Set in the Shinigami technical school for weapon meisters, the series revolves around 3 groups of each a weapon meister and a human weapon. Trying to make the latter a "Death Scythe" which is the highest title for a weapon and thus fit for use by the Shinigami, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch. Maka & Soul Eater, Black Star & Tsubaki, and Death the Kid with Patty and Liz Thompson are the characters Soul Eater revolves around. Besides taking the time to gather souls, these students of Shibusen defend Death City from some of the most powerful of creatures while still attending school and trying to become stronger.
Japanese study overview
Soul Eater is a Japanese anime of 181,511 characters, with 8,048 unique words and 1,507 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,048 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×489
- 私I×422
- 魂soul×414
- お前you×359
- 言うto say×230
- 死death×220
- 鬼神fierce god×220
- 武the art of war×219
- 専exclusively doing ...×203
- 死神god of death×192
- 様Mr×171
- 波長wavelength×154
- 魔道具magic tool (in fiction)×87
- 妖刀bewitched sword×73
- 黒血venous blood×60
- 阿修羅Asura×37
- 磁場magnetic field×36
- 椿Takatsubaki×28
- 退魔eradication of malignant spirits (esp. used in fantasy and science fiction)×25
- 梓Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)×18