Soul Eater Not!

[Buffalobiian]

It's not that meisters don't have any powers, but that they should be able to live with their powers without going to some "how to live with yourself but not become a fighter" class. Until they show me that the princess unconsciously pumps her soul into everything she touches, ends up breaking stuff and therefore needs this class to get on with life.. they're just add-ons because the equivalently weak death-scythes need someone to work with.

@Ryll: according to the description, NOT is for those who need this training to live with their powers, not to fight.

Oh, talking about the princess I found it hilarious that she slapped both the meister and the weapon's face. xD

[Kraco]

@Ryll: according to the description, NOT is for those who need this training to live with their powers, not to fight.

I very much doubt that's the whole true. The description might be interpreted that way, but let's not forget that half of the people there turn into weapons literally and the other half are inborn fighters able to manifest spiritual powers most useful in fighting and hunting witches and other aberrations. And above all, the academy is for human weapons and weapon technicians. I'd say this NOT class is the reservist class while the EAT class is for those in more active duty.

For such people to live with their powers means to know how to use them in combat, plain and simple.