Soul Eater NOT!

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Name: Soul Eater NOT! ソウルイーターノット！
Parent Story: Soul Eater

Episode: 12
Status: Completed
Release Date (for eng subs): -


Summary:

Soul Eater NOT! is a side-story to the main series, focusing on a freshman halberd named Tsugumi Harudori, who befriends two other meisters, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn. All three take part in the NOT (Normally Overcome Target) class at DWMA and learn to control their powers in order to overcome their difficulties to have a normal life, as opposed to the battle-oriented EAT (Especially Advanced Talent) class taken by Maka, Soul, and their companions.

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Personal Ratings: 2.5

Honestly, when I first saw this trailer, I thought somehow there should be some connection between Soul Eater and this. However, from the beginning to the end, there were only short moments where they showed us Kid, Maka, Soul and Black Star. So I was really disappointed. I really thought that the two animes would have a stronger connection. Also, the genres for the two animes are totally different. In Soul Eater, it was a lot more series and dark atmosphere, where else for this, it was like all frilly and totally Shoujo-type anime. I'm not sure if they released this anime in hope that it would please some hungry soul eater fans, but it did Soul Eater no justice. 

There wasn't really a proper background and development in the story. I kind of felt like there is this main story line that they want to concentrate on, but then before they wanted to go into the main problem, they try to add daily life of the 3 main characters to show their development, and totally neglect to develop the main plot. 

Also, I thought that there were more slice of life episodes than there were training moments. They totally didn't tell us about how they trained in the academy. Totally would like more training moments. 

The main story line about the witch was also a little clumsily put together. Thought that they should have more constant development about this plot before rushing into the main fight. The fight was also kind of pathetic, and I didn't think that it was realistic for 3 newbies to defeat a witch, since they kept on emphasizing that defeating a witch is really hard and stuff like that. 

But I do like how they actually showed Katy and Patty. Kind of felt like they finally gave us a little more information about how Katy and Patty were last time and how Kid met them. But it was so little. I thought that they could have added more Kid scenes. 

Of course, I think that they should add more Maka, Soul scenes into the anime to make it a little more fun. 

Art Ratings: 2.5
I didn't really like the art. I thought that the colours and everything just didn't really suit the whole "shinigami" aura in the school. It kind of looks more like a parody of Soul Eater.
Recommended for:
Gender: Both
Age: 15 and above
My Ratings: PG-13