The Death Weapon Meister Academy in Death City, Nevada, United States, is a specific school to train humans with the ability to transform themselves into deadly weapons as the ones who wield those weapons. This is the place where Maka, Soul, Black Star, Tsubaki, Death the Kid, Liz and Patty are studying with one same goal: Defeat and absorb the soul of 99 humans that turned into monsters named Kishin and one witch in order to increase drastically the power of the weapon and to become a death scythe.
You might think after the first episode that Soul Eater is way lighter, colourful and maybe looking like simpler than the other anime you may have seen but don’t stop at this first glance, he gets way better throughout the show. Plus, here the protagonist that kicks evil asses is a girl, which is kind of refreshing. Another thing to notice is the animation, provided by studio Bones (best known for Fullmetal Achemist notably), and they did once again a great job!
