SOUL EATER – 18

Summary:

Since no one knows of what Sid discovered, all the students and faculty are attending a party celebrating the founding of Shibusen, including Shinigami-sama himself. Seeing Soul keeps his distance from the others during the festivities, Maka goes to talk with him and is reminded of how Medusa had revealed that Soul told her he was having bad dreams. Maka thus tries to get him to talk about it with her, but Soul has nothing to say, so Maka eventually just invites him to dance. Soul’s able to get out of doing so after Maka’s father shows up wanting to dance with her, however Soul still manages to enjoy the food she brought him. Medusa meanwhile is communicating telepathically with Eruka when a seemingly drunk Stein interrupts her thoughts. Stein wants to dance with her, but once they start, he becomes more serious and asks her if she knows what happened to Sid. He also questions what a witch like her is doing at Shibusen and thinks that she knows about the Kishin sleeping under the school. All this leads Medusa to realize that she’s been found out, and so she admits that she’s trying to revive the Kishin. She goes on to explain that the power of the Kishin is beyond knowledge and can be considered evolution, yet the Shinigami just want to maintain status quo. Medusa feels that things should be allowed to advance and tries to tempt Stein with a kiss, however they are stopped by the sudden appearance of Sid.

Although injured, Sid warns everyone to get out of there quickly because he knows that their enemies have been waiting for the day when Shinigami-sama and all the students are gathered in one place. Stein is concerned about Sid long enough for Medusa to escape from the party via the balcony and to telepathically order Free to imprison everyone there inside a barrier. Right before Free finishes casting his Independent Cube on the room, Sid uses his last bit of strength to use a special burial technique that causes Stein, Maka, Black*Star, Kid, and their respective weapons to fall through the floor, escaping the trap. Outside, Free tells Medusa that he can only keep up the Independent Cube for one hour, and Chrona and Ragnarok then bring the Mizune family to attack Death City. Medusa herself heads underground with Free, Chrona, Ragnarok, and Eruka. Maka and company meanwhile get deposited by Sid’s technique in the halls of Shibusen, and Stein quickly fills everyone in on how Medusa is trying to revive the first-generation Kishin that’s currently sleeping underground. Kid confirms what Stein is saying by revealing that the reason his father had to stay here was so that the Kishin would remain sealed up. Stein then leads the group underground and tells everyone that their souls have to decide if they’re ready to go with him and fight against fear. No one backs down.

Preview

Well the fighting hasn’t yet begun, but that didn’t make this episode any less exciting. Not only did Stein and Medusa prelude their upcoming fight with a dance (in a different world, those two could have made a great team), but I also really liked how the end of the episode combined everyone suiting up with that particular style of music – it reminded me again of how composer Iwasaki Taku did similar arrangements to great success for Gurren Lagann. Anyway, the battle next week should be a lot of fun, though I find it a little odd that everyone appears to be fighting Medusa in the preview, leaving Free, Chrona/Ragnarok, and Eruka unaccounted for. Perhaps Medusa will be acting as the distraction while the others revive the Kishin – and I assume they’ll succeed since I don’t recognize the creepy guy at the end of the preview.

49 Comments

  1. flix

    its gettin to the best part…cant wait…

  2. Michael

    ZOMG KISHIN looks ugly

  3. v1cious

    this is where Soul Eater gets awesome.

  4. v1cious

    GStrike: he didn’t. it’s a flashback

  5. Dango

    o_o

    isn’t that where shinigami-sama tells them about kishin?

  6. alex

    the animation is great as always ^_^

  7. c_h_a_n

    the awesomeness of this episoode and the next is AMAZING!

  8. Reiter

    Medusa cleans up pretty well. 🙂

  9. googleman

    episode loooks awesome finally i get to see kilik

  10. iron keg

    wierd tht the first kishin was a death god

  11. miles

    whos the guy in pic no. 31

  12. AznCoffee

    Don’t read if your gonna cry later

    Medusa turns Stein insane/evil later >=D
    also Maka and Soul become insanely stronger later (but that’s just obvious :P)

  13. Tryptomine

    @miles

    That is Kilik, a side-character technician that comes to play a minor role in the story later on, like Ox.

  14. Ungas

    next or probably episode 20: rematch of chrona and maka

  15. jonaht

    Yeah~ Fight to the Death!!

  16. BROOKLYN otaku

    YIKES!!!! SHE SLIPPED STEIN A SNAKE!!!!

    P.S.A- fella’s,no matter how cute ALWAYS USE A CONDOM.

    good night.

  17. Michael

    lol its funny that medusa’s gonna join forces with shibusen
    lol i wonda if anyone knows that crohna’s medusa’s daughter except for those manga readers XD

  18. Michael

    shoot forgot to add spoilers don’t watch guys, delete it OMNI plz sorry XD

  19. beramodk

    Kishin looks like Death the Kid with the white marks stripes on his hair…

  20. asian182

    if soul thought he looked cool anytime in the series so far this episode is the only one that proves it hes looks like a wanna be bond in that suit somehow

  21. Chino F

    The Kishin is Asura, right?

  22. 42-42-564

    I felt that this episode could’ve been a lot better (visually), but meh, the preview seems to spell an awesome episode 19: Lots of action, few static frames, few distant shots, etc. I guess I really have been spoiled by the manga and the first episode.

    On the other hand, I wonder if they’ll have enough material for 52 episodes. I can’t really remember how long the manga is any more, but I think we’re almost past the halfway point (since I last read it).

    Houko Kuwashima + Emo Villain = Insta-win for me.

  23. 42-42-564

    Also, if they screw up Maka’s battle scene (long talks, cutting away to other scenes, story changes, filler, censor, etc), I’ll forsake Soul Eater the anime. I didn’t mind previous episodes, but Maka’s battle is a no-no. IMHO, it is perfect the way it is, and no amount of addition/reduction/changes is going to make it better. And all the cost-cuts that I’ve seen till date had better be justified in her battle.

    It’s took me 18 episodes to finally acknowledge that Maka seiyuu just might have what it takes to pull off her battle scene, and I demand an episode-one-quality for her battle (scene composition, color, theme, action, camera movements, etc).

  24. nyaa~~

    omni ..
    creepy guy = kishin

  25. steelman

    The manga is 50 chapters right now, and this covers chapter 15 and the beginning of 16, so there should be enough material.

  26. Ally

    Actually it is 51, 52 is due out later this month.

  27. Ragnarok

    i cant wait for blair vs mouse people!!!…hahah

  28. Ungas

    blair vs. mouse witches=nose bleeding watching bystanders

  29. abcz

    lol kishin is ugly

  30. Izaak

    In fact, since BONES has been making about 1 episode = 1 chapter (and each chapter is 45 pages long), then 52 episodes is actually short.

    I really wonder if we’ll even see Medusa’s sister, Arachne, like the way she’s portrayed in the manga?

    -Izaak, Lord of the Lotus Clan.

  31. StiFF

    first impression:
    what a cute couple…
    http://images.randomc.net/SOUL%20EATER/SOUL%20EATER%20-%2018%20-%20Large%2010.jpg

    second impression:
    o… kay… *backs away slowly*
    http://images.randomc.net/SOUL%20EATER/SOUL%20EATER%20-%2018%20-%20Large%2014.jpg

    The current arc in the manga is not finished, heck, it’s not even in the middle of it. So I think some chapters will either be crammed in a single episode or we will be getting some fillers so that they can stop before the current arc. Besides the manga still hasn’t explained anything about Kishin, I wonder if they will go for an original ending.

  32. Clarky

    I read the manga of this, and I can’t waiiiitttttttt for the next few episodes. It’s gonna look 100x better animated. 😀

  33. defki

    Asura is not ugly. He looks damn awesome when he is normal. Insanity makes his face so ugly.

  34. Sadmask

    Yeah, defki is damn right.

  35. Ungas

    AFAIK the insanity wavelength is making him look ugly
    insanity wavelength=somewhat aura of the kishin seeled by shinigami

  36. BobzorXD

    By far the best anime this year!!!! I can’t help but giggle that there are still 33 more episodes left!!!!! im so excited! tralala~

  37. ZOL

    is it just me or

    does the Kishin look one hell of a lot like Kid ?

  38. Zaina

    does anyone know the name of the artist or song that was playing at the end of the episode? the one that was playing in the background as they were suiting up.

  39. tor

    You can watch at watchsouleater.com

  40. madhat

    can someone please tell me what the song is that starts at approximately 20:45 minutes into the episode, and it’s where everyone’s getting geared up for what’s ahead, and does anyone know the artist and title? thanks if you can reply in this post.

  41. Arlyson

    parabéns são belas screenshots estive procurando do Sid-sensei e so aqui fui achar as melhores Arigatou ^^

    PS: made in Brasil

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