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Cover of Soul Eater Not! volume 1 by Gangan Comics featuring main characters (from left to right) Anya Hepburn, Tsugumi Harudori and Meme Tatane.
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ソウルイーターノット! (Sōru Ītā Notto!) |
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Genre | Comedy, Slice of life, Supernatural |
Manga | |
Written by | Atsushi Ōkubo |
Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
Original run | January 12, 2011 – November 10, 2014 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Masakazu Hashimoto |
Written by | Masakazu Hashimoto |
Music by | Asami Tachibana Yūki Hayashi |
Studio | Bones |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X, BS Japan |
Original run | April 8, 2014 – July 2, 2014 |
Episodes | 12 |
Soul Eater Not! (Japanese: ソウルイーターノット! Hepburn: Sōru Ītā Notto!?) is a manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. It is a spin-off of the main series, Soul Eater, taking place prior to the events of the manga. It began serialization in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine on January 12, 2011. An anime television series adaptation by Bones aired on TV Tokyo between April and July 2014 and was simulcast by Funimation in North America.
The Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) is a special institution for humans who are born with the power to turn into weapons and the wielders of these weapons, called meisters. While the students of the EAT (Especially Advantaged Talent) class train themselves to become warriors of justice, the NOT (Normally Overcome Target) class is for those who just want to control their powers with the intent to not become a threat to others and to themselves. Tsugumi Harudori is a halberd demon weapon who takes part in the NOT class and befriends two meisters, Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn, becoming indecisive about which one of them to choose as her partner. The series follows the daily lives of Tsugumi and her friends as they learn the ropes of the DWMA and have occasional encounters with the characters of the main series.
The manga was serialized from the February 2011 issue of Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan sold on January 12, 2011 to the December 2014 issue sold on November 10, 2014. Square Enix published five tankōbon volumes between September 22, 2011 and December 22, 2015. The series is licensed in North America by Yen Press and is being simultaneously released in English alongside its Japanese counterpart.