
In the anime, Justin stays loyal to DWMA and isn't killed.
Justin Law betrays DWMA, joins Asura, and is killed on the moon by Stein and Marie in the manga. This ending in the anime has never happened. In the ending of the manga, and following the deaths of Medusa and Death, the Witches and DWMA end their war and Death the Kid vows to never make anymore Death Scythes. The fight in the Death Room was the only time in the Soul Eater universe that the audience sees Death and Spirit fighting together as Weapon and Meister. Also, Asura never fights Death a second time in the manga. Because of the fate of Death in the anime, Death the Kid doesn't become the next Shinigami. However, in the anime, Death is badly wounded by Asura in battle in the Death Room but he survives his wounds. Death, in the manga, dies and his powers are inherited by Death the Kid, who becomes the next Shinigami. The corresponding chapter and the manga doesn't introduce the Black Needle Wavelength, and it remains as an anime-exclusive. In Episode 6 (which is an adaptation of Chapter 3), Death the Kid debuts a technique called Black Needle Wavelength. In the anime, Maka reveals that her mom gives her postcards as she traveled around the world, but in the manga Maka doesn't specify her fate after divorcing Spirit. In the anime, Mifune is the one who killed him. White☆Star in the manga was killed by unspecified DWMA agents. Arthur was, however, mentioned in the manga. Excalibur's past with King Arthur is only included in the anime, not in the manga. Joe Buttataki's role in the anime is different in the manga in the anime, he was there to build the device to allow the use of Brew (Oceania Technology Development Adviser), while in the manga, he was there to look for a spy (Internal Affairs Investigator). His relationship with Marie as his ex-girlfriend is also not shown in the anime. In the manga, it is mentioned that Mifune has a Strong soul equivalent to ninety-nine souls. Auntie has a larger role in the manga, but she only has two cameos in the anime.
This may have been done for censorship purposes. However, in the anime, the Little One is a small black dragon.
In the manga, The Little One that Crona kills when they were little was a baby bunny. Much of Blair's perverted behavior is toned down in the anime. This may be because of his Shinigami nature and some sort of resonating between Asura and Vajra.Ĭharacter-related concepts and backstories Asura is the exception because he was able to consume Vajra and gained the ability to consume souls. However, non-demon weapons have been seen on screen only in the anime consuming souls. The Kishin Egg's concept is inconsistent with the anime, as Death explained during the DWMA anniversary that only Demon Weapons can consume souls. Characters such as White☆Star, Jack the Ripper, Don Al Capone, and Lupin in the manga are wanted for crimes such as murder and thievery and did not consume souls, whilst in the anime, they also took souls.
However, the anime introduces the Kishin Egg concept, leaving it up to the student's ability in Soul Perception to find Kishin Souls and hunt them down. Those Souls are on a list made by Death and specify who is allowed to be hunted in DWMA. In the manga, one must collect nintey-nine Evil Human Souls and one Witch Soul. One of the major differences within the Manga and the Anime is the type of people who are able to consume souls and how one achieves a Death Scythe status.1.1.1 Character-related concepts and backstories.