusa offers to lead a strike team into Baba Yaga's castle, Arachne's headquarters, and gives Shinigami the real Brew as a sign of good faith. Shinigami agrees and Maka, Kid, Ox Ford, and Kirikou Rung are assigned to the team. With Medusa's aid, the team manages to evade the perimeter defenses around Baba Yaga's castle and they successfully infiltrate it. Medusa explains that there are eight locks to Arachne's throne room and that the group will have to separate to destroy them. Ox attempts to search for Kim, who he has feelings for, in the castle. He finds her manipulated by a machine that lowers morality, and she stabs him, claiming her allegiance is to Arachnophobia. The alarms in Baba Yaga's castle begin to activate, however, as Black Star arrives, running straight through all the perimeter's defenses.
13	October 22, 2008	978-4-7575-2400-2
049. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 4) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その4), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono yon)") 050. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 5) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その5), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono go)") 051. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 6) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その6), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono roku)") 052. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 7) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その7), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono nana)")
Black Star begins to fight Mifune, and due to the training he had at Tsubaki's home, he is able to fully use Tsubaki's demon sword ability and fights Mifune evenly. Inside the castle, Ox battles Kim, and attempts to convince her of his devotion. He manages to overcome the morality machine, and Kim relents. Elsewhere, Kid and Free encounter Mosquito, who transforms into his strongest form to fight both of them.
14	March 21, 2009	978-4-7575-2509-2
053. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 8) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その8), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono hachi)") 054. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 9) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その9), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono kyū)") 055. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 10) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その10), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jū)") 056. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 11) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その11), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jūichi)") 057. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 12) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その12), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jūni)")
While fighting Mosquito, the demon tool Brew Kid was holding activates, enabling him to hold off Mosquito's attacks before the enemy gets away. Elsewhere in the castle, Kirikou fights alongside Ox with their weapons, and the final two castle locks are destroyed. Arachne attacks Maka's group with a mental attack, but they soon break through it. Maka, Soul, and Medusa enter Arachne's inner lair and surprisingly discover her lifeless corpse. Mosquito fights with Eibon, but is killed quickly, and soon after Kid is sucked into Eibon's book as Liz and Patti look on in horror. Outside the castle, Black Star continues his fight with Mifune until he finally defeats him.
15	September 18, 2009	978-4-7575-2678-5
058. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 13) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その13), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jūsan)") 059. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 14) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その14), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jūyon)") 060. "Operation: Capture Baba Yaga's Castle" (part 15) (ババ·ヤガーの城攻略作戦(その15), "Baba Yagā no Shiro Kōryaku Sakusen (sono jūgo)") 061. "Tying Things Up and New Beginnings." (とりあえずまとめ、と始まり., "Toriaezu Matome, to Hajimari.") 062. "Starting" (始動, "Shidō")
Arachne, now free from the confines of her body, attacks Maka, Soul, and Medusa, who is incapacitated almost immediately. Arachne uses insanity on everyone (even Arachnophobia members), though Maka and Soul counter with Soul's healing music transmitted through Maka's soul wavelength to everyone else via Arachne's own spider webs. Maka and Soul invoke demon hunter and quickly defeat Arachne. Medusa unexpectedly takes Arachne's discarded corpse as her own and flees the castle after the monkey meister Enrique and his Death Scythe partner Tezca Tlipoca arrive from South America. With the mission over, everyone goes back to Death City to recover from the ordeal. Stein and Marie confront Justin Law, the culprit who killed Joe Buttataki, but he is able to get away with the help of a magical artifact. After that, Shinigami creates a new DWMA elite squad called Spartoí and Soul finally becomes a Death Scythe.

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

• 063. "I Will Be An Angel" (天使になるもん, "Tenshi ni Narumon")
• 064. "Preparedness" (心構え, "Kokorogamae")
• 065. "Black Wings VS White Wings" (黒羽 VS 白羽, "Kurohane VS Shirohane")
• 066. "The Witch's Research" (part 1) (魔女の研究(前編), "Majo no Kenkyū (zenpen)")

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

See also

• List of Soul Eater episodes
• List of Soul Eater characters

External links

• Official website of the manga Template:Ja icon