Season One
Episodes 1, 2, and 3 aired as a 90-minute 'special presentation'. Episodes 8 and 18 were meant to air on Hallowe'en and Valentine's Day respectively when the series was still originally supposed to air in September 2005 in Canada. These episodes first aired in Australia and Singapore respectively.
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Title
Original airdate
S1E01
"Chaos 101"
December 31, 2005 (2005-12-31) (Canada)
September 19, 2009 (2009-09-19) (United States)
On New Years Eve, Cronus escapes from Tartarus during the planetary alignment. His first act to take revenge on the Gods begins with him freeing Typhoeus from his imprisonment. The oracle tells him that seven heroes will stop him. The first three of the heroes are found and brought to Olympus.
S1E02
"Chaos 102"
December 31, 2005 (2005-12-31) (Canada)
September 20, 2009 (2009-09-20) (United States)
Archie,Theresa and Odie are added to the team in time to help defeat the Typhoeus and Cronus.
S1E03
"Chaos 103"
December 31, 2005 (2005-12-31) (Canada)
October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03) (United States)
The Titans desperately try to reach Neil, the 7th and final Titan, before Cronus coaxes him to join his side.
S1E04
"Man's Worst Enemy"
January 4, 2006 (2006-01-04) (Canada)
October 10, 2009 (2009-10-10) (United States)
Dogs begin acting strangely in New Olympia, including the dog that belongs to Herry's grandmother. This leads to the discovery that Cronus unleashed Cerberus from the Underworld.
S1E05
"The Nature of Things"
January 11, 2006 (2006-01-11) (Canada)
October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17) (United States)
Atlanta falls for Phil, an environmental-protection promoting DJ, unaware that he is truly the demigod, Pan, with sinister plans for fans of his music.
S1E06
"The Trojan Horse"
January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18) (Canada)
October 24, 2009 (2009-10-24) (United States)
Feeling like the weak link in the team, Odie meets with Cronus, who offers him superhuman strength in return for the beast-taming staff of Hermes.
S1E07
"The Antikythera Device"
January 25, 2006 (2006-01-25)
The Titans attempt to trap Cronus by baiting him with an ancient artifact. However, Cronus gets away with the artifact to locate Atlantis, where the ancient Antikythera Device rests, which has the power to sink all of the Earth.
S1E08
"See You at the Crossroads"
June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06) (Australia)
October 22, 2006 (2006-10-22) (Canada)
Cronus unleashes Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, to begin chaos on Halloween.
S1E09
"Sibling Rivalry"
February 1, 2006 (2006-02-01)
Construction workers at the zoo unknowingly free the Gorgon Medusa from her petrified state, only to be captured by Neil. When her sisters Stheno and Euryale come out of hiding and capture Neil, the others must meet their demands to bring them Medusa in exchange for Neil's freedom.
S1E10
"Mazed and Confused"
February 8, 2006 (2006-02-08)
Cronus obtains the bones of the original Minotaur and tricks a scientist into cloning the bones so that Cronus can raise an army of Minotaurs that obey his every command. These Minotaurs escape into an underground labyrinth and begin capturing tourists to eat later.
S1E11
"Field of Nightmares"
February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15)
Cronus locates Medelia, a descendant of Medea, the witch who was betrayed by Jason, and awakens the magic within her to use against the Titans.
S1E12
"Prisoner Kampe"
March 13, 2006 (2006-03-13)
Kampe, the jailer of Tartarus, attempts to forcefully use the Titans to recapture Cronus. At the same time, Cronus captures Herry's grandmother to lure him to the Temple of Prometheus, where Prometheus was chained and had his liver pecked out by a giant bird.
S1E13
"Little Box of Horrors"
March 22, 2006 (2006-03-22)
Archie opens Pandora's Box and releases Hope and a disease that was trapped with her that infects Atlanta.
S1E14
"Make-up Exam"
March 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)
Arachne joins Cronus to regain her human form by hypnotizing Atlanta into luring her fellow Titans into a trap.
S1E15
"The Odie-sey"
March 15, 2006 (2006-03-15)
Jay, Neil and Odie encounter a major storm resulting in them crashing on the island of Calypso. This is the work of Cronus, who has deposed Aeolus and taken control of the winds. And worse, Calypso, former lover of Odysseus, won't let Odie leave.
S1E16
"Get Kraken"
March 16, 2006 (2006-03-16)
As part of his revenge on Poseidon, Cronus frees the Kraken from it's imprisonment and then has Poseidon chained up on the beach. Now it's up to the chosen ones to save Poseidon and defeat the Kraken.
S1E17
"Eye for an Eye"
March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17)
Cronus grants the cyclops Polyphemus back his eyesight, in exchange for trapping the Titans, especially Odie, descendant of Odysseus.
S1E18
"Bows and Eros"
November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06) (Australia)
March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17) (Canada)
Cronos has kidnapped Eros and Pysche on Valentine's Day and forces Eros into spreading hate among the heroes and the city. Now, Jay and Neil have to save the rest of the team before it's too late with the help of Aphrodite.
S1E19
"Road to Hades"
April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05)
Poisoned by a Chimera, Jay has to literally fight Fate while the others find a cure. While Cronus makes plans for his ascension now that the prophecy is broken, the others race through the Underworld in search of the only thing that can bring Jay back.
S1E20
"Many Happy Returns"
March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29)
Two of Hephaestus' robots have been located. Unfortunately, Cronus takes the opportunity to reanimate the bronze-giant Talos that was stored with them.
S1E21
"Labour Day"
April 19, 2006 (2006-04-19)
Cronus sends Herry back in time to face a few of the Twelve Labors of Hercules, while having Sirens distract the other heroes.
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"They Might be G.I.Ants"
April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26)
Cronus locates a magical grieve which he uses to turn army men into giant ants. The Titans have to stop them while Zeus locates the other grieve to reverse the transformation.
S1E23
"Cronus' Flying Circus"
May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03)
Cronus unleashes the Stymphalian birds upon the Titans.
S1E24
"Sybaris Fountain"
May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10)
Cronus reanimates a lamia queen named Sybaris, the first known vampire, to take revenge on the Titans. Hearing about this, Hera decides to personally intervene.
S1E25
"The Last Word"
May 24, 2006 (2006-05-24)
Neil is kidnapped by Echo, who has regained physical form. Cronus takes advantage of this to kidnap the other Titans.
S1E26
"Time After Time"
May 31, 2006 (2006-05-31)
On New Year's Eve, Cronus plots to put a damper on the heroes' party by killing Odie with a Manticore. Yet Jay finds a way to go back in time to prevent this after learning of Cronus' time-travel plot by Chiron. Not wanting to be undone, Cronus plans to go back in time to change the outcome of the Titanomachy.
DVD releases
Three DVDs have been released so far, all containing episodes from season one.
Title
Release date
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"Chaos"
February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19)
1-3
The first DVD to be released contain the first three episodes: "Chaos 101", "Chaos 102","Chaos 103" and includes a behind-the-scenes featurette. It contains one disc and runs at 67 minutes in length.
"Trojan Horse"
February 20, 2008 (2008-02-20)
4-6
The second DVD contains episodes 4-6: "Man's Worst Enemy", "The Nature of Things","The Trojan Horse". It contains one disc and also runs at 67 minutes in length.
"Season 1, Volume 1"
November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18) (Canada)
October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06) (United States)
1-13
This DVD set contains the first thirteen episodes: 1-13. It contains two discs and runs at 285 minutes in length.
Daolon Wong attacks Section 13 in search of the Talismans, at the same time as the Dark Hand does as well. In an attempt to stop them, Jackie destroys the Talismans, only to have their power scattered around the world once again. Now Jackie must find the most noble animals of each zodiac symbol, before Daolon Wong can find them and steal their power.
Episode #
Episode title
Air date
53(01)
"Re-Enter the J Team"
September 14, 2002
A criminal mastermind named Chang is holding a tournament to find the most worthy fighters to be his bodyguard. In an attempt to foil his plan, Jade enters all the members of the J-Team. (The basic plot is copied off of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.)
54(02)
"The Powers Unleashed"
September 21, 2002
Valmont's enforcers and Daolon Wong go to Section 13 to get the talismans. When Jackie notices that Daolon Wong has nearly got the Talismans, he decides to destroy them with a laser. The Talismans break and crumble, and the powers shoot up into the sky and scatter, while Uncle imprisons Wong's Dark Chi Warriors. Daolon Wong and the Enforcers quickly depart. Uncle now tells Jackie that the Talismans can be destroyed but the powers they contain cannot, and the powers will now go straight to the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Daolon Wong turns the Enforcers into his new Dark Chi Warriors, and the Chans quickly locate the first animal - Scruffy, the immortal dog! After successfully stopping Wong and getting Scruffy back to Section 13, Uncle creates an anti-Dark Chi barrier so the noble animals can remain safe from Wong inside Section 13.
55(03)
"Viva Las Jackies"
September 28, 2002
To find the noble tiger with the power of Yin-Yang Balance, Jackie travels to Las Vegas, where he finds the white tiger Sasha in a circus show. Confounding the problem is the appearance of Daolon Wong and the splitting up of Sasha into a docile and savage version of herself, as well as giving Jackie a "splitting" headache when Jackie is partly split, and now has a Light Jackie head and a Dark Jackie head
56(04)
"Aztec Rat Race"
October 5, 2002
Jackie and Jade team up with El Toro Fuerte and Paco in Mexico to locate the Noble Rat. But when the power of the Rat Talisman reanimates a statue of Quetzalcoatl, it thinks Jade is the goddess Cihuacoatl and El Toro is Xolotl, god of the underworld.
57(05)
"Monkey a Go-Go"
October 12, 2002
A construction worker re-awakes the Monkey King, and he is bent on getting revenge on the Chans. Back at the shop, the Chans find the next animal - The Monkey, Power of Shapeshifting - and immediately set off to Hawaii where the monkey is. Unfortunately, so does Daolon Wong, and the monkey finds itself stuck in the middle of a three-way fight.
58(06)
"When Pigs Fly"
October 19, 2002
Jackie and Jade are already onto the next noble animal - The Rooster, Power of Levitation! in Malaysia with the rooster having discovered its unique Power of Levitation already and is floating all around the landscape. After catching it, Jackie is told by Uncle to head to Kansas to locate another noble animal - The Pig, Power of Heat-Beam Eyes. While there the rooster teams up with the pig and catching the two along with convincing the Pig's owners into letting it come with them becomes a bit more difficult. But in the end, despite everything that was done, Daolon Wong succeeded in absorbing the Talisman powers from both animals.
59(07)
"Rabbit Run"
November 2, 2002
The rabbit with the power of Super-speed is now a Jackalope mascot at an American football stadium in Wyoming. As a young hopeful, but denied player discovers its powers, he sees the chance to finally prove himself to his team.
60(08)
"Sheep In, Sheep Out"
November 9, 2002
The Chans and Daolon Wong go to Scotland to find the noble sheep. But the sheep's astral form leaves its body when witnessing the Chans and the Enforcers fight over it, and it is up to Jade to persuade it to return. If that weren't bad enough the Enforcers are banished to Limbo for their failure and Wong decides to use the Shadowkhan in their place. Despite their efforts, Wong gets to the Sheep first, and banishes Jackie and Jade's astral forms with the Sheep's power. When their astral forms are accidentally placed into the wrong bodies by Uncle, Jackie and Jade must work together in this condition to help Uncle take back the Sheep's power before Wong can use it to easily locate the remaining noble animals.
61(09)
"The Invisible Mom"
November 16, 2002
Tohru's mother makes an 'impromptu' visit in India as the Chan's are looking for the noble Snake, and accidentally turns herself invisible, and plans to use this power to protect her child, despite Tohru wishing to prove that he can take care of himself.
62(10)
"A Jolly J-Team Xmas"
December 14, 2002
The J-Team has to save Christmas when Daolon Wong attempts to steal Santa Claus' Chi while Jade and Paco help Tohru fill in for Santa by delivering presents.
63(11)
"Little Valmont, Big Jade"
January 25, 2003
Daolon Wong reduces Valmont's age to that of a child's, and he goes to the Chans to help him get back to normal, but travels with them to recover the noble Horse in London and ends up helping out while he's at it. Meanwhile, Jade also wants to be older and casts a spell on herself that makes her grow up in a way different than she expected.
64(12)
"The Ox-Head Incident"
February 8, 2003
While the Chans are out looking for the Noble Ox in the Himalayan Mountains, Hak Foo attacks Daolon Wong in order to obtain the power of the Ox for himself, only for Daolon Wong to turn him into his latest Dark Chi Warrior. Soon after Uncle secretly transferred the power of the Ox into himself for safekeeping, his spiritual head is captured by Daolon Wong to find out where the Ox power had been transferred to.
65(13)
"Animal Crackers"
February 15, 2003
After safely getting the Ox to Section 13, Jade sneaks all the animals out of Section 13 to a school fair to prove her to her classmates her adventures really happened, and Daolon Wong jumps at the chance to capture them.
66(14)
"Tohru Who?"
March 1, 2003
Valmont wipes Tohru's memory and convinces him that he is a loyal Enforcer still, so Valmont can rob a rare jewel and sell it to finance the re-building of the Dark Hand. The Chans go out to stop Valmont while Jade wants to be reunited with her friend.
67(15)
"Re-Enter the Dragon"
March 8, 2003
The Chans start to try and find the last Talisman Power, but have no such luck because dragons no longer exist for the power of combustion to be transferred into. However Daolon Wong intends to get the dragon power by striking a deal with Shendu and resurrects him. Shendu gets the dragon powers and also absorbs the Rooster and Pig Talisman powers from Daolon Wong and forces him to tell Shendu where Section 13 is. Shendu invades Section 13 trying to take the other Talisman powers. While war stirs between Section 13's firepower and Shendu fire powers, Jackie takes all the animals onto a van and manage to lure Shendu out of Section 13, while Uncle does extensive research and uses a spell to strip Daolon Wong of his power to force Wong to tell him Lo Pei's spell to seal Shendu. Later Shendu absorbs all twelve powers, but Uncle casts the spell and in a final shout of defeat, Shendu is once again imprisoned in a statue, with the 12 magical Talismans being recreated as well.
68(16)
"A Night at the Opera"
April 5, 2003
Uncle takes Jackie, Jade, and Tohru to see a show being put on by his old opera troop, which is now led by his old friend 'Beetle Brow'. Jade takes serious interest in the performance, where two warriors pass through the wall using special makeup. Jackie, preparing for an important exhibit that night, finds the two warriors stealing priceless artifacts. One gets a black eye during the ensuing chase, but when Jackie wipes off his makeup, no black eye. Jade discovers the real crooks using the makeup, and tells Jackie. The two sneak onto the stage and do battle with the scoundrels, and reveal them to be crooks after smashing open a prop they hid their loot inside. Uncle says goodbye to his old friend, and hopes to see him again soon.
69(17)
"Attack of the J-Clones"
May 3, 2003
Chang, having escaped from prison, creates clones of the people that defeated him - the J-Team.
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.
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-Demon
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, 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 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 (ブラック☆スターBurakku Sutā, stylized as "Black☆Star") is a ninja
and the meister of Tsubaki. He is exceedingly arrogant and loud-mouthed
for an assassin, preferring to make a flashy entrance rather than
sneaking up on his opponents, and tries to upstage anyone who gains more
attention than he does.ch. 0b
He frequently calls himself a "big" man destined to surpass God, thus
driving himself to his physical limits and making him one of the most
athletic students at DWMA. He is a skilled combatant even when unarmed,
using a skill that allows him to increase his own soul wavelength and
channel it through physical attacks.ch. 2
He is one of the last remaining survivors of the Star Clan, a family of
ninjas who slaughtered others for wealth until they were wiped out by
DWMA, which took him in as an infant. He is oppressed by anyone who
recognizes the clan's symbol, a star-shaped tattoo on his shoulder.ch. 7 Due to his obsession with power, some believe he will eventually descend down the path towards becoming a kishin like his father.ch. 39 In the Japanese version of the series, he is voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi in both the 2005 drama CD and anime.ep. 1 In the English dub, he is voiced by Brittney Karbowski.ep. 1
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, though 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 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 deak 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 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 plansch. 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-like 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
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. Keeping with her frog-like nature, she makes croaking
sounds whenever she speaks. 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 that deter the sanity
of anyone in its presence. They 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 the ultimate antagonist of Soul Eater, named after the low-ranking Buddhist 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,
forcing Shinigami to rip off Asura's skin and use it as a container to
seal him in 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 Following a second battle against Shinigami, 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.ch. 66
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 Hirofum 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. 60ep. 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 nosech. 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).
from Despite being an ordinary human, he has a massive soul equivalent
to the power 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 the demon tools created by Eibon, 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 aims to spread his creator's knowledge, and the madness that would be caused by it, across the world.
Noah
Noah (ノアNoah)
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,
acting as the third major antagonist of the series. 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.
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. 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 wields the Book of
Eibon as a weapon to summon various monsters sealed within. He also
kidnaps Death the Kid, who is eventually rescued by his friends and kills Noah. This Noah is replaced by an aggressive Noah representing wrath.
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.
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
He once 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 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 Franken Stein and 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 J.B. discovers it.ch. 38 Following J.B.'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 J.B.'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 twelve, 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. 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. 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 nameless meister. 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 was never
killed. He is also 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, 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. 38ep. 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
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 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. 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
Soul
Souls are probably the most important thing in the Soul Eater series,
and the centerpiece of the plot. It is the origin of all the
characters' and is a manifestation of each character's personality,
psyche and abilities. People with special types of soul can utilize
different powers and abilities (e.g Maka's Grigori
Soul enables her to fly). Souls can come in many different variations,
differing in type and strength. Souls are important in the DWMA(
also known as Shibusen) as Meisters can only wield Weapons that are
compatible with each other's souls. The true power of Weapon and Meister
can be exerted by them resonating their souls together, a Soul Resonance,
which is a process of the Meister sending his/her Soul Wavelength into
the Weapon, which sends back the Wavevlength to the Meister. This
process is repeated until a single, even greater, Soul Wavelength is
made, which enables them to use powerful attacks.
The importance of souls in the series is emphasized in the manga, in which the protagonist, Maka, utters the phrase, "A sound soul dwells in a sound mind and a sound body".
Inside a Soul
As well as containing a person's thoughts, emotions and personality, a
soul in the Soul Eater series also seems to contain a sort of spiritual
dimension within itself. These spiritual dimensions seems to reflect
the person's personality. For example, Soul Eater Evans's spiritual dimension is The Black Room
a dark room with a red and black checkered floor with red curtains, a
record player and a piano surrounded by tall eye-shaped candlewicks with
blue flames. This reflects his sarcastic twisted personality, as well
as his affiliation to music and it also takes in the insanity from the Black Blood into account as well. In their soul's spiritual dimension, the owner of
the soul resides inside it as a sort of spiritual avatar. Both the
physical person and this avatar seem to be linked and of one and the
same. The avatar in the spiritual dimension takes on a certain
appearance and wears a certain attire, to match the environment around
it. So Soul Eater Evans in his Black Room wears a black pin-striped suit
with a red dress shirt and tie when in The Black Room. However,
especially in the anime, the avatar's appearance sometimes changes, and
is sometimes the same as the person in physical form. Crona's original
spiritual dimension is described by Maka as being, "very dry, like a
beach with no ocean". Crona's avatar is him/herself as a child.
When someone resonates with the person, their avatar can enter
the other person's spiritual dimension. In doing so, their appearance
and their attire also changes to match the spiritual dimension of the
person they are resonating with. When Maka enters The Black Room, she
wears a black dress, and her attire matches with Soul's in terms of
atmosphere and formality.
It is possible for a separate entity, such as Little Ogre and Masamune
to exist in a person's spiritual dimension. Also, depending on the
person's situation, mental state etc. the spiritual dimension is shown
to alter in appearance from time to time, although almost always
reverting back to normal.
Soul Wavelength
Each soul gives out a sort of energy wave, called a Soul Wavelength.
Each soul has its own Wavelength of a particular frequency and Meisters
who can use the Soul Perception
ability can identify a person by sensing their Wavelength. Some types
of people, like Witches, all share a distinct Wavelength and can thus be
easily identified. To prevent this, they have adopted the ability of Soul Protect.
Soul Wavelengths vary in strengths and frequencies, depending on
how strong and big the soul is, and also on the health of the person
concerned. Individuals who have large souls have a powerful Wavelength,
and if they have good control of their Wavelength, they can generate it
and exert it freely through their bodies in the form of an
electricity-like surge in combat. Several moves, like Black Star's
attacks, are made possible through the use of Soul Wavelengths. Soul
Wavelengths, like souls, seem to have some different types with certain
properties, such as Maka's Anti-demon Wavelength and Marie's Healing Wavelength.
Soul Wavelength is the key element in Soul Resonance, and is also
important in a Meister and Weapon partnership. A Meister and Weapon can
only become sufficient partners if their Soul Wavelengths match with
each other (see article Weapons)
and Soul Wavelength is also the link in between the spiritual
dimensions within a person's soul. Spiritual avatars can only enter
spiritual dimensions of other people if their Soul Wavelengths are
resonating.
It is possible to spread a person's Soul Wavelength throughout a
great distance, or resonate with people over long distances as long as
there is some sort of medium that is available, like a communication
device, or in Maka and Soul's case, Arachne's spider threads. It can even be transmitted via sound.
A Soul Wavelength can influence a person, or a group of people,
with differing results. An Insanity Wavelength can cause havoc on
someone's mental state, and applying a Soul Wavelength as an attack to
someone can cause great damage. However, there are also more positive
influences, such as Soul Resonance, and if the bond between Meister and
Weapon is strong, one can influence the other via their Soul Wavelength
to break out of even a strong Insanity Wavelength.
Soul Types
There are many types of souls, the main are:
Cat
Souls: The soul of a cat, it's purple in colour and every cat has nine
of them. (Only one cat's soul has actually been seen and since it
belonged to a magic cat, a real cat's soul is probably a different
colour)
Human
Souls: the soul of an ordinary human. Although individual souls vary
greatly in this category (a Meister's soul is considerably more powerful
than a normal human's soul), all humans (Demon Weapons included) are
under this category. Regular Human souls are a deep blue colour but
there are some humans, such as Mosquito, who's souls are not blue but
could be any number of colours.
Witch
Souls: the soul of a Witch (Or a general magic user). A Witch Soul is
very powerful and has magical properties. Because of this, all Witches
share a similar Wavelength. Witch souls are typically purple. Blair,
while technically not a witch, has a similar soul.
Shinigami Souls: the soul of a shinigami is human-like but is naturally more powerful since they are gods.
Immortal Souls: the soul of an immortal. It is green in colour and is more powerful than a human's soul.
Kishin Eggs (Anime only): the soul of an Evil human.
The soul of an Evil Human was once a normal human soul. However, by
becoming evil and through consuming other innocent human souls, the soul
of the human loses its humanity and turns into a Kishin Egg. If the
Evil Human is left alone to eat more souls, it shall come under the risk
of becoming a powerful Kishin like Asura. Kishin Egg Souls are Deep red
with hexagonal plates attached to the outside and an even deeper red
core at it's center, most likely the Kishin embryo.
Consuming Souls
In the Soul Eater series, there are three known entities that can consume souls: Demon Weapons, Evil Humans, and the Kishin Asura.
Weapons of the DWMA only consume evil souls (Kishin Eggs in the
anime) and souls of Witches. They are prohibited to eat souls of a
normal human. Kishin Eggs and Witch Souls give a Weapon power and
energy, and if a Weapon consumes 99 Kishin Eggs and 1 Witch Soul,
his/her power grows tremendously and will be classed as a Death Scythe.
A Weapon who is a Death Scythe is more powerful than an ordinary
Weapon, and is granted special abilities, influenced by the magical
power that a Witch Soul has.
Demon Weapons of the DWMA are not allowed to eat innocent human
souls. Although the purity of a human soul grants the Weapon a massive
amount of power, this power will run the risk of turning the Weapon
insane (similar to Ragnarok) and this can lead to havoc.
Weapons absorb souls in different ways. Most of them collect them in Weapons form (e.g. Nygus absorbs souls by drawing them into her holster in Weapon Form).
However, Soul Evans is one of the unique exceptions. He consumes souls
in a similar fashion to Evil Humans, by eating them directly. According
to Soul, Kishin Eggs have no taste, but they have an irresistible
texture.
Grim Reapers like Death the Kid have a unique ability called Konso which lets them store souls in their body without actually consuming them.
Appearance
All souls, however different they are in appearance, all share the
same basic shape: a round ball about the size of a grapefruit (this may
vary) with a flame-like tail, similar to the Hitodama depicted in ancient Japanese myth.
With enough power, an individual can cause their souls (along
with their Soul Wavelength) to increase in size, up until they
completely engulf their body itself. When resonating, their souls are
also known to change shape.
Each person's souls differ in appearance, color, size, strength, the strength of the Soul Wavelength etc.
Trivia
Soul & Ragnarok are the only weapons that have been shown eating souls.
It was revealed when Soul became a Death Scythe that Maka's
soul is an "Angel" (Grigori) type, meaning it features wings (Similar to
her twin tails) that give her and Soul the ability to fly. These souls
appear roughly once in fifty thousand instances. The only other known
person with this soul type is Gopher.
"A Sound Soul Dwells Within a Sound Mind and a Sound Body"