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** While it looks like the author just decided he wanted Maka's mum out of the picture without actually having to establish her as being dead, in-universe the whole thing comes across as a bit of a mess. As Maka as shown to idolise her mother, and because is said to be a great scythe meister, I suspect the readers are 'meant' to see the [[TheGhost character]] of Maka's mum as a great person her daughter can look up to, in contrast to her feckless father. But by editing the woman out entirely, the author has wound up with the impression that it is Maka's ''mother'', not Spirit, who comes across as the neglectful parent. For all that Maka is annoyed by, reminisces and worries about her dad throughout the series, her mother barely gets a mention. That could arguably be taken a few ways, and they don't all reflect well on the former Mrs Albarn...

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** While it looks like the author just decided he wanted Maka's mum out of the picture without actually having to establish her as being dead, in-universe the whole thing comes across as a bit of a mess. As Maka as shown to idolise her mother, and because is said to be a great scythe meister, I suspect the readers are 'meant' ''meant'' to see the [[TheGhost character]] of Maka's mum mother as a great person her daughter can look up to, in contrast to her feckless father. But by editing the woman out entirely, the author has wound up with the impression that it is Maka's ''mother'', not Spirit, who comes across as the neglectful parent. For all that Maka is annoyed by, reminisces and worries about her dad throughout the series, her mother barely gets a mention. That could arguably be taken a few ways, and they don't all reflect well on the former Mrs Mrs. Albarn...

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** It's a boarding school her dad works at. It's natural Maka sees him more, but it has no impact on what a bad dad and husband he is.

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** It's a boarding school her dad works at. It's natural Maka sees him more, but it has no impact on what a bad dad and husband he is.
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** Most likely it is because he uses them as [[GunFu tonfa during hand to hand fights]].
** That would be the most accurate. On one page of volume 8 (160 I think.) Kid hits an enemy with the barrel of Liz or Patty while firing a bullet as the contact was made. So he modifies his strikes with gunfire.

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** Most likely it is because he uses them as [[GunFu tonfa during hand to hand hand-to-hand fights]].
** That would be the most accurate. On one page of volume 8 (160 I think.) Kid hits an enemy with the barrel of Liz or Patty while firing a bullet as the contact was made. So So, he modifies his strikes with gunfire.



* Has Okubo forgotten Maka has a mother? We know barely anything about the woman who appears to have had a significant influence on Maka's attitude (wants to be a great Scythe Technician...like her mother; wants to be top of the class...like her mother). Originally, I thought she was being saved for a big revelation of some sort, but as the manga continues I'm starting to think the author's just ignoring Kami Albarn's existence: somewhere, presumably doing * something* considering she has sole custody of Maka. Just a pretty conspicuous absence, I thought.

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* Has Okubo forgotten Maka has a mother? We know barely anything about the woman who appears to have had a significant influence on Maka's attitude (wants to be a great Scythe Technician...like her mother; wants to be top of the class...like her mother). Originally, I thought she was being saved for a big revelation of some sort, but as the manga continues continues, I'm starting to think the author's just ignoring Kami Albarn's existence: somewhere, presumably doing * something* considering she has sole custody of Maka. Just a pretty conspicuous absence, I thought.



** I dunno about that; [[IncrediblyLamePun Death]] [[MeaningfulName Valley]] would make a lot of sense...

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** I dunno about that; [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Death]] [[MeaningfulName Valley]] would make a lot of sense...



* The currency used in Death City is called Manga/{{Death Note}}s. IncrediblyLamePun aside, they're in Nevada, which is in the western USA. Why don't they just use dollars?

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* The currency used in Death City is called Manga/{{Death Note}}s. IncrediblyLamePun {{Pun}} aside, they're in Nevada, which is in the western USA. Why don't they just use dollars?
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** The technique may be designed to target evil, but that is still a magic scythe that would be quite sharp if superpowered up by soul resonance, so it would destroy anything it touches but not innocent people.

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** Also, Death city may be a bit of a city state, though located within Nevada, that doesn't automatically make it part of the United States. Having it's own currency wouldn't be far fetched if this was the case.



** Ok, so Kid was created from a piece of his father's soul, right? So, here is my question for you... does he have a belly button?

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** * Ok, so Kid was created from a piece of his father's soul, right? So, here is my question for you... does he have a belly button?
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** We have never seen him shirtless so I guess we will never know
** The prequel series did establish that Death based Kid off of his cretor so he may have included a belly button to make them more alike.

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