Episode 9: Recap 2
This is part 2 of a short recap on the whole "Soul Eater Chronicles" series... please enjoy!
Soul Eater Chronicles: Dark Path of the Stars
The saga started with the showdown between Black Star and Blair the Witch. With the fight taking place right in front of the school, it wasn't any wonder that the students, even the Shinigami and his Death Scythes were drawn to watch. To give an added effect of awesomeness, Patty played various songs via the intercom to serve as the background battle music.
The two fighters fought head-on in unarmed combat. Black Star would utilize his skills as a ninja like creating mirror-duplicates of himself, whilst Blair would use her Echolocation ability to accurately predict his attacks. For a while, the upper hand frequently shifted from him to her. It was only through the use of Tsubaki's Fey Blade Mode that Black Star finally ended the fight.
However, it was also through this method that he conceded and Blair was fully accepted as a true student of Shibusen.
Defeated and humiliated, Black Star focused into honing his skills by hunting down the last remnants of Arachnophobia. Together with Tsubaki, he managed to track them down to the outskirts of a town somewhere near the Czechoslovakian border. As to be expected from him, he showed them no mercy after learning about Mosquito's whereabouts in Paris. However, he went a little overboard and ended up killing an innocent man.
Fearful of the consequences, he hid the accident from his partner, Tsubaki. Although on their way to the City of Lights, the magic of guilt turned him emo and this greatly worried her. In any case, it was thanks to this event that Tsubaki was able to get a little closer to Black Star.
In Paris, they took in some sights and even met Napoleon. As they did this, Maka and the rest of the gang fought valiantly against Mosquito. It was futile though. The whole team got separated for various reasons and only Blair was left to face him. Here, she revealed her magic-affinity towards sound and almost succeeded in destroying Mosquito had it not been for Black Star's over-the-top entrance...
Soul Eater Chronicles: Weapons of Fate
The story started off with Chrona in one of the underground quarters below Shibusen. As she lamented about how pitiful her existence had been reduced to, loud footsteps were heard from outside. Out of curiosity, she went to the steel door to check only for it to suddenly burst open and rudely introduce itself to her face. She was down, but not out for she quickly initiated a valiant effort of self-defence that is to say she curled into a ball and covered her face.
"Chrona, I-I'm so sorry. It's gonna be okay now, I'm here for you." Thankfully, the familiar voice of Maka Albarn was enough to revive the fallen girl. While these two good friends were catching up with one another, Soul lay on the cold floor outside. It would appear that the steel door also swung back to say hello to him.
Anyway, in the course of their conversations, Chrona explained that her weapon was "gone". She did not explicate any further to Maka's disappointment. It would only be revealed later that Ragnarok had not recovered from the fatal blow of Medusa and was inadvertently killed by Blair. Maka could only comfort her friend by inviting her over as her roomie. She gladly accepted of course.
As their friendship flourished, Soul quietly stayed at the sidelines, unaware that the relationship would bloom far better than wanted. This was made apparent in Paris when they were fighting Mosquito.
In the fighting, Chrona fell into the icy waters of the Seine River. Maka immediately jumped in after her and both ended up succumbing to the cold. It was only through the intervention of Free, Eruka and Mizune that the two girls were saved. However, Maka was still unconscious. Her pulse was getting weaker and weaker. Chrona knew what she had to do...
Meanwhile, Soul scoured the riverbanks and was able to spot them. Unfortunately, he got there just as Chrona performed CPR and mouth-to-mouth. Shocked as he was, Soul couldn't utter a single word of protest even as they got back together to battle Mosquito for one last time.
Although, it wasn't long before Maka realized she was fighting a losing battle against Mosquito because everyone else except Blair was knocked out in the fighting. In a desperate bid for victory, Maka had to rely on the witch and this newfound partnership had explosive results. The blood-born abilities of Maka that stemmed from her meister-weapon parentage were re-activated. However, just like the last time, she was sleep-fighting. She utilized the multiple scythe-blades appearing from her body and defeated Mosquito.
It was at this moment that several witches appeared and, with the aid of Blair, they were able to take the vampire soul from Maka. An hour later, the whole team was heading home aboard the Death Copter. Unaware of Blair's treachery, they only assumed that Mosquito got away somehow...
Soul Eater Chronicles: Twilight of the Gods
Baba Yaga's Castle—acting on a theory, Death the Kid went alone. He tried to sneak closer to the crumbling ruin in hopes of confirming his suspicions, but a surprise attack from Free and Eruka forced him out into the open. He sped across the sea of trees and made his way towards the castle while Eruka, aboard Tadpole Johnson, dropped bombs unto him and Free shot out pillars of ice from below.
In an effort to stop him, Free used much of his strength and power to summon a gigantic ice pillar to block his way. But, Kid did not stop. In fact, he did the opposite and accelerated even faster. He surprised Free and Eruka when he rode his board vertically up the 90 degree slope.
Once on top, he had but a few moments to rest and reconsider his strategy before being fired upon by Free's Demon Eye Cannon. He tried to fly towards Baba Yaga's Castle but the strong winds and magical ice attacks kept him at bay. To add to his dilemma, he had no means to defend himself or to call for help. He was in quite a pickle. He knew that it wasn't long before he would finally meet his end.
It was in this time of frustration that strange voices slowly drove him to commit terrible things such as killing off Tadpole Johnson whilst leaving Eruka almost falling to her doom. Nevertheless, it was through these things that Kid was able to reach the castle.
There he was confronted by the Mizune Witch in her full form. She had no intention to fight, instead she offered him to join their little merry band and serve Blair de Valesti. Naturally, he refused and was beaten down by Free.
For the sake of avenging Tadpole Johnson, Free was so savage and was so brutal in his assault that Kid nearly died. It was only through the intervention of Asura that Kid was able to survive. The First Kishin curbed the blood-lust of the werewolf with powerful illusions of a monstrous Kid. By the time Free was released from it, Blair had already arrived to reclaim the fallen shinigami.
Anyway, whilst his body lay sleeping in the safety of the Pumkin House, Kid went to the depths of his own soul to confront Asura. There it was revealed that Asura was able to take full control of Kid's body for brief periods of time. This was evident when Asura controlled Kid to destroy the ultimate weapon, Excalibur, and consume its soul.
In the course of their shotgun partnership, it was revealed that the Kishin was only defeat by Maka's Ultimate Punch of Courage because he became so scared of her incessant 'yapping' to the extent that he was scared out of his body. He also revealed that his presence was due to Blair's failed attempt to summon Vajra those many weeks ago.
Furthermore, Asura kept calling him, 'brother' and even explained the reason of his existence. He claimed that he started off as the good son but could not meet the expectations of the Shinigami. He suffered for it and so did his first love, Vajra. It was because of this that bitterness and fear transformed him into the first ever Kishin.
In any case, Asura led his brother back to the Baba Yaga Castle to claim the hidden soul of the powerful witch, Arachne. This resulted to the full connection of one of Kid's Sanzu lines, empowering him further...