I finally got around to finishing
Soul Eater, and it's yet another Shounen series with a lot of build-up towards the end but a mediocre ending. There are numerous character threads that don't feel tied-up satisfactorily (we never even
see Maka's mother, and Crona never does give Medusa a well-deserved "
I AM A MAN!" punch), and the main villain is
literally taken out with
the Power of Love (TM) and Deus Ex Machina. Meh. At least the build-up to the ending had some great and insane moments, and Soul Eater managed to stick to its comedy roots a
lot better than its contemporaries like Bleach (a show that has completely gone off the deep end and looks like it'll never recover). It's a shame that so few anime series know how to
end well, though at least Soul Eater knew to end when it was still a good show, which once again is more than I can say for its contemporaries like Bleach and whatnot.