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Soul Eater (manga)

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Alternative title:
ソウルイーター (Japanese)
噬魂者 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In a world where technicians wield the select humans who can turn into weapons, Shinigami-sama created a school to teach young technicians and their shape shifting partners what it means to be a just death god. In order to create the ultimate weapon, the students of the school must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.
User Ratings: 305 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 58 votes (Eng:38, sub:12, dub:3, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Excellent: 94 votes (Eng:69, sub:14, dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French
)
 Very good: 77 votes (Eng:58, sub:9, dub:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:6
2 Finnish
2 Spanish
1 French
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 51 votes (Eng:42, sub:7, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 14 votes (Eng:10, sub:4)
 So-so: 5 votes (Eng:4, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (Eng:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 840 users, rank: #78 (of 6914)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.282 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4116, rank: #553 (of 7756)
Weighted mean: 8.121 (Very good), rank: #872 (of 7756) (seen all: 8.30 / seen some: 8.14 / won't finish: 5.42)
Bayesian estimate: 8.115 (Very good), rank: #282 (of 3524)
Number of tankoubon: 25
Chapter titles: We have 117
Vintage: 2004-05-12 to 2013-08-12 (Shonen Gangan, June 2004 - Sep 2013)
Release dates: We have 125
Links: We have 1
Reviews:
Soul Eater - The Perfect Edition GN 4-6 (Mar 26, 2022)
Soul Eater - The Perfect Edition GN 3 (Apr 6, 2021)
Soul Eater - The Perfect Edition GN 2 (Dec 31, 2020)
Soul Eater - The Perfect Edition GN 1 (Sep 16, 2020)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Atsushi Ōkubo
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Square Enix
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Amy Forsyth (Yen Press, Square Enix)
Jack Wiedrick (Yen Press, Square Enix)
Stephen Paul (Yen Press, Square Enix)

Cover Design: Phil Balsman (Square Enix)
Editing:
Edward Hong (Square Enix, Vols 13-)
Tania Biswas (Square Enix)
Lettering:
Abigail Blackman (Square Enix)
Alexis Eckerman (Yen Press)
Eric Erbes (Square Enix, Vols 13-)
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Square Enix Manga & Books (Perfect Edition)
Yen Press
Online Distribution: Manga UP!
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kurokawa
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
Translation: Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (Norma Editorial)
Licensed by:
Norma Editorial (Spain)
OVNI Press (Argentina)
Panini Comics (Mexico)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Simona Stanzani
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation: Luiz Octávio Kobayashi

Translation Check: Renata Leitão (Perfect Edition)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Distributor: JBGroup
Publisher: JBC
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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