#arachnophobia (soul eater)

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[citruslullabies]

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[soul-dwelling]

Regarding the last post, and not that anyone asked me, but, hey, I've been on this blog long enough that I'd feel awkward if I didn't say something about the recent news:

This is also why this weekend's obnoxious "OMG we are so going to get a reboot!!1" conjectures piss me off.

Beyond how much Fire Force has flat-out ruined a lot of Soul Eater for me--

(But that's on me: I can debate whether Fire Force in fact ruined Soul Eater, but for me, yeah, Fire Force ruined a lot about what I enjoyed about Soul Eater, albeit not really ruined the initial experience reading and watching it, and certainly not the fandom experience I had years ago.)

--beyond how it ruined Soul Eater, I just see this monkey's paw problem coming. And I have ranted so much about this monkey's paw problem that I really hate getting into it again, because I have nothing new to say that I haven't said already on this same blog repeatedly. Y'all wanted a reboot or a continuation so badly? Well, enjoy seeing the worst parts of the manga finally getting animated (which, again, looks worse after Fire Force, given that now nothing stands in the way of Ohkubo being horny-in-animation because no editor and no animation studio stopped him with Fire Force). And enjoy the lackluster tie-in to Fire Force, a manga that single-handedly took so much of the creativity of Soul Eater and flushed it down the toilet to be a shoddy prequel that erases so many more fascinating ways you could have set up the Soul Eater world but didn't.

"It was our world all along!" Oh, fuck off.

Like, I have wanted to not post this, and I make sure not to tag this stuff in the #SoulEater tag on social media, because who wants someone raining on their parade. But I just can't stand this fixation on getting that reboot, because Fire Force just soured me on this entire experience.

I don't want this to sound like nostalgia rose-tinted goggles: "Ugh, you like Fire Force? I'm a person of culture, I enjoy classic works--like 2003's Soul Eater." That'd be pretty obnoxious, and I hope I'd be a little better than that. I can admit what didn't work in Soul Eater.

The original anime had its own flaws. For example, the Arachnophobia vs DWMA arc divides its attention so much between Maka, Kid, and Black Star so that, while Black Star's narrative feels like it makes real progress, it is diluted by how all of these stories are spread out. And Soul in the anime acts unnecessarily dickish towards Maka, whereas in the corresponding manga chapters he was supporting Maka without being intrusive. And of course Maka suddenly manifesting weapon powers and winning with the punch of courage, even if this many years later we can debate the merits to these choices, were divisive then and still remain controversial because of how abrupt it all feels.

And it's not as if Fire Force created flaws that weren't already there in the original Soul Eater and NOT mangas, in particular how the plots for both series sometimes feel they are just spinning their wheels without progressing characterization or plot, especially around the Sky Whale chapter and pretty much all of NOT.

But it is hard for me to get as excited as other people are over just two pieces of recent news that they are so desperate to read as proof a reboot is coming when, no, even if this is testing the waters for a reboot, the first goal is to just make more money off of our nostalgia for Soul Eater.

Yes, BONES coming out with 15th anniversary merchandise surprised me--but that is primarily just to generate new art they can put cheaply onto cheap raw materials (shirts and maybe tote bags and keychains?) and secondarily to test the waters for a reboot.

Yes, I am really surprised the companies involved negotiated to put Soul Eater stuff into a dull-looking Fire Force mobile game (...that was mean, but, jeez, I thought Fire Force looked uniform and boring already, making it a mobile game looks even worse--at least BONES and other companies made more varied artwork for the Bungo Stray Dogs game, and that is a simple drag-and-aim marble shooter, much less complicated gameplay than the Fire Force game). Sure, maybe that is testing the waters for a reboot, or winking at the audience to anticipate what they already know is coming at the end of the Fire Force anime. But this seems like crass "let's tap into people's Soul Eater nostalgia to get more downloads for our game."

And that's what really pisses me off about all of this. Don't get me wrong, this news has gotten a lot of attention on the shitty bird app, and I expect the shitty bird app has a bigger imprint online than Tumblr does. But I can go through Tumblr every day and see people adding more and more Soul Eater content. I see a fandom that, even if the frequency of posts is less, is still thriving. I don't see that with Fire Force.

I see this news--"OMG, new merch and a collaboration for the mobile game!"--as these flashes-in-the-pan that spur a ton of reactions to trend on the shitty bird app--then, crickets, things die down, no one talks about it for months. It's not a consistent engagement. Maybe that works from an economic standpoint: you sell a lot of merch all at once, then things die off, whereas fandom work is ongoing but also not making the creators any more money. But it is also why I find Soul Eater more endearing: at least people keep making stuff based on it, I rarely come across Fire Force stuff (and it's not like I don't look for it: I may despise how that series ended, but I still want to see how fan creators mostly improve upon what is wrong with that series).

So, TL, DR: I don't dispute that these two pieces of news are to test the waters to see whether an audience would be into a reboot. I find it surprising to get these both at the same time. I'm not disputing whether this can or can't lead to a reboot being announced. But Jesus Christ, calm down, this is just content to get you to buy more stuff, and it's content to prop up a lackluster Fire Force, and it just reinforces how much I hate how it seems like Fire Force depended so much on Soul Eater for nostalgia factor instead of standing on its own as a story.

#dwells whines about fire force #long post #spoiler #spoilers #soul eater spoiler #soul eater spoilers #fire force spoiler #fire force spoilers

[noellevanious]

thoughts on soul eater manga so far after reading it for two nights at work (currently around the middle of after Arachnophobia reforming)

TL;DR: i might keep reading but i'm not sure (i'm getting burnt out from it 100%), but right now i'd say it holds up pretty well - and would recommend it if not for just how fucking frequent and insistent the creepy voyeur shit is. I get it dude. you think its funny and definitely not creepy to have jokes about dudes pulling up girl or female-presenting character skirts.

(full thoughts under the cut because i typed So fucking much):

really good story and fun dynamic and aesthetic that is hampered so fucking much by Classic Shitty Mangaka trappings ie girls getting their underwear exposed, obsession with girls that want to Get Married, women in skimpy outfits, the usual kinda shitty stuff.

Lots of great characters. Aside from the generic/stereotypical Bad quirks (Wants to get married, desperately wants to ask somebody out, Embarrassed because she's Not Sexy and Buxom), there's a lot of really fun personality in all of the characters.

It's actually a bit more of a comedy than i remembered. it's surprisingly pretty consistently funny

the story is oddly breakneck which is both a blessing and a curse. It's entirely possible it's because i was basically binging it, but as soon as medusa freed it feels like it hasn't let up. It's good because i feel like there's always something new or interesting, and Ohkubo (the mangaka) is great at drawing really impressive landmarks and setpieces, but it feels weird that the school basically turns into an afterthought

It's kinda surprising how so far both Crona and Death the Kid have their mental illnesses portrayed really respectfully. With kid it's always a bit of a joke, but his OCD feels very genuine in a way that goes beyond "haha every now and then he gets too upset because things aren't In Order", especially the bits where Liz and Patty have to basically keep him from spiraling into a depression because of it. Crona is obviously a knock-out-of-the-park, but I am amazed at how much focus is put on their issues with being raised in an abusive upbringing and trying to escape from it.

On the other hand - it feels like the characters that aren't Maka, Soul, and Black*Star don't get any character development, and it has the issue other popular shounen manga has where instead of trying to develop the already large cast more, Ohkubo keeps throwing more one-note characters in. It kinda works in his favor - Kilik especially kicks ass and I'm glad he becomes a Notable character - but it's easy to get tired of the same characters going through the motions

Mifune is easily the best character in the entire series so far, but Free is a blast and I enjoy him whenever i see him, especially his dopey werewolf form and whenever he chants "wolf wolves wolf wolves"

#inanegargling

[starmage-constellar]

if we ever do get a soul eater reboot (and by god we better get one someday in my lifetime.) i just want to say. one thing.

spoilers for the original manga under the cut

you know when they infiltrated arachnophobia under medusa's guidance? and then maka is like "wait... there's a monkey's soul?" and kid is like "wait really?" and then soul stares at both meisters as they use soul perception and then they high five and it's like "wow you're right! it really is a monkey!"

I WANT THAT ANIMATED SO BAD AND I COULDNT TELL YOU WHY.

oh and of course that fight scene before they entered baba yaga. I don't remember exactly what happened I have to go back and read, but it was when medusa was explaining to the kids what to watch out for and let the kids ask whatever they wanted (iirc). kilik + the twins (thunder and fire? im so sorry i forgot their names. update: yea I was right) need more screentime they're fucking AWESOME. that one fight scene in the north when they were going to get brew... put their whole animation budgetussy into kilik with that one.

#soul eater #kilik rung #manga spoilers #maka albarn #death the kid #thunder soul eater #fire soul eater

[koiryuu]

say what you will about soul eater, but arachnophobia is possibly The coolest name for a villain organization

#actually dont say what you will about soul eater #unless its that it fucking rips #im not rewatching it or anything rn im just thinking about it

[arachne-gorgons-web]

“People with weaknesses are easy to manipulate” -Arachne to Giriko, Soul Eater episode 28 “The Sword God Rises -- Does It Have A Sweet Or Salty Taste?”

#soul eater #arachne soul eater #giriko soul eater #arachnophobia soul eater #my gif sets #se #se gifs #se ep 28 #arachne gorgon #giriko

[gears-of-bloodlust]

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[foggytiredwombat]

Giriko waking up from his beauty sleep and finding everything has gone to shit while he was sleeping is a mood

#soul eater #soul eater manga #soul eater spoilers #giriko #arachnophobia arc

[sami-guinea-arts]

Art Trade with my friend Aya! Her OC Amelia with Latro. c: Amelia is created later to ''replace'' Tina, after Arachne's first retreat. As Tina ''betrayed'' her mother, by joining her father's side, this when the spider family started spiraling down into madness.

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[mirtmyths]

another old piece

i want to redraw her!! gorgeous woman

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[soul-dwelling]

So we all know how great the soul eater anime was in the visual direction category and how it even improved many designs and added value to the scenes with its use of color, direction and ect. But are there parts, of the technicall visuall aspects that you didn't like, be it colour choice, redesigns and adaptions, directing of fight scenes or casual conversations ect you disliked or felt something was lost or atleas adapted in a way you wouldn't have chosen to?

Well, yeah, the first Soul Eater anime was visually appealing and dynamic--but it's debatable whether we can say the same about Soul Eater NOT, given what looked like visual shortcuts due to budget rather than purposeful choices (see the Maka versus Eternal Feather fight and how cheap it looks with the smudges).

In terms of visuals for the first Soul Eater anime, I don't have a ton of complaints: the colors popped, the animation was fluid, character designs were actually an improvement upon anything Ohkubo has done with them from Chapter 0 to the present day, and the backgrounds and settings looked good. Even the CGI on the DWMA and the Sun looked suitable alongside the 2D animation.

A few days ago, I saw someone write how, even if we got another Soul Eater anime, it just wouldn't look the same thanks to where the industry is in terms of what techniques, technology, budget, and schedule they use for producing series. I have to agree. I am nostalgic about years ago when I would go frame-by-frame through an episode in PhotoShop to make screen captures and GIFs, appreciating even the texture I saw--or imagined I saw--on the image. I used to get close to that when looking at My Hero Academia, but a lot of current animation just doesn't have that same style. It's probably nostalgia talking, however, because there is still a high quality to that current art.

I could spend a long time talking about how adaptation differences between the manga and the anime, as well as the original Japanese audio and the localized North American English audio, didn't suit all of my tastes.

For example, we lost a lot when the Baba Yaga arc of the manga added so much more information about Arachnophobia that we didn't get in the anime, which rushed to tie Arachne's plan to Asura's presence to wrap up both stories in what may be a less than satisfactory way. (I could say a lot more about how I think Arachnophobia was wasted in both the anime and the manga, especially how Arachne was wasted in the anime. But at least the manga showed the technology and schemes Arachnophobia had.)

And of course we can discuss how the "punch of courage" ending has its flaws--but I think a lot of my criticisms towards it have become less intense, if only because I find how the manga ended and what Fire Force did to be more infuriating.

I think the change that the English dub made that has me the most perplexed and maybe a bit annoyed is the "once you go Black Star, you don't go back" line. I will need to check the original Japanese audio to see whether there was a similar gag used in that moment. But I thought the choice of joke was cringey, not only for what felt like superficial use of Black vernacular but also kind of a weird way to spin a sex joke.

The switch of personalities for Soul and Maka in the last half of the anime was also a bizarre choice. It's not as if Maka never had that reckless streak, and I did receive a question I will get to regarding whether Soul was always so laid back and cool or was actually the more responsible party in this meister-weapon partnership. And the manga did have that similar switch in their personalities, all fostered by Maka's stubbornness and hardheadedness (not that those are bad qualities: she was channeling them well) to protect Soul after his injury and to recover Crona. But the anime felt like it flipped a light switch to change the two character's personalities: as soon as Asura's madness is released globally, suddenly Soul is so serious while Maka is more reckless, and it felt so stark and kind of made Soul too much of a killjoy for my taste.

#soul eater #ask dwells #long post

[mart4ka]

Кто догадается кто это?

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[anime-to-the-t]

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[arachne-gorgons-web]

Arachne: Giriko, what do you have there?

Young Giriko: A SAW!

Arachne: *proud mother.*

Servant: Oh my god why does he have a knife?

@gears-of-bloodlust

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