DVD 1 - Episodes 1 through 7
DVD 2 - Episodes 8 through 13
Thoughts- So far, So good. As long as I don't take into account Kid's English voice actor then these episodes were quite enjoyable. The story has been fun so far, not too squishy like Fairy Tail and it's honestly just really nice too look at.
The character of Black Star is actually quite irritating, but I have a feeling he may grow out of that as I go through the rest of the episodes. Even if he doesn't, he's still tolerable and his relationship with Tsubaki actually balances it out...in a way.
Didn't really like Maka at first but, she has grown on me and her relationship with Soul is actually really cute. Her relationship with her father on the other hand is just plain amusing..... He's a bit of a skeeze, always hitting on women and this caused he and Maka's mother to divorce. Of course he's also Shinigami's current weapon.
Now, the difficult character.. Death the Kid. I like the character, he's amusing to an extreme and I completely love his two weapons {Liz and Patty}. Insanely OCD and at times just plain useless due to his need to have everything symmetrical. He's the Shinigami's son and really doesn't need to attend the academy seeing he's not a Meister, but he's insistent up on making his own weapons to his standards.
What's the problem? His English VA, I can't stand it... The voice drives me to switch to Japanese if he has any long bouts of chatter. *sighs* I won't say he's a bad VA, he's not... he's quite good.. It's just that he's over used and the sound of his voice is very unpleasant.
So Far...
Breakdown...
Episode 1 - Introductions - Maka and Soul have just collected their 99th Kishin Soul and need their 100th soul to be that of a Witch. The two of them seek out a witch named Blair, after barely being able to defeat her they find out that she's not a witch at all... She's just a cat with a lot of magic and nine lives.
Failing to get a Witches soul causes them to loose all of the Souls they've captured and have to start from the beginning.
Episode 2 - Introduction - Black Star and Tsubaki are supposed to kill Al Capone and his men, instead Al Capone & Company end up being killed by Mifune when attempting to get to the Witch Angela. Black Star and Tsubaki come onto the scene after the deaths and with a bit of trouble defeat Mifune.
Just as Black Star is about to finish him, Angela shows up and she's.... a little kid. They can't kill the two of them and just give the souls of Al Capone & Company to Death.
Episode 3- Introductions- Death the Kid, Liz & Patty. Lord Death's Son and his weapons go to the Pyramid of Anubis and...wreck havok They destroy the Pyramid and Anubis , but they don't get to keep the souls because they destroyed the pyramid.
No one has any Souls!
Episodes 4 & 5 - Since they've failed so miserably, Soul, Maka, Black Star and Tsubaki are sent on a remedial lesson to take care of a teacher who is now a Zombie. The four of them defeat him and then find the actual problem... Dr. Franken Stein.
Seriously, Franken Stein. Heh. He's a Meister which once had Maka's father "Spirit" as a weapon. He's a mad scientist type.... Spirit seems to be afraid of him even. The kids fight and don't die long enough to pass the "lesson". It was all a set up from the start and Dr. Stein ends up being the newest teacher at the school.
Episode 6 - Death the Kid, Liz and Patty enroll in the Academy. Black Star and Soul fight him... He sort of wins and sort of doesn't.
Episode 7 & 8 - Soul and Maka are on a supplementary lesson in London{?} and after they've completed their mission Maka senses someone in the church, feeling an uneasiness about opening the door she still does to find... A crazy guy. {Heh}
Crona and the Demon Sword Ragnarok, the sword is inside of Crona and likes to abuse him.. the two of them are rather comical at first. Then it gets serious, Soul ends up almost dying while protecting Maka and Dr. Stein and Death Scythe show up and save the day.
A powerful Witch {Medusa} makes herself known and retrieves Crona/Ragnarok. Stein doesn't let Maka know, but Souls been infected with Ragnarok's black blood.
Episode 9 - Kid and Black Star attempt to make Excalibur theirs, but once the two find it they certainly don't want it. It's a crazy little creature thing with lots of rules and he may just be more annoying then Kid...
Meanwhile, Maka's father attempts to cheer her up.. awkwardly... and tells her about the origins of Ragnarok. It eats humans souls instead of kishins and slowly turns into a kishin itself, which is what the Meisters must prevent.
At the end, Kid and Black Star had ran away from Excalibur but.. the sword seems to like them and sends the both of them a huge, garland thing that creeps out most of the students.
Episode 10 & 11 - Black Star and Tsubaki go after the enchanted sword Masamune, he's possessing people and eating their souls from the inside out. Slowly, turning into a Kishin.
Interestingly enough, the village they happen by ends up being one that Black Stars now extinct clan once attacked and destroyed. They recognize the star shape on his arm and attack him...as well as they can.
After a retreat, Masamune shows up and that battle ensues once he finds himself a new host. Using Black Stars zappy ability thing {I can't remember what it's called!} they free the boy from Masamune and Tsubaki "fights" him in his own.... mental type world.
Turns out, he's her older brother and got passed over in the family rankings... everything was given to Tsubaki and he's just a sore looser. heh, That's how I see it anyways. She ends up winning the battle and obtains a new "ability" to turn into the Enchanted Sword.
Episode 12 & 13 - Short and sweet, The school nurse is the Witch Medusa and she's been the one treating Soul who has the black blood from Crona/Ragnarok in him. She's now treating him as an experiment of sorts.
Seems like Medusa doesn't just have the Meisters out to get her, even two of her own witchy kind would like to get rid of her. Eruka Frog and Mizune, they attempt to kill her and she ends up killing Mizune and implanting Eruka with some of her snakes. Eruka is pretty much forced to do whatever Medusa says or die.. first mission. To release some werewolf guy from the Witches Prison, he had stolen the eye of the head witch and was put in jail as punishment.
Werewolf guy dubs himself "Free" and he attacks Maka and Soul Eater during a supplementary lesson while Medusa watches. Maka and Soul aren't quite getting a long and when she attempts to use him as a weapon, he burns her... she does anyway and the two of them plus Tsubaki and Black Star defeat Free.
Random- The Sun and the Moon are probably one of the more amusing aspects of this show. Also, the magical cat from the first episode is my favorite character so far. PumpkinPumpkin.
