Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition 04

ソウルイーター完全版 #4

by Atsushi Ohkubo

Experience the quirky, action-packed adventures of Maka and Soul Eater like never before, with this all-new, deluxe collector's edition to celebrate Atsushi Ohkubo's global hit!!

The saga of the Meisters and their Weapons takes on a whole new look in the gorgeous Soul Perfect Edition! Dive into Maka and Soul's adventures in a unique larger format on high-end paper stock that maximizes the dynamic art of the series! Each volume of this deluxe omnibus edition of the megahit manga includes the content of approximately 1½ original volumes, the original color pages, an updated translation and lettering, and to top it all off, brand-new cover art drawn by creator Atsushi Ohkubo himself!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Horror, Paranormal, Action

272 pages, Hardcover

First published August 16, 2019

About the author

OHKUBO Atsushi

Atsushi Ōkubo ( 大久保篤), also romanized as Atsushi Ohkubo, is a Japanese manga author and fantasy artist known for his work on the manga series Soul Eater, which has been adapted into an anime. Okubo worked as an assistant under Rando Ayamine, on the manga series Get Backers. He also created artwork for various cards for the Lord of Vermillion game.

Atsushi Ōkubo was not a model student and was more attracted to drawing than to learning. At the age of 20, after finishing studies at a manga school where he met Rando Ayamine, the author of Get Backers, he became Rando Ayamine's assistant for two years. Finally, he won a competition at Square Enix's Gangan magazine with his first manga series B.Ichi and it was published for four volumes. After the end of his last manga, he created Soul Eater, still for Square Enix's Gangan magazine, which brought him worldwide success.

Reviews

[Sarah (menace mode)]

if they gender Crona I will RIOTTTTTTT😡😡 NON BINARY ICON 😡😤😤

[Rereader]

Let it be sung throughout the land that Medusa is one of the best anime/manga villains by pure virtue of not being the stereotypical over the top, cartoonishly evil villain. She has motive, she has a plan, she's ruthless, and she's got the skills to back up her villainy. While I wouldn't say she's the best/most well-written villain, she feels like an actual villain that I would be scared off rather than a ridiculous caricature of what evil is.

I also want to take this opportunity to praise Lord Death for being an interesting mentor/leader figure. I know he doesn't get a whole lot of time to shine, but the brief moments we get show that he's a good leader who puts on a goofy facade for the kids, but is an absolute badass underneath it. I also just love how invested he is in taking care of the DWMA students, especially in wanting to preserve the peace he sacrificed so much for. You can tell he knows that these kids are the future and they'll have to fight horrific entities, but he still wants them to have peaceful times and to be kids. Great dad and leader, 10/10.

Stein and Spirit make such an incredible duo and their fight with Medusa was incredible. Seeing Spirit become so angry over Medusa's treatment of Crona and dismissive attitude towards them raised my opinion of him. Speaking of Crona, their fight with Maka was so, so fucking dope. You can tell Ohkubo went all out with this fight and had a blast with it. This is the fight that has stuck with me the most since watching the anime as a kid, probably because its the most emotional one so far. And you feel those emotions; sadness, anger, frustration, fear, everything is on display in this fight. Its resolution was one of the most interesting and heartwarming and begins the growing bond between Maka and Crona.

This was an intense, emotional volume that kept me enraptured to the very end. Love this series, love it so much.

[Darjeeling]

The artist clearly has a weakness when it comes to human anatomy. You can even see it on the front cover. Just look at that hand 0_o
The background art in this volume is incredible tho. Really beautiful stuff. Atsushi is great with perspective, including the way he uses very extreme perspective on his characters in a dramatic and carefree way.

[Bryan]

Fantastic. Everything hits the fan in here, and if it weren’t for that weird scene in the middle with the mouse witch and magic cat groping each other, it would be a full 5 stars.

[Lori CucVig]

Finalmente arriviamo a qualcosa di sostanzioso. Una corsa contro il tempo ed il fato. Tutti i personaggi scendono in campo. Mostrano le loro capacità e un po' di segreti. Ora la storia è partita. Speriamo bene.

[Savannah Marshall]

I wish I could show you all my favorite panels. Anyway I loved this one.

[Madd]

Fuck yes!!!!!! This ENTIRE volume is the battle to get to the kishin, and it fucks. (Once again, only Blair (and the Mizunes) on fanservice duties, I salute you ladies, I'm sorry you're reduced to this.)

Crona so far has felt a little less sympathetic than in the anime, and I've really enjoyed that, but the
start of their redemption and their connection with Maka still feels just as earned. I love them. Also fuck yes to using they/them for Crona!!!!!!!!

Also I love this series' comedic timing. Asura's intimidating intro and then his first words being "god i feel so naked, nice muscles free" is truly hilarious.

Medusa I hate you deeply <3 I feel like her obsession with Stein is really cranked up here and I look forward to seeing how it develops. Stein I love seeing you covered in blood <3 Marie is coming soon so I'm so hyped for the two of them!!!!

[Meesh]

that fight with maka and crona nearly brought me to tears in school >< that was one of the most emotional battles i’ve ever seen in media, god it was heartwrenching, crona is truly one of the most misunderstood characters, having been through so much trauma and abuse from their own mother, seeing maka reach in past all the walls they’ve put up to truly care for them and offer friendship EEEK it was just so adorable :( may they be the bestest of friends! definitely my favorite arc and maybe most favorite soul eater volume of all time?

[Carlota]

Ya vamos dejando atrás el toque cómico y entrando en partes de la historia que tocan temas profundos, como el miedo, personaje principal de la trama. Miedo a la muerte, miedo a la soledad, miedo al fracaso, son algunos de los que se nos presentan. Y nuestros protagonistas tendrán que superarlos. Si tuviera algo de lo que quejarme, sería de que algunas reflexiones o ciertos sucesos son complejos de entender, en parte supongo que porque proceden de la locura, y esta en sí es incomprensible.

[Alex]

Things got pretty tense there towards the end.
Of course forbidden power is tapped into here, and the bad guys win this battle. Action stayed pretty consistent. It's gonna get worse before it gets better

[Dalton Scott]

I’m just loving this series more and more. I think at the moment Stein, Maka, and Soul are my favorite characters. This volume really shows some of their personalities and characteristics off. Plus the first Kishin is now released! I’m excited to see the story progress.

[William Hardin]

Little Maka is to dang cute! She broke down the Crona wall and I’m excited to see how the Kishin situation is handled next volume. Again the perfect edition as well just has beautiful colored pages too. Highly recommend to anyone on the fence.

[Hou]

Took me a hour and a half to read it good book cool how maka gave into the madness with soul (kind of confused maka was the only one that got swallowed by it) to save corona but still think it’s maka’s fault the kishin was revived

[Raye Porter]

Story is getting good!

[Quill]

Would have been perfect if it wasn't for that weird fanservice fight scene of Blair and Mizune in the middle of the volume.

[Elysia]

4.5

[Chris Orme]

Some great battles in this one 🤘

[DonutKnow]

I like the message that there is always light to come after even the worst of nights/darkness ❤️❤️❤️

[Colten Barlishen]

oh my god.

[Štěpán]

1/5 of the story is finished, and the fun madness stuff begins!

[vera]

why is the demon god HOT ASF

[fox]

god i love this series. that scene with crona ALWAYS makes me cry in the anime so im unsurprised that this made me cry too. anyway im foaming at the mouth now

[Lau Liu]

Confermiamo di nuovo la malsana crush per Ashura

[missyfabioulous]

Master of CUNT and AURA!!

[Cath T]

The creepiness of this volume went up by ten from the previous. I love it.

[Nelisa Mae]

*4.25

[DeathReye]

3.5 - the groping really does spoil all the fantastic story building.

[Saleemah]

The story has just begun and I’m already hype for the next edition. The Madness is real and the ending is omg lol Stein and Medusa are EVERYTHING !!! 😍🔥