To quote Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, "It's worth remembering that sometimes popular things are popular for a reason."
To sum it up, Soul Eater is a great show. It is the only show that I actually enjoyed enough to read the source manga and while the gravity of that statement won't be apparent to anyone reading this, that's pretty damn impressive.
Characters are well developed and complement each other nicely. Character Development is steady, subtle when it needs to be and enjoyable to watch. Some of the characters may seem like jerks when you first meet them but if you hang around for a while you'll probably begin to like them. The interactions between them help drive the show as much as the action, which is varied enough to keep it entertaining. Humour is present as well and doesn't feel as forced as it usually does and gets pushed to the side when it needs to be. Strangely, there were a couple of freaky moments, a few in particular that anyone who has seen the show will know right of the bat, but they fit with the plot and overall tone (At that particular time) so it enhanced the action, rather than detracting from it.
The show diverges from the manga in the later half but that's not a bad thing and it was done for a reason. I personally didn't like the series' conclusion from a plot perspective, but I'll freely admit that what they did, they did extremely well.
As always, that's not to say it doesn't have its flaws. Black Star's voice actor in particular grated on me, and the carefully constructed plot began to fall apart after the divergence from the manga (very minor plot holes covered by one-off hand waves) but it was good enough that I, at least, can forgive it.
Overall, a well written, very well presented and genuinely satisfying show (it's probably my personal favourite) which can and should be enjoyed by anyone.
It's Good
To quote Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, "It's worth remembering that sometimes popular things are popular for a reason."
To sum it up, Soul Eater is a great show. It is the only show that I actually enjoyed enough to read the source manga and while the gravity of that statement won't be apparent to anyone reading this, that's pretty damn impressive.
Characters are well developed and complement each other nicely. Character Development is steady, subtle when it needs to be and enjoyable to watch. Some of the characters may seem like jerks when you first meet them but if you hang around for a while you'll probably begin to like them. The interactions between them help drive the show as much as the action, which is varied enough to keep it entertaining. Humour is present as well and doesn't feel as forced as it usually does and gets pushed to the side when it needs to be. Strangely, there were a couple of freaky moments, a few in particular that anyone who has seen the show will know right of the bat, but they fit with the plot and overall tone (At that particular time) so it enhanced the action, rather than detracting from it.
The show diverges from the manga in the later half but that's not a bad thing and it was done for a reason. I personally didn't like the series' conclusion from a plot perspective, but I'll freely admit that what they did, they did extremely well.
As always, that's not to say it doesn't have its flaws. Black Star's voice actor in particular grated on me, and the carefully constructed plot began to fall apart after the divergence from the manga (very minor plot holes covered by one-off hand waves) but it was good enough that I, at least, can forgive it.
Overall, a well written, very well presented and genuinely satisfying show (it's probably my personal favourite) which can and should be enjoyed by anyone.