A Deep Dive Into Soul Eater's Power System

[@rythmiccoma2809]

I'm a big fan of the ideas behind Madness. Every Madness is functionally tied to a God with Order, Power, and Fear being the ones we interact with most. But if I remember right Eibon was tied to the Madness of Knowledge, although it might have been Power. Every Godlike being in Soul Eater is driven by Their Madness. Something that makes sense, Gods usually want their domain to be as prominent as possible. Kid got the Madness of Order real bad even before he actually came into maturity, which tells you exactly why Shinigami bound himself in one place to control his own Order. It's all very fun.

[@vitlaska]

If I recall correctly, the Old One of Power, who bestows the madness of power, is willingly keeping himself in the depths of the Book of Eibon, either in shame after the Kishin incident or to test people wanting *_power_* . Speaking of which, I think Eibon somehow lifted the burden of his madness of knowledge over to the Table of Contents inside the Book, after he went AWOL inside that space-time magnetic field thingy. That little mechanical excalibur shit is way too megalomaniac in comparison to his creator, it makes Eibon look like Shaggy in comparison lol.

[@rythmiccoma2809]

@@vitlaska Black 🌟 Star telling the Old One of Power to eat shit and die when he was offered the Madness of Power was one of my favourite parts of that arc in the book of Eibon. Really showed the strength of conviction in a character who would become equal to gods by willpower alone. The Index really was just a menace to society in the shape of the most annoying sword ever. One of my favourite arcs of the story.

[@totokishi1668]

Even Excalibur is tied with a madness, the madness of anger which is quite hilarious in itself because of how easily he annoys everyone

[@sheller153]

Death bound himself to seal the Kishin, I’m pretty sure he’s the best at keeping himself from indulging in his madness because he has a great faith in the strength of mankind.

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

The Maddness isn't explored more...which is a shame...but I kinda think fire force answered it really well. I think we all agree soul eater and fire force should be linked as one universe both explaining each other

[@jembozaba4864]

Soul Eater really needs to get what I call the "Brotherhood treatment". A new anime that follows the manga to completion

[@slurpingmario8006]

Literally every soul eater fan wants this as well

[@jembozaba4864]

There are so many series I want to get the Brotherhood treatment. My big ones are Soul Eater, Negima/UQ Holder and Fuuka @@slurpingmario8006

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

I don't think they should do a "complete" redo. But just the end section

[@jembozaba4864]

@@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu Nah. A whole redo. The anime was very accurate up until the Brew arc. But that’s quite early in the series really. And it’s been a long time since it aired, I think a full remake would do wonders

[@hydro_fallenstar3281]

The thing about this anime, is that the increases in power level feel well earned and taught

[@SaffronRice]

Getting a Soul Eater video on my fyp is rarer than my Father saying he’s proud of me. The manga was so fun to read and had a clean finish. Makes me sad that there’s no Brotherhood treatment in sight. Maybe after Fire Force anime ends? Make bets, Steel Ball Run anime first or Soul Eater remake. Either way we’ll be dead by then.

[@razezxmusic]

Steel Ball Run. Stone Ocean just finished last year, meanwhile Fire Force still needs at least 2 more seasons to finish for a Soul Eater remake follow up to be possible.

[@ragnarok1310]

Finally a good soul eater video there isn't that much content that goes in depth as much as this video, I always enjoyed soul eater and fire force's power systems so it was cool hearing someone talk of the manga exclusive parts too

[@conner8319]

Perhaps great evidence of Inca being the first witch is that fact that her powers were element based. The leader of the witches has the power of ice in her eye which is stolen by a werewolf. You could make an argument for how ice being the inverse of fire, and with how Inca’s powers work by following formulas, that ice isn’t outside her scope of powers.

[@tau-5794]

Wasn't Free's witch eye what gave him his teleportation/holographic abilities? His ice was just his magic specialty.

[@conner8319]

@@tau-5794 in soul eater witches are the only ones who can receive magic and Free is not a witch. All of his magic comes from the witches eye. His regeneration and physical capabilities otherwise are all him I believe.

[@ellosteve]

FINALLY SOUL EATER GETS WHAT IT DESERVES ‼️

[@DimnessCat]

Happy to see a SE video. I think in the explanation of souls you forgot mifune's type of soul which is the soul of a human so strong that his equals 99 human souls. Otherwise great video Fire force being a prequel to SE was a shock. I should resume FF

[@fittzie]

What about the clowns and monsters like Mosquito?

[@hopecaster98]

Really great vid, deserves way more views.

[@TheRayKx]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed

[@cameronbrinson7955]

I feel like you could of added a little extra detail to everything. I'm not super smart in soul eater but alot of stuff I learned from anime alone is missing. Like black bloods ability to harden its self and cause madness if not controlled.

[@noxscoffin]

it's so creative with weapon ideas

[@raulmontr]

It ended so suddenly lol. I want more

[@EndlessMalice]

This was super cool and very informative!! I personally am creating my own sequel series to Soul Eater and have added to the power system in the way that Witches and their magic work.

[@yulndeh6888]

Great video SE is my at favorite Blackstar is the best character written in anime history (imo ofc)

[@SwayKryptic999]

Black☆Star is my favorite character in anything I love him a little too much

[@yulndeh6888]

@@SwayKryptic999 nah same getting my star tattoo this year 💀

[@TheRedMan77]

Black Star is my favorite too, he's just so ridiculous near the end it's hilarious. He's also the one character in fiction (To my knowledge) who declared he would become the absolute strongest and actually succeeded.

[@ianleggett8429]

FIRE FORCE AND SOUL EATER ARE CONNECTED. I did not know this until now.

[@noahhager1187]

yup, fire force is the creation myth of soul eater.

[@joeschmo4646]

The KZbin recommendations finally blessed me with a good video. Good shit, brotha

[@monsteralta]

You forgot the power level of sexy catwoman

[@jonathanjoestar8497]

Also something i found out that there's only 2 mighty soul's in all of soul eater in the manga and both of them where normal humans (well not so normal)

[@erickblaw6708]

Wich ones?

[@jonathanjoestar8497]

@@erickblaw6708 being Mifune And some one named Akitaru Obi

[@Ok-_-719]

6:04 8:02 I set these as my new phone wallpapers, epic :D

[@drakehood1582]

0:18 Soul eater is a prequel to fire force???

[@dr.trousers6101]

In universe, fire force came first. But Soul Eater was written before Fire Force

[@peterpilgrim3377]

Yes Fire Force is a prequel to Soul Eater which is revealed at the end of Fire Force. Shinra creates the world, the moon being that weird is thanks to Benimaru's fight with his master and Shinra created the sun to match and Arthur created Excalibur. Oh Shinra also creates Lord Death

[@drakehood1582]

@@peterpilgrim3377 bro spoiled everything...

[@curlydolltv]

@@drakehood1582okay you should have caught up that’s been known for months now

[@drakehood1582]

@curlydolltv yeah, my comment was months ago, too?

[@acenull0]

Thank you so much I thought no one else appreciated how awesome Soul Eater's power system is 😂 enough to build an entire world imo

[@BeauAlexander_I]

10:57 subbed

[@iAmCalypso33]

This video has a disturbing lack of Black Star.

[@TheRayKx]

There shall be more Black Star in the near future

[@windhelmguard5295]

black star explained in short: black star can do what he believes himself to be able to do. and since black star believes his own hype you kinda see why his power is beyond human comprehension.

[@PipPanoma]

Fire force ties into soul eater what

[@mmmJamSandwich]

Yep, shinra is the god and creator of the soul eater world

[@Antimonium]

And it all starts with “big soul = big strong”

[@tylamcgilverson3923]

You should do one piece next. No one talks about Justice, hypnosis, martial arts, Just devil fruit and haki

[@ghost_breezy8749]

You should look into ganchiakuta power system it’s made by the writer of fire force and soul eaters successor which he called her himself after she worked as an assistant with him. The power systems is pretty cool you can kinda see some similarities to soul eater

[@jasebradley2473]

the goat Excalibur

[@TheSultonOfTheFuckingWaves]

I love learning everything about anime I have no intention of ever watching. Great video

[@GMan-bn3tb]

bruh, Justin Law is my favorite character

[@Hurricayne92]

"Excalibur, Excalibur, from the United K, I'm looking for heaven, I'm going to California"

[@RTM_random]

Nice

[@liamr4117]

It’s perfect that Arthur was the first miester

[@RollingCalf]

Doesn't make sense how few death's scythes there are when the process of becoming one seems ao easy

[@silverYolo]

can't speak on the manga, but in the anime, makes sense. i think i recall death (the adult) saying he had a treaty with the witches in place, so he wouldn't hunt them as a whole to make more scythes, only loose canons also, need 100 evil human souls, and presumably not too many humans can eat souls. only 9 death scythes, so only about 900 evil humans souls total there, and then its probably random throughout

[@RollingCalf]

@@silverYolo I think the author likes the number 9 because of it's association with underworlds. I think in Shinto or Buddhism, they have 9 hells. And because of Dante, hell has 9 levels.

[@noahhager1187]

I mean, you saw what it took in the manga to kill Arachne. Most witches are powerful or slippery like the mizune sisters or medusa.

[@oven723]

MAKA!😭

[@FoolStomper]

For all those a part of the dattebayo era, shinnigami is death god, not soul reaper or grim reaper. I thank you

[@TheRedMan77]

"Dattebayo Era." Make me crack up. Too true.

[@FoolStomper]

@@TheRedMan77 it’s good to meet a fellow gentleman of culture

[@TheRedMan77]

@@FoolStomper Well met, good sir.

[@KyiSimmons]

So what happened to spontaneously human combustion and the fire users in order for there to only be miesters and weapons (sorry if it’s hard to read I tried my best)

[@JudeMila]

Animation in soul eater modern anime

[@ahlrequin]

soul eater is the BEST ! I got myself a 42 tattoo in honor of Ohkubo

[@serbrawl7981]

nice

[@FOREVERxFORNEVER]

what song is playing in the background? It slaps

[@eeebo3955]

it's multiple songs thru the video lol... but they're all from soul eater. if you watch the show you'll most definitely hear them throughout it!! the show truly has some bangers, 10/10 would recommend

[@mr.crazyshadow]

AYO I WASN'T READY TO GET SPOILED FIRE FORCE VIA SOUL EATER 😭😭😭

[@mactavish5500]

aren't there male witch such as wolf and mosquito?

[@TheRayKx]

Free and mosquito are not witches

[@brandondoane332]

Fire Force is a prequel to Soul Eater!? 🤯

[@reaperherbano7833]

song?

[@atomskShadox]

Isn't Asura also a Grim Reaper?

[@TheRayKx]

Yes I misspoke

[@missskabls2247]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@user-fl8kx8xr3d]

How bad are the spoilers. Ive only watched the animes so should i just wait for more fire force to come out or can i kust skip a few segments here and there.

[@raynegruber5368]

You didn't actually cover witches. You acknowledged that they existed, then just skipped ob to grim reapers.

[@noahhager1187]

teach tilipoca is my favorite death scythe. He has the ability to clone himself and amalgamate and is near immortal, but outside of that he's just a fun character.

[@outerspacegaming7754]

W SE video

[@trfyhrghty4222]

👍

[@nazaren45]

🙂😃👍

[@priscocastillo3940]

I still dont understand it

[@tupacshakurfan9280]

I loved stein character so much

[@The_Aleph_Null]

wow its a fuckin mess then, barely a system at all and just more like a list of exceptions

[@jacklasiccita1180]

can i say that soul eater is way better than fire force and the connection between the two universe is useless, fan service and seems like a promotion for soul eater? (imo ofc)

[@alexanderdavidlocarnogomez3441]

Nah, both are good, but fire force has way more good things. and the connecion between them don't ruin any of them at all

[@LordTheCyril]

Nooooo, FUCK NO! I refuse to accept the trash that is fireforce as the prequel to soul eater.

[@eddy9615]

Ok

[@mannujc9871]

It is a neat power system but I hate power system that relies on others/proxy!!!!

[@zacharybosley1935]

Collaboration is a big theme in these worlds, and I kinda dig that over systems where a rando can achieve society-wrecking omnipotence by camping outside for a century or something.

[@GR20000]

Counter point, Nen exists and there literally will never be a power system that tops it in terms of creative flexibility and ability to generate dynamic action

[@curlydolltv]

4 months an nobody agreed😭

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

It pissed me off so much that in the ending of the Soul Eater anime they pulled one out of their ass and said Kishin was immune to Demon Hunter because he isn't evil, he's just mad and Demon /Witch Hunter only affects evil people when the only thing Demon/Witch Hunter explicitly do is hurt mad people. I was so fucking angry when I saw that scene that I've forsaken the entire anime and refuse to watch it. I don't care if the fights are sick, the people who made clearly didn't even read the manga.