I guess because Azusa was saying that Asura was preparing to take a long nap to replenish his broken body from Shinigami's fight so that might be why he was concentrating more on the barrier than on the fighting. I like how she remarked that "Asura could rule the whole world without fighting".
I am training in the shadows.
Currently playing: All of your games, probably.
Well as they say, he's a coward. Insanely powerful as he was, he still gobbled another witch's soul to get rid of her (and power up in the process). Adding to the fact that he was wounded, you'd think protecting himself would be his top priority.
The fights were pretty good I guess, though it didn't really get me started. I noticed Black*Star doesn't have Shadow Tattoos on his face when he's using Fey Blade now, and his attacks didn't look terribly spectacular for the "strongest attacker".
Anyways, I'm looking forward to next episode. From what I gather, Shinigami dies, giving the title of THE Grim Reaper to Kid, as well as any power that comes with it.
If/when that happens, I can guess exactly what will happen. He'll win and reorganise Shibusen, starting with the Death Room.
Clean. Tidy. Symmetrical.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Since I don't want to spam the section with low quality subs, I inform everyone that Ep 50 is available at tokyotosho with same fansud as the one I posted for ep 49. So low quality is to be expected again.
I do not post a link, since if one is desperate enough, they'll get it easily at tokyotosho.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Interesting episode for sure. Though I'm not too pleased it proceeded in real time, and thus during the time the camera was following Maka in Soul's soul world, Black Star got defeated (and possibly also Kid assuming he even managed to get up). Even if that was to be expected, assuming it's indeed Maka+Soul who will need to deliver the last hit, it's still kind of cheap, considering all that those five went through while Maka was rescuing Soul. The other thing that bothers me is that it still hasn't been explicitly stated what Black Star gained when he got, apparently, the Nakatsukasa clan's blessing and the full control over the demon blade.
An excellent episode, though, no less. The ending of this show is looking good.
Regarding the feeling of Soul Eater (the show) "losing it" in the past few eps, this episode was a turnaround point. They did a good job building up the whole atmosphere just before Kid got skewered. In parallel, Maka's scenes also did well with building up tension
I chuckled when Soul just ate the little guy.
Black Star's defeat was the only disappointing part. I didn't like how he suddenly got some speed boost (why didn't he use that before?), then got defeated like some nameless grunt by the time Soul woke up. BONES ain't doing him justice at all.
Interestingly though, at 14:19, the subs say "there's one more crack on Mr. Reaper's corpse.", implying that he's already dead. It doesn't make sense that the medics would look so worried rather than sad if it was the case though, so I'm settling with the term body instead.
That is, of course, that being dead is the pathway to becoming a true Shinigami (hence the Three Rivers), in which case, corpse is ironically appropriate.
Final episode sure looks cool. Had I not known Ashura is a Meister rather than a Weapon, I would have thought she converted.
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sat, 03-28-2009 at 05:47 AM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Good episode, shows a lot of madness going on left and right. Kid having a huge power-up when he got struck was awesome, and Black Star speed-crazing his way to victory was cool. The preview has me hyped up for some kind of super move that will probably finish Asura off.
I am training in the shadows.
Currently playing: All of your games, probably.
Meh, next to Kid and BS, Make looks just ... Meh.
That was a good episode, though I definitely think they could have made the series longer and added more character development. That said, it's been good.
Actually i was very surprised, seeing how they seem to be squeezing the manga's content till the very last drop, that his true powerup wasn't shown during this fight.Originally Posted by Kraco
All that seems to have changed is that Fye blade mode now doesn't give him Shadow Tattoos, not taxes his body like before (where he'll get heart attacks from prolonged use).
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I thought someone would have posted this by now...
Soul Eater - 51 (720p) - [Aasasubs]
- I watched this sub, it had some jarring grammar flaws but was watchable if you just want to know what happens.
Last edited by Yukimura; Fri, 04-03-2009 at 11:43 AM.
I hesitated posting them, or rather even downloading them, as poor quality fansub would ruin the experience. So I don't even know if they're good or not, but didn't want to have a bad experience for the last episode.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
I wonder why the last episode is taking so long and why so many shitty groups decided to sub it out of nowhere
Don't they normally take 1 or 2 days more, or are they a week behind? I haven't been keeping count. I know that some quality groups will use someone who's familiar with the manga, or cross reference things with the manga so anything "new" or "hidden" will make sense should people read on.
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I downloaded this group's Queen's Blade ep1, and could watch it for about 30 seconds, before I gave up. It was honestly one of the absolutely worst subs I've ever seen. The font alone was so ugly that whoever created it probably did it just before taking her own life, so shamefully ugly it was. Furthermore, as if that wasn't enough, the subber did his best to contribute to the abysmal looks of the font by a style straight from hell. The bright side is that the quality of translation wouldn't have mattered, because my eyes would have been bleeding too much to read anything, had I kept watching it.
Nah, I think I'll take something else.
Personally I don't think it would have mattered what subs I watched (beyond Kraco's comment about the font potentially hurting my eyes). Even without any dialogue the ending ultimately left me so underwhelmed I had to go and calculate how much time I had spent watching it to think about if it was even worth it. For the first 15 min or so everything was going pretty great then it seems like they couldn't figure a way to overpower or outsmart the bad guy so they just phoned it in that shounen heart solves all problems without it even having to make sense.
The final resolution just drops everything the show built on top of its basic shounnen foundation and just Deus Ex Positivia's its way to the credits with the tried and true the good guys win because they are good and the bad guy loses because he is bad formula. I knew what I was getting myself into from the beginning but still, I thought the final resolution would at least make me feel some pride in the main characters accomplishments. But apparently not only can you not fight Shounen Heart, it doesn't even have to fight you to beat you.
Also according to someone on IRC those Reapists subs are just rick rolls, so out with them.
Last edited by Yukimura; Sun, 04-05-2009 at 04:45 AM.
Cliche shonen nonsense in its worst form.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
This is the result of studios trying to create anime of popular manga way too early. The last few seasons were filled with this type of tripe and the trend continue. I don't understand why they don't bother to animate older, more popular and completed manga instead (3x3 Eyes). There were plenty of anime that started good then started to suck half way because they ran out of the material and ended in a half-ass manner (Rave Masters, FMA).
I have a feeling that the FMA reboot might end like crap too since the manga is still not finished and it's might or might not end anytime soon. The same situation with last season Skip Beat! and this season Cross Games since the manga for both of those are only half done.
I'm sorry about the rant but Soul Eater was my favorite show when it debuted and the anime script monkeys managed to completely bastardized the story in 15 episodes.
Whoa whoa whoa.
FMA reboot?
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