Which ending was worse: COURAGE PUNCH or BOOBIE MADNESS?
>>148420149
BOOBIE MADNESS
>>148420149
Courage punch
>>148420149
they were both best
>>148420149
They are both shit
The whole thing just doesn't work without Medusa
>>148420305
I was expecting her to play a much bigger role.
I'll cast my vote for boobie madness. The anime ending was possibly the biggest asspull I've ever seen in my life but at least the epilogue portion was cute, and it actually felt like an ending with some emotion. The manga ending's boobie stuff, excessive fanservice, etc was so fucking baffling it just made it obvious Ohkubo didn't really care anymore...It wasn't even a matter of taking things too seriously or whatever, it was a matter of respect - Both for your own story that you've worked on for years, and for your audience.
Still mad about how Crona ended up. Either kill them and say ok, they're gone forever, or rescue them and say ok, they got a happy ending. Having Maka be all like "I'll come back for you someday" is the opposite of the sort of closure a grand finale needs. It's a copout. Same for Asura not actually being dead.
Also the fact that Crona made that big sacrifice and then wasn't even referenced in Kid's big ending speech...and was then reduced to an out-of-the-left-field boob joke that trivialized everything about them. So weird.
>>148420149
As someone who wasn't particularly triggered by any, I'll say DTB S2.
So why did Medusa need to be killed to set Crona off?
>>148420501
Yeah I don't get why Ohkubo fucked up his series so much - it seemed so easy to get right
Like, uh, shit, Crazy Maka
Why did we only see Crazy Maka once? That's the scene EVERYONE points to when recommending Soul Eater
Boy or girl, /a/? Boy or girl?
>>148420149
I'll never understand how you can got from a 10/10 series with a unique art style and pretty niche concept to straight shit. It was like reading Bleach all over again. Great start then went straight to the bottom. The ending was insulting. Like the author just didn't give a fuck at all about what he was writing. After all the hype surrounding Maka's mom we don't even see her. Honestly, I'm triggered you even made this thread. I tried to bury my memories of this series after it ended.
>>148422599
It's not that Medusa needed to be killed, it's that she needed to be killed by Crona, specifically. That would be the final thing to drive them completely off the deep-end. They lived in fear of her all their life, and when they would finally go mad enough to actually kill their own mother, that means there would be no turning back from there. Something along the lines of that.
>>148422833
Neither. The point is that you're never supposed to know. Not even Ohkubo decided for sure. Crona is just crona.
>>148422857
>was expecting some chapters with Maka's mom coming back and drama surrounding the mom and dad
>maybe even have them get back together
Instead we get CLOWNS and MOON FIGHT and BOOBIES with implied Soul/Maka/Blair threesome. What the fuck.
Boobie Madness.
At least Courage Punch was just a generic shonen shit and left you hoping manga will have a better ending.
Boobie Madness was utter shit and made the series feel like a waste of time.
I was more pissed about Corage Punch but only because back then I still gave a shit about SE.
>>148422857
>milf
>fit
>mad scientist that gives no shit
>FEET
>was even a loli for a time
I miss her.
>>148423637
She was far too good for anime.
>>148420501
>muh Crona
>muh not dead Asura
>muh copout
Shonenfag everyone.
>>148422833
>>148422910
Don't care, I would still fuck him/her/it in every hole she/he/it has.
>>148420149
post some pictures of boobie madness, I need a quick refresher.
>>148422857
>After all the hype surrounding Maka's mom
Literally what hype? It was made clear that she was dogshit next to Stein and she was perfectly irrelevant beyond popping out Maka.
>>148423760
This.
>>148422982
Maka had to settle for bisexual threesomes to replace her Crona fetish
All kidding aside both endings are shit. Ideally they'd make a new Soul Eater anime with an original script involving Maka going SLOWLY INSANE otherwise known as THE PREMISE OF THE FUCKING SERIES
>>148423719
All three of those things are about closure. Good endings have closure.
>>148423760
>>148423776
I mean really
>>148423884
All those things HAD closure, they just didn't have the closure YOU want. You need to go easy with the autism.
>>148423933
What was the Japanese reaction?
I'm still pissed because the series had potential and lured me in with it's style.
>>148423933
>the moon looks like a giant tit
i can't believe i forgot about that part.
>>148423985
not that guy, but i wouldn't really call any of those things closure in my opinion. or autism, even. it's just about telling a good story dude.
1) crona is left with an uncertain fate. it would have been fine if maka didn't say that she would come back someday, because then everybody would just be like, well, ok, crona's definitely trapped on the moon forever, bye crona, the end. it would have essentially been a character death, which would have been fine enough.
2) asura was sealed by lord death a kajillion years ago or whatever. he got out, because he wasn't actually defeated. now asura is sealed again instead of being defeated. obviously he's going to get out again, somewhere down the line.
>this was the final page
It really sucks how downhill SE went, and then there's that fucking awful spinoff. Jesus.
Asura still not being dead was a bit of a bummer but what put the nail in the coffin was how Ohkubo tried to justify it with "how well that's because fear is an important thing to have!"
Which is a bullshit explanation because fear existed way before Asura was born (it's in his fucking shitty backstory) so even if he became the Madness of Fear, it can exist very well without him.
And what he represents is some form of extreme paranoia, not exactly a natural fear that living beings need in order to survive and evolve.
>>148424210
>i wouldn't really call any of those things closure in my opinion
That's because you're an idiot looking at things in the most superficial, cliche manner.
>1) crona is left with an uncertain fate
Crona's fate is VERY certain : trapped on the moon with the kishin until he breaks free.
>it would have been fine if maka didn't say that she would come back someday
It would be retarded, out of character and out of line.
>then everybody would just be like, well, ok, crona's definitely trapped on the moon forever, bye crona, the end
Which is an ending void of hope, which is the complete opposite of what the author went for.
>it would have essentially been a character death, which would have been fine enough
This is the complete opposite of death, what you're talking about is eternal sufffering, while death is the end of it.
Crona got closure as a character in the finale, she accepted Maka's friendship and the responsibility of her/his crimes. Crona chose to atone for his/her crimes by protecting the things Maka holds dear at the price of her freedom.
>2) asura was sealed by lord death a kajillion years ago or whatever
>he got out, because he wasn't actually defeated
He was actually defeated and he got out because Medusa bailed him out.
>now asura is sealed again instead of being defeated. obviously he's going to get out again, somewhere down the line.
That is something the heroes accepted. The point of SE is not to kill Asura, it is tho find the strength the fight fear and madness. Asura feeds on those and as such, he will exist as long as mankind is around. His existence still being around and his escape being likely are reminders to mankind that people must always improve and find the courage to fight for the things they care.
Too many retards in this thread complaining about non issues.
>>148424656
It was the execution that mattered. Personally I would have been fine with both of these things on paper if they had actually been executed well. Nothing about the ending was executed well.
>>148420149
soul eater < soul eater not
>>148423933
You guys are retarded. Re-read the start, the intro chapters had literally the same kind of fan service. It was a fucking glorious ending.
>>148420302
Cute
Medusa was so damn interesting to watch. I wish there was even more of her.
>>148420305
At least she got what she wanted in the manga. I think she got wreaked both mentally and physically hard in the anime.
Maka's DFC is for
>>148425493
This is why I'm not so pissed with the ending. I consider it a callback to the first few chapters.
>>148420149
madness of boobs is objectively a good ending, people just get mad about one single meme panel that doesn't actually matter.
It wraps up more or less every single character arc without going into total retard fairytale ending, it has a nice conclusion but sets up "and the adventure continues" stuff instead of some kind of silly "and we beat evil for all time" ending, and maka and soul finally resolve their series wide tension by having a theeesome with the titty kitty
Unless you're a gigantic crona fanboy I don't see why it gets so much hate, as far as long running shounen series endings go it's solid gold.
>>148420149
I know COURAGE PUNCH but am unfamiliar with BOOBIE MADNESS? Can someone explain?
>>148426165
Manga ending
>>148423859
>>148422857
This is what you get when the manga isn't finished and BONES writes the ending. Even COURAGE PUNCH wasn't as butt fuck retarded as the LOLGERMANY ending of FMA 2003.
>>148426237
>LOLGERMANY ending of FMA 2003
Was better than DTB S2.
best girl
>>148427941
she's disgusting, feet fags should kill themselves.
>>148428329
truth. Footfags are absolutely disgusting.
I'm more sad that i'll never see best girl animated.
>>148427941
One of the greatest female villain in animu.