Soul Eater Updates: Black Star started as an immensely flawed character who thought too highly of himself and developed into a well-rounded individual who would do anything to assist his friends. He always had a transparent and defined arc, having to beat a mess of obstacles.
Influenced by Atsushi Okunbo
CBRIt isn’t that out of the standard for a writer to tug from sections of their own personalities when crafting a personality, like what Soul Eater author Atsushi Okunbo did with Black Star. It helps make it easier to urge into the role of the character and lets them explore parts of themselves also.
The key always to avoid making the character a self-insert, or what’s essentially the author putting themselves into the story. Thankfully, that may not what happened with Black Star, because the character provides a needed boisterous nature to the story.
To show off gender equality, this partnership between Tsubaki was made
CBRIt provided an excellent dynamic that helped make Soul Eater one of the more progressive titles of its time, as few Shonen have a female lead.
Black Star and Tsubaki are the foremost notable and well-crafted pairing among the trio.
Death the Kid is not stronger than Black Star
CBRConsidering what Death, the child becomes by the top of the series— a literal death god— it’s hard to believe that Black Star could match him, but he does more than just that. Asura commented thereon during the manga, stating that Black Star was truly a person’s deserve being a warrior god, and insinuated Death The Kid’s god form was on par with Black Star.
Has power more than a Human being
CBRAs mentioned, Black Star may be a Warrior God, a title that may not just be given out freely— especially not from someone like Asura. Black Star is beyond the height of what a person can do, possessing strength so strong that he could pierce Crona’s Black Blood together with his bare hands.
As a result, certain powerups for characters aren’t seen on the show, and one among those is Black Star’s control over madness.
Can control madness like Asura
CBRHe gained it thanks to an interaction with the good Old One— alongside Kid— and while it differed some from Asura, it had an equivalent foundation. It allows him to succeed in his full potential, drawing it out thanks to his desire to hunt power for the only purpose of getting it.
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