I remember reading this up to the end back when it was still being released.
Everything after Arachne didn’t feel like Soul Eater. It felt like battle shounen with the occasional Soul Eater motif, with all the obligatory rushed BS plot threads included (witches joining Shibusen was NOT set up at all).
The dumb humor and character interactions, the more cartoony character designs, and the horror elements made this shounen manga special.
Still a damn good shounen manga though. Soul’s character arc was really nice even if I wish we’d gotten to see more of it. Black Star learning that competence matters more than being noisy was fun. I just wish that Maka’s romance with Soul was played up more.
Happy ending is a happy ending, and I’m happy I was able to reread this childhood favorite of mine.