Medusa is hideously beautiful.

Summary:

All the students are still locked in the tower and Shinigami-sama comes clean and tells everything that there is indeed a Kishin (Death God) underneath Shibusen; the only problem is that they have no real idea as to what a Kishin is. This is when he tells the story about the first Kishin, Asura. My initial thought was “Omg, isn’t that the name of the demon stance that Zoro uses and/or isn’t that the name of the one hit kill move in Ragnarok Online?” (but that all doesn’t really matter). We, an all the students, that Asura is one crazy bastard from Shinigami-sama’s old personal unit, The Eight Warriors. He was feared and he desired power so he turned to human souls, and you know the drill… he became a Kishin.

Meanwhile, Stein explains how Shinigami-sama is pretty much a part of Shibusen, Soul talks to his little red Imp friend, and Blair takes on those mouse sisters. During all this, the group progresses further in the long underground corridor and is joined by Death Scythe and, shortly after, Medusa. Now Stein has a weapon to assist him.

Stein then reveals Medusa’s plan and explains their own. When Medusa attacks, Black Star and Death the Kid easily pass her but Maka suffers a few causalities before she finds herself safe on the other side. Just as Medusa goes to land another assault on Maka, Stein stops her with a soul technique. Medusa says they should dance again but Stein rejects it since her feet are sown to the floor by threads of her wavelength. As it turns out, Stein can precisely control anyone’s soul wavelength by a single blow. When Stein is confident that he’ll win, he soars in her direction as she’s pinned to the wall and is about to destroy her, but Medusa uses her Vector arrow which forces him backward—-the same in which the arrow is pointing. Medusa and Stein’s battle pauses when she offers him to join her in creating a new world as scientists.

Meanwhile, Death the Kid easily slides pass Chrona without being noticed because of his enormous speed. Chrona worries over the consequences when Black Star appears to claim his “stage.” The two Meisters ready for a fight when Maka arrives and decides to go against Stein’s idea and fight Chrona herself. At first, Black Star is reluctant and makes a joke out of it, but once he realizes how serious Maka is, he allows her to take his stage.

Thoughts:

This episode was what I’ve we’ve been waiting for: the take off of a serious plot. We get to learn information about the Demon God under Shibusen and just what our heros will be fighting for.

I must say that Death Scythe (Spirit) is kind of fishy. He somehow escaped and got ahead of the group when there were only 8 coffin hole made by Sid and it was a long one way hallway. His character is also over exuberant as if it is masking some sort of secret evil. It may just be me, but it all seems too convenient, but then again that may be the creator toying with us on plot points and such.

I haven’t seen Soul Eater for about two months, but I finally found the mood to watch it today, although I still need loads of catching up to do. After having gotten over Soul Eater for a while, this episode was definitely pleasant. The humour came about at the right moments so I wasn’t upset that the tensed atmosphere wasn’t completely ruined. I loved it how Maka was sensing a “lecherous” soul up ahead and it actually turned out to be her father. I also loved the time Death the Kid just zoomed past Chrona like that. One thing I really like about Soul Eater is that it doesn’t ever seem to drag and I’m always sure to get a good laugh out of each episode.