History Fridge / SoulEater

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* Most people were annoyed at Black Star's dub voice at first and likely still are; but then you realize that like the Japanese version, he sounds very similar to {{Naruto}}!

* A Fridge Heartwarming that's noted in the GeniusBonus entry on the YMMV page. When Kid has to contact Lord Death-his father-he performs specific signs with his hands. The one he finishes with is American sign language for "I love you." [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming As eccentric as Lord Death is, Kid still loves his dad.]]

* Ragnarok being an {{Expy}} of [[KingdomHearts Ansem's Guardian]] is ironic considering that in KingdomHearts, Ragnarok was the name of the most effective technique to counter Ansem's Guardian.

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* The cast wears street clothes tat are different than their trademark outfits while hanging out in Maka's and Soul's apartment. This could only mean that those punkish, CrazyAwesome, and borderline {{Stripperiffic}} outfits are in fact their school uniforms. ''Soul Eater Not!'' Chapter 4 has Maka confirm that while there is a uniform, [[http://www.mangareader.net/soul-eater-not/4/14 casual clothes are permitted and any top can be mixed with any bottom with a massive range of official clothes to boot.]]

* Ragnarok. It took a while for this troper to realize that for him to be implanted in Crona, Medusa had to force him into weapon mode, melt him down into a liquid, and mix him with the black blood. It's no wonder he's a sociopathic bully- if anything, he should be a mindless, gibbering wreck. Don't forget that before putting the black blood into Crona, Medusa had to drain all of Crona's normal blood. Considering Crona was shown in a flashback to already have Ragnarok when they were like five...let's just say Medusa is a horrible mother.

* As someone pointed out on the Nightmare Fuel page, consider Spirit's talk of the bond between [[spoiler: parents and children. He's presenting it as the reason why he and Maka's souls resonate - to the horror of Crona, who killed hir mother - but the suggestion that ''breaking'' the bond between souls is somehow unnatural can equally be applied to Shinigami, Asura, and ultimately (inadvertently) even Kid.]]
* As of chapter 112, [[spoiler:Chrona used his/her own Black Blood to seal Asura with the Brew Tempest. This was used along with Maka and Soul's. When Maka returns outside, we see that her dress is now white, suggesting neither she nor Soul have the black blood any more, which means Chrona wouldn't either. In other words, Chrona sacrificed not hirself, but something just as valuable to a meister- hir weapon. So whatever may have remained of Ragnarok is no more. And with him, Crona has lost hir way of fighting the fear (the soul-eater). On the one hand, it shows Crona's accepting fear rather than rejecting/attacking anything zhe can't 'deal with'. On the other hand, it seems zhe is now alone with 'fear itself', Asura.]]

* The cast wears street clothes tat are different than their trademark outfits while hanging out in Maka's and Soul's apartment. This could only mean that those punkish, CrazyAwesome, and borderline {{Stripperiffic}} outfits are in fact their school uniforms!!! Awesome. ''Soul Eater Not!'' Chapter 4 has Maka confirm that while there is a uniform, [[http://www.mangareader.net/soul-eater-not/4/14 casual clothes are permitted and any top can be mixed with any bottom with a massive range of official clothes to boot.]]

* Hard to catch, but at the end of the Medusa arc we see the kids dressed in casual gear playing basketball. Death the Kid is wearing a polo shirt...''that isn't symmetrical.''

* Ragnarok. It took a while for this troper to realize that for him to be implanted in Crona, Medusa had to force him into weapon mode, melt him down into a liquid, and mix him with the black blood. It's no wonder he's a sociopathic bully- if anything, he should be a mindless, gibbering wreck. Don't forget that before putting the black blood into Crona, Medusa had to drain all of Crona's normal blood. Considering Crona was shown in a flashback to already have Ragnarok when she was like five...let's just say Medusa is a horrible mother.

* The [[GeckoEnding anime ending]] to ''SoulEater''. At first appearance, it's a bog-standard, frustrating, meaningless AssPull, especially irritating since handfuls of at-first-glance far more reasonable solutions (Death the Kid's Sanzu Lines, Black☆Star's [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential upgraded powers]], Maka's Black Blood ''and'' Weapon form capabilities, the PowerOfFriendship, BREW, any or even all of the Weapons becoming Death Scythes). But ''either'' of the alternative interpretations make it an amazingly meaningful bit of FridgeLogic. In the pessimistic outlook, it's DownerEnding. It seems insane, and when the villain's power is to cause insanity, that does not suggest that the heroes really won. In the more optimistic, Asura's greatest attribute was as a personification of fear, and what individuals are willing to do to try and escape fear. Pulling random superpowers out of thin air, falling into the superpowered evil side, calling on supermagitech, training done to overcome the fear of not matching up to potential, that stuff '''can't''' beat Asura; it's what he's made from, and what made him what he is. It's not about some mystical power popping from nowhere at the last episode, it's about the same courage from episode one that lead her to strike down an opponent that easily outclassed her. Not trying to overpower it, not doing whatever was necessary to become stronger than the feared thing. Being afraid, powerless, and fighting anyway.

* The (anime-only, so far) ending to ''SoulEater''. At first appearance, it's a bog-standard, frustrating, meaningless AssPull, especially irritating since handfuls of at-first-glance far more reasonable solutions (Death the Kid's Sanzu Lines, Black☆Star's [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential upgraded powers]], Maka's Black Blood ''and'' Weapon form capabilities, the PowerOfFriendship, BREW, any or even all of the Weapons becoming Death Scythes). But ''either'' of the alternative interpretations make it an amazingly meaningful bit of FridgeLogic. In the pessimistic outlook, it's DownerEnding. It seems insane, and when the villain's power is to cause insanity, that does not suggest that the heroes really won. In the more optimistic, Asura's greatest attribute was as a personification of fear, and what individuals are willing to do to try and escape fear. Pulling random superpowers out of thin air, falling into the superpowered evil side, calling on supermagitech, training done to overcome the fear of not matching up to potential, that stuff '''can't''' beat Asura; it's what he's made from, and what made him what he is. It's not about some mystical power popping from nowhere at the last episode, it's about the same courage from episode one that lead her to strike down an opponent that easily outclassed her. Not trying to overpower it, not doing whatever was necessary to become stronger than the feared thing. Being afraid, powerless, and fighting anyway.
* The ''SoulEater'' anime ending. [[spoiler:"I see, so courage is just like madness."]]

* This troper has seen some fans complaining about Medusa wielding a Vector Blade towards the end of the anime, when it was never used before in the anime and does not exist in the manga. But if you think about it, it makes sense that Medusa would know how to fight with a sword - who else would have taught Crona?

* In the very beginning of the story, when Soul and Maka face Sid in battle with Black Star and Tsubaki, Sid is defeated but refuses to tell them what they need to know. Black Star counters this by flashing him with Tsubaki's panties, and he divulges some information. Soul attempts to follow this trend by flashing him with ''Maka's'' panties, which of course doesn't work and gets him hit over the head for his troubles. This is just supposed to be a humorous scene, but if you think about it, ''Soul had to have thought it would work'' or there was no point. Meaning that ''Soul himself found Maka attractive'', despite him not giving many indications of that otherwise, and actively calling her flat-chested and not his type. Which is confirmed later in the story.

* In the Book of Eibon's Lust Chapter [[spoiler: When everyone turns into the opposite gender, showing what's most attractive to them, Soul looks a lot like Maka with fancier clothes. Maka just looks kind of ordinary with flat hair.]] Shippers everywhere sighed "so much for that theory." [[spoiler: Until they saw [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/6cdc276eb4b4990841d900837dcbfa72/tumblr_inline_muu3t2NHsZ1s2wjke.png Soul without hair gel]] in Soul Eater Not!]]

* From the first chapter/episode on, Maka's goal is to make Soul a better Death Scythe than her father (who cheated on her mother). Her dad makes comments about being sure Soul's trying to use his weapon status to hit on Maka and he rolls his eyes, but later, [[spoiler: when he pretends to leave her for Blair to get the 'witch' soul]] he says "Cool guys don't cheat on their partners." Later in the series, Maka shows off a photo album of her and her dad, stating he was only 18 when he had her. Author Atsushi Ōkubo's statement that there will probably not be any characters getting together during the series, despite the heavy shipteasing with these two, implies that these kids are determined not to make the same mistakes Maka's parents did.

** As someone pointed out on the Nightmare Fuel page, consider Spirit's talk of the bond between [[spoiler: parents and children. He's presenting it as the reason why he and Maka's souls resonate - to the horror of Crona, who killed hir mother - but the suggestion that ''breaking'' the bond between souls is somehow unnatural can equally be applied to Shinigami, Asura, and ultimately (inadvertantly) even Kid.]]

* The cast wears street clothes that are different than their trademark outfits while hanging out in Maka's and Soul's apartment. This could only mean that those punkish, CrazyAwesome, and borderline {{Stripperiffic}} outfits are in fact their school uniforms!!! Awesome. ''Soul Eater Not!'' Chapter 4 has Maka confirm that while there is a uniform, [[http://www.mangareader.net/soul-eater-not/4/14 casual clothes are permitted and any top can be mixed with any bottom with a massive range of official clothes to boot.]]

* The cast wears street clothes that are different than their trademark outfits while hanging out in Maka's and Soul's apartment. This could only mean that those punkish, CrazyAwesome, and borderline {{Stripperiffic}} outfits are in fact their school uniforms!!! Awesome.
** The DWMA seems to have a school dress code (As Kim, Jackie, and various extras wear uniforms) but they don't seem to enforce it all that much, leading to crazy battle outfits. Only gets crazier when we have the cast change into their Spartoi uniforms.
*** ''Soul Eater Not!'' Chapter 4 has Maka confirm that while there is a uniform, [[http://www.mangareader.net/soul-eater-not/4/14 casual clothes are permitted and any top can be mixed with any bottom with a massive range of official clothes to boot.]]

* Black☆Star is a small kid with immense pride and powers related to shadows, just like another small kid related to Pride in [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist another series]], and both of these characters have the same American voice actress, BrittneyKarbowski.
** This is ActorAllusion[=/=]CastingGag, not FridgeBrilliance.

** Furthermore, Soul stating that Maka lacks sex appeal only applies to what other guys think, not what Soul thinks, as the issue at hand was partner requests.

* Ragnarok. It took a while for this troper to realize that for him to be implanted in Crona, Medusa had to force him into weapon mode, melt him down into a liquid, and mix him with the black blood. It's no wonder he's a sociopathic bully- if anything, he should be a mindless, gibbering wreck.
** Don't forget that before putting the black blood into Crona, Medusa had to drain all of Crona's normal blood. Considering Crona was shown in a flashback to already have Ragnarok when she was like five...let's just say Medusa is a horrible mother.
* Kid and Black☆Star are going to [[spoiler: create a totalitarian society that will basically shut down free will. And this is a GOOD thing.]]
** You heard Kid: [[spoiler: "As though I would allow people the freedom to kill!"]]
** The point of Salvage arc was the exact opposite, though. [[spoiler: They acknowledge that order and power ruling together could easily turn into a tyranny, and point out that harmony and balance is necessary to prevent it.]]
* The (anime-only, so far) ending to ''SoulEater''. At first appearance, it's a bog-standard, frustrating, meaningless AssPull, especially irritating since handfuls of at-first-glance far more reasonable solutions (Death the Kid's Sanzu Lines, Black☆Star's [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential upgraded powers]], Maka's Black Blood ''and'' Weapon form capabilities, the PowerOfFriendship, BREW, any or even all of the Weapons becoming Death Scythes). But ''either'' of the alternative interpretations make it an amazingly meaningful bit of FridgeLogic. In the pessimistic outlook, it's DownerEnding. It seems insane, and when the villain's power is to cause insanity, that does not suggest that the heroes really won. In the more optimistic, Asura's greatest attribute was as a personification of fear, and what individuals are willing to do to try and escape fear. Pulling random superpowers out of thin air, falling into the superpowered evil side, calling on supermagitech, training done to overcome the fear of not matching up to potential, that stuff '''can't''' beat Asura; it's what he's made from, and what made him what he is. It's not about some mystical power popping from nowhere at the last episode, it's about the same courage from episode one that lead her to strike down an opponent that easily outclassed her. Not trying to overpower it, not doing whatever was necessary to become stronger than the feared thing. Being afraid, powerless, and fighting anyway. -- @/{{Gattsuru}}
* Most people were annoyed at Black Star's dub voice at first and likely still are; but then you realize that like the Japanese version, he sounds very similar to {{Naruto}}! -- @/PikaHikariKT

* So the Mizune mice witches combine together into a mature, grown and pretty hotn'powerful ( and more stripirific)form. Able to communicate naturally too. Infact they've also combined separately (one combo using 2 and the other using 3, with the latter looking more physically mature). How much hotter, stronger, mature bodied and stripirific would have they been with the sister whom Medusa killed? We'll never know what their "full form" was...

* Death The Kid going insane in the Manga. Sure he returns to normal thanks to Black Star. But, think about it for a minute. He wanted to [[ApocalypseHow destroy all of existence]] just to create perfect symmetry in the form of nothingness. In other words, he's ''worse'' than the Kishin himself when he goes insane.
** By extension, the fact this is what a ''young'' [[spoiler: god/Anthropomorphic Personification tried to do when manipulated. Perhaps it's a good thing there's only a couple of the Great Old Ones left?]]

** To be fair, he was (and still is) a raving lunatic who was eating innocent souls like there was no tomorrow, and [[UnreliableExpositor if Asura is to be believed]] he said that he opted to terrorize people instead of overcoming his own fears and [[spoiler: accepting his birthright as a true Shinigami]].
* As of chapter 112, [[spoiler:Chrona used his/her own Black Blood to seal Asura with the Brew Tempest. This was used along with Maka and Soul's. When Maka returns outside, we see that her dress is now white, suggesting neither she nor Soul have the black blood any more, which means Chrona wouldn't either. In other words, Chrona sacrificed not hirself, but something just as valuable to a meister- hir weapon.]]
** [[spoiler: So whatever may have remained of Ragnarok is no more. And with him, Crona has lost hir way of fighting the fear (the soul-eater). On the one hand, it shows Crona's accepting fear rather than rejecting/attacking anything zhe can't 'deal with'. On the other hand, it seems zhe is now alone with 'fear itself', Asura.]]