List of Soul Eater characters

The main characters of Soul Eater (from left to right):
Top row: Black Star, Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, Soul Eater Evans, and Maka Albarn.
Bottom row: Liz and Patty Thompson, Death the Kid, Blair, and Spirit Albarn.

The Soul Eater manga and anime series features an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Atsushi Ōkubo. It is set in a fictional universe inhabited by various characters capable of using supernatural powers by channeling the wavelengths of their souls. Most of the characters in the series, including the main protagonists, are classified into two groups: humans who are born with the power to turn into weapons, called demon weapons, and the wielders of these weapons, called meisters. The main protagonists attend a school called Death Weapon Meister Academy—DWMA for short—located in the fictional Death City in Nevada, United States. DWMA is run by Shinigami, the Grim Reaper, as a training facility for weapons and meisters to hone their powers, as well as an organization to preserve world order against anyone who threatens it, including witches, monsters and evil demon gods called kishin.

The main Soul Eater manga and its anime adaptation follow three meister/weapon partnerships—Maka Albarn and her scythe Soul Eater; Black Star and his shadow weapon Tsubaki Nakatsukasa; and Death the Kid and his twin pistols, Liz and Patty Thompson—who act as field agents for their school and reap the souls of evil humans to prevent them from turning into kishin. The spin-off prequel manga titled Soul Eater NOT!, also created by Ōkubo, follows the everyday lives of three other DWMA students—halberd Tsugumi Harudori and her two meister friends, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn.

Creation and conception

While creating Soul Eater, Atsushi Ōkubo was heavily influenced by the manga series Dr. Slump and wanted to create a story in which serious or intense action scenes would be defused or interrupted with comedic moments. The story element in which characters transform into weapons is an expansion on the idea of weapons being personified, which Ōkubo frequently saw in other fictional stories. Ōkubo decided to make the main protagonist of the series, Maka Albarn, a female in response to other shōnen manga having male main characters, and paired her and the other main characters with those of the opposite sex to demonstrate an equal representation of gender. He also decided to use a scythe as Maka's weapon for its unique fighting style. He resisted drawing influence from other people for most of his characters, particularly the main protagonists, who he instead based on assets on his own personality—the arrogant Black Star is based on Ōkubo's narcissistic side, the neurotic Death the Kid based on his manic side, etc. However, he did base a few characters on people he was familiar with, such as Excalibur, whose personality he based on his own father. He also designed supporting character Kilik Rung to be black after noting a lack of African characters in other manga series. The names of several characters are based on the titles of other films as a form of tribute, such as Blair being named after The Blair Witch Project and Kilik after Kirikou and the Sorceress.

Protagonists

The three main meisters of Soul Eater wielding their partners in weapon form (from left to right): Death the Kid, Maka Albarn, and Black Star.

Soul Eater

Maka Albarn

Maka Albarn (マカ=アルバーン, Maka Arubān) is the main female protagonist of Soul Eater. She is a young but dedicated student who takes after her mother, another prodigious meister. However, her relationship with her father Spirit is strained due to his constant flirtations with women, leading her parents to divorce. As such, Maka is obsessed with turning her weapon partner, Soul Eater, into a death scythe that will surpass her father.^[ch. 0a] She collaborates well with Soul in battle, but is prone to nagging and violent outbursts whenever Soul does something foolish. When in danger, however, Maka does everything she can to keep Soul out of harm's way.^[ch. 4] Early in the story, Soul is infected with black blood during their first battle against Crona, which causes Maka to become infected as well, risking her going insane under the black blood's influence.^[ch. 11] She later gains the some control over the black blood by developing a soul wavelength inherited from her mother called the Anti-Magic Wavelength, which helps her resist the effects of insanity.^[ch. 60] She is also adept at a skill called Soul Perception, which allows her to detect the souls of other people and measure their strengths.^[ch. 2] Later in the story, she is able to detect the souls of witches even when they use their magic to disguise their souls as ordinary human ones.^[ch. 45] After turning Soul into a death scythe, Maka gains the ability to combine the power of her uniquely shaped soul—called a Grigori soul—with Soul's and grow angelic wings on Soul's weapon form, enabling her to fly.^[ch. 63] In the anime adaptation, Maka is shown to have demon weapon powers inherited from her father and mother, allowing her to conjure blades from her body while she is unconscious.^{ep. 51} In the Japanese version of the series, she is voiced by Junko Takeuchi in the 2005 drama CD, and by Chiaki Omigawa in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, she is voiced by Laura Bailey.^{ep. 1}

Soul Eater Evans

Soul Evans (ソウル=エヴァンス, Sōru Evansu)—better known as Soul Eater (ソウル=イーター, Sōru Ītā)—is a demon scythe and the partner of Maka Albarn, and the main male protagonist. His weapon form has a-red and-black blade and an eye near its heel which expresses his emotions. He has a laid-back and nonchalant personality and tries to maintain a "cool" attitude, but oftentimes ends up embarrassing himself instead.^[ch. 0a] He tends to bicker with Maka over unimportant things from time to time, but is fiercely loyal to her and has more than once displayed his will to die for his friends' safety.^[ch. 2] He also fights to resist the madness-inducing effects of black blood, which takes the form of a little ogre who appears within his subconscious, after he is slashed in the chest by Ragnarok and infected with the Demon Sword's blood.^[ch. 9] As a member of a renowned family of musicians, Soul is a talented pianist, but used his discovery of his weapon powers as an excuse to break ties from the family tradition and pursue the goal of becoming the most powerful death scythe ever. He dislikes being compared to his older brother Wes, a famous violinist, and is often reluctant to play music for other people.^[ch. 55] He can use this talent when resonating his soul wavelength with others, playing the piano within his soul to drastically enhance their power.^[ch. 36] He manages to become a death scythe after defeating Arachne with Maka and eating her soul.^[ch. 62] Since becoming a death scythe Soul has shown the ability to form a scythe on his arm with piano keys to attack with sound waves. He is also able to find the rhythm of his enemies attacks and use what he calls "Soul Hack" to take control of that opponents ability. In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Sōichirō Hoshi in the 2005 drama CD, and by Kōki Uchiyama in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, he is voiced by Micah Solusod.^{ep. 1}

Black Star

Black star is best and has surpassed god!

Tsubaki Nakatsukasa

Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (中務 椿, Nakatsukasa Tsubaki) is the weapon partner of Black Star, classified as a "shadow weapon" who has the power to transform into a variety of ninja weapons including a kusarigama, a shuriken, a ninjatō, and a smoke bomb.^[ch. 0b] She is gentle, quiet, friendly, and easygoing, and provides a soothing influence among her friends whenever they argue. She is also very patient and tolerant of others, which allows her to put up with Black Star's constant arrogance and showboating, and serves as a highly collaborative partner in battle.^[ch. 2] Her multiple weapon forms are part of a tradition passed down by her family, descended from the first demon weapons created by Arachne.^[ch. 28] She later acquires her most powerful form, the Uncanny Sword, after absorbing the soul of her corrupted brother Masamune.^[ch. 8] She primarily takes the form of a black katana in this form, but is eventually able to transform it into other weapons as she ordinarily does.^[ch. 49] In the Japanese version of the series, she is voiced by Mamiko Noto in the 2005 drama CD, and by Kaori Nazuka in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, she is voiced by Monica Rial.^{ep. 1}

Death the Kid

Death the Kid (デス・ザ・キッド, Desu za Kiddo) is the meister of the Thompson sisters and the son of Shinigami, born as an extension of Shinigami's being and given his own personality.^[ch. 72] His status as a shinigami grants him formidable godlike powers such as virtual invincibility. However, he suffers from a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder for symmetry—he views anything perfectly balanced on the right and left to be beautiful, and breaks down upon seeing anything off even by the slightest measurement, which hinders him in his daily life and in battle.^[ch. 0c] He wields the Thompson sisters simultaneously and upside-down to preserve his personal symmetry, and refuses to fight using one while the other is missing.^[ch. 13] He can also summon a flying skateboard called Beelzebub as both transportation and a weapon. Because he is already a polished meister and a shinigami, he is not required to collect souls or attend DWMA, but he does so anyway to create a custom weapon suited to his desires.^[ch. 0c] His most distinguishing feature is the set of three white streaks on the left side of his head called the Lines of Sanzu, which increase his godlike powers for every line that fully wraps around his head, though it depresses him whenever someone mentions them as they are asymmetrical. In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Takako Honda in the 2005 drama CD, and by Mamoru Miyano in the anime.^{ep. 2} In the English dub, he is voiced by Todd Haberkorn.^{ep. 2}

Liz and Patty Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson (エリザベス・トンプソン, Erizabesu Tonpuson) and her younger sister Patricia Thompson (パトリシア・トンプソン, Patorishia Tonpuson)—better known as Liz (リズ, Rizu) and Patty (パティ, Pati, spelled as "Patti" in Japanese media), respectively—are the weapon partners of Death the Kid. They both take the form of semi-automatic pistols and compress Kid's soul wavelength and fire it in the form of energy bullets that range in strength from destructive blasts to painful yet non-wound-inducing shots.^[ch. 3] Both sisters are able to wield the other in their weapon form whenever Kid is absent.^[ch. 0c] As infants, they were abandoned on the streets of Brooklyn and survived by mugging passersby. They originally joined Kid to exploit his wealth and authority as a shinigami, but grew closer to Kid over time and outgrew their greed.^[ch. 78] Liz is a cynical young woman who always finds Kid's perfectionist attitude annoying, but is also very cowardly and has a fear of ghosts. She is voiced by Yūko Kaida in the 2005 drama CD, Akeno Watanabe in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 2} and Jamie Marchi in the English dub.^{ep. 2} Patty is an extremely childish girl who is able to maintain a cheerful attitude in any situation, but usually has bouts of psychotic rage to motivate her partners. She is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in the drama CD, Narumi Takahira in the Japanese anime,^{ep. 2} and by Cherami Leigh in the English dub.^{ep. 2}

Soul Eater NOT!

Tsugumi Harudori

Tsugumi Harudori (春鳥 つぐみ, Harudori Tsugumi) is the main protagonist of Soul Eater NOT!. She is a weapon transfer student from Japan who attends DWMA's NOT class, and takes the form of a halberd with a dull blade. She is a timid romantic who looks up to Maka, the first student she meets at DWMA, and tries to become more confident by modeling herself after her. She becomes friends with two meister students, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn, at the beginning of the story, and initially has trouble choosing her meister partner between the two, but is assigned to become Meme's partner later in the story.

Meme Tatane

Meme Tatane (多々音 めめ, Tatane Meme) is a meister student from DWMA's NOT class and one of the main protagonists of Soul Eater NOT!. She suffers from short-term memory loss and occasionally forgets her own name. Despite her spacey nature, however, she is very athletic and specializes in a form of martial art called "Sleepy Fist" (睡拳, Suiken), which she can only perform when partially unconscious. She befriends Tsugumi after Tsugumi defends her from being bullied on their first day of class, and takes turns with Anya as Tsugumi's meister partner before being officially assigned to Tsugumi by their class.

Anya Hepburn

Anya Hepburn (アーニャ・ヘプバーン, Ānya Hepubān), like Meme, is a meister from DWMA's NOT class and a main protagonist of Soul Eater NOT!. Coming from a wealthy upbringing, she acts condescendingly towards other people, referring to them as "commoners", but also tires of her restrictive lifestyle and attends DWMA to better understand commoners. She becomes fascinated by Tsugumi, believing her to be the most average commoner of all, and desires to become her partner. She thus takes turns with Meme to wield Tsugumi before being assigned to another partner, to her dismay.

Antagonists

Crona

Crona (クロナ, Kurona) is Medusa's child and the wielder of Ragnarok (ラグナロク, Ragunaroku), a weapon also known as the Demon Sword (魔剣, Maken), which takes the form of a black longsword. Crona is androgynous in appearance, leaving the character's gender unknown,^[ch. 14] though Crona is addressed with male pronouns in the Yen Press and Funimation translations of the manga and anime, respectively, for convenience. As a child, Crona's blood was replaced with a sanity-detering substance called "black blood" made from Ragnarok's liquefied body. This forms a symbiotic relationship between Crona and Ragnarok, the latter of whom typically appears from Crona's back in a black, vaguely humanoid form when not in his weapon form. Because of Medusa's abuse and Ragnarok's bullying nature, Crona is extremely reclusive and fearful of almost everything. Unlike normal weapon and meister pairs, who synchronize their soul wavelengths to increase their strength, Crona uses a skill called Scream Resonance (悲鳴共鳴, Himei Kyōmei) together with Ragnarok, who emits a scream from the mouth on his weapon form's blade that causes it to vibrate and deal additional damage. The black blood can also harden to prevent physical damage, and can extend from Crona's wounds to be used as an additional weapon.^[ch. 4]

Crona is forced by Medusa to devour human souls through Ragnarok as part of Medusa's experiment to create a kishin. Crona initially becomes Maka's archenemy after infecting Soul with Ragnarok's black blood during their first encounter,^[ch. 16] but ends up befriending Maka after she purifies Crona's soul,^[ch. 19] which causes Ragnarok to shrink into a super deformed shape.^[ch. 24] Following Medusa's defeat, Crona surrenders to DWMA and enrolls as a trial student, becoming closer to Maka and her friends, but is quickly forced by Medusa to act as her spy within the school.^[ch. 31] Later, Crona is kidnapped by Medusa and brainwashed into forgetting Maka and her friends, once again becoming Medusa's test subject.^[ch. 60] Crona is eventually ordered to be executed by DWMA for destroying an entire city in Ukraine and killing the death scythe Tsar Pushka stationed there, after which Crona is coerced by Medusa into killing her as part of the final stage in Medusa's experiment.^[ch. 87]

In the anime adaptation, after carrying out Medusa's orders to drive Franken Stein insane, Crona tries to run away from DWMA out of guilt, but is stopped by Maka and persuaded into admitting the betrayal.^{ep. 39} Crona is expelled and imprisoned within the school as punishment but, with Shinigami's blessing, is allowed to help rescue Stein from Medusa, who had formed a truce with DWMA that forbids anyone from the organization to harm her. Crona battles Medusa together with Maka and Marie Mjolnir, the latter of whom also temporarily leaves DWMA to accompany Crona.^{ep. 42} Crona is mortally wounded while defending Maka in the battle,^{ep. 45} but is brought back to full health by the rescued Stein and becomes a full-time DWMA student.^{ep. 51} Crona is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 7} and by Maxey Whitehead in the English dub.^{ep. 7}

Witches

Witches in Soul Eater are the natural enemies of DWMA, members of which hunt them for their souls as a final ingredient to transform weapons into death scythes, and serve as antagonists in the series.^[ch. 0a] They are led by Maba (魔婆, Mabaa), a witch stated to be as powerful as Shinigami.^[ch. 12] They possess the natural ability to perform magic, which commonly entices them to follow destructive instinct.^[ch. 61] Similar to how members of DWMA develop skills to help them hunt witches, such as the ability to sense their unique soul wavelengths, witches develop skills to counterbalance DWMA, such as using an ability called Soul Protect to disguise their souls as ordinary ones at will,^[ch. 5] which also prevents them from using magic for as long as their disguise holds.^[ch. 9] Each witch in the series themes their name, appearance, and magic after a different animal.

Medusa

Medusa (メデューサ, Medyūsa) is the first major antagonist introduced in the story. She is a snake-themed witch who contains one thousand magical arrow-shaped snakes inside her body,^[ch. 9] which she can summon at will to use as weapons called Vector Arrows,^[ch. 5] or to create arrow-shaped panels on the ground called Vector Plates that throw anyone standing on them in the direction they point.^[ch. 17] She is a scientist who researches black blood, a substance that enhances madness within people, and aims to use it as part of her experiment to create a kishin and reshape the world as she sees fit,^[ch. 15] using her own child Crona as a test subject.^[ch. 4]

Prior to the start of the story, Medusa infiltrates DWMA under the guise of a school nurse to find the kishin Asura sealed beneath the school and further her research. She also amasses an entourage to help her revive Asura by injecting him with black blood.^[ch. 15] She is defeated by Franken Stein shortly after her plan succeeds,^[ch. 22] but survives by hiding her soul inside a snake, and later possesses the body of a young girl named Rachel.^[ch. 29] However, her plans are impeded by the reformation of her older sister Arachne's organization Arachnophobia,^[ch. 30] so she forms a truce with DWMA to help defeat Arachne, using the demon tool Brew as leverage.^[ch. 45] Following Arachne's death, Medusa possesses her sister's body and continues her experiments on Crona,^[ch. 60] which culminate with Medusa showing Crona affection for the first time in her child's life, intentionally confusing and provoking Crona into killing her.^[ch. 87]

In the anime adaptation, Medusa uses the truce between her and DWMA to manipulate Stein instead of defeating Arachnophobia. To do so, she forces Crona to implant a magic snake inside of an unsuspecting Marie Mjolnir to worsen Stein's already increasing madness—an act that is present in the manga's plot, but is instead used to keep him from interfering with Medusa's plans^[ch. 32]—until he runs away from DWMA and joins her.^{ep. 41} She battles Maka, Marie, and a repentant Crona until Maka defeats her without harming Rachel's body,^{ep. 45} though she is shown at the end of the anime to have once again survived in the body of a snake.^{ep. 51} She is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 7} and by Luci Christian in the English dub.^{ep. 7}

Eruka Frog

Eruka Frog (エルカ=フロッグ, Eruka Furoggu) is a frog-themed witch who Medusa enslaves by infesting her body with countless magical snakes that threaten to kill her.^[ch. 9] Her name is an anagram of the Japanese word kaeru, meaning "frog".^[vol. 3] She carries out various tasks for Medusa with the promise that one of these snakes be removed for every task she completes.^[ch. 10] Keeping with her frog-like nature, she makes croaking sounds whenever she speaks. She despises Medusa, believing that her plans threaten the existence of all witches. Cowardly in nature, she has the power to transform herself into a frog to escape from danger and spy on others. She can create tadpole-shaped bombs as weapons, and keeps a giant flying tadpole as a mount. The snakes inside her body additionally grant her a telepathic link to Medusa. She is voiced by Misato Fukuen in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 12} and by Kate Oxley in the English dub.^{ep. 12}

Free

Free (フリー, Furī), also known as the "Man with the Demon Eye" (魔眼の男, Magan no Otoko, translated as "Man with the Magic Eye" in the Funimation dub), is an immortal werewolf who was imprisoned for 200 years for stealing the left eye of the witches' leader Maba and replacing his own with it, giving him witch-like status.^[ch. 10] He is broken out of prison on Medusa's behalf and becomes the witch's minion out of gratitude. Having forgotten his real name while in prison, he calls himself "Free" to celebrate his freedom.^[ch. 10] He is generally carefree and clumsy, which occasionally causes him to injure himself in battle.^[ch. 11] As a werewolf, he has the power to transform into his lupine form at will, granting him enhanced strength and speed. He also has a rapid healing factor which, combined with his immortality, makes him virtually invincible. The magic eye he stole from Maba gives him access to additional magic powers such as conjuring ice to form weapons, and manipulating space to trap others inside another dimension and create magical projections of himself.^[ch. 15,20] He is voiced by Rintarō Nishi in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 12} and by Travis Willingham in the English dub.^{ep. 12}

Mizune

Mizune (ミズネ) is the name of a family of identical mouse-like witch sisters, and an anagram of the Japanese word for "mouse", nezumi.^[vol. 3] There are originally six of them, but the oldest sister is killed by Medusa early in the story.^[ch. 9] The remaining five become Medusa's servants after being misled to believe that DWMA is responsible for the death of their oldest.^[ch. 15] They have the ability to transform themselves into mice and create beams of energy in place of whiskers on their face, which can cut through anything. They can also combine their bodies into other forms that increase with age, size, and power depending on how many sisters combine. They are incapable of communicating beyond mouse-like squeaks unless they are in their combined forms. They are voiced by Mayuki Makiguchi in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 12} and by Trina Nishimura in the English dub.^{ep. 12}

Shaula

Shaula (シャウラ, Shaura) only appears in Soul Eater NOT! as the story's principal antagonist. She is a scorpion witch and the youngest of the three Gorgon sisters. She holds her older sisters Medusa and Arachne in low regard, and is motivated to prove her superiority over them. She commands minions called "Traitors", people who enter Death City solely to challenge DWMA, to gather intelligence on the organization.

Kishin

A kishin (鬼神, lit. "demon god") is a godlike being whose soul emits a wavelength called a "madness wavelength" that deters the sanity of anyone in its presence. Kishin are typically humans who transform into monsters after devouring a large quantity of human souls. Besides witches, kishin serve as the other major antagonist group in the series, with members of Death Weapon Meister Academy fighting and killing humans who devour souls to prevent them from transforming into kishin.

Asura

Asura (阿修羅, Ashura) is the first kishin to come into existence 800 years before the story, and ultimately the primary antagonist of Soul Eater, named after the low-ranking Hindu deity of the same name.^[vol. 5] He was originally a meister and one of Shinigami's disciples, the Great Old Ones, who physically embodies madness through fear,^[ch. 72] reflected by his paranoid tendencies and quirks such as covering his face with bandages and wearing multiple layers of clothing. To quell his constant fear of everything, he swallowed his own weapon Vajra (ヴァジュラ, Vajura) whole, enabling him to devour human souls until he transformed into a kishin. He was eventually defeated by Shinigami, who ripped off Asura's skin to use as a container to seal him in a shrine beneath the DWMA building, preventing him from escaping.^[ch. 16]

Early in the story, Asura is resurrected after Medusa's minions inject him with black blood, and escapes after a brief battle with Shinigami.^[ch. 22] Though his madness wavelength greatly influences the manga's plot, he remains largely absent until he is discovered by Maka to be hiding on the cartoonish moon in the Earth's atmosphere.^[ch. 90] In the anime adaptation, however, he is found in a mountain range by Arachne, who aims to spread his madness wavelength across the world.^{ep. 39} After defeating Shinigami in a second battle, Asura kills Arachne and eats her soul, which transforms into a large monster, to ensure he won't have to fear anything again.^{ep. 48} He is defeated after Maka confuses him by showing courage instead of fear in his presence, which renders his soul unstable and causes him to explode upon being punched in the face by Maka.^{ep. 51} He is voiced by Toshio Furukawa in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 24} and by Chris Patton in the English dub.^{ep. 24}

Clown

A "clown" (道化師, dōkeshi) is the name given to any physical embodiment of madness in Soul Eater that takes the form of a vaguely humanoid clown. Clowns begin to surface in the story as a result of Asura's madness wavelength, which is concentrated in certain areas until it takes a physical form. These clowns serve to spread Asura's madness throughout the world, and are capable of driving other humans in their presence insane.^[ch. 42] They can also transform themselves into armors that increase the physical strength of those who wear them while also enhancing their madness. The first clown introduced in the story is responsible for driving Justin Law insane. Medusa also creates her own artificial clowns for use in her experiments on madness (such as the Black Clown that resigns in Crona and the Purple eyed clown who was a defect).^[ch. 66] Multiple different clowns form on the moon's surface due to Asura's presence^[ch. 91] and regularly regenerate once destroyed under the effects of Asura's madness wavelength.^[ch. 94]

While these clowns only appear in the manga adaptation, a pair of clowns identical in appearance to the first clown appear in the anime adaptation as autonomous robots designed to guard the last demon tool created by Eibon, having devoured everyone in the town where the artifact was hidden twenty years prior. Both clowns are destroyed by Death the Kid. They are voiced by Hirofumi Nojima in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 43} and by Jerry Jewell in the English dub.^{ep. 43}

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia (アラクノフォビア, Arakunofobia) is an organization created by the witch Arachne before she first disappeared 800 years prior to the story. It directly opposes DWMA's ideals of world order, becoming a major antagonistic force in the story.^[ch. 26] The group is dissolved after Arachne is killed during DWMA's raid on their base of operations, Baba Yaga's Castle.^{[ch. 60]ep. 49}

Arachne

Arachne (アラクネ, Arakune), the leader of Arachnophobia, is the second major antagonist introduced in the series. She is a spider-like witch and the oldest of the Gorgon sisters besides Medusa and Shaula. Called a heretic among her kind, Arachne is responsible for creating the first demon weapons 800 years before the series by combining the souls of witches with humans and ordinary weapons. She went into hiding for 800 years after being betrayed by Medusa and hunted by Shinigami, scattering her body across the world in the form of countless black spiders and hiding her soul inside a golem. She returns to power after Asura awakens and begins spreading his madness wavelength across the world. Her plans involve capturing Asura and plunging the world into madness, though her means of achieving this goal differ between the plots of the manga and its anime adaptation. In the manga, Arachne discards her physical body and transforms her soul into an entity of pure madness, giving her the power necessary to control Asura.^[ch. 58] She is killed by Maka and Soul, who collect her soul and later use it to turn Soul into a death scythe,^[ch. 62] while Medusa possesses Arachne's lifeless body to use as her own.^[ch. 60] In the anime, Arachne succeeds in capturing Asura and uses a demon tool called the Morality Manipulation Machine to amplify his madness wavelength. However, Asura turns on her and eats her soul to increase his own strength even further.^{ep. 48} She is voiced by Michiko Neya in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 27} and by Stephanie Young in the English dub.^{ep. 27}

Mosquito

Mosquito (モスキート, Mosukīto) is Arachne's steward and most faithful servant, having managed Arachnophobia during her absence.^[ch. 26] He appears as a short old man with a long, pointed nose which, true to his name, can drain the blood of a victim to sustain his life and heal himself.^[ch. 28] He often argues and fights with Giriko, who he hates for his unrefined attitude. Having lived well over 800 years, his body is stated to have taken different forms over time, and can transform into these past stages at will. While a number of these forms are bestial in appearance—his form 100 years prior has a massive, nigh invulnerable upper body,^[ch. 35] while his form 200 years ago has a slender, agile body and an even larger nose^[ch. 52]—his most dangerous known form is that of a handsome man with slicked back hair as he was 400 years prior, which can transform into a legion of bats.^[ch. 53] He is destroyed by Noah before he has the chance to unleash his ultimate form of 800 years prior.^[ch. 56] In the anime, he battles Shinigami while piloting Baba Yaga's Castle in the form of a giant mecha to counter the mecha Shinigami transforms Death City into.^{ep. 47} He is voiced by Takashi Inagaki in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 27} and by Mark Stoddard in the English dub.^{ep. 27}

Giriko

Giriko (ギリコ) is a psychotic, foul-mouthed demon weapon with an insatiable bloodlust, and another loyal follower of Arachne. His weapon form is a chainsaw, but prefers not to fight with a meister and can produce a chain around his body to fight in his human form. He is also an Enchanter, someone with the ability to create golems and bring them to life. He is the creator of the golem Arachne used to hide her soul in 800 years in the past, and used his Enchanter powers to pass his memories down to his children for thirty generations under the name Saw (ソウ, Sō) until Arachne's eventual return.^[ch. 24,25] Upon Arachne's defeat, Giriko joins forces with Noah and fights Maka to avenge Arachne,^[ch. 74] going as far as preparing a new (albeit female) body for himself to continue the battle after his old body is destroyed.^[ch. 76] Before he can kill Maka, however, Giriko meets his demise when his soul spontaneously explodes, unable to withstand the bloodlust he maintained for 800 years.^[ch. 77] He is voiced by Nobutoshi Canna in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 26} and by J. Michael Tatum in the English dub.^{ep. 26}

Mifune

Mifune (ミフネ), named after Toshirō Mifune,^[vol. 1] is a master samurai and bodyguard of a young witch named Angela Leon (アンジェラ･レオン, Anjera Reon). Despite being an ordinary human, he has a massive soul equivalent in power to that of 99 ordinary human souls. He uses a fighting style called the Infinite One-Sword Style (無限一刀流, Mugen Ittōryū), which allows him to fight using dozens of katanas he carries in a large scabbard and scatters around the battlefield. He is fond of children, which originally led him to leave the mafia family he was employed to after being ordered to capture Angela. It is also because of his concern for Angela that he joins Arachnophobia, the only organization he believes is willing to provide Angela's safety.^[ch. 27] He forms a strong rivalry with Black Star early in the story despite his age,^[ch. 0b] and dies in battle against him during DWMA's raid against Arachnophobia, leaving Angela to be taken into DWMA's custody to prevent her from becoming an enemy. In the anime adaptation, however, he survives the battle and leaves Arachnophobia together with Angela to become a DWMA teacher.^{ep. 51} He is voiced by Kenjirō Tsuda in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 2} and by Robert McCollum in the English dub.^{ep. 2}

Book of Eibon

The Book of Eibon (エイボンの書, Eibon no Sho) is a grimoire written by Eibon that contains all of the wizard's written knowledge. The book contains blueprints for Eibon's demon tools, as well as a pocket universe modeled after the book's seven chapters, each based on one of the seven deadly sins. Residing within this world is a mechanical being created by Eibon called the Table of Contents (目次, Mokuji), which represents the book's intelligence and aims to spread his creator's knowledge, and the madness that would be caused by it, across the world, making him the third major antagonist in the series.^[ch. 82]

Noah

Noah (ノア, Noa) is the collective name of a group of artificial beings created by the Table of Contents to assist in the dispersal of Eibon's knowledge. The characters are modeled after Grimoire (グリモア, Gurimoa), a character designed by Atsushi Ōkubo for the video game Soul Eater: Monotone Princess. Each "Noah" is a personification of a chapter from the Book of Eibon and has a different personality based on the sin transcribed therein, with a new "Noah" being created to take the place of the old one whenever he is killed. They are served by a young man named Gopher (ゴフェル, Goferu), who worships Noah fanatically and envies anyone who has his master's attention. Like Maka, Gopher possesses a Grigori soul that allows him to fly.^[ch. 63]

The first Noah introduced—who represents the sin greed—aims to collect everything in the world, from artifacts to living people and monsters, and store them inside the dimension within the book, going as far as defying his creator's orders to satisfy his desires,this caused him to be believed to be the third major antagonist but this is actually his specified duties by The Tables of Contents.It was to "have Greed" and to "obtain Brew"^[ch. 82]. He is allied with Asura and serves to protect him, but only so he may add the kishin to his collection once he regains his strength. He steals the Book of Eibon from Arachnophobia and wields it as a weapon to summon various monsters sealed within. He also kidnaps Death the Kid, who is eventually rescued by his friends and destroys Noah.^[ch. 81] This Noah is replaced by an aggressive Noah representing wrath, who goes together with Gopher to the moon where Asura is hiding.^[ch. 82]

Other characters

DWMA

Death Weapon Meister Academy (死神武器職人専門学校, Shinigami Buki Shokunin Senmon Gakkō)—called DWMA (死武専, Shibusen) for short—is an international organization founded and headed by Shinigami, the Grim Reaper, to preserve world order and prevent the birth of another kishin after Asura. Its main headquarters in the fictional Death City in Nevada, United States serves as a training facility for young meisters and weapons to hone their powers.

Shinigami

Shinigami (死神), also named Death (デス, Desu),^[ch. 31] is the Grim Reaper, the father of Death the Kid, and the founder and headmaster of Death Weapon Meister Academy.^[ch. 0a] He is also the former leader of the Great Old Ones, and the personification of madness through law and order, reflected by his desire to maintain peace in the world and his aversion towards chaos.^[ch. 72] After defeating his former disciple Asura 800 years before the story, Shinigami bound his entire soul around Death City to keep Asura sealed underground. Unable to leave the city because of this, he founded DWMA to train meisters and weapons to prevent more kishin from surfacing, and to create death scythes to help him maintain the peace.^[ch. 16]

He is goofy in appearance and behavior, wearing a cartoonish skull mask and speaking with a playful singsong tone. He also possesses a pair of large white hands resembling foam hands which he uses to perform a karate chop as a form of discipline for those who act out of hand.^[ch. 0a] Prior to the founding of DWMA, he had a more menacing and realistic appearance which he changed to his current look after his old one inadvertently frightened his younger students.^[ch. 22] His primary death scythe partner is Spirit, Maka's father, who he is eager to wield since he is the only death scythe who actually is a scythe prior to Soul's transformation into one.^[ch. 23] He prefers to remain in a special chamber in DWMA building called the Death Room, which others can contact through mirrors and reflective objects.^[ch. 0a] His powers gradually weaken for each Line of Sanzu around his son Kid's head that connects.^[ch. 53] In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Ryūsuke Ōbayashi in the 2005 drama CD, and by Rikiya Koyama in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, he is voiced by John Swasey.^{ep. 1}

Death scythes

Death scythes (デスサイズス, desu saizusu) are the most powerful form of weapons in Soul Eater, and a title given to weapons worthy of being wielded by Shinigami. The creation of a death scythe is one of the goals that DWMA students must accomplish, which can only be done by slaying and collecting the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch in that order, or else the souls they collect will be confiscated, forcing them to start over.^[ch. 0a] A total of eight death scythes are given jurisdiction of a particular world region to help maintain order.^[ch. 23]

Death Scythe

Spirit Albarn (スピリット=アルバーン, Supiritto Arubān), also named Death Scythe (デスサイズ, Desu Saizu), is Maka's father and the sole death scythe resident to DWMA at the start of the series, with jurisdiction over North America. His weapon form is a scythe with a black blade and a cross-shaped handle.^[ch. 5] He is divorced from his wife, his second meister partner and the one who turned him into a death scythe, for constantly cheating on her. His relationship with Maka is also strained due to his lecherous behavior, but he nevertheless dotes on her and tries to earn her affections.^[ch. 0a] He acts primarily as a consort for Shinigami, but is assigned as the weapon partner of Franken Stein, his first meister, after Stein is hired as a teacher at DWMA at the start of the series.^[ch. 5] He is later reassigned to being Shinigami's full-time weapon partner after he escapes being captured by Medusa and helps Stein battle her,^[ch. 18] leaving Shinigami unarmed and unable to subdue the revived Asura.^[ch. 23] In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata in the 2005 drama CD, and by Tōru Ōkawa in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, he is voiced by Vic Mignogna.^{ep. 1}

Marie Mjolnir

Marie Mjolnir (マリー・ミョルニル, Marī Myoruniru) is the death scythe with jurisdiction over Oceania. Her weapon form differs between the manga and anime—in the manga, she takes the form of a small black hammer that can transform into a tonfa, the length of which increases with her wielder's soul wavelength,^[ch. 61] while in the anime, her weapon form is a large gray tonfa by default.^{ep. 45} She wears an eyepatch covering her left eye adorned with a lightning-bolt-shaped symbol that is present on her weapon form. She is carefree and absent-minded, and easily gets lost in the basement of DWMA with her poor sense of direction.^[ch. 24] She is also lovelorn, having gone through a string of failed relationships with people such as Joe Buttataki, and desperately wishes to get married. She chose to oversee Oceania for the light workload provided with the job, believing it would allow her to focus on finding another boyfriend and settling down.^[ch. 23]

Her soul wavelength has a soothing influence on those inflicted with madness, for which she replaces Spirit as Stein's weapon partner.^[ch. 23] Medusa takes advantage of this by forcing Crona to secretly place a magic snake inside a cup of tea that she drinks, causing her to unknowingly worsen Stein's madness.^[ch. 32] However, she later removes the snake on her own after B.J. discovers it.^[ch. 38] Following B.J.'s murder, Marie travels with Stein to find the culprit, eventually learning it to be Justin Law.^[ch. 61] She participates in the battle for Asura on the moon, avenging B.J.'s death together with Stein by killing Justin.

In the anime adaptation, Marie fails to discover the snake inside her body until after it causes Stein to run away from DWMA and join Medusa.^{ep. 41} Determined to rescue Stein, she temporarily leaves DWMA to avoid the non-aggression pact between the school and Medusa, and accompanies Crona in a strained partnership to defeat Medusa.^{ep. 44} After she restores Stein's sanity with her Anti-Demon Wavelength and Medusa is defeated by Maka, she returns to DWMA and reconciles with Crona.^{ep. 49} She is voiced by Chieko Honda in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 25} and by Colleen Clinkenbeard in the English dub.^{ep. 25}

Azusa Yumi

Azusa Yumi (弓 梓, Yumi Azusa, translated as "Yumi Azusa" in the Funimation dub) is the death scythe in charge of Eastern Asia. She was the president of her class as a DWMA student, often scolding Spirit for flirting and Stein for his experiments, and treats others like children even as an adult.^[ch. 23] Her weapon form is a crossbow fitted with a rifle scope that compresses and fires her meister's soul wavelength as ammunition. Her high accuracy allows her to shoot a target up to 10 km away with a 1 mm margin of error. She is very analytical in battle, using a clairvoyant ability that allows her to synchronize with another person and see through their eyes, form maps of areas, calculate distances, and copy visual data at extreme speeds.^[ch. 25] She is voiced by Yukana in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 25} and by Brina Palencia in the English dub.^{ep. 25}

Justin Law

Justin Law (ジャスティン=ロウ, Jasutin Rō) is the death scythe in charge of Western Europe. He dresses in the garb of a Catholic priest, and worships Shinigami as his god.^[ch. 23] He constantly listens to blaring music through earphones, which blocks his hearing, though he is capable of understanding others through lip reading. He takes the form of a guillotine, and is capable of fighting without a meister partner by transforming his arms and parts of his lower body into blades and the frame of his weapon form, and increasing his own soul wavelength through prayer. He is noted by other characters for having turned himself into a death scythe on his own at the age of thirteen, becoming the youngest weapon student at DWMA to become a death scythe.^[ch. 26]

Later in the story, Justin is found to have been driven insane by Asura's madness wavelength, causing him to replace Shinigami with the kishin as his god.^[ch. 61] He defects from DWMA after murdering Joe Buttataki and framing Stein for it, and briefly joins forces with Noah until he finds Asura on the moon.^[ch. 80] He battles twice with his former friend Tezca Tlipoca, who burns and deforms the left half of his face in their second battle.^[ch. 86] He participates in the battle between DWMA and Asura as one of the kisnin's minions,^[ch. 91] and is later killed by Stein and Marie.^[ch. 96] In the anime, however, he did not join the Kishin's minions. Rather, he was one of those Shibusen death scythes who fought against Asura. He did not also replace Shinigami and he also did not kill Joe Buttataki. He is voiced by Yoshinori Fujita in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 25} and by Eric Vale in the English dub.^{ep. 25}

Tezca Tlipoca

Tezca Tlipoca (テスカ・トリポカ, Tesuka Toripoka) is the death scythe with jurisdiction over South America. He is a man who wears an oversized mask that completely covers his head. His masks are shaped like different animal heads, such as a bear and a mouse. His weapon form is a mirror that is attachable to his meister's leg and can create illusions, such as an exact duplicate of whoever looks at him. He also has the power to absorb sunlight and fire it back at others as an incinerating beam. His meister partner is a monkey named Enrique (猿里華, Enrike), who speaks through unintelligible growling noises that only Tezca can understand. Tezca was once close friends with Justin Law, and is devastated by his betrayal.^[ch. 67] Against Shinigami's orders, he fakes his own death to follow Justin in an attempt to bring him back to his senses, only to be killed in the ensuing fight with Justin.^[ch. 86] However, his soul survives and he remains able to communicate with others by appearing in mirrors.^[ch. 87]

Tsar Pushka

Tsar Pushka (ツァーリ・プーシュカ, Tsāri Pūshuka) is the death scythe in charge of Eastern Europe and possesses the same anti-demon wavelegnth as Maka Albarn. His weapon form is a small cannon that attaches itself to his meister's leg and launches an oversized cannonball. He can transform his head alone into a cannonball attached to his back with a cable, allowing him to swing and retract it at will. His meister is Feodor (フョードル, Fyōdoru), who can use a fighting style resembling the Cossack dance.^[ch. 82,83] Both Tsar and Feodor are stationed in Ukraine, where they are killed in battle against Crona.^[ch. 87]

Deng Dinga and Djinn Garan

Deng Dinga (デング・ディンガ, Dengu Dinga) and Djinn Garan (ジン・ガラン, Jin Garan) are the death scythes with jurisdiction over Africa and Western Asia, respectively, introduced in the story as participants in the battle against Asura and his minions.^[ch. 90] Deng's weapon form, called a "rainbow axe", is a single-handed hatchet that draws a rainbow arc when swung by his meister Alezandre. Djinn takes the form of a oil lamp that is wielded by his meister Zubaydah (ズバイダ, Zubaida), and has the power to transform into a jinn-like creature that emerges from the nozzle of his own weapon form.^[ch. 91]

Staff

Franken Stein

Franken Stein (フランケン・シュタイン, Furanken Shutain) is a mad scientist hired to work as a teacher at DWMA early in the story. He views everything in the world as a specimen to be experimented on, including himself. He has a large screw sticking through the side of his head, and his skin and clothes are interweaved with stitches. He normally serves as a kindly father figure to his students, though he suffers from chronic bouts of madness that compel him to try and dissect anything in sight. Other than being a scientist, Stein is considered to be the most powerful meister to ever graduate from DWMA.^[ch. 1] He uses his Soul Perception ability to read his opponents' souls and use the data he acquires against them. He works well with many weapon partners, including his childhood partner and Shinigami's current weapon Spirit—who he experimented on in his sleep—and his old flame Marie Mjolnir.^[ch. 23] Even without a weapon, Stein is a master martial artist and can perform potent attacks with his soul wavelength alone.^[ch. 2]

Following Asura's resurrection, Stein's insanity worsens under the effects of the kishin's spreading madness wavelength to the point where Marie is assigned by Shinigami to be his weapon, her soothing soul wavelength quelling his insanity.^[ch. 23] However, he falls victim to Medusa's plans after she has Crona plant a magical snake inside Marie that worsens Stein's condition even more,^[ch. 32] though the snake is discovered by Joe Buttataki and removed.^[ch. 38] He is later framed for J.B.'s murder, but his companions refuse to believe he is the killer and allow him to evade arrest,^[ch. 39] eventually leading him to track down the true culprit, Justin Law.^[ch. 61] He is assigned as one of the participants in the battle between DWMA and Asura on the moon, where his madness is increased to such extremes that he begins to exhibit behavior not unlike that of a kishin.

In the anime adaptation, the snake in Marie's body is left undiscovered, driving Stein completely insane and causing to leave DWMA and join Medusa.^{ep. 41} He is later rescued by Maka, Crona, and Marie, the last of whom returns him to normal with her soul wavelength.^{ep. 45} In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Mitsuru Miyamoto in the 2005 drama CD, and by Yūya Uchida in the anime.^{ep. 4} In the English dub, he is voiced by Chuck Huber.^{ep. 4}

Sid Barrett

Sid Barrett (死人・バレット, Shido Baretto) is a DWMA teacher and meister who is fatally stabbed in the head with a miniature Statue of Liberty and revived as a zombie by Franken Stein at the beginning of the story as part of a remedial lesson for Maka, Soul, Black Star, and Tsubaki.^[ch. 1,2] His name is a pun on the words 死, meaning "dead", and 人, meaning "person".^[vol. 1] He frequently refers to himself as "the kind of man he was" when he was alive despite how behaves exactly the same way as if he had never been killed. He is a surrogate father to Black Star, who he had spared and taken in as an infant during DWMA's extermination of the Star Clan.^[ch. 57] He employs ninja-like skills in battle, using his powers as a zombie to instantaneously burrow underground and surprise his opponent. His weapon partner Mira Naigus (ミーラ・ナイグス, Mīra Naigusu, spelled as "Mila Naigus" in the Funimation dub) takes the form of a combat knife and specializes in setting traps such as tripwires and explosives.^[ch. 35] Naigus also acts as DWMA's physical education teacher,^[ch. 45] and replaces Medusa as the school nurse.^[ch. 27] In the Japanese version of the series, Sid is voiced by Susumu Akagi in the 2005 drama CD, and by Masafumi Kimura in the anime.^{ep. 3} In the English dub, he is voiced by Kent Williams.^{ep. 3}

Joe Buttataki

Joe Buttataki (ブッ叩き・ジョー, Buttataki Jō), nicknamed "J.B." ("B.J." in the Japanese version), is a character introduced following the first major battle between DWMA and Arachnophobia, and thus his role completely differs between the diverging storylines of the manga and its anime adaptation. In the manga, he is a member of DWMA's internal affairs division from Oceania who specializes in lie detection through his highly developed Soul Perception ability, which allows him to read the souls of witches even while they disguise themselves with Soul Protect.^[ch. 38] He has a past romance with Marie Mjolnir, who he broke up with prior to the start of the story out of concern that his Soul Perception would disrupt their relationship. He is called to Death City to help uncover an enemy mole within DWMA, revealed to be Justin Law, who determines his Soul Perception to be a threat to Asura and murders him.^[ch. 39,62] In the anime, J.B. is a member of DWMA's research and development division, again from Oceania, who is summoned to build a machine out of the demon tools created by Eibon that allows Shinigami to transform all of Death City into a giant mecha and capture Asura.^{ep. 46} Both versions of the character share a fondness for coffee.^{[ch. 38]ep. 38} He is voiced by Atsushi Ono in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 37} and by Jason Douglas in the English dub.^{ep. 37}

Students

The students of DWMA are divided into two separate classes—the Normally Overcome Target (NOT) class, which is made up of 90% of the school's students and serves to teach them how to control their powers and adapt to everyday life; and the Especially Advanced Talent (EAT) class, in which the remaining 10% are trained as combatants. The main protagonists of Soul Eater attend the school's EAT class, while the spin-off manga Soul Eater NOT! focuses on students from the NOT class. Later in the main story, a unit of elite meister and weapon students called Spartoi (スパルトイ, Suparutoi)—also called the DWMA Junior Elite Corps (死武専若手精鋭部隊, Shibusen Wakate Seiei Butai)—is formed by the main protagonists in addition to students Ox Ford, Kilik Rung, and Kim Diehl and their weapon partners.^[ch. 62]

Ox Ford

Ox Ford (オックス・フォード, Okkusu Fōdo) is a meister and honors student who attends DWMA's EAT class. He is a bookworm who takes his studies very seriously, but considers himself to be a great warrior in battle, calling himself the "Great General Lightning King". His weapon partner is Harvar D. Éclair (ハーバー・ド・エクレール, Hābā Do Ekurēru), who takes the form of a spear with a head shaped like a lightning bolt, allowing him to conjure electricity. Ox has a shaved head with two spikes of hair on the sides of his head, which he takes great pride in. He has a mostly one-sided love for Kim Diehl, and is instrumental in persuading her to return to DWMA after she defects and is brainwashed into serving Arachnophobia, going as far as ripping out his hair to prove his loyalty to her, and growing out a full head of hair at her request. Ox is voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 14} and by Josh Grelle in the English dub.^{ep. 14} Ox and Harvar's names are based off the universities Oxford and Harvard, respectively.

Kilik Rung

Kilik Rung (キリク・ルング, Kiriku Rungu) is an EAT class meister whose weapon partners, the Pot of Fire (ポット・オブ・ファイア, Potto obu Faia) and Pot of Thunder (ポット・オブ・サンダー, Potto obu Sandā), take the form of a pair of large gauntlets. Fire and Thunder are twin brother and sister, respectively, who never speak but have the ability to communicate with nature and sense danger. As per his weapons' namesakes, Kilik is able to produce fire and electricity from the Pots while wielding them, allowing him to collaborate well with Ox Ford and Kim Diehl, who he is close friends with. Kilik is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 18} and by Joel McDonald in the English dub.^{ep. 18}

Kim Diehl

Kim Diehl (キム・ディール, Kimu Dīru) is an EAT class meister who has a tendency to charge money from others while performing tasks for them. She is the object of fellow student Ox Ford's affections, though she is oftentimes annoyed by his romantic advances. She is later revealed to be a tanuki witch who possesses regenerative powers, allowing her to heal both herself and others when injured, going against the typically destructive nature of other witches. She keeps her true nature a secret from DWMA out of fear of what they would do to her. Her weapon is Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupré (ジャクリーン・オー・ランタン・デュプレ, Jakurīn Ō Rantan Dyupure), nicknamed Jackie (ジャッキー, Jakkī), who takes the form of a square hand lantern. Kim wields Jacqueline like a flamethrower in battle, and can extend her handle to use her as an airborne mode of transportation. Jacqueline is aware of Kim's witch status and helps her keep it a secret.

After Kim's secret is exposed by Medusa, she and Jacqueline flee DWMA together and, with nowhere else to go, reluctantly join Arachnophobia. They are brainwashed into serving the organization, but are later returned to normal by Ox and Harvar and allowed to return to DWMA. Kim's witch status is never revealed in the anime adaptation, however. Kim and Jacqueline's relationship prior to their partnership is expanded upon in the prequel/spin-off manga Soul Eater NOT!, where Kim bullies other students into giving her money, including Jacqueline, but the two become friends after Jacqueline discovers her nature as a witch and promises to keep it a secret. Kim is voiced by Chiwa Saitō in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 32} and by Caitlin Glass in the English dub.^{ep. 32}

Akane Hoshi

Akane Hoshi (星☆茜, Hoshi Akane, stylized as "Akane☆Hoshi") is a meister and DWMA student introduced in Soul Eater NOT! as a member of the NOT class. Together with Black Star, he is one of the last remaining survivors of the Star Clan eradicated by DWMA. His left eye has a star-shaped mark over its iris as a sign of his lineage, which he covers with his hair fringes. His weapon partner is Clay Sizemore (クレイ・サイズモア, Kurei Saizumoa), who takes the form of a longsword. Akane and Clay appear in the main storyline after having graduated from their class as members of DWMA's personal Central Intelligence Agency, and participate in the battle on the moon to help defeat Asura and his minions.^[ch. 90]

Great Old Ones

The Great Old Ones (グレート・オールド・ワン, Gurēto Ōrudo Wan, alternatively written as 旧支配者, meaning "Old Ruler"), also known as the Eight Shinigami Legions (死神八武衆, Shinigami Hachi Bushū, translated as "Death's Eight Guardians" in the Funimation dub), are a group of warriors originally commanded by Shinigami to maintain order in the world before the construction of DWMA 800 years prior to the start of the series.^[ch. 16] Among these warriors was Asura, who killed three of them after turning into a kishin. The surviving warriors, including Shinigami and Asura, each physically embody a particular emotion or state of being that invoke madness within other people.^[ch. 72] A nameless Great Old One exists in the Book of Eibon in the form of a black, amorphous blob embodying madness through power, and gives Black Star and Death the Kid the ability to amplify their own madness wavelengths and increase their own strength.^[ch. 80]

Excalibur

Excalibur (エクスカリバー, Ekusukaribā), also known as the Holy Sword (聖剣, Seiken), is the most powerful weapon in the Soul Eater series.^[ch. 6] While not explicitly stated, he is suggested to be the Great Old One who physically embodies madness through rage.^[ch. 77] His weapon form is a single-handed sword of intricate design, while his alternate form is a short, cartoonish creature with a long snout and large eyes, and dressed in a white suit and top hat. Regarded as "legendary" for granting superhuman powers such as the ability to fly and move faster than the speed of light, he is sought out by several characters and can be wielded by anyone with little effort. However, he regularly alienates potential meisters with his extremely obnoxious and egotistical tendencies, which include ignoring and interrupting others while they are speaking, rambling at length about nonsensical subjects, singing songs about himself, and forcing potential meisters to carry out one thousand outrageous tasks such as a five-hour reading of an autobiography written by him, among other things.^{ep. 17} When without a meister, Excalibur spends his time in his weapon form embedded in a cavern shrine in Great Britain,^[ch. 6] annoying the fairies that inhabit the area. When someone tries to talk to him, he will interrupt the conversation and he first says "fools" to stop people to talk even further. He is voiced by Takehito Koyasu in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 9} and by Troy Baker in the English dub.^{ep. 9}

Eibon

Eibon (エイボン) is the physical embodiment of madness through knowledge.^[ch. 72] He is the author of the Book of Eibon, which contains blueprints of several other artifacts called demon tools (魔道具, madōgu, "magic tools" in the Funimation dub) that DWMA and Arachnophobia attempt to utilize.^[ch. 31] The most powerful of these demon tools is "Brew", a small mechanical cube that possesses the power to drastically increase the soul wavelength of anyone who holds it. In the anime adaptation, Eibon allied with Arachne 800 years in the past to cure his lover from a fatal illness and, after failing, transformed himself into a demon tool used to unlock Brew as penance.^{ep. 46} He is voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 43} and by Christopher Sabat in the English dub.^{ep. 43}

Other

Blair

Blair (ブレア, Burea) is a black cat with exceptionally strong magic powers, including the power to transform into a young, alluring human woman among other spells, such as conjuring pumpkin-shaped explosions and summoning a giant flying pumpkin for transportation. Her name is derived from The Blair Witch Project.^[vol. 1] She is mistaken for a witch by Maka and Soul at the beginning of the story, forcing them to restart their soul collection after they collect her soul, which she survives since cats have nine souls.^[ch. 0a] She has a flirtatious relationship with Soul and moves in with him and Maka for this reason, much to Soul's dismay and Maka's jealousy.^[ch. 1] Despite this, the two are able to generally tolerate her presence, though Soul suffers from nosebleeds whenever he sees her doing something risqué, such as wandering around their apartment naked.^[ch. 9] In the Japanese version of the series, she is voiced by Yuko Sasamoto in the 2005 drama CD, and by Emiri Katō in the anime.^{ep. 1} In the English dub, she is voiced by Leah Clark.^{ep. 1}

Little ogre

The little ogre (小さな鬼, chiisana oni, renamed "little demon" in the Funimation dub) is a being who appears in Soul's subconscious after he is infected by Ragnarok's black blood, taking the form of a small, red oni in a black double-breasted suit.^[ch. 9] He periodically tempts Soul through his interests in music with power that can only be obtained through the black blood, hoping to spread its influence to others.^[ch. 18] While Soul usually accepts his offers in desperate situations, the ogre is ignored for the most part. In the anime adaptation, the ogre is described as being Soul's alter ego created by the black blood. He almost succeeds in taking control of Soul during the final battle against Asura, but is thwarted when Maka salvages what remains of Soul's mind using her Anti-Demon Wavelength. The ogre is then swallowed whole by Soul as a mock-gesture of being accepted as a part of him.^{ep. 50} He is voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 12} and by Barry Yandell in the English dub.^{ep. 12}

Masamune

Masamune (マサムネ) is Tsubaki's older brother. He is a weapon called the Uncanny Sword (妖刀, Yōtō, translated as "Enchanted Sword" in the Funimation dub), a black katana that can manipulate his meister's shadow and use it as a weapon.^[ch. 7] He is jealous of his sister for inheriting most of their family's weapon forms, leading him to devour human souls by possessing them through his weapon form, which nearly transforms him into a kishin. He is defeated by Tsubaki in a metaphysical battle after she merges her soul with his, after which Tsubaki absorbs his soul and gains his powers.^[ch. 8] He is voiced by Hiroshi Tsuchida in the Japanese version of the anime,^{ep. 10} and by Kyle Hebert in the English dub.^{ep. 10}

References

Soul Eater manga volumes by Ōkubo, Atsushi. Original Japanese version published by Square Enix. English translation published by Yen Press.

1. Vol. 1 (ch. 0a–1): June 24, 2004. ISBN 978-4-7575-1223-8. (in Japanese). and October 27, 2009. ISBN 978-0-75953-001-0. (in English).
2. Vol. 2 (ch. 2–5): November 22, 2004. ISBN 978-4-7575-1322-8. (in Japanese). and February 23, 2010. ISBN 978-0-75953-048-5. (in English).
3. Vol. 3 (ch. 6–9): April 22, 2005 ISBN ISBN 978-4-7575-1413-3. (in Japanese). and June 10, 2010. ISBN 978-0-75953-065-5. (in English).
4. Vol. 4 (ch. 10–14): August 25, 2005. ISBN 978-4-7575-1505-5. (in Japanese). and October 26, 2010. ISBN 978-0-75953-127-7. (in English).
5. Vol. 5 (ch. 15–18): December 22, 2005. ISBN 978-4-7575-1584-0. (in Japanese). and February 22, 2011. ISBN 978-0-31607-107-9. (in English).
6. Vol. 6 (ch. 19–22): April 22, 2006. ISBN 978-4-7575-1671-7. (in Japanese). and June 28, 2011. ISBN 978-0-31607-109-3. (in English).
7. Vol. 7 (ch. 23–27): September 22, 2006. ISBN 978-4-7575-1774-5. (in Japanese). and October 25, 2011. ISBN 978-0-31607-110-9. (in English).
8. Vol. 8 (ch. 28–31): January 22, 2007. ISBN 978-4-7575-1922-0. (in Japanese). and February 28, 2012. ISBN 978-0-31607-112-3. (in English).
9. Vol. 9 (ch. 32–35): May 22, 2007. ISBN 978-4-7575-2015-8. (in Japanese). and May 2012. ISBN 978-0-31607-113-0. (in English).
10. Vol. 10 (ch. 36–39): October 22, 2007. ISBN 978-4-7575-2132-2. (in Japanese). and August 2012. ISBN 978-0-31607-114-7. (in English).
11. Vol. 11 (ch. 40–44): March 22, 2008. ISBN 978-4-7575-2239-8. (in Japanese). and November 2012. ISBN 978-0-31607-115-4. (in English).
12. Vol. 12 (ch. 45–48): June 21, 2008. ISBN 978-4-7575-2300-5. (in Japanese). and March 2013. ISBN 978-0-31607-293-9. (in English).
13. Vol. 13 (ch. 49–52): October 22, 2008. ISBN 978-4-7575-2400-2. (in Japanese).
14. Vol. 14 (ch. 53–57): March 21, 2009. ISBN 978-4-7575-2509-2. (in Japanese).
15. Vol. 15 (ch. 58–62): September 18, 2009. ISBN 978-4-7575-2678-5. (in Japanese).
16. Vol. 16 (ch. 63–67): February 22, 2010. ISBN 978-4-7575-2790-4. (in Japanese).
17. Vol. 17 (ch. 68–72): July 22, 2010. ISBN 978-4-7575-2930-4. (in Japanese).
18. Vol. 18 (ch. 73–76): November 22, 2010. ISBN 978-4-7575-3056-0. (in Japanese).
19. Vol. 19 (ch. 77–81): March 22, 2011. ISBN 978-4-7575-3163-5. (in Japanese).
20. Vol. 20 (ch. 82–87): September 22, 2011. ISBN 978-4-7575-3364-6. (in Japanese).
21. Vol. 21 (ch. 88–92): February 22, 2012. ISBN 978-4757535015. (in Japanese).

Soul Eater anime TV series episodes directed by Igarashi, Takuya

Original Japanese version produced by Bones

• ^ "魂の共鳴 〜ソウル=イーター、デスサイズになる?〜". April 7, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "俺こそスターだ! 〜最もビッグな男、ここに現る?〜". April 14, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "完璧なる少年 〜デス・ザ・キッドの華麗なるミッション?〜". April 21, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "魔女狩り発動! 〜ドキドキ墓場の補習授業?〜". April 28, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "黒血の恐怖 〜クロナの中に武器がいる?〜". May 19, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "聖剣伝説 〜キッドとブラック☆スターの大冒険?〜". June 2, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "妖刀マサムネ 〜破れ魂憑依、雨に詠う心?〜". June 9, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "恐怖に負けない勇気 〜マカ=アルバーンの一大決心?〜". June 23, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "超筆記試験 〜ドキドキ、ワクワク、ソワソワ、ウソーン?〜". July 7, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "聖剣伝説2 〜飲む、打つ、買う、いっとく?〜". July 28, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "前夜祭の悪夢 〜そして幕は上がった?〜". August 4, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "神々の闘い 〜デス・シティ 崩壊の危機に?〜". September 15, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "召集! デスサイズス 〜ふせげパパの人事異動!!?〜". September 22, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "嬉し恥ずかし体験入学! 〜死武専新生活応援フェア開催中?〜". September 29, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "800年の殺意 〜異端の魔女降臨?〜". October 6, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "聖剣伝説3 〜死武専番長物語?〜". November 10, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "名探偵 第一の事件 〜キッドが暴く死武専の秘密?〜". December 15, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "修羅への誘惑 〜ビッグな男の抑えられない苛立ち?〜". December 22, 2008. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "クロナ、逃亡 〜ください、君の微笑み?〜". January 5, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "クルクルクルル 〜博士は踊る、新しき世界?〜". January 19, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "進撃! ババ・ヤガーの城 〜なんかモヤモヤする?〜". January 26, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "最後の魔道具 〜武器無しキッドのミッションインポッシブル?〜". February 2, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "弱虫クロナの決意 〜いつもそばにいてくれた君に?〜". February 9, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "退魔の波長 〜猛攻、怒りの魔人狩り?〜". February 16, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "武か修羅か 〜決戦、ミフネvsブラック☆スター?〜". February 23, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "奇跡のちゃぶ台返し 〜翔べ! 僕らのデス・シティーロボ?〜". March 2, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "武器を持った死神様 〜一寸先はヤミだらけ?〜". March 9, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "阿修羅覚醒 〜世界の行き着く果てへ?〜". March 16, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "イチかバチか?! 〜神を超える男たち?〜". March 23, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "合言葉は勇気!". March 30, 2009. TV Tokyo. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)

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English adaptation by Funimation

• ^ "Resonance of the Soul – Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "I Am the Star! The Big Man Is Showing Up Here?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Perfect Boy – Death the Kid's Magnificent Mission?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Engage the Witch Hunter! A Remedial Lesson in the Graveyard?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Black-blooded Terror – There's a Weapon inside Crona?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Legend of the Holy Sword – Kid and Black☆Star's Great Adventure?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Enchanted Sword Masamune – Break the Soul Possession: A Heart Sings in the Rain?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Courage That Beats Out Fear – Maka Albarn's Great Resolution?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Super Written Exam – Heart-Pounding, Reeling, and Restless. You're Kidding!?". July 7, 2008. Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Eve Party Nightmare – And so the Curtain Rises?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Battle of the Gods – Death City on the Verge of Collapse?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Death Scythes Convene – Stop Dad's Staff Reassignment!?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Exciting and Embarrassing Trial Enrollment! The DWMA New Lifestyle Support Fair Is Open?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "800 Years of Bloodlust – Advent of the Heretic Witch?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Legend of the Holy Sword 3 – The Academy Gang Leader's Tale?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Detective's First Case – Kid Exposes the DWMA's Secret?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Last Magic Tool – Mission Impossible for Unarmed Kid?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "The Miraculous Coffee Table Flip – Fly, Our Death City Robot?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
• ^ "Lord Death Wields a Death Scythe – Just One Step from Utter Darkness?". Funimation Channel. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)

External links

• Official Soul Eater manga main character profiles Template:Ja icon