Soul
Eater, Vol 8
Author: Atsushi Ohkubo
Publisher: Yen Press
American
release date: April 8, 2014
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/manga/paranormal/188 pages
Overall Personal Rating: ★★★★★
It’s Black Star against the
bodyguard Mifune! Mifune doesn’t have much choice in the matter, as the little
witch Angela is being held hostage. Black Star has come to help Sid, who is to
destroy the demon tool Mifune admires Black Star’s Uncanny sword, but is
Tsubaki any match for Mifune’s Infinite One-sword style? When Tsibaki tries to
persuade Mifune to become a teacher at DWMA, where he can work with children,
he tells her the story of how he and Angela met.
Back at DWMA, Maka is still
recovering in the infirmary, and gets annoyed when Soul and Black Star begin
whispering together in front of her and won’t explain what’s going on.
Something evil is on the loose in
Death City, as evidenced by the snake which has wriggled its way into a little
girl, out for a walk with her mommy. When Sid returns with the blueprints for
the demon tool, he’s surprised that Shinigami-sama tells him to seal it inside
the Secret Vault for now, rather than destroy it. What can Shinigami-sama want
with such a thing? Isn’t it dangerous to keep it intact? What if someone
managed to get their hands on it?
Back at DWMA, Maka has returned to
class. Tsubaki is concerned about Black Star. He keeps challenging other people
and getting into fights. But why? Dr. Stein is trying to teach the students
about cooperation and teamwork, but that isn’t working out so well. Meanwhile,
at Arachnophobia headquarters, an unexpected player shows up in the form of
Arachne’s younger sister, Medusa!
Death the Kid is throwing a party,
and Tsubaki has made all the food, although Liz keeps taking credit for having
done it, in order to impress a guy. But Patty and Soul put the kibosh on that
plan pretty effectively! Kid unexpectedly tells Patty and Liz to come with him
to the Sahara, by orders of the Shinigami. Their mission is to stop the Runaway
Express. Shinigami suspects that it’s being powered by a Demon Tool, so they
must overtake it and capture the tool! However, that means going toe to toe
with with the Fisher King!
Crona is thrilled to be making
friends at DWMA, even if Ragnarok can be rather surly to them at the best of
times. But things are looking up for him… until a certain someone from his past
shows up, someone he has always had trouble saying no to. Will Medusa use the
child she was so quick to toss out? And for what purpose?
Two of my favorite things about
this action-packed volume of Soul Eater are seeing Mifune again and seeing
Death the Kid in action again. I like Mifune, and I hope that ultimately
they’ll be able to persuade him to become a teacher at DWMA. With his love of
children, I think he would be a natural. But for that to happen, there has to
be a place there for Angela too. Which means some attitude readjustment
regarding witches. As for Death, he’s one of my favorite characters, quirks and
all. Sometimes it’s easy to forget just how very powerful he is, and watching
him in action only serves to reinforce that.
My only lament is there is not
much of Maka and Soul, but now that Maka is feeling better, I hope to see more
of them in future volumes. Also, not much of Spirit, Maka’s father. I can’t
help but feel he is actually growing and maturing. He does love his daughter
very much (plus I think he’s cute lol).
The big mystery here concerns
Shinigami and his growing collection of demon tools. Does he have ulterior
motives for not destroying them? I don’t believe he’s doing it for bad reasons,
maybe misguided ones? Hard to say at this point, too little information.
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