I accidentally skipped the episode before this and started halfway through the arc, but my patience was short, so I just stuck to the recap and went with it. I loved Black Star in this episode. Generally, he annoys me, but in a good natured way. He is most definitely a personality I’ve seen before, like you said, Luffy, Naruto…

I sat through the episode knowing that Tsubaki was going to live, just knowing and it was so good watching it happen. I was ready to weep when they started hitting Black Star, but he stayed there, he stayed there with her. The flashback really caught me off guard, the flashback made this episode for me, it really showed the nature of their relationship. That scene change, I have to agree with you, have to, have to, from the gray and dreary world of her brother, to her world, a wide, open blue sky and the flower petals, god, that was amazing.

Soul Eater is a show I’ll never have trouble watching, the animation is consistent, BONES always delivers. The story gets better with time, layer upon layer, it works to lead up to something as priceless as this episode.

Baaah….this episode was good. Good, good, good….I’m so glad you blogged it, I’m so glad you liked it. It’s shows like Soul Eater, episodes like these, finding your post and being able to leave my rambling comment that really, really remind me why I love all of it so much.

I’ll probably do things of those sorts later (I do have a “zero content” category for whenever I do something that isn’t a “normal post” by me, but, then again, what is a normal post?), and pretty much every post on Itazura na Kiss is partially “HOLY CRAP THAT WAS AWESOME” anyway.

my favourite pair for now are blackstar and Tsubaki
also i like the main villian

@OGT: Ahh, the Shonen Jump tag is a Freudian slip on my part. Will fix it. Anyway, if you do get the impulse to blog on something, even if it is just to say “wow”, I think you should go for it. Although a lot of blogging seems to be quite calculated and analytical, I think the best entries are those that are raw and flowing with emotion. As for myself, episodes like this (and series like Soul Eater) are the reason why I’m still an anime fan today, so I wouldn’t be being true to myself (or any of the people reading this) if I didn’t at least say something about it, even if it’s just a couple of paragraphs, I have to say “this was good”.

@Sagacious1: You were considering dropping Soul Eater? Are you mad?! On a more serious note, I’ve loved almost every episode of this series, but (remembering my previous Soul Eater post) I understand others aren’t so taken with the shonen action genre. Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing if they can force us to invest some serious empathy in characters as strange as Death The Kid. I suppose Soul Eater is a lot like One Piece, in that it requires us to laugh at characters doing stupid things, only to care about them moments later.

@Arbalest: Did Black Star and Tsubaki remind you of Naruto and Hinata from Naruto? They did me, right down to how Hinata’s family gave her all the power, despite her cousin Neiji being (ostensibly) stronger. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where the inspiration for Black Star and Tsubaki came from.

@okiru14: I know what you mean, but as you say, it’s still early days for the story, so I’m sure there will be ample opportunity for more character development. Anyway, it’s interesting that you should note One Piece, because I think that’s another series where we didn’t really care enough about the characters until the Arlong Park arc began, which was some 31 episodes into the series (the point at which One Piece became my favourite anime of all time). Even still, much like Soul Eater, up until that point, One Piece was still quite funny and action packed. Basically, have faith, brother!