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Soul Eater has to be one of the best anime I've ever watched. It's full of comedy, the plot flows smoothly even for a 51 episode anime, and there's never a dull moment. You get everything with this anime from shipping to humor to sadness. The plot twists are simply amazing and shocking, and it keeps you guessing at points and thinking at others. The action also isn't standard with simple gun battles or clashing sword fights. Sure, they use different kinds of weapons, but the way they use them is what keeps the watcher enthralled because it isn't all clashing weapons and flair. We don't get the 'almighty' beaten-until-you-can't-move-just-to-pull-out-more-power moves, the characters find their powers and strength through natural courses of training that we get hints of. It's just enough to understand without dulling you out of your mind as well, which is nice since that means it isn't long-winded. The art is awesome as well, with creep factors through the roof where they should be and lighter feelings to certain characters coming into play well. My favorite is Lord Death's 'cheerful' look, and the main antagonist, the keishin, sure does a good job at being uber creepy. The Halloween theme to the anime was also an amazing change to others of it's kind. (The moon sorta creeped me out XD) Ninjas and Shinigami (Bleach ones) are nice, but in this every character has their own unique look from Black Star's punk-ish look to Soul's razor teeth and white hair, all the way to Kid's symmetrical outfit, and then to Excalibur's... very weird appearance. (He made me think of an otter/ant-eater crossover o-O) And the voice acting in the dubbed version could not have been more perfect. At first, I was skeptical of Black Star's voice while the other's fit perfectly, but in less than 6 episodes, I couldn't imagine him sounding any other way. The idea of people turning into weapons was also interesting. I would have loved to know more about this, but I plan on reading the manga and hope it's a bit more explained.
Either way, I really recommend this anime to anyone needing a breath of fresh air from the regular battle types. It's a lot of fun, and it'll definitely make you laugh and feel and love it. I thought for sure it was going to be episodic with 'new' repeated adventures but I was wrong. And I'm happy for it.
