History Heartwarming / SoulEater

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ThePowerOfFriendship Sometimes all someone needs is a friend]]]]

* Yet another anime only scene After the battle with Medusa is over, Stein sees to Crona's injuries back at the academy. Marie feels guilty for telling Crona she could only forgive and trust them again if they got stein back, leading to their severe injury. Stein reassures Marie she should tell Crona how she sorry feels when they wake up, certain that they will forgive her. Marie then gives the most warmest smile in the series that just screams "oh yeah, this is my kid alright". In almost every scene afterwards Marie never leaves Crona's side, giving ceaseless comfort like any mom would, cementing her bond with them. Crona did get a mother's love after all

* Yet another anime only scene After the battle with Medusa is over, stein sees to Crona's injuries back at the academy. Marie feels guilty for telling Crona she could only forgive and trust them again if they got stein back, leading to their severe injury. Stein reassures Marie she should tell Crona how she sorry feels when they wake up, certain that they will forgive her. Marie then gives the most warmest smile in the series that just screams "oh yeah, this is my kid alright".

* From the moment of their introduction, [[SarcasticDevotee Liz]] is often (understandably) completely fed up with Death the Kid, while Kid is frustrated with both his weapons for their inability to retain symmetry according to his exacting standards. Patty mostly just seems oblivious. However, when Kid fights Soul and Black Star, Stein, who has the power to perceive souls, offers some insight into what makes the relationship effective: [[spoiler: both Liz and Patty deeply ''admire'' Kid, who rescued them from the streets, while the neurotic Kid is fortified and uplifted by their more sanguine personalities.]] [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther It shouldn't work, but it does.]]
* Maka's offer of [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]] to [[spoiler: Crona]], and especially their reaction to it. Before this, we see [[spoiler: Crona's]] horrible flashbacks and the scene [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind inside their soul]], [[TearJerker which is a very accurate depiction]] of an abused soul falling into depression by first isolating themself emotionally[[note]]represented by [[spoiler: Crona drawing a large circle around themself in the sand]][[/note]], expressing self-doubt[[note]]represented by [[spoiler: Crona]] refusing to answer questions he asks himself[[/note]], and finally setting in to major depression[[note]]represented by his emotions (their shadow) finally abandoning him to be alone [[spoiler: in his sand circle]][[/note]]. Later, a younger version of Maka comes in and shows [[TheWoobie that poor]] [[AmbiguousGender boy/girl/???]] the first bit of kindness they ever received in his entire miserable existence by [[spoiler: kicking away the sand circle]], which represents [[spoiler: Crona]] finally lowering the shell they put up against the world because Maka helped them break out of it; this also made [[spoiler: Crona start to reject and depower Ragnarok, finally standing up to him by punching him.]] The episode even had some poignant BackgroundMusic and a special EndingTheme animation to drive it all home. After seeing [[spoiler: Crona's]] blank expressions throughout the series earlier, we finally get to see what led to their severe depression, and [[spoiler: Crona]] finally gets a chance to do an emotional purge they could not do for a very long time.
--> [[spoiler: "It's not that you don't know how to deal with others, it's that no one ever took the time to deal with you,"]]
** In the same episode, Maka's comment [[spoiler: about Soul:]]
--> [[spoiler: "Obnoxious, and yet always answers to my every whim...the greatest guy...Soul."]].
--> In the English dub: This one is cool, a little rough around the edges too. But it's always there for me when I need it. This is [[spoiler: my Soul Eater's soul.]]

* In the manga: [[spoiler: Ox's IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight with Kim, while she and Jaqueline are trying their darndest to kill him. Then he breaks his iron-rooted hair tradition to prove that not all witches have to be destructive, and she comes to her senses and heals him tearfully, then pecks him on the nose]]. That whole scene left this troper in a puddle of squee.
** For clarity's sake, [[spoiler: Ox's "pillars" are integral enough to his personality that they appear in his soul, yet he was willing to break them for Kim.]]

* Manga again: Stein's pulling Marie towards him and letting her cry into his chest when [[spoiler:her NewOldFlame B.J. is killed]]. This not more than five pages after Naigus restates that he's [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove incapable of love]]. {{Squee}} is an understatement.
** The whole scene beforehand counts as well. MadDoctor even when sane, insane now, and [[spoiler: suspected for a murder even he can't say he didn't commit]]? Surely Spirit and Sid have no choice but to follow orders and take the protesting man to Shinigami, for likely [[MercyKill execution]]... Naturally, [[spoiler: they meet up with Marie and Nygus, all four declare that they believe in him, and '''flaunt God's orders''' in order to let him go]]. Then Marie elects to go with him, not just for [[spoiler: BJ's vengeance]] but so that Stein won't be left alone. Then the above happens. ''Damn'' if these people aren't TrueCompanions.

* Maka asking her papa out on a daddy-daughter date after losing the basketball game, and how it caused him to [[spoiler:vomit]] with joy. To top if off we're treated to adorable scenes of how Spirit imagines said daddy-daughter date.
* Any episode that centers around Crona's adjustment to living at DWMA brings back the heartwarming. [[spoiler:Of note is the scene where the students throw them a party and assure him that they'll always look out for him because it's only natural from being friends. Crona gives them what has to be the biggest smile they'll ever make in their life.]]
* The episode of Kid's and Black☆Star's/Soul's fight ends with Maka trying to see Lord Death's soul, out of curiosity, and being puzzled when he doesn't seem to have one. The scene then pulls back to show [[spoiler:the entire school]], around which is a bright gold bubble with three spikes on the top, implying the [[spoiler:school]] is Lord Death's soul. This possibly cements his Dumbledore-ness.
** [[spoiler: That wasn't ''just'' the school, that was '''all of Death City.''']]
** Every scene between Kid and Shinigami. They just don't quite get one another...until we see how much they ''do''. And the chaos shall be eliminated in explosions and bright lights. Also, in hindsight, how some of Shinigami's first words to Kid in canon were about how his stripes are cute.
* Maka and Spirit's relation. He really does care for her despite being a divorced womanizer and drawing the ire of Maka. In the manga, it reached an apex when Spirit gave Maka her mother's [[spoiler: wedding ring]]. In addition, the whole discussion they have tells the reader that something's about to go down and Spirit wanted to get everything off his chest. So much so that Maka believes he's about to give her his will.

* In chapter 56 of the manga, Death the Kid at one point tosses Patty and Liz in their gun forms aside without a word. That doesn't sound like a nice thing for a meister to do to his weapons, but in this case, [[spoiler: Kid is about to be captured by Noah, realizes there's no escape for him, and throws Liz and Patty to ensure that at least they remain free. He's sucked into the Book of Eibon seconds later]]. That he makes such a spur-of-the-moment decision to try to keep Liz and Patty safe is just one display of how much he and Liz and Patty care about each other.
** Another example before that: when Mosquito cuts Kid's arm off, Kid tells Patty not to change back, even when he's bleeding on the floor and she's held in the hand of the severed arm.
* Chapter 109: [[spoiler: Unless the translation is off, Maka and Black☆Star continue to ignore the Reveal of chapter 108, and insist that ''they'' know what Kid's like, and that he needn't fear he is the same as Asura. Kid thanks them, and decides that he will try to become a 'true shinigami'.]]
** Actually, they continue to encourage Kid despite knowing all about the chapter 108 reveal. They proceed to point out that Kid and Shinigami are so different in personality that despite the same background there's no way Kid could become like Asura.
* Chapter 62 gives us Stein's [[spoiler: public return after the Insanity debacle]]. He pops in with an InfoDump, as if it's business as usual. Maka's response: TheGlomp. It's pure adorableness.

** And after he just saved them from being named the "Shibu-kids Squad," with an epic Myth/GreekMythology reference no less, [[CoolTeacher we can easily see why.]]
** Followed immediately by Soul [[spoiler: getting to eat Arachne's soul and become a [[SeriesGoal Death Scythe]]]]. And what was he thinking about? the epic battles? How "cool" this makes him? No, try the faces of everyone else on TheTeam, who've all undergone CharacterDevelopment alongside him.
* Chapter 97 has Maka realizing, since she refused to [[spoiler: kill Crona,]] she no longer considers herself a member of Spartoi. Tsubaki says that they will stand beside her, and the cast ditches their new clothes in favor of their old ones, getting ready to fight on the moon.
* Chapter 110 gives us the death of [[spoiler: Shinigami-Sama]] and the revelation that his Madness of Order could have effortlessly mind wiped all humans and turned them into his puppets but he never used it...because he had [[RousseauWasRight faith in humanity's innate ability to do good on its own]].
** There's also the way [[spoiler: Shinigami-Sama]] dies happy, knowing that [[spoiler: Death the Kid]] will be able to take care of everything on his own, and Excalibur agreeing to make sure everything ends okay.

** [[spoiler: Maka finds Crona within Asura's soul, thanks to the 'music' played by Soul. Soul gets a moment of his own by fitting everyone's souls into his piano piece, and leaving the first note for Crona in order to lead them all back out.]]
** [[spoiler: Combined with Tear Jerker, but Spirit's reaction to the wave of black blood that covers the moon, taking him, Marie and Sid with it. While Maka is shouting for him while restrained by Kid and Black☆Star, Spirit just smiles and gives his daughter a thumbs-up. As if to tell her it's all right, and he's just happy she's okay.]]

** [[spoiler: Mabaa-sama saved Spirit and crew without prompt.]]
** [[spoiler: Witches and humans are going to try co-existence, and Soul is deemed "The Last Death Scythe" to signify the end of the hunts.]]
** [[spoiler: Black☆Star is looking after Angela. Very nice that Ohkubo would remember that.]]
** [[spoiler: Marie and Stein have a child coming.]]
** [[spoiler: Spirit and Kid during the AwesomeMomentOfCrowning.]]
** [[spoiler: Soul thanking Maka for helping him overcome his fears and commenting on the music they made together.]]
** [[spoiler: Maka vowing to meet Crona again combined with Crona's simple faith that they'll see each other again. After everything the two have gone through, it's nice to see that, despite distance and difficulty, the two's friendship is still strong.]]
** [[spoiler: After spending the entire series teasing Soul until he incurs [[UnprovokedPervertPayback Maka's]] tsundere wrath, Blair finally calming Maka down before she can go through with it can come off as a mild example (even if she did word it in a really pervy way, and even if everyone being affected by the Madness of Boobs probably had something to do with it.)]]

* In the anime during the credits, one of the scenes is [[spoiler: Shinigami erecting a proper grave for Asura in the Death Room]].
* An anime only moment that should be mentioned. [[spoiler: When Crona leaves the Academy after refusing to go back to Medusa, Maka finds Crona in a large hole in the desert. Crona begins having a breakdown, confessing to putting Medusa's snake in Marie tea and starts saying how stupid others are for trusting them. Maka then enters the hole, seemingly intent on punching Crona. Instead Maka merely tells Crona to stop hurting themself. Crona then begins to cry in regret, telling Maka about how much they hate hurting others. Maka then gives Crona a cooldown hug and asks if they can go home. [[TrueCompanions Nakama]] and forgiveness for the win.]]
* Another anime only scene to note is [[spoiler: after Crona takes a hit from Medusa in order to save Maka, they lie bleeding out a small pond of blood. Maka then starts to cry. Crona merely tells her not to cry and that they're happy for the first time because Maka was their friend. No anger, no blame, just the wish for Maka not to be sad. Even Ragnarok said something borderline nice. Crona later turns out to be not quite dead, but it's the thought that counts.]]
* Yet another anime only scene [[spoiler: After the battle with Medusa is over, stein sees to Crona's injuries back at the academy. Marie feels guilty for telling Crona she could only forgive and trust them again if they got stein back, leading to their severe injury. Stein reassures Marie she should tell Crona how she sorry feels when they wake up, certain that they will forgive her. Marie then gives the most warmest smile in the series that just screams "oh yeah, this is my kid alright"]].
** [[spoiler: In fact her entire relationship with Crona is more like mother and child than teacher and student, making this scene all the sweeter. Almost all of Maries scenes in the anime after this are her with Crona, holding them in comfort, like any mom would do. It would be no stretch to assume Marie, and maybe Stein as well, adopted Crona sometime after the anime ended. Crona finally got a real family in the end. awwww]]
** [[spoiler: How Crona describes Marie to Medusa is also very sweet, seeing her as nothing but kind, gentle, nice to everyone and always looks out for them. that look is how kids would look when thinking about how wonderful their moms are. this scene shows how Crona truly does see Marie in a motherly way, with her reciprocating entirely, showing how real the found family love between these two really is. Marie always wanted to get married and, by extension, have children of her own but never got the chance to, while Crona never got to be part of a family and have motherly love, but now these two have found exactly what they both always wanted, to have a real family full of love together, stein makes it all the better for Marie to have a potential love interest and Crona to have a father figure as well as new mother figure. GeckoEnding for the win]]
* In [[spoiler: the anime's last episode end credits, where we see Crona recovered from their injuries, hanging out with Maka and their friends. After all the crap they went through, this kid has finally earned their happy ending.]]

* In the end of the manga, Gopher [[spoiler:getting to fly off into the unknown with all his Noah-samas.]] He may be a jerkass, but damn, if that [[spoiler:W-mouth]] isn't adorable...

** [[spoiler: In fact her entire relationship with Crona is more like mother and child than student teacher, making this scene all the sweeter. Almost all of Maries scenes in the anime after this are her with Crona, holding them in comfort, like any mom would do. It would be no stretch to assume Marie, and maybe Stein as well, adopted Crona sometime after the anime ended. Crona finally got a real family in the end. awwww]]

** [[spoiler: In fact her entire relationship with Crona is more like mother and child than student teacher, making this scene all the sweeter. almost all of Maries scenes in the anime after this are her with Crona, holding them in comfort, like any mom would do. It would be no stretch to assume Marie, and maybe Stein as well, adopted Crona sometime after the anime ended. Crona finally got a real family in the end. awwww]]

* Yet another anime only scene [[spoiler: After the battle with Medusa is over, stein sees to Crona's injuries back at the academy. Marie feels guilty for telling Crona she could only forgive and trust them again if they got stein back, leading to their severe injury. Stein reassures Marie she should tell Crona how she sorry feels when they wake up, certain that they will forgive her. Marie then gives the most warmest smile in the series that just screams "oh yeah, Crona is my kid alright".
** In fact her entire relationship with Crona is more like mother and child than student teacher, making this scene all the sweeter. almost all of Maries scenes in the anime after this are her with Crona, holding them in comfort, like any mom would do. It would be no stretch to assume Marie, and maybe Stein as well, adopted Crona sometime after the anime ended. Crona finally got a real family in the end. awwww]]

* Yet another anime only scene [[spoiler: After the battle with Medusa is over, stein sees to Crona's injuries back at the academy. Marie feels guilty for telling Crona she could only forgive and trust them again if they got stein back, leading to their severe injury. Stein reassures Marie she should tell Crona how she sorry feels when they wake up, certain that they will forgive her. Marie then gives the most warmest smile in the series that just screams "oh yeah, Crona is my kid alright". In fact her entire relationship with Crona is more like mother and child than student teacher, making this scene all the sweeter. almost all of Maries scenes in the anime after this are her with Crona, holding them in comfort, like any mom would do. It would be no stretch to assume Marie, and maybe Stein as well, adopted Crona sometime after the anime ended. Crona finally got a real family in the end. awwww]]