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One of the best manga I’ve ever read, without a doubt. A shounen made with - clearly - a lot of care. Unlike the anime, it’s a more serious and focused story. The anime places a lot of emphasis on Maka’s protagonism and ends up sidelining Kidd and Black Star.

Great secondary characters with A LOT of charisma. The story has a light tone when it wants to, and a heavy tone when it wants to, seamlessly alternating between the two with great skill.

The biblical references are interesting, but what really steals the show is the whole Lovecraftian horror theory present here. Like in The Call ... of Cthulhu, insanity can corrupt people and drive them mad, and this becomes a recurring theme in the manga after a certain point. Seeing the characters delirious only for you to realize it wasn’t really happening is VERY cool and creates a sense of doubt in the reader, who doesn’t know if the situation is real or just a character's delusion.

The story focuses on three main characters: Maka, who has as her weapon (a human born with the ability to transform into a certain weapon) Soul "Eater" Evans (who, in this case, is her weapon); Kidd with the pistols Pat and Liz; and the great Black Star with the multi-use weapon Tsubaki. Maka is the typical young shounen character, the one who has hope for – almost – everyone. Kidd is a Shinigami-in-training at the beginning of the manga, and Black Star is a hot-headed kid but extremely strong. The weapons each have their own personality, and it’s very cool to see the handlers becoming more and more emotionally attached to their weapons.

Shibusen is the "school" that trains weapons and handlers, initially to protect the world from "witches." If a weapon eats 99 human souls and 1 witch's soul, it becomes a Death Scythe, which is one of the main goals for students, as it’s a test for them, and they also become stronger.

There’s also the soul resonance, which is when you and your partner reach a perfect soul balance and boost your attacks.

Now, the list of shounen clichés, what do we have here?
Do we have an invasion? Yes. (My Hero Academia fans will feel just like home)
Do we have a tournament arc? No.
Do we have a protagonist who believes in people? Yes.
Do we have the power of friendship? No, nothing in the manga feels Deus Ex Machina or anything like that; everything is well explained earlier so you can understand what’s happening. If the villain is defeated by the trio, it’s because they did something right, not just because yes.

Another very cool thing about Soul Eater is the foreshadowing of things; things that happen in chapter 10, that without exaggeration, are only revealed around chapter 90. And since each chapter has about 50 pages, it’s good to have a good memory. The big villain of the manga is, for example, a foreshadowing.

There are multiple plots going on at the same time, and the story never stalls. My favorite is the plot of the girl Chrona, who - without spoiling it - unfortunately suffers a lot.

Soul Eater is a precursor to our current shounens and should be more celebrated as such. It’s a beautiful work, with lots of comedy, tragedy, and drama that deserves more recognition. The anime was very successful when it aired (the ending and opening videos of the Soul Eater anime have millions of views on YouTube), but since the anime caught up to the manga, they ended up making a special ending for the anime, which turned out to be a complete disaster.

I’m waiting for Soul Eater: Brotherhood, or rather, Soul Eater: Resonance! And it’s also worth remembering that Soul Eater was published in the same magazine as Full Metal Alchemist, and the FMA author made a special illustration when Soul Eater reached 100 chapters.

If you like or have liked Naruto, Boku no Hero, Bleach, One Piece, give Soul Eater a chance. It will easily become one of your favorite manga!

(READ THE MANGA! DON’T WATCH THE ANIME! BUT LISTEN TO THE ANIME OPENING AND ENDING! ALSO, THE KIDD THEME!)

Thank you for your attention.

This is a great manga that i honestly can't understand why it's rated so lowly here. It plays with the formula of the usual isekai and shakes things up to bring fresh stuff to the table while being engaging and funny. This honestly is better than a lot of 8.00+ rated overall manga i've read in this plataform

Our two main character are deeply flawed and that makes them so interesting, also the gender-swapping post-life is a cool concept that the author makes the best of it here.

A lot of references to games and shows, amazing art and a compelling story. It can kinda get ... repetitive with the "i am being a burden to him, what will i do?" which is a focus for like 3 or 4 chapters but i guess as of right now (post chapter 49, the last chapter available as i'm writing this review) this won't happen anymore.

The author is very talented in drawing, their double spreads are amazing, and he draws some really hot chicks. There are of course some stuff i don't like, there are mild SA and some bad taste jokes but some of them even add to the plot.

I highly recommend it, such a fun ride.

It was a great ride.

Yofukashi no Uta was with me ever since the pandemic started, it was such a fun thing to read during the endless nights, i had so much stuff to worry about but the feeling i've found while reading it made me feel great, made me kinda forget we were trapped in our houses, because you know, the whole point of the series was Kou going out all the time.

It was a funny series with a lot of tearjerker and funny moments, with a whole cast of endearing characters. The art is simple but really well done, also the series made ... me listen to Creepy Nuts which are a really good pair of rappers.

Thanks Kou and Nazuna, you will be missed, and i'm truly grateful to Kotoyama sensei, although i'll never read Dagashi Kashi, i am for sure eager to read his next work. Thank you guys as well for being in the ride, for a series that most of it was improvised, it was amazing.

Now, as of 01/20/24, my night has finally come to an end. I hope the night has finally come to an end for you guys too.

Yeah, it's sad. I found it to be really boring, i didn't managed to like one single character, i find all the choices the main character does stupid... it would be a 3/10 for me if it wasn't for the maestry of technical things Sakamoto - the mangaka, which i've read Innocent before, other of his works - did on Kokou no Hito. It is so beautiful, it has so many experimental things like characters getting crazy in the middle of the cold and their speech getting inverted in the speech balloons, the scene where Mori sees the dawn and there's an orchestra going on ... and the symbolism is really cool, the artwork is fantastic, that one chapter where he recommends us to read it while listening to Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" its pretty cool too. His paneling work is amazing too. So for technical reasons i gave it a 7/10 on MyAnimeList, thought it would only be fair even if i didn't like the story or had any fun.

I think Sakamoto could do a big hit doing a collab with someone that can write better than him, and maybe a more lighthearted story. I mean, in the whole Kokou no Hito there's only one scene i've cracked a smile that is when Mori, our main character, gets out of the hospital and a little girl drops a flower and he gives back to her. This was literally the only scene where i felt empathy for Mori because he only do the worst possible decisions, it is astonishing even.

I'm well aware the work wasn't obligated to make me have fun, i watched Parasite (the korean movie that was the first foreigner movie to get Best Movie Of The Year by the Oscar Academy) and didn't have any fun, the atmosphere was heavy, it wasn't a movie made for you to have fun, and i get this. I think Kokou no Hit was probably made with the same intent. The problem is that in Parasite i could understand the characters, whereas the choices Mori did were simply forced so the story could end on a bad note because it is a seinen so it must end in a heavy way. Also Parasite was a movie, Kokou no Hito was a whole 100+ chapter manga. Mori does so many mistakes and simply doesn't learn with them. Also every single side character was forgettable and stereotypical seinen characters that do something bad and that's it, some even might try to redeem themselves but i really didn't liked it.

Sakamoto is probably one of the greatest mangakas we have as right now, he is amazing drawing, but a very uncompelling writer in my humble opinion. I hope he finds his way with a good writer someday.

That's just my opinion, i respect you if you think Kokou no Hito it's a 10/10 and think it is a masterpiece. It just didn't clicked with me and i don't recommend it to anyone besides those who want to see Sakamoto's amazing technical prowess at being a mangaka.

I've been reading manga daily since 2016, at the time of writing this review i have almost 100 mangá completed and this is probably the most fun i've had with the media.

The characters are so damn compelling, the story hits you right on your feelings, the artwork is phenomenal, it is funny, entertaining, wholesome. Although it is a seinen, don't expect sexual violence or these kinds of stuff that's usually in seinen mangá. This is a Soft Seinen mangá.

The worst part is that i'm not even a huge rock fan, i was always the more kind of hip-hop guy when i was younger. My ... dad was a big David Bowie stan but that was it. Unfortunately to me - the first "Jimi Hendrix Experience" i had was back when i first started reading manga in early 2017 with the non animated at the time Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 5, Vento Aureo. Fugo, one of the side characters in Vento Aureo, has a stand named after Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze. That's when i first heard him.

Fast-forward some years and i read a mangá about his story, some nerd curiosities about him like he being just so good that he covered a certain Beatles song after only hearding it once. Some really neat stuff.

Be aware that the story isn't about Jimi Hendrix, it is about the emancipation of Shiori Honda, our main character, and hers students, or like i grew up used to because of One Piece, her nakamas. If they suffer, they suffer together, if they cry, they cry together, if they smile, they smile together. It is just such a cute message.

The bad part is that the english scanlator is pretty behind the monthly (i believe it is a monthly release). The latest chapter available as of right now is chapter 36 from Volume 8 and there's already a volume 14.

One thing though, there are some mangá that no matter how great, won't ever become a anime series, some because of author reasons like Yotsuba, some because a anime simply wouldn't suit the story like in Oyasumi Punpun, and in this case they would need to have so many copyright licenses to play Jimi Hendrix stuff and Nirvana stuff.

There's a pro to never having a anime adaptation, though. The songs the main characters present will always be just as mindblowing as they are in their world in your imagination, I don't recommend this as a first time mangá exactly because of this, i think some people will be turned off because they have to actually think to enjoy this a little more.

The art and panneling in this mangá are simply breathtaking.

Please, give this a read. Remember you don't need to enjoy rock to enjoy this, to enjoy a superb story.

This is simply outstanding in every single way a manga can be.

Kei Yonagi is a really compelling main character, she's fun, she has a real character deveolpment throughout the series.

The secondary characters are amazing as well, with some clever and really smart writing and breathtaking visuals by the 22 year old mangaka drawing it and the author.

Don't think this is just a mere story about "becoming an actress", Act-Age is a story about many things. Dealing with loss, death, sadness, overcoming your personal problems to do something greater.

The first 20 chapters or so are really slow, but after the first arc (Death Island) ends, ... the story goes on full wild. Galactic Railroad has some philosophical content that really made me feel something. It reminded me of seinen mangas like Oyasumi Punpun and Vagabond. Yeah, the writing in this manga is really THIS good.

In my opinion, this is the best Weekly Shounen Jump has to offer as of right now.

Go read it! Now! You'll have a good time! This isn't a silly story about a little girl trying to become an actress. Trust me. Kei Yonagi is maybe the greatest woman main character to ever come out of a shounen manga. She's even better than Jojo's Bizarre Adventures Stone Ocean's Jolyne Cujoh. She has a proper character grow. In fact, almost every character in this manga has a proper character arc.

Read it!

Just catch up with the last chapter available of Yotsuba! It was such a good ride. Funny to see that someone that drew demon hentai can do a series with such good character writing, comedy and continuity. The series is about Yotsuba finding out how life is, how things work out, of a kid trying to do good things and almost all of the times fucking up, it's so relatable i could see myself as a kid in the place of Yotsuba.

The comedy is just pure gold, i have never laughed out so bad in my entire life as i did reading it. There's a ... lot of mystery under Yotsuba too, we know some stuff about her and her father, her family, but that's not the main focus of it, the focus of the series its Yotsuba herself. The secondary characters are amazing, they're funny as hell and the author draws some really cute characters.

A shame that it takes so long to release new chapters, the series started in 2004 and until now we only have 96 chapters.

You guys should check it out sometime if you have some spare time.