# E1 - Resonance of the Soul – Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR198D7Q6/resonance-of-the-soul---will-soul-eater-become-a-death-scythe)
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*A sound "soul"*
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*dwells within a sound mind*
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*and a sound body.*
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Death Weapon Meister Academy...
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popularly known as the DWMA.
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It is an institution to
train weapons and meisters,
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established by Death, to prevent Kishins,
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the demon gods who plunged the
entire world into the depths of terror,
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drove people into a maelstrom of madness,
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and nearly destroyed everything,
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from ever being born again.
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The gist of it is, it's an
organization of justice, to keep the peace.
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Why *is* it a technical school, anyway?
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"DWMA"
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Oh well. Now then,
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let's all get ourselves
duly keyed up, and get going!
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*If the lamps of linked souls*
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*point to your heart,*
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*do you hear the echoes now,*
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*stronger than words?*
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*We barely ever look each other in the eye,*
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*yet our very fates are becoming entwined*
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*Our destinations overlap completely,*
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*so run with me through the slippery night*
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*Though the glare that
comes from being too tenacious*
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*may carry over into bad dreams*
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*If the lamps of linked souls*
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*point to your heart,*
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*do you hear the echoes now,*
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*stronger than words?*
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*The reasons why we ever met don't matter*
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*We are drawn together*
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*The more we are hurt
in the moments we touch,*
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*the clearer things become*
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More power...
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More...
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power...!
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Soul Eater, that's him.
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Yeah, Maka, no question.
His soul is now a Kishin egg.
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He's not human.
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Souls that have left the human path
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run the risk of transforming into a Kishin.
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In the name of Lord Death,
purge him, and recover his soul.
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What's the matter, Maka?
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Just as he isn't human, I am a weapon.
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Although, I usually
take the form of a human.
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My form isn't the issue here.
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The issue is souls!
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I know.
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Mass murderer Jack the Ripper,
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your soul is mine!
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The weapon and meister are two in one!
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Let's go, Soul!
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Yeah!
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This will be our 99th soul!!
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"I thank thee for this meal."
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Recovery complete.
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At long last, we've put away our 99th soul
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that had turned into a Kishin egg, huh?
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Only one more to go.
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Once I eat the soul of a witch,
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I will become Lord Death’s
weapon, a Death Scythe.
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That will also increase my
male coolness factor even more.
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I'm going to go report our
current status to Lord Death.
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The number to the Death Room is...
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42-42-564. [Said aloud, the numbers
spell out the words "die, die, kill"]
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Hello, hello, Lord Death?
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This is Meister Maka.
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Ohh...?
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Maka, how are you?
How are things going?
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We just recovered our 99th.
We only have one left... a witch's soul.
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Maka, you really do
take after your mother,
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in being a fine scythemeister.
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Hey, Soul Eater!
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If you try anything with Maka,
then I, as Death Scythe... no,
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as her father, will kill you, you dimwit.
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Shut up, will you? There's
no way someone as cool as me
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is suited to be with a
short-stacked girl like this.
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What did you say?!
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Are you saying my
Maka doesn't have any appeal?!
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You can try a *little* something
with her! You *are* a man, right?!
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What are you talking about?
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Maka, I love you.
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No way! Papa, I don't
think of you as being my father.
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Well, family matters aside,
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following the recovery of 99
souls that have left the human path...
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Which is to say, souls that
have turned into Kishin eggs...
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As well as one witch soul,
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"Witch"
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is when you first earn the
right to become a Death Scythe.
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The issue, then, becomes that soul.
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I've seen so many meisters
lose their lives battling witches
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that it really bothers me.
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--Watch yourself, Maka.
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--Maka... your papa...
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--Make yourself an exceptional scythe,
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--one that rivals the Death Scythe
your mother made, okay?
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--your papa only wants...
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Right.
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Also, be careful not
to make any mistakes.
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That last one is a witch's soul, after all.
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If you mess up, you
forfeit all the other Kishin eggs
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you've recovered up to now.
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We know.
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Expect the best from us, Lord Death.
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Okay then, with that in mind...
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Maka...!
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Uh, you're being a little noisy there.
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Maka!!
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Knock it off, or I'll bring
out the Reaper Chop!
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Tell me that *before* you bring it out.
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*"Resonance of the Soul...
Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe?"*
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♪ Whatever I look at becomes my captive ♪
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♪ I am a cute, pretty lady ♪
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Do my back next.
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Still, though,
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♪ I like pumpkins ♪
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♪ Pump-pumpkin, pumpkin ♪
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♪ That is my magic ♪
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Blair the Witch is in that house, right?
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A pumpkin, huh? That's cool.
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This is gonna taste good. It's
not very manly to sneak our way in.
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I'm going to devour her head-on!
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No, I say! She's not like the
others we've faced up to now...
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Here goes!
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Hold on!
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N-Naked...?
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Oh, my. What's the matter, sonny?
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A cool man is used
to seeing women naked.
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Your nose is gushing blood
pretty good there, considering.
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Never mind that, your soul is...
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You... idiot!
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Sorry to disturb your
bath, but your soul is mine.
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Are you okay, sonny?
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Hurry up and turn into a scythe.
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I know, I know...
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Little Miss Witch, I'm
going to devour your soul.
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Witch?
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Amazing! He turned into a scythe!
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I'm taking your soul, and
Soul is becoming a Death Scythe.
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The ultimate weapon,
surpassing my Papa!
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I like you.
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Let me have that scythe.
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Pump-pumpkin,
Pumpkin... Halloween Cannon!
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Oh, Mr. Death Scythe,
you're *such* a horndog!
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"Chupa Cabra's"
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Come to think of it, Mr. Death Scythe,
you have a daughter, right?
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What is she like?
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Hold on, you can't ask that.
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Huh? Why not?
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Mr. Death Scythe, as you can see,
can't keep his hands off of women.
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He isn't getting along
with his wife as a result.
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They've ended up in the
middle of divorce proceedings.
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His daughter Maka
even said "I hate you, Papa."
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Sounds kind of complicated.
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Maka!!
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It's not like that, Maka!
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Papa... Papa loves you and
Mama more than anything, Maka!
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It's the truth! It's the truth!
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Thank you very much.
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Mr. Death Scythe...
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Come again, okay?
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Uh-huh.
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Bye!
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"The next day"
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Damn. She's enticing my
cool self with her witchly allure.
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That's a witch for you. But if
you give in to her seductiveness,
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you'll never become a Death Scythe.
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Shut up, short-stack.
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It's her!
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What do we do?
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What *do* we do?
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Huh?
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Ah! Sonny-boy scythe!
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"The next, next day"
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Today, you see,
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I wrote down a thorough
strategy on this paper.
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What's that for? There's no
"today's strategy" business here.
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What good is one
piece of paper going to do?
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Then tell me, how are
we going to beat Blair?!
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Who knows? With heart, maybe?
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What's with you?!
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The two of us have to work together!
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--Otherwise, you'll never become
a Death Scythe! Don't you get it?!
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--All right. Cut it out.
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--Soul?! Why are all men like this?!
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--Pump-pumpkin... Pumpkin...
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Halloween Cannon!
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"The next, next, next day"
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"3rd Round"
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You'll never beat me.
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What are you doing, you numbskull?!
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Shut up.
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This is all because you keep
getting nosebleeds, right, Soul?
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Huh?
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Men really are lowlifes.
Are you sure you didn't go
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rushing in back there because
you *knew* Blair was in the tub?
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There's no way I could have known that!
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Why do women always say such
unreasonable things so self-assuredly?!
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Women's intuition.
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Geez, I don't even
know what that means!
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Now, now, sonny-boy scythe,
if you're going to fight with her,
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come over here and be mine.
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I'll overlook *anything* you do.
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H-Hang on!
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I am Soul's partner!
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Don't go arranging things
without his meister!
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You don't say...
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Well...
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I'll kill you, and take him.
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She's gone?
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Pump-pumpkin Pumpkin...
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Smashing Pumpkin!
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What do we do, Soul?
We're no match for her.
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Soul?
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Hey, Soul? What's the matter?
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Come over here and be mine.
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Man, Caba-cabra sure is fun.
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Good grief, your daughter is in
trouble, and what are you up to?
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Huh?
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Did something happen to Maka?!
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She's in a tight squeeze in her
fight with the witch. She's going to die.
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What?!
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Sit tight, Maka!
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Hold on! If we were to head over there,
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we could take out an opponent
like that with one swing of the scythe...
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No, one Reaper Chop.
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However,
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that's not what the issue is, right?
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As her father, you can
understand that, right?
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Maka...
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Still, that witch is a little odd, huh?
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Hey, Soul, why don't you answer me?
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Maka...
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Soul...?
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Enough.
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Hey, what are you doing?!
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I'm giving up on all of this hassle.
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I'm going to be Miss Blair's scythe!
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Rowr! Really?
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Yeah, yeah! Get your
hands off of Maka, you dimwit!
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Is this any time to be saying that?
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Blair!
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You're deluding Soul's mind
with your magic, aren't you?!
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You are such an idiot.
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Any man would pass on
a short-stacked girl like you
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for a curvy, nice-bodied
woman. It's so obvious.
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Oh! Indeed she is an
incredibly fine woman!
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You keep quiet for a little while.
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What is this?
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Men are such lowlifes.
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All you ever do is womanize.
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Still...
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after I finally decided
to trust one of you...
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Unbelievable.
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You can all just die!
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Hey, Soul,
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you know how you said that
women say unreasonable things?
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Well, is male infidelity any
more reasonable, you dumbass?!
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How should I know?
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Cool men don't go
cheating around, after all.
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Maka!
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We did it, Maka.
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Mm-hmm.
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*Thanks, Soul.*
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The issue isn't about one's form.
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The issue is about one's soul, right?
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Once you eat that...
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Yeah, I can become a Death Scythe.
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My power! My power is rising...
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nowhere.
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Oh, no...
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Y-You wouldn't be...
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I never said I was a witch, meow.
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I'm just a cat, with strong magical powers.
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"The issue isn't about one's form," right?
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Uh-oh. Sure enough...
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I don't care if she's a cat! I've decided!
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I'm going to be your catnip...
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Does that mean I...
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devoured 99 Kishin eggs,
and one cat's soul?
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Now that you mention it...
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That last one is a witch's
soul, so if you mess up,
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you forfeit all the other
Kishin eggs you've recovered.
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You forfeit them all.
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Forfeit.
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Which means...
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"Failure"
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We goofed up?!
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Damn it, damn it, damn it!
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I'm a failure as a meister!
I have to start over from the beginning.
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And here I thought I was going
to become the consummate cool guy!
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How are you still alive,
after we took your soul, anyhow?
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Don't you know that
cats have many lives?
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Never mind that,
Soul, come and be mine.
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Hey, Blair! Stop following us!
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Come on, Soul...
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This is not cool at all.
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*This boy's name is Black*☆*Star.*
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*An assassin, who
conceals himself in darkness,*
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*and moves with the darkness.*
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Tsubaki, are those guys
our target this time around?
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Yeah. Al Capone and his men.
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There must be about a hundred of them.
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Two against a hundred, huh? Perfect.
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Black☆Star...
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Let's go recover all of the souls
who have left the human path,
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and have become Kishin eggs.
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*Wielder of the magical dark arm Tsubaki.*
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*However, this boy had a big problem.*
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Let's go.
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*Prologue 02: Black☆Star*
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*Coming soon*
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*The stardust twinkles*
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*Star of my dreams*
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*I wanna be*
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*Let's go Let's go*
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*Let's go!*
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*I*
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*Wanna*
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*I wanna be (1-2-3-4!)*
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*The world is covered in blackness,*
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*but my breath is still white*
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*Ever since that day we promised*
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*to go smash up the present*
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*I'm sure we can still make it in time*
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*I wanna be*
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*counted together*
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*with pallid hopelessness*
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*Screaming out*
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*and run through*
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*before everything changes*
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*I*
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*Wanna*
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*I wanna be*
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*And so, Soul Eater has
begun. What did you all think?*
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*It's not cool.*
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*Hey, Soul, how long are
you planning to be depressed?*
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*Next time, the underworld
mafia and a lone wolf samurai*
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*are targeted by a conceited assassin.*
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*In other words, the story is
going to be like rice piled on pasta,*
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*sandwiched between
two pieces of bread, right?*
**[23:36] ---**
*Why is it all carbs?*
**[23:37] ---**
*Ah, that might be pretty yummy.*
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*Soul Eater, episode 2:*
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*"I Am the Star!
The Big Man is Showing Up Here?"*
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*Your soul is mine!*