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| Wow. Like everyone has the ending wrong. Asura's defeat was the result of the personification of fear courageously facing his uncertainty of Maka's courage. He was afraid of her attack but instead of running, he chose to fight thus facing his fear and his destruction was the result of fear itself obtaining a small bit of courage. Its like a pitch-darkness giving off a ray of light; its paradoxical. The ending should only be called bad because a) the characters all healed within minutes and b) Maka's inexplicable Weapon-form. |
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| I always wondered about Maka being part weapon with her dad and all, but the fact that it was just thrown out there in this last ep was silly, especially since it served next to no purpose other then dragging things out. Would have been a neat thing to explore if it had been brought up earlier in the show. I understood the concept of the bravery thing, but I still found it corny. Asura had me laughing when he started freaking out. I think maybe if it was handled a little differently I would have liked it better. Anyway, 8/10. A nice series. |
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| WTF?! He became completely stupid in his fight with the weakest character in the anime?! I can't barely believe Maka defeated Medusa, but beating Kishin like that with the power of "courage"... was terribly forced. The anime was cool, but these last episodes were disastrous. And... why all the main characters recover miraculously from their injuries while the others die with a simple cut or punch... I'm disappointed... |
| Dropped the anime several years ago, picked up recently, watched 'till the end So, about that ending and that "Shinigami-sama did not accomplish what Maka did"... I think, that was the whole point. Shinigami is really strong, far stronger than Kisshin himself (which is why the baddy had to use dirty tactics to defeat Shinigami), and any courage from the God of Death himself would be actually based on his own power. You can expect him to fight. The kids? They are far weaker, through both Kidd and BlackStar showed Kisshin some great fighting skills and even made him devolve with their ultimate attack... And then Maka comes to her senses and begins to fight... Only to prove that besides her anti-evil special attack, she's quite weak. Kisshin easily subdues her, then subdues her again after she pulled that "I'm a Weapon too" trump card out of her skirt... And then she continues fighting back and shows no fear, despite being overpowered, harshly beaten and intimidated. It could be any random couragey considerably weak person at her place (through, the writers had to use her because of the whole "closed room" situation), from determined Crona to, I don't know, mr. Satan from DBZ. Its that "weak=/=afraid" stuff that caused cognitive dissonance in Kisshin's head, from which point even a gentle breeze could pull him inside out and all over the walls. The ending was... Not disappointing. I did not read the manga, so I don't know how it ended out there, but at least I can say that it was far from being the worst ending in history. Through, the whole series sure lacked something important... I don't know, really XD |
| Let me hop on this wagon way late just to vent. Finished this after having it on the burner for a while. I think having Soul Eater Not air is what kick started the need. Basically, this was very good up until the final several episodes. That final battle pretty much ruined everything good this had going for it and left a horrible after taste. Seriously, that shit was stupid. One of the worst endings I've seen in a while Despite that, I enjoyed everything up until the final hmmm 5-10 episodes very much so 7 or 8/10 . This final leg of episodes just damn....talk about killing any good vibe you had going. |
| What a disappointment.. |
| Just finished....and only about 6 years late but anyways. one word, WOW! I mean this in a good and bad way. First of all, wow, that final fight from Shinigami to the 3 fighting the kishin was pretty well done...until soul lost it. I loved the action that was going on but then Soul and Maka story took like 1 and a half episodes before they got back into action. at that point im expecting something HUGE and her using the Kishin hunter was crazy but then...wow...loses right away lol not the worst part though. WORST PART WAS when she won with "courage." amazing....typical corny way to win instead of a epic fight to end the series. Overall, this was a good series with good amount of action and good comedy too. Solid 8/10. |
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| I'm not even going to pretend to understand how "Bravery" (Blu Ray Dub for the word) managed to defeat the keshin when he was just mopping the floor with everyone. There were also so many times the Keshin could have simply poked all of our heroic cast members full of holes and killed them in the first few seconds of the fight before he let maka's "Bravery" weaken him, but oh well. If nothing else, now I know I have to actually read the cannon ending/2nd half of the series, there's just no way it ended as cheesy as that! I'm just on a role with endings to anime I don't like (Oreimo now Soul Eater), but I will say that pretty much everything else in the series was solid enough, I'll give it a final rating of 7.4 /10. The characters, artwork, humor, atmosphere, music were very good, I just felt it was lacking on the story, more interesting/non-stereotyped villains and a good conclusion. I probably would have edged it to an 8/10 if not for that bullcrap ending haha. EDIT: I think I'll wait 2-3 years to forget some of the story at the beginning, and the just read the manga all the way through then. It'll be interesting how different the manga ends up being from the anime. |
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midnightblade said: I'm not even going to pretend to understand how "Bravery" (Blu Ray Dub for the word) managed to defeat the keshin when he was just mopping the floor with everyone. There were also so many times the Keshin could have simply poked all of our heroic cast members full of holes and killed them in the first few seconds of the fight before he let maka's "Bravery" weaken him, but oh well. If nothing else, now I know I have to actually read the cannon ending/2nd half of the series, there's just no way it ended as cheesy as that! I'm just on a role with endings to anime I don't like (Oreimo now Soul Eater), but I will say that pretty much everything else in the series was solid enough, I'll give it a final rating of 7.4 /10. The characters, artwork, humor, atmosphere, music were very good, I just felt it was lacking on the story, more interesting/non-stereotyped villains and a good conclusion. I probably would have edged it to an 8/10 if not for that bullcrap ending haha. EDIT: I think I'll wait 2-3 years to forget some of the story at the beginning, and the just read the manga all the way through then. It'll be interesting how different the manga ends up being from the anime. Old_Raven said: Wow. Like everyone has the ending wrong. Asura's defeat was the result of the personification of fear courageously facing his uncertainty of Maka's courage. He was afraid of her attack but instead of running, he chose to fight thus facing his fear and his destruction was the result of fear itself obtaining a small bit of courage. Its like a pitch-darkness giving off a ray of light; its paradoxical. The ending should only be called bad because a) the characters all healed within minutes and b) Maka's inexplicable Weapon-form. |
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| Ending felt a bit anti climatic with all that bravery stuff. It was a good show. I like the characters in this series, they have great designs and character development. The action scenes are very well done and movements are fluid, as expected from bones. But one thing that I will remember in this show is the 2nd opening. It's very upbeat and catchy. 8/10 |
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| One of my fave series but that ending can just go to hell... |
| I disliked the ending. I felt is was pretty bad how it ended, though I did enjoy the anime. I would give it a 8.5/10 overall. |
| What a sh*tty ending. I loved when Maka turned into a weapon, but the rest is crap. Defeated only with a punch? Are you serious? |
| The fucking ending... of all the stupid cheesy shit they could do, a punch of "courage" was all that was needed? You got to be fucking kidding me. The series is was overall pretty good, but the ending.. the fuck? 8.5/10 Overall 2/10 Ending |
| Great episode and amazing anime! It was funny to see everyone fighting with all their straights and in the end Maka just defeated the Kishin with a punch in his face... xD I would like to have more episodes of this anime, but I think that is quite impossible right now... :/ Well at least this anime had a brilliant ending, putting the first ending song in the last episode. :) |
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| Just finished it, I got a FMAB feeling out of it with the reviving of the Kishing and everyone giving their all to defeat him, and when nothing worked no matter what they tried, a punch of bravery made him realise that bravery and madness is the same thing since everyone have it inside them.... WTF!? My enjoyment 10/10 The ending 2/10 Overall 9/10 |
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Kryki said: Just finished it, I got a FMAB feeling out of it with the reviving of the Kishing and everyone giving their all to defeat him, and when nothing worked no matter what they tried, a punch of bravery made him realise that bravery and madness is the same thing since everyone have it inside them.... WTF!? My enjoyment 10/10 The ending 2/10 Overall 9/10 Wrong. This is a damn dead give away with the "dont understand = afraid" screens but Ill explain anyway. Being the actual personification of fear, Asura shouldve fled instead of facing Maka's last attack. Instead, he bravely chooses to bet on the odds that her attack will be useless. Maka had absolutely no chance of beating him, he knew this, and yet what frightened him was Maka's groundless certainty that she could beat him. You could call it a bluff, but I feel thats the wrong word. Anyway and because he, again, the personification of fear, obtained a small amount of courage to take Maka's fist head-on, he, Like a darkness giving off light, destroyed himself through that paradox. |
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| This finale... Well, that was a thing. I expected it to be like this, so at the end of the day, it was still fun. It's too bad that they couldn't finish it properly though... Oh well. I enjoyed the shit out of this series anyways. It's the characters (especially Kid, Maka and Stein), the art and the voices that drove this whole thing home for me (if that's even something people say). I would say it was 7.5/10 for me, but I'm still gonna round it up to 8/10 because why not. |
| I find it hard to get an anime ending that I truly love and think was perfect in every aspect. I say this wasn't a half bad ending though it did leave a lot to be desired for certain... |
| Take me down and I swear that I'll come and haunt you from the afterlife! Same thing goes if you take food from me! |
| That wasn't that good but so was Arachnophobia vs Shibusen Arc. |
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| Interesting ending, not an expected one though. I'd hoped all three of them beat Asura together. Anyways, I wonder if they have any plans for a second season. |
| That was nuts when Maka slashed Asura with the Kishin Hunter and he's just like "Am I evil?" The first half of this finale was awesome, but that second portion. Cringe. It wasn't even the courage part that got me, it was Asura suddenly acting comedic and hurr durr-ish. Maka's chop punch was hella great though. It was also interesting how the battle was concluded with ideals (courage vs fear) rather than an ultimate power up and sheer power. Wow. Well it's been a long time coming since I first watched a portion of this years ago. I had always meant to give it another go but kept getting sidetracked. Soul Eater has definitely been a fun ride filled with hilarity, suspense, and sheer insanity. I felt more drawn in during the first half as it had a much better balance of humor and action. I still like how the overall picture turned out, but it did feel like the same flare from the first 15-20 episodes vanished in the 30s. It became more dreary and just didn't immerse me the same way. It also seems like they just completely forgot about the premise of collecting souls to create a death scythe once Asura made his entrance. With that said, however, it still was a solid watch and I was surprised to marathon through this in a matter of days. Despite my gripes with the plot, however, I've got no complaints with the characters. A very solid cast of diverse and rich personalities was overflowing from this series. I found Black Star to be relatable to a degree, Kid was simply hilarious, and Maka was full of surprises as she'd keep unveiling new sides of her hidden behind that earnest honors student surface of hers. Fools! The greatest character was always Excalibur though! A true obnoxious hero to sing praises of. Excalibur! Excalibur! I had thought for sure Maka's mom would have had an active role in all of this. I sat here this whole time playing guessing games as to what deeper reason her and Spirit were separated. Who knew that it really was because Spirit was a two timing sleeze? 8/10, seeing that the manga is over I really wouldn't mind if Bones decided to pull a Soul Eater: Brotherhood of sorts. |
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| Well the ending actually wasn't as bad as I thought, bar the random Maka transformation into a weapon. Otherwise it was decent, liked how the fight was resolved with ideals more than ridiculous powerups. 8/10, quite a fun series with great characters. |
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| So Asura survives (with virtually no scratch) all those previous attacks and akimbo gunshots, yet he gets killed by one brave punch? Lol, ok. Would be more believable if he drank some poisoned tea than finale like this. This nonsense crap can be found in pretty much every single Asylum's movie like Mega Piranha for example - a nuke can't kill a damn fish even tough it was a direct hit, but some retard completely owns it with a fuckin' toothpick (like literally). Soul Eater started excellent and I was happy with everything up to about ep 20. Then it all became too repetitive with no progress or deeper story. Actually I was pretty much always trying to not fall asleep watching these last 15 episodes. Each episode has somehow managed to get even more boring than the previous one and that's a sick feat to achieve I gotta admit. Beginning 9/10 + mid phase 5/10 + endings 1/10 = 5/10 but there goes -1 for finale so 4/10 for me. |
| so many fails with these episode and this series overall ffs -.- -first of all, this anime is just too childish, so many times the main characters died but then like it appears they weren't really dead, that happened with crona, maka, soul etc. -wtf, arachne seemed like such a cool character and was so excited to see her powers and fights with her and they just killed her off like that?! -even the Grim Reaper/Death couldn't defeat the Kishin but then Maka destroys him by herself (because of her bravery and of others) with a single punch?!? -at the very first 3 episodes that they introduced the characters, the character development was really strong and I began liking this anime a lot but then the story just wasn't that strong to hold 51 episodes(maybe 30 or so) and we kinda had I kinda had this fillerish feeling to this series because it was just so boring sometimes -the cool way they introduced the first characters and then mid-way the series they don't even introduce Kilik Lunge and their weapons(and that other one character that had a weapon which had the power of fire or smtg in the battle for the Brew) which seemed like such cool characters -from episode 1, they talk about Soul becoming a deathscythe and then at the end he doesn't even become one?, I mean I guess it was like a joke because at the beginning they defeat Blair and she wasn't a witch but a cat which is funny but then all that talk that Maka was going to turn Soul into a deathscythe and then at the end it doesn't even happen? wtf?!? Overall I didn't dislike this anime, I actually liked it but I felt that from the begining the story was dying out because it just wasn't that strong to hold up so many episodes, wasn't all bad, it had some cool characters but that ending was just complete bullshit though, liked the music at the end though, soothing |
franciscoaldeaoOct 23, 2015 6:10 PM
RCDK said: So Asura survives (with virtually no scratch) all those previous attacks and akimbo gunshots, yet he gets killed by one brave punch? Lol, ok. Would be more believable if he drank some poisoned tea than finale like this. This nonsense crap can be found in pretty much every single Asylum's movie like Mega Piranha for example - a nuke can't kill a damn fish even tough it was a direct hit, but some retard completely owns it with a fuckin' toothpick (like literally). Soul Eater started excellent and I was happy with everything up to about ep 20. Then it all became too repetitive with no progress or deeper story. Actually I was pretty much always trying to not fall asleep watching these last 15 episodes. Each episode has somehow managed to get even more boring than the previous one and that's a sick feat to achieve I gotta admit. Beginning 9/10 + mid phase 5/10 + endings 1/10 = 5/10 but there goes -1 for finale so 4/10 for me. Couldn't have said it better, at the beginning it was just so cool, with the introduction of the main characters but then their character traits just become so annoying, Black Star being all Naruto-like I'm gonna surpass the Hokage or whatever and then Kid being all like: "it's not symmetrical omg!!", the only character I think I really liked till the end was the Grim Reaper, so cool with that animation and the voice too :D The ending was so bullshit it's not even funny ffs |
franciscoaldeao said: -from episode 1, they talk about Soul becoming a deathscythe and then at the end he doesn't even become one?, I mean I guess it was like a joke because at the beginning they defeat Blair and she wasn't a witch but a cat which is funny but then all that talk that Maka was going to turn Soul into a deathscythe and then at the end it doesn't even happen? wtf?!? +1 for the whole post but this, omg this. I completely forgot about him trying (?) to become death scythe. IMHO, writers tried to make him (look like) some slightly more important side character and they were successful. And Blair was too promising tbh (Maka & Soul had to cheat to win against her), yet they turned her to some dumb mascot for apparently no reason at all. |
| Weird ending to say at least, the power of bravery lol. Ending would've been better if the world had just gone mad. |
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-Ziro said: Weird ending to say at least, the power of bravery lol. Ending would've been better if the world had just gone mad. Courage punch ftw. |
| every single one of my forum posts is dumb and invalid except for 1, I don't claim them it was a different person it was all fake |
franciscoaldeao said: so many fails with these episode and this series overall ffs -.- -first of all, this anime is just too childish, so many times the main characters died but then like it appears they weren't really dead, that happened with crona, maka, soul etc. -wtf, arachne seemed like such a cool character and was so excited to see her powers and fights with her and they just killed her off like that?! -even the Grim Reaper/Death couldn't defeat the Kishin but then Maka destroys him by herself (because of her bravery and of others) with a single punch?!? -at the very first 3 episodes that they introduced the characters, the character development was really strong and I began liking this anime a lot but then the story just wasn't that strong to hold 51 episodes(maybe 30 or so) and we kinda had I kinda had this fillerish feeling to this series because it was just so boring sometimes -the cool way they introduced the first characters and then mid-way the series they don't even introduce Kilik Lunge and their weapons(and that other one character that had a weapon which had the power of fire or smtg in the battle for the Brew) which seemed like such cool characters -from episode 1, they talk about Soul becoming a deathscythe and then at the end he doesn't even become one?, I mean I guess it was like a joke because at the beginning they defeat Blair and she wasn't a witch but a cat which is funny but then all that talk that Maka was going to turn Soul into a deathscythe and then at the end it doesn't even happen? wtf?!? Overall I didn't dislike this anime, I actually liked it but I felt that from the begining the story was dying out because it just wasn't that strong to hold up so many episodes, wasn't all bad, it had some cool characters but that ending was just complete bullshit though, liked the music at the end though, soothing Ironically, all your complaints are pretty much 100% fixed in the manga, so if you like Soul Eater but want more + better, go and read that. |
| every single one of my forum posts is dumb and invalid except for 1, I don't claim them it was a different person it was all fake |
| Ok I always knew she could transform into a weapon but seriously she beat Asura the Son of Death.... While Death lost... And while Kid who transformed into a full flegged Grim Reaper also lost ..... Hmm K makes sense...... |
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| Man, am I late to the party. I just want to say: good anime overall. First half of Ep51 was great. Second half. It doesn't bother me that "courage" beat the Kishin. What bothered me is that the Kishin just randomly stopped being threatening. His voice changed! (He told Death he didn't like Death's voice change, now he changes his voice?) They could've still done "courage" and had it be a great ending. I'm not really sure what relevance Maka being a weapon is. Is that in the manga? Is that just a flat manga spoiler for no reason in the last episode? Welp whatever. Maka's scream though, top notch in Jpn. |
| When Maka became a weapon, I thought that was going to be how she beat Asura. Ah, well. |
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| Kinda sucks that they had to resort to this alternative and rushed conclusion. Disregard the ending and you'll have a kick-ass shounen. |
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