So, yeah, I can see how the first three episodes could scare some folks away from this one, absolutely.ĬAITLIN: I really enjoy the first three episodes. And then they ended up picking it up for a full serialized run because it was popular, and then it develops a throughline and a story after that and drops 95% of the fanservice, ecchi bullshit that it was doing in the early going.īut that ecchi bullshit is, well, bullshit, so it can make those first three episodes a struggle, especially because they’re so disconnected from one another, you’re not quite sure why they’re happening. Yeah, the prologue episodes are rough because they’re based on the first three mini-chapters of the manga, where it was initially conceived as just a bunch of standalone stories loosely connected by this central premise. Oh, so did we mention that this is a rewatchalong and we’ve all seen it, but we’re gonna spoil anything? VRAI: I mean, by the same token, I know so many people who dropped this show in the first three episodes, and they are right to do so.ĭEE: I think the three-episode prologue is probably the roughest in the entire series. And I really enjoy getting to know these kids. But it’s nice to be able to just hang out with some kids and go on some one- to two-part adventures and get to know everybody while the major plot gets built around the edges and you get a feel for where the story is going.ĬAITLIN: Right. I think there are some pacing issues in the early, early going with this one. But yeah, there’s definitely that sense of… we’re just sort of… It’s nice to watch a show that isn’t stuck at being 13 episodes and has to blaze through all that. I mean, everything that happens builds into what happens next. VRAI: I mean, so much of this first cour until the last two or three episodes is just character introduction episodes, so I feel like you’re fine.ĬAITLIN: Yeah, the first bit is very episodic and character-focused, and it’s kind of school shenanigans-ish.ĭEE: Yeah. I think you hit the main points.ĬAITLIN: Yeah, just my bad habit of… my extremely podcast-friendly habit of trailing off. And… I just ran out of things to say.ĭEE: I think that gets the premise across, though. The main characters are Soul and Maka, a weapon–meister combo. About half the students are humans who can turn into weapons, who are then wielded by the other half of the students, who are called meisters. It is about a technical school for teens learning to become Shinigami in the desert of Nevada, run by Death himself. So, what is Soul Eater about, if you haven’t seen it before and for some reason you’re listening to this episode? No judgment. It has remained a mainstay of anime fandom for over a decade, including a run on Adult Swim. It was directed by Takuya Igarashi, who also directed Ouran High School Host Club and Sailor Moon Stars, among others. It was adapted into an anime in 2008 by Studio Bones, part of their long string of hits that came early in the studio’s history and is not totally maintained to this day, but they definitely have a better hit rate than most studios. You can find all my writings-well, most of my writings-on my blog The Josei Next Door, and you can hang out with me on Twitter All right, so let’s talk about Soul Eater.ĬAITLIN: Soul Eater originally premiered as a manga in 2004 by Atsushi Ohkubo, running in Monthly Shonen Gangan. You can find my freelancing work on my Twitter and you can find the other podcast that I cohost And I’m Dee, an editor at AniFem. I am once again joined by my fellow managing editors, Dee and Vrai.
So this episode will be covering episodes 1 to 13 of Soul Eater. You may be thinking to yourself, “ Soul Eater? That’s an odd choice for a feminist podcast.” Well, that’s why we’re kind of doing this at double speed, watching a full cour per episode instead of our usual half-cour. Today we’re starting our rewatchalong of the late aughts shounen hit Soul Eater. My name is Caitlin and I’m one of the managing editors of Anime Feminist, as well as a reviewer for Anime News Network. CAITLIN: Hello and welcome to Chatty AF, the Anime Feminist podcast.
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