Soul
Eater, Vol 3
Author: Atsushi Ohkubo
Publisher: Yen Press
American
release date: March 3, 2015
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/manga/paranormal/192 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★
Soul is hospitalized, following
the fight with Ragnarok, unaware that some of the creature’s black blood has
mixed in with his. What they are all unaware of is that the witch Medusa has
become a doctor at the hospital! That can’t be good! A depressed Maka blames
herself for Soul being hurt, but as she leaves his hospital room, she finds her
father waiting for her. She goes up to the roof with him to watch the sunset.
Black Star balks at the remedial
lesson he’s been assigned by Sid—he’s charged with cleaning and straightening
up the library. Not sure where to begin, he runs across the library’s
collection of manga, to his delight. When he expresses his joy a little too
loudly, he draws the ire of Death the Kid, who is also there. Not accidentally,
as Black Star assumes, but very much on purpose. Death tells him he’s looking
for a book about a legendary blade, call the “holy sword” known as Excalibur.
Dr. Stein weighs in and tells them even he could not draw Excalibur. So
naturally Black Star and Death the Kid want to twith hiry their hand at it!
Although, perhaps this isn’t quite the adventure they were looking for.
Tsubaki accepts an assignment to
deal with the Uncanny Sword Masamune, even though Shinigami-sama warns her it
will be a hard fight. But she feels compelled to do it, mostly because Masamune
is her older brother! She and Black Star head to the village she came from.
Black Star is his usual loud self. But when a villager notices his tattoo and
recognizes it for what it is, Black Star’s story begins to come out. When they
find Masamune, Black Star battles him, using Tsubaki. But the fight is
ultimately Tsubaki’s, and she’ll do what she must, even if that includes
getting into her brother’s head. Black
Star sets up a vigil beside Tsubaki’s body and vows to wait for her as long as
it takes.
In the hospital, Soul confides to
Medusa about his strange dream, which has a disturbingly Twin peaks vibe and
ends in the same disturbing way—with him coming out of Maka’s stomach! Medusa
tells him not to worry about it. On his release, Maka throws a party for him at
their apartment, and Blair gives Make and Death the Kid quite a shock.
Suddenly, Maka is startled at the realization that there is a presence in Death
City that should not be there.
I especially enjoyed seeing more
of Tsubaki in this volume of Soul Eater.
She doesn’t usually get as much attention as Black Star, probably because he’s
a hog for the spotlight and she is much quieter. Her interaction with her
brother is touching. I also liked watching Black Star and Death the Kid in
their quest to draw Excalibur from the stone. The cover, featuring Death the
Kid and the Thompson sisters, is great. As usual, I love the artwork. I liked
seeing a more tender, Dad side of Maka’s father. Too bad I don’t think it’ll
last. He always manages to do something wrong sooner or later.
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