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ソウルイーター [Soul Eater] #15
Soul Eater, Vol. 15
Deep in the belly of Baba Yaga Castle, Maka, Soul, and Medusa prepare to face Arachne in her own chambers. Arachne has grown even stronger since their last meeting, and even the crafty Medusa is caught in her sister's twisted web. As Arachne's intense madness threatens everyone in and around the castle, Soul must perform a string concerto that will move his audience to their very souls...or be caught in the witch's net himself!
First published September 18, 2009
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Atsushi Ohkubo
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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.
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.
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February 17, 2023
No voy a mentir, la batalla final contra Aracne me ha parecido súper decepcionante pero es lo que hay... Medusa será la mejor villana, no hay duda.
Nos han dado una revelación muy importante que ya debían en torno a la muerte de B.J. que me resultó totalmente inesperado.
Ya lo que sí no me explico todavía es como el anime pudo saltarse este gran arco de la historia si es fabuloso.
Nos han dado una revelación muy importante que ya debían en torno a la muerte de B.J. que me resultó totalmente inesperado.
Ya lo que sí no me explico todavía es como el anime pudo saltarse este gran arco de la historia si es fabuloso.
September 7, 2016
Stein is back ♥♥♥
May 6, 2022
Finalicé el arco del castillo de Baba Yaga (el más largo hasta ahora), y debo decir que, al contrario de Medusa, su hermana Arachne se me hizo una villana bastante plana, perooo… el plan final que tenía me terminó pareciendo interesante y tenía su giro de tuerca.
El cierre del arco me pareció muy acertado. Lo “malo” fue que resulta que Maka era super especial (por ahora sin sentido alguno, quizá sean los genes de la madre que todavía no nos presentaron) y tiene una habilidad re chetada que permitió salvar a todos. No me lo esperaba para nada de un prota de shonen de peleas!!! Igual, ya es algo a lo que uno se acostumbra, no me convence pero son los estándares que manejan en este tipo de historias y me parece entendible. Siento que por características como esta es que estoy eligiendo inconscientemente leer más Seinen que Shonen. Eso si, Soul tuvo un despliegue de iq excelente.
Además, en esta saga hubo momentos protagónicos de Black Star, Stein y Kidd que aportaron mucho a la trama. También, algo que me sorprendió, fue que mi power-up favorito fue de un antagonista y no el de uno de los del cast principal, no recuerdo una situación similar en alguna otra lectura que haya hecho.
El cierre del arco me pareció muy acertado. Lo “malo” fue que resulta que Maka era super especial (por ahora sin sentido alguno, quizá sean los genes de la madre que todavía no nos presentaron) y tiene una habilidad re chetada que permitió salvar a todos. No me lo esperaba para nada de un prota de shonen de peleas!!! Igual, ya es algo a lo que uno se acostumbra, no me convence pero son los estándares que manejan en este tipo de historias y me parece entendible. Siento que por características como esta es que estoy eligiendo inconscientemente leer más Seinen que Shonen. Eso si, Soul tuvo un despliegue de iq excelente.
Además, en esta saga hubo momentos protagónicos de Black Star, Stein y Kidd que aportaron mucho a la trama. También, algo que me sorprendió, fue que mi power-up favorito fue de un antagonista y no el de uno de los del cast principal, no recuerdo una situación similar en alguna otra lectura que haya hecho.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 9, 2023
What y'all doing to Chrona and why was it necessary to show her like that.
December 19, 2020
Not one of my crushes!
November 19, 2020
Soul Eater, Vol. 15 continues where the previous tankōbon left off and contains the next five chapters (58–62) of the on-going manga series.
Arachne, assuming a disembodied spider-like form, immediately incapacitates Maka Albarn, Soul Evans, and Medusa. Arachne uses her madness wavelength to drive everyone at the facility insane, though Maka Albarn and Soul Evans counter with his soothing music transmitted through Maka Albarn's soul wavelength to everyone else via Arachne's own spider webs. Maka Albarn and Soul Evans use the "Demon Hunter" technique to kill Arachne and claim her soul. Medusa takes control of Arachne's discarded body and flees the castle after the monkey meister Enrique and his death scythe partner Tezca Tlipoca arrive from South America.
With the mission over, everyone returns to Death City to recover from the ordeal. Franken Stein and Marie Mjolnir confront Justin Law, the culprit who killed Joe Buttataki, but he is able to get away with the help of a magical artifact. After that, Shinigami creates a new Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) elite squad called Spartoi, and Soul Evans, after re-obtaining 100 souls, finally becomes a death scythe by eating Arachne's soul.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It concludes the infiltration of Baba Yaga's castle – the headquarters for Arachnophobia. Arachne is finally defeated by the combined powers of Maka Albarn and Soul Evans, which eventually makes Soul Evans becoming a Death Scythe, because of capturing 100 souls and eating Arachne's soul.
All in all, Soul Eater, Vol. 15 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
Arachne, assuming a disembodied spider-like form, immediately incapacitates Maka Albarn, Soul Evans, and Medusa. Arachne uses her madness wavelength to drive everyone at the facility insane, though Maka Albarn and Soul Evans counter with his soothing music transmitted through Maka Albarn's soul wavelength to everyone else via Arachne's own spider webs. Maka Albarn and Soul Evans use the "Demon Hunter" technique to kill Arachne and claim her soul. Medusa takes control of Arachne's discarded body and flees the castle after the monkey meister Enrique and his death scythe partner Tezca Tlipoca arrive from South America.
With the mission over, everyone returns to Death City to recover from the ordeal. Franken Stein and Marie Mjolnir confront Justin Law, the culprit who killed Joe Buttataki, but he is able to get away with the help of a magical artifact. After that, Shinigami creates a new Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) elite squad called Spartoi, and Soul Evans, after re-obtaining 100 souls, finally becomes a death scythe by eating Arachne's soul.
This tankōbon is written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It concludes the infiltration of Baba Yaga's castle – the headquarters for Arachnophobia. Arachne is finally defeated by the combined powers of Maka Albarn and Soul Evans, which eventually makes Soul Evans becoming a Death Scythe, because of capturing 100 souls and eating Arachne's soul.
All in all, Soul Eater, Vol. 15 is a wonderful continuation to a series that seems really intriguing and I can't wait to read more.
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December 24, 2021So many emotions and badass fights and intrigue and and and.
Also I think I've never mentioned how much I like Shinigami? He's so dorky and HE should be so powerful? Ridiculous.
And Justin??? Damn, I'm being pulled into every direction all the time.
Also I think I've never mentioned how much I like Shinigami? He's so dorky and HE should be so powerful? Ridiculous.
And Justin??? Damn, I'm being pulled into every direction all the time.
July 18, 2023
I knew the Manga would give us more than the anime, but holy subplots, Batman! I'm having a blast! There's so much more character development and intrigue building in these books.
July 18, 2023
Omg wtf is going on?! Wer nur den Anime kennt is missing out BIG time!
June 9, 2025
16 mayo
November 4, 2025
MAIS COMMENT est ce qu'ils ont OSÉ ne pas adapter ça en anime c'est INCROYABLE
les dessins sont trop beaux
des plots twists de zinzin de l'espace
les dessins sont trop beaux
des plots twists de zinzin de l'espace
May 4, 2015
❝ ᴡᴇ · ʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ｓｏｕｌ ɴᴏᴡ ❞
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*screams**screams more**screams*
I just have a lot of feelings and couldn't explain why to my friends earlier and just kept whining because words and, like, english, what? I don't even know, man. What even. How do you even se?
August 2, 2021
I love the development of Makas and souls teamwork
Makas soul being powerful to protect against insanity and to latch itself onto insanity as-well is amazing
Soul able to replicate and expand it is amazing aswell
We also see the progression of their fight with the kishin
But rather a fight with eibon and insanity itself
Makas soul being powerful to protect against insanity and to latch itself onto insanity as-well is amazing
Soul able to replicate and expand it is amazing aswell
We also see the progression of their fight with the kishin
But rather a fight with eibon and insanity itself
January 17, 2015
I love this series for all the reasons I loved *Bleach* for awhile. It is so action-packed. Unlike *Bleach*, it stays action-packed and does not have the boring parts. It keeps getting better.
February 13, 2016
Review to come with Volume 16.
September 4, 2016
Der Kampf gegen Arachne findet ein Ende und der Cliffhanger leidet sozusagen den neuen Arc ein, auf den ich echt mal gespannt bin xD
April 20, 2022
So now that the other battles are finished its time to focus on maka's group.
Apparently arachne left her body to become insanity itself, reminds me of the clown from before. Arachne tries to turn everyone insane through her spiderweb that connects to everyone in the area.
Soul gets the idea to play his piano through maka's wavelength into the spiderweb and it keeps everyone from going insane. It also hits arachne which incompasitate her. The finally defeat her and claim her soul.
Medusa, which was incompasitated for a bit, takes over arachne's body and runs when confronted by Enrique and tezca tlipoca.
We also meet up with Stein and Marie and they found bj's killer. Justin law. What the actual hell is that about? Why did he go against the DWMA? They battle but Justin gets away with some artifact.
It's not all bad news since soul gets to be a death scythe now and a whole new training regimen begins.
Onto the next book.
Apparently arachne left her body to become insanity itself, reminds me of the clown from before. Arachne tries to turn everyone insane through her spiderweb that connects to everyone in the area.
Soul gets the idea to play his piano through maka's wavelength into the spiderweb and it keeps everyone from going insane. It also hits arachne which incompasitate her. The finally defeat her and claim her soul.
Medusa, which was incompasitated for a bit, takes over arachne's body and runs when confronted by Enrique and tezca tlipoca.
We also meet up with Stein and Marie and they found bj's killer. Justin law. What the actual hell is that about? Why did he go against the DWMA? They battle but Justin gets away with some artifact.
It's not all bad news since soul gets to be a death scythe now and a whole new training regimen begins.
Onto the next book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 5, 2022
Even though I love the anime adaptation we have of Soul Eater, it is at times like these that I hope for a reboot of the anime. Some sort of Soul Eater Brotherhood. Since there are so many things that the anime didn't touch on. And so many of these moments would be extremely elevated by animation and especially the use of music.
To be honest I feel like right now seems like a really good time for a new Soul Eater anime. The creator's most recent manga, Fire Force coming to an end which also means that the anime for Fire Force will also be ending soon most likely. This means there's already buzz about the author. And there are also the Perfect Editions of Soul Eater releasing right now meaning there is most likely more buzz than usual around Soul Eater. Since a new edition will probably be bringing back old fans and maybe also bringing in new ones.
So, ya really hoping for a new anime adaptation.
To be honest I feel like right now seems like a really good time for a new Soul Eater anime. The creator's most recent manga, Fire Force coming to an end which also means that the anime for Fire Force will also be ending soon most likely. This means there's already buzz about the author. And there are also the Perfect Editions of Soul Eater releasing right now meaning there is most likely more buzz than usual around Soul Eater. Since a new edition will probably be bringing back old fans and maybe also bringing in new ones.
So, ya really hoping for a new anime adaptation.
October 4, 2022
Don't mind me, I'm just casually re-reading the entire manga for the 5th time or so because A) it's one of my comfort series and I need all the comfort I can get right now, B) I own the entire thing physically so it's right there, and C) everyone is talking about fall/ Halloween reads and SE fits that to a T.
Gonna give all the volumes 5 stars as a default. There's plenty I could complain about if I wanted, namely the unnecessary fanservice/ weird sexualization of teen characters, but I'm not gonna do that right now. It pops up rarely enough that I can just pretend it doesn't exist.
Gonna give all the volumes 5 stars as a default. There's plenty I could complain about if I wanted, namely the unnecessary fanservice/ weird sexualization of teen characters, but I'm not gonna do that right now. It pops up rarely enough that I can just pretend it doesn't exist.
October 15, 2018
I really liked this manga. It was intriguing from start to finish. Wow what a change of situation. I can't wait to continue reading!
J'ai vraiment aimé ce manga-ci. Il était intriguant du début à la fin. Wow quel changement de situation. J'ai vraiment hâte de continuer ma lecture !
J'ai vraiment aimé ce manga-ci. Il était intriguant du début à la fin. Wow quel changement de situation. J'ai vraiment hâte de continuer ma lecture !
March 30, 2022
Let’s start with a big FUCK YOU to the anime for not having mama wear that dress in a fight! I’m literally so PUSSED RIGHT NOW
Wait was Justin always apart of that group!? And I miss kid :((( when’s he coming back
How about we not assassinate Maka! Please and thank you
WAIT SO DOES SOUL ACTUALLY BECOME A DEATH SCYTHE?!?
Also I know the author wrote another series in this world but he should really write another one but when maka’s dad was a student at DWMA
Wait was Justin always apart of that group!? And I miss kid :((( when’s he coming back
How about we not assassinate Maka! Please and thank you
WAIT SO DOES SOUL ACTUALLY BECOME A DEATH SCYTHE?!?
Also I know the author wrote another series in this world but he should really write another one but when maka’s dad was a student at DWMA
June 14, 2022
Arachne fight was pretty cool as the idea of her becoming a living mass of insanity is pretty Lovecraftian idea. And I do like they keep finding ways for Soul's music skills to be relevant this time having him play to cancel out the insanity which is a pretty fitting way of fighting madness off. Also it is so cool to see Soul and Maka to achieve their dream at the end of it and the the reveal about the next villains is great.
August 9, 2024
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4.5 stars rounded up~
oh daaaaaaaaaaamn.
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4.5 stars rounded up~
oh daaaaaaaaaaamn.
May 10, 2018
The attack on Arachne is finally over and I'm left feeling unfulfilled. It took over 3 books to resolve that mission and the climax was lacking in substance. Maka and Soul are total badasses though, as they always are. The chapters after that don't really move the plot forward. Overall, I was just bored with this volume.
May 28, 2020
Oh this was such a good volume! Maka is such a fantastic character and I love seeing her beat the hell out of her opponents. It's so refreshing to see the main, most dangerous character is a girl and still maintain femininity. This volume really shows its divergence from the anime and I'm already loving the changes in the storyline.
November 20, 2022
OMG OMG OMG OMG
This might be one of my favourite volumes of Soul Eater. We get BIG moments from Kid and Blackstar, my two favourite characters!
I'm dying to read more and see more amazing moments from these characters!
This might be one of my favourite volumes of Soul Eater. We get BIG moments from Kid and Blackstar, my two favourite characters!
I'm dying to read more and see more amazing moments from these characters!
March 16, 2023
This volume is actually making me hope for betterment in the rest of this series because lately, we've been having a very good improvement. So, not only is Patty super awesome, and I love her, but Soul is now a death scythe!! yyooo!!
I hope they find Chrona and get Kid out of that weird book.
I hope they find Chrona and get Kid out of that weird book.
October 1, 2023
Some interesting story and character development but I’m slowly losing interest in this series. Whilst it is enjoyable, it isn’t as engaging as I remembered. Also, why are the orbs missing from above DWMA? Is it kid’s absence?
June 3, 2017
A quick and enjoyable read. Definitely better than the anime at this point in the story.
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