SOUL EATER

I know you're going to be all like,

SHUT UP

with all the 

manga

already!

But I can't because

I just got caught up with this series:

I originally read it in the ill-fated

print version of

YEN PLUS.

But after it went online,

I didn't bother to keep up.

Now that so much

manga is available on my iPad,

I'm hanging with the Soul Eater gang again!

It's a weird concept,

Written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo,

the story is set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy",

and revolves around weapon meisters and weapons that can transform into humanoids. 

Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use 

by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, 

they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, 

in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again.

I like it for a lot of the same reasons I like

Shaman King.

It's a bit cartoony:

The poses get pushed all over the place:

And the characters are weird and funny.

I especially love Medusa and her snake powers:

The anthromorphic Sun and Moon

and an especially freaky/weirdly touch

The series finished in Japan a while ago but we're still

waiting for the last couple volumes here in the States.

Can't wait to see what happens!

But what to read

NEXT?!

Got any suggestions?!