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[[caption-width-right:350: Death's Personal Weapons [[labelnote: From Left to Right]] Justin Law, Jinn Galland, Tezca Tlipoca, Azusa Yumi, Tsar Pushka, Marie Mjolnir, Dengu Dinga, Spirit Albarn. Lord Death and Death the Kid, their wielders, are the last two.[[/labelnote]]]]

Death Scythes are Demon Weapons who have been "forged." That is a Meister, or a collection of Meisters, have captured 99 evil human souls on Death's List and one witch soul and fed them to a candidate. Doing so creates Death Scythes who have qualities that the God of Death himself uses.

Expect lots of [[WorldOfBadass Badass Tropes]].Beware of '''Unmarked Spoilers!'''
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[[folder:Death Scythes in General]]

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Death Scythes are characterized as being phenomenally more powerful than the average Demon Weapon, adopting powers based on the witch who's soul they've eaten and while they can be wielded by a human meister, are the preferred weapon for the God of Death.
* NonIndicativeName: Sure, they're called "Death Scythes," but almost none of them are actually scythes. [[spoiler:The number rises to two when Soul becomes one, but that does nothing to change the fact.]]

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[[folder:Spirit Albarn]]
!!Spirit Albarn
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese), Creator/HiroakiHirata (Japanese - CD dramas), Creator/VicMignogna (English), Loris Loddi (Italian)
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Lord Death's current weapon and Maka's estranged but affectionate father. Maka's mother was his former meister, but she divorced him due to his constant flirting with other women.
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* TheAce: It's easy to forget, given his ridiculous demeanor, but he's the strongest of the Death Scythes and Lord Death's personal weapon.
* ActionDad: What with being a Death Scythe and all.
* AdaptationDyeJob: The anime gives him blue eyes, but in the manga his eyes are as green as Maka's.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: To Maka.
* BerserkerTears: He's weeping in ''utter rage'' at hearing Medusa's utter callousness for Crona. As a parent especially, he finds such behavior ''unforgivable.''
* BrokenPedestal: Maka absolutely loved her father as a child, but after Spirit cheated on her Mother, her belief in her Father was shattered.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Marie once mentioned Spirit's expertise in soul wavelength control in the same sentence she pointed out his womanizing.
* CloudCuckooLander:
--> '''[[MadScientist Stein]]''': What on earth are you doing, Spirit?\\
'''Spirit''': I'm sending positive energy to Maka so she'll do well on the test.\\
'''Stein''': Okay...\\
'''Spirit''': Anything else?\\
'''Stein''': No. Continue.\\
'''Spirit''': Yeah.
* CrossAttack: His weapon form is a cross with a SinisterScythe blade on it.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It's easy to forget that he is Lord Death's personal Death Scythe for a good reason. In the hands of Stein the two are nearly unstoppable, and when Death wields him.....
* DotingParent: He is a doting father who really tries his very best for Maka. Unfortunately, while a doting father, he is a ''[[HandsomeLech terrible]]'' [[HandsomeLech husband]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's in the background when Maka and Soul first call Lord Death to report on collecting their 99th soul. After making a play for Maka's affection, he turns on Soul and demands he keep his distance; when Soul mentions a lack of interest in Maka and her small chest, however, Spirit immediately leaps to the defense of his daughter's beauty and demands to know why Soul hasn't made a move on her yet.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He is sometimes called by just his title, Death Scythe, probably to acknowledge he is Lord Death's Weapon.
* {{Foil}}: With Medusa, namely that both are parents of a Meister who end up having Black Blood in them. Spirit though is a HandsomeLech and DotingParent that genuinely loves Maka while Medusa is a AbusiveParent who cares little for her child. There's also the fact that Spirit is a Deathsycthe and Medusa is a witch, making them naturally enemies.
* HandsomeLech: He's a dashing man in his prime and constantly goes out to the bar and flirts with the workers there.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Spirit, especially when getting emotional over Maka, has a tendency to interpret events either primarily in his own favor or to portray himself more sympathetically than deserved.
* LetsGetDangerous: Spirit is normally goofy and flirty, but when he needs to be serious, he's a major threat.
* LoserArchetype: The collapse of his family has left Spirit a colossal, pathetic mess, all but begging for attention from his daughter and sobbing over it in cabaret clubs when she denies him.
* LovableSexManiac: Though not quite lovable enough to stop his wife from divorcing him. He [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] the trope by showing how being friendly and lovable while being a shameless lech clash too much for him to form stable relationships as his wife and daughter can attest.
* MoralityChain: To Stein, especially when they were students.
* MumLooksLikeASister: He looks more like Maka's older brother. Justified as he was 18 when Maka was born.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Like Death, if he's not joking around, it's a sign of trouble. His reaction to Medusa's abuse of Crona is the only time we see Spirit get angry. His response to Shinigami in the later chapters may also count; [[spoiler: his meister is commenting on the circumstances of his own death]] and his normally talkative [[EquippableAlly Weapon]] isn't saying a word.
* OddFriendship: With Lord Death.
** Also to Stein, considering what he did to Spirit during their years and still willing to accept him.
* OverEnthusiasticParents: He gets excited about Maka in multiple ways.
* PapaWolf: No matter how silly he is, the guy isn't going to hesitate going full-force to protect his daughter. Judging by his [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness unusually]] aggressive reaction to Medusa, this trope may extend to children in general.
* ParentChildTeam: [[spoiler:In the manga's climax, Maka is able to successfully wield Spirit as a weapon against Crona. Their flawed but loving relationship is what makes Crona's resolve waver, allowing Asura to seize control of the kid]].
* PlayboyHasADaughter: Played with. Spirit didn't give up his playboy ways after he and his wife had Maka, and Maka's mother ended up leaving him for his infidelity. Despite this, Spirit REALLY wants to be a part of Maka's life, but unfortunately for him, Maka can't stand him.
* ReallyGetsAround: While they can be rare, there are flashes of Spirit's womanizing behavior here and there.
** Spirit throws himself at Medusa when she's posing as the new school nurse.
** In a flashback to the days when the death scythes were kids, Spirit is seen flirting outrageously with a girl as the ClassRepresentative Azusa happens upon him.
** Maka learns on her daddy-daughter date with Spirit that every shop in Death City has a female employee that he's made a move on (and is so embarassed she refuses to return to some of her favorite shops because of it).
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He was aware that the connection of Kid's Sanzu lines would eventually lead to Shinigami's disappearance well before the fact.]]
* SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: Spirit has green eyes and crimson-red hair, a combination unseen in any of the other characters. On top of being Maka's father, he's the most powerful of the Death Scythes.
* SimpleYetAwesome: His incredibly precise control over his wavelength allows Spirit to toss himself to anyone, even a RedShirt, and help them wield him like a pro, by boosting their specific skills. Have him jump around a battlefield to where he's needed, and suddenly the RedShirtArmy becomes a BadassArmy.
* SinisterScythe: Unlike Soul, Spirit looks more like a thin, long-shafted cross with the scythe blade coming out from one of the arms.
* SuperEmpowering: His unique talent as a Death Scythe is the ability to dramatically boost the natural abilities of whoever wields him so that even a RedShirt can become a OneManArmy. When teamed up with Stein, the two of them are practically unstoppable, especially considering that they're able to perform [[AntiMagic the Witch Hunter technique]] without difficulty.
* TalkingWeapon: As with all weapons.
* ThemeNaming: Note how the two primary scythes of the show are named ''Soul'' and ''Spirit''.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: While he had plenty of reason to dislike Medusa, what truly solidifies his resolve to defeat Medusa is learning what an awful mother she is to Crona. Spirit definitely has flaws as a husband, but he doesn't mess around when it comes to being a father.
* ThrowTheDogABone: For as much crap as Maka gives him throughout the series, by the end of the manga the two of them seem to be on fairly good terms. [[spoiler:Tellingly, the two of them are able to perform a successful Soul Resonance at the series' climax, with Maka's hand not burning while using her father as a weapon.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Lord Death annoy one another quite frequently, but he ''does'' seem to care about his meister (e.g the Sanzu Lines business) and his role as Death Scythe.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: With Maka.
* WellDoneDadGuy: He constantly tries to be an admirable father-figure to Maka and seeks her approval; she appreciates his love and hard work, but continues to be angered by his stupidity and shameless flirting.
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[[folder:Justin Law]]
!!Justin Law
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshinoriFujita (Japanese), Creator/EricVale (English), Gabriele Lopez (Italian)
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The Death Scythe in charge of Western Europe. His weapon form, the guillotine, fits his title of "executioner". He's usually seen wearing priestly garb and a pair of headphones that he keeps on at high volume.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:In the anime, he never turns out to be evil. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Which also means he never died.]]]]
* ArtShift: [[spoiler: After his FaceHeelTurn, the panels depicting him grow steadily more warped and twisted.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: When he shows his true colors.]]
* BadassBiker: Towing a coffin, to boot.
* BadassBoast: Justin's bike tows a coffin--apparently for his targets. Showing up with one of these in tow is an implicit boast that it's going to be filled.
* BadHabits: He dresses like a Catholic minister, but is never stated to be a churchman of any kind, [[spoiler:and of course, he is evil.]]
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His usual and most basic attack consist in sprouting a guillotine blade on his arm and shoot it or use it to slice in melee.
* BrokenAce: While a tremendously effective solo weapon, his ability to form relationships with other people is hobbled--his one relationship is his devotion to a god that he doesn't really listen to. Eventually his problems with isolation get the better of him [[spoiler:and with the {{Evil Mentor}}ship of a certain clown, he dives headlong into madness]].
* CallingYourAttacks: Does this often. [[spoiler: As he grow more and more insane he can't fully call out most of his longer attacks anymore.]]
* ChildProdigy: Attained Death Scythe status as a thirteen year old, as an improbable weapon type and ''without'' the help of any meister to boot.
* ChurchMilitant: Even in the middle of battle, Justin never ditches his priestly clothes.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:He effectively become one for Kishin Asura]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:To Stein. Both grappled with madness; Justin was much better at hiding it, but ultimately gave into it at the end, whereas Stein makes no secret of it and stays loyal to Lord Death. Both are also famed singular prodigies from the DWMA as a meister and weapon respectively, but while Stein remained loyal despite his own madness, Justin caved into his madness and became more corrupt.]]
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler:He considers being Asura's [[TheDragon Dragon]] a pleasant life because he's free of all the restrictions of living under Lord Death.]]
* EvilMakesYouUgly: [[spoiler: After he commits his FaceHeelTurn, he progressively gets uglier and warped in the panels.]]
* EvilMentor: Justin Law meets the clown before the Internal Investigation arc. [[spoiler:The clown infects him with madness and begins to spend time with him, ultimately driving him into a FaceHeelTurn]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Reveals that he's loyal to Ashura.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** With Soul, whose first encounter with Justin leaves him helplessly contemplating what it would be like to be a solo weapon while holding his defeated meister Maka in his arms.
** As a solo Death Scythe who and worships the BigGood, Justin contrasts Giriko, the weapon who fights alone for Arachne the Heretic witch.
** He further contrasts Stein, a meister who can work with any weapon and doesn't even need one, but whose struggles with madness are public knowledge. [[spoiler:Justin keeps his struggles to himself before ultimately going LaughingMad, while Stein only briefly succumbs in the anime and overcomes it entirely in the manga]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Stein thinks that Justin Law's sheer devotion to the god of death puts him above the influence of Asura's madness--but given that all the normal people in the room see Lord Death as little more than a quirky boss, Justin's blatant and unusual religious pieties become immediately suspect.
** Justin Law's puts his headphones in when it's completely inappropriate, during the middle of a crisis meeting with the rest of the death-scythes. When it becomes apparent, Law is making a curiously moody face.
** Death describes Justin Law as a dependable ally when revealing he sent him to Loew village to rescue the kids. [[spoiler:Justin ultimately goes mad and turns traitor]].
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:With any of the Kishin's Clowns. See OneWingedAngel.]]
* TheGimmick: Justin Law has one of the strongest gimmicks of the death-scythes--he's the only person who actually *worships* the god of death, and not only does he dress the part (he wears the ''zucchetto'', ''mozzetta'', and cassock of a bishop), he makes hammy displays of religious piety.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler: His loneliness and inability to form any close relationships besides indulging in his unrequited worship of Lord Death is what ended up driving him insane.]]
* GoodShepherd: A holy man who venerates the BigGood and smites evil. [[spoiler: In this manga this is inverted as he is truly a SinisterMinister that worships Ashura.]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: One of his main CharacterTics, PlayedForLaughs initially, but the manga ultimately has it PlayedForDrama. Justin wears headphones that play music so loud that he not only speaks with a constantly raised voice, he can't hear the sound of anyone talking to him--he only reads lips, which causes some inconvenience when speaking to masked or faceless characters--like the god he worships, Lord Death. [[spoiler:Alas for Tezca Tlipoca, who finds Justin on the brink of absolute madness, Justin can't hear his KirkSummation]].
* ImprobableAge: He became a Death Scythe at age 13, the youngest in DWMA's history. Coordinator of Western Europe by age seventeen, aka when we meet him.
* [[ImprobableWeaponUser Improbable Weapon Person]]: Why is he the only Death Scythe who graduated without a partner? No one figured out how they were supposed to wield a ''guillotine'' in battle.
* {{Irony}}:
** In an EstablishingCharacterMoment, Justin laments that he cannot hear the voice of his god, the grim reaper--completely blind to the fact that his pounding headphones are the exact reason that he cannot.
** Justin is a man who only reads lips and is apparently "friends" with Tezca Tlipoca, a man who loves to chatter but whose mask covers his whole face. [[spoiler:This becomes tragic when Tezca's KirkSummation goes unheard because there are no lips for Justin to read]].
** Stein says that people like Justin are the least susceptible to the Kishin's madness. [[spoiler: Stein later determines that his isolation is what lead him into madness to start with.]]
%%* KnightTemplar
* LargeHam: A side effect of [[NoIndoorVoice his frequent yelling]], dramatic speeches and [[MilkingTheGiantCow arm gestures]], ''especially'' when talking to Shinigami-sama. [[spoiler: Though it may be a subtle side effect of his insanity or [[ObfuscatingStupidity an act]] to fit in better with the quirkier Death Scythes.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He's ultimately done in by Stein (the man he tried to frame as having gone off the deep end and murdered Joe Buttataki) and Marie (Joe's ex who she ''might'' have had a shot of rekindling something with).]]
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Dresses in priest's garb, has an attack called "Law Abiding Silver Gun," and always aims to strike down enemies of his God... Except his God happens to be the Kishin.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Justified, by the priest wearing proper vestments.
* LonersAreFreaks: He constantly isolated himself even as a child, and uses his headphones, speakers, and other noise to cut himself off from the world. [[spoiler:Stein says his isolation is the reason Law gave into madness.]]
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: [[spoiler:He only willingly takes off his earphones because of this.]]
* MadnessMakeover: [[spoiler:When he fuses with the Clown.]]
* MirrorCharacter:Justin Law is a bladed ShapeshifterWeapon who drives a bike just like Soul.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:For the Incarnation of Madness itself, no less. Note, this is only in the manga.]]
* NamesToTrustImmediately: Justin Law sounds like "Justice Law" which is a fitting name for one of the chief enforcers of the Incarnation of Order and Stability in the verse (I.E. Death). [[spoiler: Inverted, in the manga, as he truly works for the Incarnation of Madness.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:In the manga, Stein and Marie utterly obliterate him during the FinalBattle on the Moon, leaving nothing behind.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: He might as well be deaf when he has his head phones on, which means he can't hear ''himself'' either so he winds up talking loudly or yelling a lot.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:By fusing with a clown, Justin gains a large helmet and the power to create all sorts of guillotine themed weapons at great distances.]]
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Justin Law is one of Lord Death's most effective death scythes [[spoiler:and serves the Kishin likewise]].
* ProductionThrowback: His most common attack, the "Law Abiding Silver Gun", is named after Yowhey Nanami's SwissArmyWeapon in ''Manga/BIchi'', Ookubo's previous series.
* PsychoSupporter: [[spoiler:He is fanatically devoted to Asura, who he worships ''because'' he is the God of Fear and Madness.]]
* PunnyName: On "Justinian law" which was created in an attempt to unify the Roman Empire by requiring that all citizens convert to Christianity.
* ReadingLips: Which is good, considering his headphones. Unfortunately, he does not seem to get along well with Tezca Tlipoca, as he wears a mask, making him unable to read his lips. So usually, whatever Tezca has to say to him goes ignored unless accompanied by [[spoiler: the Clown]].
%%* ReligiousBruiser
* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:The scar he got when Tezca Tlipoca burned off half his face has stayed the same since it happened. Not particularly notable since that sounds reasonable, except for the fact that his ''eye has apparently been on fire since it happened.'']]
* ShadowArchetype: Justin Law is a bladed ShapeshifterWeapon and BadassBiker just like Soul, but as a solo weapon Justin doesn't need to be wielded by a meister. [[spoiler:Over time, it becomes apparent that Soul's relationship with Maka is one of his greatest strengths, while Justin's inability to connect with others is his greatest weakness]].
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:He's relatively low-key until Chapter 69, when he starts busting out grins that threaten to split his head in half.]]
* TalkingWeapon: As with all weapons.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: [[spoiler:The longer he stays on Asura's side, the crazier he gets. By the time of his fight with Tezca Tlipoca, he's starts slipping into complete, incoherent raving madness. Then again, working for the embodiment of insanity can't be mentally healthy.]]
* {{Troll}}: Normally can't be bothered to remove his headphones, even when he can't hear what people are saying. [[spoiler: Except he can read lips, and will sometimes refrain from saying so until he's sufficiently annoying.]] Giriko was not [[HairTriggerTemper amused]].
* UndyingLoyalty: To Lord Death. [[spoiler: In the manga he switches it to Asura.]]
* UseYourHead: Though ironically when he uses a headbutt in a fight he [[CallingYourAttacks calls it]] "HeadbuttOfLove."
* WalkingSpoiler: Mostly for those reading the manga.
* YouAreNotAlone: Tezca makes this speech in the manga [[spoiler:right before Justin [[KilledOffForReal kills him off for real]]... once Justin's started merging with Kishin clowns. So thanks to Kishin, he really doesn't have to be alone anymore.]]
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[[folder:Marie Mjolnir]]
!!Marie Mjolnir
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiekoHonda (Japanese), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (US), Elena Gianni (Italian)
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The Death Scythe in charge of Oceania. Her weapon form is that of a large hammer (though partially resembles a tonfa), and her last name is derived from the legendary hammer of [[Myth/NorseMythology Thor]], {{Mjolnir}}. She wears an eyepatch with a thunderbolt insignia.
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* ActionGirl: What with being a Death Scythe and all.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arie '''M'''jolnir
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Stein. The extra soul wavelength in her womb is received quite well. The part where Stein declares the kid another guinea pig, [[FacePalm not so much]].]]
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Several MaleGaze shots in the anime, show that Marie is very well endowed, to the point she rivals Blair and Arachne for bustiest character, which is not an easy feat. Adds to her status as a HotTeacher.
* ClingyJealousGirl: The main reason she was single for long was because she kept coming off as this to her ex-boyfriends. She admitted to going to great lengths to keep her former boyfriends happy but finds them running out on her while Azusa claimed that this resulted because of her putting to much pressure on her relationships, coming off as clingy and scaring off her men.
* CloudCuckooLander: Again, ''tried to marry a toilet'' and then destroyed the same toilet because she thought it would cheat on her.
* CoolTeacher: Cares for her students a great deal and has a tight bond with them.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On one hand, oddball Christmas cake. On the other hand, formidable death scythe.
* CurbStompBattle:
** With Stein, against [[spoiler:Justin Law]].
** Is also Curb-Stomped later on, [[spoiler: [[{{Irony}} by Justin]]. Then again, Noah was there too, so were her comrades.]] It wasn't pretty.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Yellow hair yellow eye.
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Mild example. Yuma notes she seems to have no idea how much power her fists pack when she punches people.
* {{Expy}}: She bears a close resemblance in physical appearance to Nice Holystone from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', as far as having the same hair and eye color and sporting an eye patch. They even share the same voice actress, coincidentally.
* EyepatchOfPower: Has an eyepatch and is a powerful Death Scythe.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Medusa. While Marie is deathscythe, Medusa is a witch making them natural enemies. Their powers are also opposite, as while Marie uses strength and force with her hammer form, Medusa uses speed and cutting with her snakes, bonus points for how she has healing wavelength to calm souls, Medusa has snakes to spike peoples madness which she does to Crona and Stein especially. How they interact with everyone is also opposite, with Medusa being a ManipulativeBastard and Marie being a TeamMom and the relationships they share with Crona and Stein are where their difference become the most clear;
*** With Crona, Marie treats them the most motherly out of all her students, to the point of Crona being LikeASonToMe, which Crona seems to reciprocate entirely viewing Marie as a ParentalSubstitute for them, while Medusa only sees Crona as GuineaPigFamily at best and living weapon/slave at worst. [[spoiler: This really gets tuned up in the anime in the final episodes. She never leaves Crona's side in almost all her remaining scenes, cementing her bond with them]]
*** With Stein, Marie acts as his MoralityChain, keeping him sane while Medusa tries to drive him to insane [[spoiler: while both got ship tease with stein only one succeeds. in the anime medusa succeeded, albiet breifly under madness until Marie snapped him out of it, in the manga Marie succeeds as she is pregnant with his child]]
** To Spirit as well. While they are both death scythes and both have been partners with Stein, Marie acts as permenant teacher on staff while Spirit only acts as a substitute. Their weapon forms are sort of opposite with Spirit being a scythe and therefore a cutting weapon while Marie is a hammer based weapon, using strength and force. Both have special wavelengths to greatly help their meisters; Spirit enhances wavelengths to be much stronger while Marie has healing wavelength to calm madness, both of which are highly resourceful to Stein. Spirit is divorced and has his own daughter, Marie dreams of being married herself and can only be a TeamMom to her students, in particular being a surrogate mother to Crona. [[spoiler: She does end up with stein at the end of manga, being pregnant with his child though]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: After [[spoiler:Joe dies]].
* HotTeacher: She's a teacher who's quite easy on the eyes.
* InsaneTrollLogic: She rationalizes why the toilet would be a good marriage candidate by the fact it [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything takes and accepts anything she gives it]].
* JustFriends: States that anything between her and [[ShipTease Stein]] is [[WorkingWithTheEx ancient history]]. Naturally, [[spoiler: they end up an OfficialCouple.]]
* LightningBruiser: In the manga she's this on her own. With her help, a compatible Meister can beat on someone so fast the victim doesn't even know what's happening to them. She calls this technique "Izuna", but also states that it can't be kept on for too long.
* MamaBear: Protective of her students. Being a Christmas Cake they are the closest she has to children.
* MeaningfulName:
** In the anime her form ''actually is'' a hammer.
** The manga instead emphasizes the 'lightning' connection with her ability to allow her meister to move at extremely high speeds, and the 'internal generation' she uses to burn Medusa's snake. Her nickname, "the Crusher," also recalls the mythological hammer.
* MoralityChain: Chosen specifically to be Stein's weapon when fighting the Kishin for her healing wavelength.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted, at least in conversation. Apparently, Marie's will cause her to talk anyone's ear off.
* NoSenseOfDirection: She's a DWMA alumna and it takes hours of trial and error for her to get anywhere.
* OfficialCouple:
** Had this status with Joe in the manga before the series proper, [[spoiler:and again before he died]].
** [[spoiler:The final chapter shows her carrying Stein's child.]]
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:The final chapter reveals that she's pregnant with Stein's child; Maka's comment early in the chapter implies she was already pregnant during the Battle on the Moon.]]
%%* SenseiChan
* ShipTease: With Stein. [[spoiler: [[BabiesEverAfter Confirmed.]]]]
* {{Shoryuken}}: She gives one to Spirit in chapter 70. And not the regular one, but the ''Metsu'' Shoryuken.
* ShockStick: Marie's weapon form is either a hammer or a tonfa. True to her namesake, she's able to utilize her soul wavelength to generate electricity.
* SilkHidingSteel: An extremely goofy version, but an example nonetheless. Follows Lord Death's orders to a T (indeed one of the few that showed up when he called after Ashura got out) and is put in charge of quietly reigning in Stein's madness. As for the steel, her nickname is "Crushing Weapon."
* SuperStrength: she is a deathscythe and (as Azusa notes) she "doesn't know the power of her punches"
* TalkingWeapon: As with all weapons, she can talk in weapon form.
* TeamMom: As opposed to the other teachers' hardcore attitudes, Marie is downright motherly to her students, and in particular becomes a surrogate mother to Crona.
* ThunderHammer: Marie's weapon form is either a hammer or a tonfa. True to her namesake, she's able to utilize her soul wavelength to generate electricity.
* WorkingWithTheEx: When first introduced, Marie quite calmly tells [[ShipperOnDeck Azusa]] that Stein's status as her FirstLove is ancient history. Then she's assigned as his new partner. Then [[spoiler: at some point in the series, she and Stein develop at least enough feelings for each other to make a baby.]]
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[[folder:Yumi Azusa]]
!!Yumi Azusa
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}} (Japanese), Creator/BrinaPalencia (English), Angela Brusa (Italian)
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The Death Scythe in charge of East Asia. She is bookish and analytical and is close friends with Marie. In weapon form she takes the form of a crossbow, able to fire high-velocity spirit shots up to 10 km accurately. She is also an extremely competent information gatherer and tactician, easily finding one of Arachnophobia's labs.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In chapter 111, right when it seems like Asura has won, Kilik and Azusa shoot Asura in the head all the way from Earth with some handy calculations from Eruka. It ends up being just the distraction that the heroes needed to turn the tables on Asura.]]
* BrutalHonesty: She didn't hesitate to tell Spirit and Stein what she thought about their failure to prevent Asura's revival. Even earlier, she gets clocked by Marie for telling her marriage woes aren't something she should be worried about.
%%* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Is this to Marie in regards to the toilet incident.
* ColdSniper: She's a very stoic, cool-headed individual. And sure enough, she takes the form of a sniper crossbow.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* InSeriesNickname: Called "The Queen of Commitee Chairman" by Spirit and Stein, due to her strict and bossy behaviour back as a student. Much to her dismay.
* MeaningfulName: It's supposed to be a pun on the azusayumi, a type of Japanese bow (as in bow and arrow).
%%* NerdsAreSexy
* PerpetualFrowner: She's never seen smiling.
* PsychicPowers: She uses clairvoyance to scout enemy territories remotely.
%%* PunnyName
* ScaryShinyGlasses: So scary, in fact, that Spirit and Lord Death himself get visibly frightened when her glasses become shiny.
* ShipperOnDeck: Repeatedly asks Marie what's going on between [[ShipTease her and Stein]], and somehow doesn't seem too disapproving (even though Yumi seems to disapprove of Stein as a general rule). [[spoiler: Oh, and she's [[OfficialCouple right]].]]
* SupportPartyMember: Although she is still every bit as strong as you'd expect a Death Weapon to be, where Azusa really shines is being MissionControl. She can perform Soul Resonance through walkie-talkies or cellphones, which allows her to see everything within a certain radius of those she's paired with. It's every bit as useful as it sounds.
%%* SpecsOfAwesome
%%* TheStoic
* TalkingWeapon: As with all weapons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tezca Tlipoca]]
!!Tezca Tlipoca
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The Death Scythe in charge of South America, Tezca appears to be a man wearing a large grinning bear mask that completely covers his head. His Weapon form is a mirror, worn on the ankle of his Meister, Enrique.
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* AlliterativeName: By way of splitting the name of an Aztec deity down the middle.
* BadassCreed: "Life and death are bestowed equally on all people. I'm a mirror in which a person is reflected. So, how you die is up to you..."
* ChekhovsGunman
* CloudCuckooLander: Snaps between this and his competent badass persona in the blink of an eye. For example, [[spoiler: after faking his death, he disguises himself by putting on a giant ''gopher'' head]].
* CoolMask: That is one freaky bear head.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Thought to have been unceremoniously bitten in half, but turns out he used a dummy to fake his death and track Justin Law. Justin Law later decapitated him and checked the body to make sure - the body was real, but Tezca's soul survived..]]
* TheFightingNarcissist: One of his stated motivations is to create a perfect copy of himself because he thinks he's very good-looking under the mask, but can't reflect himself.
* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:First he's seemingly killed by Noah, then he really dies fighting Justin, and now he's appearing in mirrors as some kind of twisted ghost thing. His dialog during this last time seems to imply that he could just come back to life if he found a new body, and may have done so before.]]
* LogicalWeakness: His speech to Justin Law late in the series goes completely unheard because Justin Law only reads lips and Tezca wears a mask that hides his face.
* MagicMirror: He can [[MirrorMatch taking on another's appearance]], show his enemies how they're going to die, and [[spoiler: create numerous, independent copies of himself, which can rejoin their bodies in [[BodyHorror unsettling ways]] when "killed".]]
* MaskOfPower: Subverted; not only does the mask not seem to serve any purpose, but it also makes it impossible for lip-reader Justin Law to understand him. Since they were apparently old friends, this means Justin hung around him for ''years'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments without catching a single word he said]].
* MeaningfulName: "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca/ Tezcatlipoca]]" is the name of an Aztec god associated with mirrors. It literally means "Smoking Mirror" and the way it's separated, gives him his first name as "Mirror" in Nahuatl.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Justin destroyed his body, but not his soul.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He doesn't seem too quick on the uptake and constantly jokes around during combat, but gets serious in a big hurry.
* PaperThinDisguise: The man who can make himself look like anybody, but wears a giant bear mask, disguises himself...[[spoiler: by replacing the bear mask with a giant gopher mask]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: This seems to be his area of expertise, as we've seen him acting as an independent tracker several times now.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Possibly. [[spoiler:Justin and Medusa]] both see people they've wronged in the past while looking at him at least.
* SympatheticMagic: After someone's soul is reflected in his mirror, he can track them wherever they go. [[spoiler: He can even reflect his ''own'' soul, allowing it to exist after his body is destroyed.]]
* TalkingWeapon: As with all weapons.
* WaveMotionGun: His Solar Ray attack is a beam of concentrated sunlight.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tsar Pushka]]
!!Tsar Pushka
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The Death Scythe in charge of Eastern Europe, also known as the "Magic Bullet". Appears to be an EpicFlail type weapon.
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%%* CaptainEthnic
* DemonSlaying: One of only three characters in the series to be confirmed with the anti-demon wavelength. As noted by Medusa, he's particularly effective at fighting Crona as a result... up to a point.
* EpicFlail: Despite being called a "Cannon Bullet", he can also become a sort of flail (with his neck becoming a sort of chain).
%%* {{Gonk}}
%%* MadeOfIron
* MeaningfulName: "Pushka" means "cannon" in Russian. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Cannon "Tsar pushka"]] is the largest bombard by caliber ever built.
%%* MightyGlacier
%%* TalkingWeapon: Like all weapons.
%%* TheWorfEffect: Is easily taken out by Crona.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ding Dinga]]
!!Ding Dinga
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The Death Scythe in charge of Africa. His weapon form is called "Rainbow Axe".
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%%* AttackReflector: His Rainbow Axe seems to function as this in a way.
* AlliterativeName: '''Ding''' '''Ding'''a
* LightTheWay: He can reflect back light beams and leaves large rainbows trails behind when swung.
* RainbowMotif: Fittingly enough, in Africa rainbows are considered an omen of death.
%%* WalkingShirtlessScene
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Djinn Galland]]
!!Djinn Galland
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The Death Scythe in charge of West Asia. His weapon form is a lamp.
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* TheFaceless: His face behind his turban has never been shown.
* GenieInABottle: Him performing Soul Resonance with his meister creates one.
* HeartSymbol: The attack called "The Lovers." Probably also an example of ThePowerOfLove.
* MeaningfulName: His last name is most likely a nod to Antoine Galland, the first European translator of ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneNights''.
%%* NoShirtLongJacket
%%* OurGeniesAreDifferent: His Jinn form.
* TarotMotifs: Two of his forms are called Tower and Lovers and are stylized accordingly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Last Death Scythe ('''Major Spoilers''')]]
!! Soul "Eater" Evans
For more information, see his entry [[Characters/SoulEaterSpartoi here]].
[[/folder]]