Note: This post first appeared on my Wix blog, Mono’s Anime Rants, on July 27 2022. After re-publishing it here at WordPress, I will delete the original. The popular 2008 anime Soul Eater fea…
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Soul Eater
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Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition Volume 10 Review
Despite intriguing battles, Volume 10 of Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition loses a little steam as it spins off to a new phase of the story.
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Besides a forced ecchi confrontation, Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition Volume 4 demonstrates all the series' strengths in a beautiful package.
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Volume 2 of Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition displays why it rose to fame: the bonds between Meister and Weapon & its cutthroat action scenes.
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Even if your interest level dips with the secondary characters or you find yourself being impatient, Soul Eater will soon win you back.
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It is rather difficult for a volume as long as Soul Eater: The Perfect Edition 7 to not have some key moments -- and this has quite a…
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