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''[[Shaman King]]'' also shares lots of similarities with this series. (A partner as a weapon, characters design, etc.)
It's worth noting that the "Book of Eibon" is a reference to [[
Not to be confused with [[Kingdom Hearts|another]] [[Suikoden|Soul]] [[The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness|Eater]]. And definitely do NOT confuse this with ''Shoujo Senki Soul Eater'', which is a [[Hentai]].
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** {{spoiler|Maka}} did this when {{spoiler|the black blood took over during a fight with Crona; she blocked Ragnarok with her arm.}}
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Liz, Patty, and Blair in certain outfits.
* [[Barrier Maiden]]: {{spoiler|Shinigami-sama himself, as he has anchored himself to the School to [[Sealed Evil in
** {{spoiler|He eventually gets around this problem in the anime...}}
* [[Baseball Episode]]: Not an ''episode'' per se, but the gang do take time out of their schedule to play Basketball whenever they get downtime.
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* [[Bishonen Line]]: {{spoiler|Mosquito}} and most of the pre-kishins as they devour more and more souls, it seems.
** In the anime, {{spoiler|Asura}} arguably gets this after Kid and Black☆Star wear him down. Arguably because that may have been his stronger form (hence not a proper BL)
* [[Black Blood]]: [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In]] / [[Stepping Stone Sword]]: Mifune uses a [[Storm of Blades]] to create a [[Field of Blades]], using this principle. Every single sword he threw [read: launched 20 of them simultaneously into the air without seeming to even aim] landed [[Pointy End In]], and stuck with enough firmness that he could run across their hilts at one point.
* [[Blade Brake]]: Maka sometimes uses Soul to stop or slow herself down during fights.
* [[Blade
* [[Blade Reflection]] - Used to show the human forms of the Weapons while they're transformed. One example in the anime had the reflection changing from the face of the meister to that of the Weapon.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Deathbucks Coffee and Death Robbins (with 42 flavors!)
** Not to mention Liz and Patty temporarily transforming into .42 Death Eagles.
*** Although the fact that the currency is apparently called [[Death Note
** The number 42 is a pun, as in Japanese "four" and "two" are "shi" and "ni". "Shini" means "death".
* [[Blessed
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Played ''very'' straight with Medusa.
** {{spoiler|Later subverted after she takes over Arachne's body.}}
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: The Moon.
** And many other examples, since this is a shounen series after all.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: In one episode where the students of Shibusen must take an important exam, neither Soul nor Black☆Star study, intending to cheat instead. However, Soul gets his "crib notes" [[Shirtless Scene|taken away]], and Black☆Star gets [[Comedic Sociopathy|beaten senseless]] for looking at the answer sheet and is left lying in front of the class to serve as an example. However, just when all seems lost, Black☆Star signals Soul, and begins to write on the wall beside him using his own blood. Soul, thinking that Black☆Star is trying to show him the answers before time runs out, eagerly awaits his friend to finish writing... {{spoiler|only to realize that Black☆Star is writing an autograph for him}}. May also count as [[Can't Get Away
* [[Bloody Murder]]: As Crona often reminds us, [[Catch Phrase|his/her blood is black]], and is fairly multipurpose in terms of its uses. However, it only makes you more powerful [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|by making you insane.]]
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Blair, when she's catty. Patty, always.
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* [[Bros Before Hoes]]: Soul and Black☆Star. Though not just hoes; anything really.
* [[Brown Note]]: Crona's poetry has the ability to instill extreme levels of depression in anyone who reads it.
** [[Hayate the Combat Butler
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: A very large amount of the cast, particularly the teachers at the Academy. For instance, Spirit is the most powerful Death Scythe in the world, but is a [[Loveable Sex Maniac]] and [[Bumbling Dad]]. Stein is the most talented Meister to have ever graduated from the Academy and is a brilliant, amoral scientist, but has a certain tendency to travel around on a swivel chair whenever possible and is a bonafide maniac. Marie has [[Shock and Awe|lightning powers]] and is another powerful Death Scythe, but is so obsessed with getting married that she once tried to start a relationship with a toilet. And Tesca Tlipoca...another Death Scythe who wears a giant bear head mask and can apparently understand a monkey's language. The list goes on and ''on''.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: If Black☆Star's words when he visits Tsubaki's home are to be believed, Maka has at least a little Japanese in her. Since "Spirit Albarn" isn't a particularly Japanese name, it's possible that it comes from her never-seen mother.
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* [[Censor Shadow]]: Applied under {{spoiler|Giant!Asura}}'s robes.
* [[Centipede's Dilemma]]: When Maka and Soul are unable to resonate during the battle against Free, Maka starts thinking about how she usually fights and resonates with Soul.
* [[Chained
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Giriko
* [[Character Development]]: Crona, particularly in the anime. '''BIG''' time Crona. He starts out as a near blood thirsty monster who loves to kill and eat souls. But as the story goes on, {{spoiler|It becomes clear that he is being used by his mother. Fortunatly, this is not a [[Heel Face Turn]] because, he remains afraid of everyone inside Shibusen, only listening and following Maka. He slowly learns to appreciate Marie, then the whole cast, delivering one of the most adorable moments in the series history.}} It takes a grand total of '''30''' episodes for {{spoiler|Crona to become a good guy. Then he gives his life for Maka... Sort of}}
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* [[Church Militant]]: Justin Law is a very devout Christian, but also the Death Scythe in charge of Europe. Interestingly he views Shinigami-sama as God. Nobody corrects him. This would make Death the Kid... Jesus. Lord help us all, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|pun intended]].
** On the bright side, crucifixion would be the perfect end for Death The Kid: it's a perfectly symmetrical execution device.
*** [[Mamoru Miyano|Death the Kid]] as [[A God Am I|Jesus?]] [[Death Note
** Just add the fact that Spirit would be THE Holy Spirit and your brain starts to melt.
*** ...It ''would'' explain his taste in young women though.
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** Arguably Shinigami, Kid and the GOO (if not all their fellow anthropomorphic... things). At best, they're eccentric (the GOO's manner being very reminiscent of Shinigami), at worst downright scary. Even Kid when he gets suitably provoked, ''[[Good Is Not Nice|definitely]]'' Shinigami.
* [[Deadly Hug]]: How {{spoiler|Tsubaki slays her brother.}}
* [[Deal
* [[Debut Queue]]: The prologue introducing each main character one by one. Also, episodes 1 thru 3 introduces each team one by one.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Maka}} in chapter 74 and 75. Considering how {{spoiler|she}} usually [[Plucky Girl|is,]] it's rather disheartening.
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** Gotta be honest, I thought they were both boys. Or a couple of stuffed dolls? I don't know.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Shinigami-sama. In the anime dub, he even sounds like Dumbledore from [[Potter Puppet Pals]].
* [[Eldritch Abomination]] : The Kishin. The strongest of them, even Shinigami-sama isn't sure was ever human to begin with. In addition, Eibon is a direct reference to [[
** Not to mention {{spoiler|whatever the hell Noah's got stashed away in the Book of Eibon looks like Cthulhu made of ink.}}
*** It's now referred to itself as a {{spoiler|Great Old One.}}
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** In the manga, he is never referred to as Spirit until after Kishin is released. Until then he's just referred to as Papa, Senpai, or Death Scythe.
*** No, I believe that while Maka and Black☆Star fought Stein, Stein mentioned spirit by name, and Maka had to tell Soul that it was Death Scythe.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
** Most of the weapon meisters adore spinning, really. It's just that Maka gets more screen time.
*** {{spoiler|It actually seems to be a needed skill, since in chapter 74, the girls in Maka's mind during the Envy chapter are ridiculing her for apparent inability to spin a broom (instead of Soul) well.}}
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* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Lady Medusa vs. Lady Arachne
* [[Evolving Weapon]]: [[Hand Wave|Handwaved]] since most weapons are part human too, and by eating souls, they become stronger.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Excited Episode Title]]
* [[Exposition Diagram]]: Occurs occasionally, for example when Kid explains why he prefers the number 8 to 7.
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** And don't forget Marie.
** Also Arachne had her moments of this.
* [[Fun
* [[Gangsta Style]]: The Kid takes this to its ridiculous extreme by inverting his guns and firing with his pinkies.
* [[Gecko Ending]]: The anime splits off from the manga around the {{spoiler|BREW recovery action}}, setting up the remaining time for a premature ending.
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** {{spoiler|Giriko has a slightly more permanent gender bending experience because his soul is now in an [[Opposite Sex Clone]]. He's annoyed that he's a woman, but it's better than nothing.}}
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: '''Awesomely''' handled by Patty on Kid as he [[Super OCD|broke]] [[Running Gag|down]] at the sight of the Otama Bombs asymmetrically strewn all over the place by Eruka, while on his way to stop her and Free from awakening Ashura.
* [[Girl
** Also Tsubaki [[Inverted Trope|is]] a psycho weapon; at the very least after she absorbs her brother's soul/power.
** Kim with Jackie when they're brainwashed by Arachne; Jackie (the flamethrowing lantern, naturally) on her own when trying to protect her meister during the same arc.
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* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: the {{spoiler|Death City Robo}}
* [[Instant Runes]]: Used by Asura.
* [[Interacting
* [[In the Blood]]: Being a weapon.
** Wouldn't that be [[Superpowerful Genetics]], because it's not a moral alignment, or an acquired skill as with [[Lamarck Was Right]]?
* [[I See London]]: All of the [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]] were removed from the Anime, but Lord Death picking up {{spoiler|Rachel!Medusa}} by the back of her dress and exposing her pumpkin panties (multiple times) was left in.
* [[Jerkass]]: MEDUSA, MEDUSA, MEDUSA. Probably moreso than any other character in the series.
* [[Jerk
* [[Juggling Loaded Guns]]: Death the Kid, when he shot Soul and Black☆Star during their bromance hug by accident.
** [[Blatant Lies|Yes... accident.]]
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** And as of the recent chapter, {{spoiler|Ragnarok apparently. Triple-wielding!}}.
* [[Kid Hero]]: Four of the main characters.
* [[Kill It
* [[Large Ham]]: Excalibur. Hamminess is also Black☆Star's default state (see [[Chewing the Scenery]]), although he is rather less hammy during his [[Let's Get Dangerous]] moments.
* [[Laser Blade]]: {{spoiler|Tsubaki's [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] in the anime.}}
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: One of the creatures Maka fights in the original end credits animation is a giant version of Wolf Man's daughter from ''[[Scooby Doo]] and the Ghoul School''
** In addition, the corrupt souls that Maka harvests tend to be variations of Horror Movie villains; [[Jack the Ripper]], [[Friday the 13th (
* [[Left Hanging]]: Without spoiling too much, the anime ended with quite a lot of plot threads left dangling.
* [[Leaning
** In episode 37, Soul says something along the lines of "Special training isn't cool. Leave that to characters in shonen manga."
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: When the eyes on Shinigami-sama's mask go from round-and-dopey to triangular-and-angry, everyone in the next '''3 mile''' radius should kindly ''RUN AWAY'' if they don't have a will written.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Most of the cast.
* [[Mental World]]: The room inside Soul's mind.
* [[Mind Screw]]: Stein. [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Minor Flaw, Major Breakup]]: Hero finally dumping Excalibur because of his {{spoiler|sneezing}}.
* [[Moment Killer]]: During the scene in {{spoiler|the infirmary shortly after their first battle with Crona, Maka is shown standing beside Soul's bed and starts to tear up while looking at an unconcious Soul. She just about gets to finish making a heroic promise before '''Black☆Star''' literally crashes into the room and starts strangling Soul on his bed.}} Many shippers probably agreed that the Maka Chop which came afterward was well-deserved.
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* [[Naked Apron]]: the Succubus
* [[Naked First Impression]]: This is how Soul finds Blair.
* [[Naked
* [[Naked
** [[Improvised Clothes]]: {{spoiler|Out of [[Squick|his own skin]].}}
* [[The Napoleon]]: Black☆Star
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Oddly enough, this trope is present in the English dub when Crona's training as a child with the <s>baby dragon</s> "little one" comes up. Flashbacks show {{spoiler|Medusa}} ordering him/her to "defeat" rather than kill it. This is strange, given that other parts of the dub seem to have no problem mentioning death.
** Medusa probably figured that telling Crona to kill the "little one" would have freaked him/her out even more.
* [[New Old Flame]]: Marie and Buttataki Joe in the manga. {{spoiler|Temporary; Justin Law kills him shortly after.}}
** Because Buttataki has a different role in the anime, the role is given to Stein there instead.
*** Though, that can also be seen in the manga. He's referred to as her "first love" and she's obviously pretty close to him, so it can be construed as at least a subtexty New Old Flame.
* [[New Powers
** Kid's later turn out to be [[Canon]].
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Patty can occasionally delve into this.
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* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Soul. Oh, Soul...
* [[Noun Verber]]: Soul Eater. Crona the Demon Blader.
** Or [[Spell My Name
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Shinigami developed his child-like persona for the sake of his students, as he would often scare them in his old form. However, some of his original hardcore personality shows up in his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|fight with Asura]].
* [[Odd Couple]]: Nearly all Meisters and Weapons are opposites of each other, and as they find a medium their power increases.
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** In the manga, during the Baba Yaga invasion arc, {{spoiler|Kid and Free fight Mosquito, and at first it looks like they have the upper hand. But then mosquito turns into his vampire form from 400 years ago, and nearly kills them both in less than a second.}}
*** And then Mosquito gets one of his own when he realises that Kid has the real Brew. Kid then forces him to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|retreat]].
* [[Oh, No, Not Again]]: Black☆Star takes the cake when after seeing {{spoiler|[[Jerkass|Excalibur]]}} in the Wrath chapter of Eibion, which naturally pissed him off, the group leaves the chapter with Black☆Star (and pretty much everyone else) glad to be ridden of the annoyance, only to find {{spoiler|Excalibur}} ''again'' in the ''next chapter''. Black☆Star's reaction? ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Well...]]''
{{quote| '''Black☆Star:''' [''upon seeing {{spoiler|Excalibur}}''] '''''OH HELL NO!'''''}}
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Shows up during {{spoiler|the fights between Shinigami and the Kishin, and during most of the Kishin battles.}}
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** {{spoiler|Later, it turns out she can do it again.}}
*** {{spoiler|Medusa explains to Arachne that it was splitting up her soul (to avoid it being eaten by Death Scythe), not the possession, that she could only to the once, due to the Kishin's soul wavelength at that point.}}
* [[Red and Black
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Asura plays it straight, while Soul averts it.
* [[Repeat Cut]]: Maka's Demon Hunter finishing blow on Mosquito in episode 36. Kid's "Death Cannon" technique frequently evokes this as well. Also Maka punching out the Kishin.
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* [[School of Hard Knocks]]
* [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]: Stein seems to suffer from some form of this.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Self-Restraint]]: Medusa
* [[Series Goal]]: The meisters and weapons are supposed to be gathering 99 human souls and 1 witch soul, but this goal becomes mostly irrelevant once the [[Knight of Cerebus]] is introduced.
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* [[Slow Motion Fall]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Soul when he's done [[Taking the Bullet|Taking The Sword]] for Maka}}.
* [[Soul Cutting Blade]]: Masamune.
* [[Spell My Name
** Some people prefer spelling 'Kid' with an extra 'd'.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Ohkubo has recently announced that Soul Eater will be getting a spinoff titled [[Soul Eater Not]].
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* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]: Tsubaki isn't just proficent with "ninja" weapons; [[Equippable Ally|she transforms into them]] (more specifically she has smoke bomb, kusarigama, tanto, giant shuriken and {{spoiler|[[Second-Hour Superpower|katana]]}} forms). [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Black*Star]] wields her. Interestingly, Black☆Star's mentor Sid (despite being ninja themed) averts this trope by specialising in [[Knife Nut|knives]] (his partner takes the form of a modern, Western survival knife).
* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: {{spoiler|Medusa leads Shibusen's operation against Arachne's base}} in the manga.
* [[Strong
* [[Super Mode]]: There's the basic Resonance of Souls, the more advanced Chain Resonance, {{spoiler|using the power of the Black Blood}}, Maka's Witch Hunter {{spoiler|and Demon Hunter attacks}}, Black☆Star's Fey Blade mode {{spoiler|and his blade modes after unlocking Masamune's true power}}, Kidd's {{spoiler|Lines of Sanzu}}, Free's werewolf form, Mosquito's younger forms, and many others.
** From Mosquito's comments about the shinigami, Kid's {{spoiler|Sanzu Lines}} seem not to be a supermode so much as an example of a future 'normal' mode.
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{{quote| Nidhogg: "Are you saying you would take away freedom?!"<br />
Kid: "I am a ''Shinigami''. I grant ''no'' freedom to kill." }}
* [[Thriller
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: Maka Chop!
* [[To Be a Master]]: Collecting enough souls to obtain the rank of Death Scythe
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