Soul Eater Perfect Editions vs Paperbacks - How do the Soul Eater manga editions compare?
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- Hey guys, hope you all had a Happy New Year! It’s the first video of 2022 and I am doing a side by side comparison of the Soul Eater Perfect Editions and the individual paperbacks. What’s the best way to collect the Soul Eater manga? Here’s how they differ and the pros and cons of each.
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I love that more publishers are embracing the larger page/high paper quality hardbacks. Here's hoping for a YuYu Hakusho edition in English like this someday!
Yu Yu Hakusho does have a Kanzenban release in Japan, so it's possible that Viz could try to bring it over in the future, especially with the netflix Japanese made live action adaptation of the series coming in 2023.
I'd be all over that!
Underrated channel. Very awesome analysis between the releases.
Oh wow, thank you so much!! It really means a lot to me!
I own the perfect editions and I can already tell you without watching this video: buy the perfect editions (is 100% worth just because of is 10/10 page quality).
But I just finished collecting all the paperbacks 4 months ago..... 😞. I already own the entire series so I don't think I can afford to recollect them.
@@infinitesession5439 Understandable! I feel bad for you because this edition really is the definitive edition. I still don't recommend you re-collecting it because you already have the full set (unless you can sell your manga for good price and buy the perfect edition).
@@strohhuttv8848 Nah best I could get out of selling it all in one is around $130 or $140 and getting the perfect editions if they are 17 volumes total would cost around $340. So I wouldn't be saving much money anyway.
@@infinitesession5439 True but you don't need spend 340 immediately. How often does they release? I think once every 3 or 4 months. In my opinion once you experience the good paper with perfect white colors and blacks, with sharper resolution because of the printing quality, you will never go back.
@@infinitesession5439 Also they will NEVER start yellowing while bad manga paper starts yellowing even if you take good care of it.
I definitely plan on buying the perfect editions. Thank you for the thorough comparison. I like these type of videos.
I'm impressed with how detailed you were in your review and analysis, fantastic work and video.
Thanks for raising the quality bar past upper floor levels now I will have to add Soul Eater to my reading and collection list it’s great you gave such discerning treatment to this series it seems to flow under all the other manga channels radars they don’t spend time on it but clearly you and Brad are getting to be gurus in the field keep your standards high you never compromise I LOVE IT!
Brilliant tip on stretching the spine, I never thought to do that but will definitely be doing it from now on, thanks.
I literally just finished collecting the 4 volumes and was ready to begin reading. Awesome video and thank you so much for the great tip at 6:40 , i never would have though of that honestly 😅😅
Oh I love the art style, I just ordered the first 2 perfect editions, can’t wait to get them.
Thanks for the tip on the hardcover binding! I’ve read Gundam: the origin manga and they’re all hardcover which I love but never knew of this trick to make the book easier to read. Definitely doing this when I get the soul eater perfect edition. 👌
Thanks Kristen😀 I love the look of these hardcovers. One to collect once I've finished collecting Vinland Saga 👍🏽
I'm been massive fan of Soul Eater for over ten years now so even though I own all the singles, I've been buying the Perfect editions as well! 😅 I can't resist the covers with all new art from Ohkubo! Very stunning release! Great video!
Defenetly instant sub!!!!! starting to buy this collection now
Such helpful reviews! Thank you for taking the time to do such a hefty task; it's so appreciated. I feel a lot more secure in making these manga choices with your help! Have a good one.
I love the glossy feeling pages. And that cat is huge lol
I do too! They feel so nice in hand! And I noticed that too haha she looks so big in the frame with the way the camera is angled! 😆
Hey thanks for the video, I'm french and I wanted to buy the perfect edition but I didn't know the difference between the perfect edition and the paperbacks. So thank you !!
Unfortunately back when I was collecting Soul-Eater a few years ago all that was available was the standard tabokan paperbacks. Same with Hellsing, Berserk, and Blade Of The Immortal. Though I did double dip on the Hellsing Deluxe editions, They are gorgeous!
Yea all those Dark Horse deluxe editions are amazing, but the Hellsing editions definitely stand out the most being bright red, but I love how they all have a different feel, the Hellsing feel more like real leather, the Berserk has a more of a raised snakeskin like feel, then Blade of the Immortal has a waxy feel to it, they’re all beautiful.
just found your channel and these comparison videos are super helpful. thanks for all that you do, keep it up.
hope to see more of these comparison manga volumes
I really love the covers on the single editions
I did not know these existed. thanks for the review
Thank you for the wonderful review this is one of my childhood Anime, I will definately buy the cat.
I just subscribed. Your channel is great and has influenced my decisions on how I buy my manga. 👍🏽
The Perfect Edition are amazing! I have the first 5 books. The rest will follow once they are released. Love these hardcover editions!
Great video ! And love your cat
I am considering making soul eater the first manga I collect, I own a few volumes if different series but don't have a complete collection of any of them, soul eater the anime was great with lovable characters but when I heard how different the manga is I wanted to check it out myself and this video is a great help in deciding which version to buy.
This is such a well crafted vid ! Keep it up
Hey! Thank you so much!!! I will definitely keep it up!
I love this manga what drove me to this video is that I love the art on the singles covers especially towards the later singles I hope there in the perfect editions
Love these videos
Your channel underrated you deserve more subs.
Good video as always, I like the style you are sporting!
Personally I am collecting the perfect editions.
Hey thank you so much!!! That's so kind of you to say and awesome that you are picking up the Perfect Editions!
thanks for this. We are getting close to the end of the 17th release. Hoping they will do a box set.
I have volume one 9f the original,its nice to see soul eater still active after all these years
Great video like always!
Thank you so much!!! I always appreciate it!
I started collecting Manga couple months ago and i really fell in love with HC Mangas. Im really glad to see you showing us them in such detail much appreciated. Could you make a Video maybe where u show us all the available HC Mangas (at least the ones you have collected) or perhaps do you have such a video?
By the way main reason i got into that was after seeing your Berserk Deluxe and Steins;Gate Videos :D
God help my wallet if Fire Force ever comes out with hardcover editions... Awesome video! Perfect timing, too. I just started watching Soul Eater for the first time 😅
Kondasha announced Omnibus’s! RIP my wallet
@@13jtmagic yep! I know all about it. It's exactly why I haven't bought the individual volumes. I'm preparing myself lol
Thank you so much!!! And same here, instant buy! haha Would love to see Fire Force hardcovers as well! That's awesome that you are watching Soul Eater for the first time. What a coincidence!
My top 3 favorite manga series. It DESERVES a great & proper anime series.
I love the new perfect editions!
I will be using that spine tip. Thanks.
i do love the new type setting tho it looks so nice
I've been thinking of picking this up. I just got into manga after being a fan of a few anime about 15 years ago. So far ive read Hellsing 1-3 deluxe and Im up to Vol 5 of Berserk Deluxe.
Love the shirt☺️. Happy New Year also!!!
Thank you so much and Happy New Year!!!
Ngl think I might prefer paperback. The eggshell look and art work/shading is just a nostalgic to me. I used to go after school to my public library and read soul eater as a kid
Great video! Instant sub! You went into a lot of details that would've gone over people's heads, for instance, I just learned about "stretching" hardcover books lol. In your opinion do you think that the soul eater art book 1 will only get more expensive with time cause I love Ohkubo sensei's art and I've been eyeing that
I have these as well. They’re quite literally ‘perfect’ :)
I feel like if you haven't read the series already, Perfect Edition is the best choice. Working at a bookstore & briefly looking online, it seems like it's WAY easier to snag the Perfect's to get through the series. Great video!
Hey thank you!!! I really appreciate it! It's really cool that you work at bookstore! Definitely agree. The Perfect Editions have been easier to collect than the individuals as of late!
Ty so much for the tip on spine stretching. Never knew this was a thing. Does it also work on regular hard cover books too?
Great video! I’ve held off on collecting this series, but now I think I’m going to get the perfect editions
Hey! Thank you so much!!! Awesome to hear that you are thinking about picking them up. The Perfect Editions are a joy to read and I hope you enjoy the series if you get into it!
It's nice to see a fellow Soul Eater enjoyer.
I watched this video a year ago and couldn’t choose because I like the volume covers of the singles and now a year later I still can’t but I know I should get the perfect edition in the end…
I really hoped they released Jojo's hardcovers with this kind of paper but oh well.. I'm still buying it 😂
Nice video. Thanks.
5:31 i have the paperback version and I had 2 paper pages but it’s in bad condition, does anybody knows if the actual prints in paperback edition includes those pages?
u should do one of these videos with Cutie Honey or Devilman by Go Nagai
Single vol covers are so nice 😭😭
Yay, I love Soul Eater! (top 5 manga for me). I own the entire series in the Kanzenban/Perfect Edition format in Japanese and I'd definitely agree that it's the best way to collect the series.
Awesome overview video! I agree, the design for both the regulars and the perfect editions look great for different reasons. For the English release of Soul Eater, I do prefer the Yen Press translations though, I also prefer the way they translate the sound effects, as it's less intrusive/more minimalist, that's just my own preference though.
As for the Perfect Editions, I also really enjoy how all of the amazing color pages were included, plus as an added bonus the covers for the single volumes are also sprinkled in, which is great because we don't lose out on the phenomenal original cover art.
I haven't had the chance to touch or see the English Perfect editions up close, but at first glance I'd say the build quality looks higher than the Japanese Perfect Edition (which I guess makes sense as the price point is different - The Japanese Perfect Editions cost 1200 yen each vs the 20 USD for the hardcover English release).
That tip for stretching out the hard covers is great, I've seen it mentioned before by a book collector sometime in the past and it has been helpful for sure.
Overall, both releases are a great way to collect the series.
I loved the cat in the intro, very cute, and appropriate since it's Soul Eater, with Blaire being a cat character after all :3. I'd love seeing a proper Soul Eater anime reboot, I think it can actually happen with how trendy it is to bring back classics nowadays, so fingers crossed it happens somehow. And now I'll go watch the two anime openings on loop since they're so good and addicting.
There are also 2 Soul Eater art books (called 大久保篤 画集 or Soul Eater Soul Art), and they were published in English by Yen Press as well, but they are really expensive in the second hand market unfortunately. Both the Japanese versions and the English versions can cost a lot. From what I've heard the printing quality of the English versions of the art books isn't the best. This is why it's great that the Perfect Editions of the manga come with the majority of the color pages out there, it makes Ookubo Atsushi's fantastic color work more accessible to people.
Btw fire force is the prequel of soul eater it has been confirmed on the latest chapter we see maka and her parents telling the story of fire force that happened yearrssss ago etc
Lol I bought and got introduced to Vol 1 of soul eater (perfect edition) when a book I was looking for wasn’t in stock, and now I got absorbed into a new fandom
Did these editions get cancelled cause I only see paperback solicitations for them on order on Barnes and Noble no HC’s anymore?
the SE:PE mangas are SO WORTH IT, they are only a bit more expensive than the paperback ones (but they also have more than one volume in them so..)
and they are BEAUTIFUL, shiny paper, revised translations and fonts (afaik) and some colored pages too
WOOOOO I LOVE SOUL EATER
Happy New Year Kristin 😊
Please make a review video of "No Guns Life" manga it is similar to Chainsaw Man.
Happy New Year!!! 😄 Awesome that you mentioned No Guns Life! Right Stuf put them on sale not too long ago and I bought all of the volumes that have released so far. I'll probably have them in my upcoming haul and can't wait to read them!
Soul eater is top 3 or 5 manga I just love that all the characters do something and are important, the plot twist are amazing the art is unique the feel and especially the later arcs I just love them I just wish we got a brother hood of it also it makes me sad that the anime never got those later arcs and especially the ending of the fire force manga I don’t to spoil it but because of it makes me think we might get that brother hood of it.
A point on pricing: the paper backs are outta print. You’ll be able to find some common printed ones at used bookstores and online for below or at cover price, but a complete set of paper backs will cost about $500-550. The hardcovers therefore are cheaper…not to mention most people are gonna be buying the hardcovers at a discounted right stuf price
May I ask where you are seeing the paperbacks as out of print? I personally have a feeling that they are just temporarily out of stock because sites have them listed as such and haven't unlisted any of their pages. You may know something I don't though or have official word from Yen Press? Right now, a lot of people are hiking up prices on sites like eBay because manga is so out of stock right now with production delays and increase in demand. This was even happening with newer series like Chainsaw Man and what not, so just want to make sure no one is overpaying for Soul Eater paperbacks if they don't have to. That being said, I do agree about Right Stuf and their discounted prices and again, please let me know if you know something I don't about the paperbacks!
I just got volume 2 today 😎
I Have Watched The Anime I Love The Show It Was Very Good And I Have Fire Force Volume 34:Despair or Hope it’s my First Fire Force Manga
When I 'break' the spines of my new hardcover volumes i always squint my eyes so I don't get any spoilers lol
One of the reasons I'm unsure whether to collect the perfect editions or the paperbacks is that I like the covert art of the singles a lot. Since the perfect edition include color art in them, do they include the single cover art as well?
Yes, the tankobon covers do show up in the perfect editions
I think I might have to get both ngl
These was my childhood
I’m finally collecting the perfect editions and they’re great. The only thing for me is that I like the original cover art better, but it’s alright. The perfect edition covers look kinda goofy sometimes, especially Kid lmao
The fact Fire Force takes place before Soul Eater and Shinra creates the world where Soul Eater takes place. Creator did great with this
Perfect edition perfect for da maka chop
Spine Stretching. 🤯 🤯🤯
Thanks for the tip.☺️
I have Hope J.P.Fantastica will realese Perfect edition in Poland
Fingers crossed for a perfect fire force edition
Probably decades for it since fire force is still fresh plus I bet he will write a manga that’s a prequel to fire force that a prequel to soul eater
The sound effects are in katakana (onomatopoeia). Romaji are all english letters.
Hey! I'm just starting to learn Japanese and have a long way to go, but I was talking about the "kui kui" above the katakana on the panel of Death the Kid and the "bomu" on the other panel I showed for translation in the paperbacks. It's a little small to see but from what I understand isn't that romanji? This is what I meant but it may have been unclear since the perfect edition dropped the romanji seen in the paperbacks. Probably could have been more clear!
How many volume the soul eater ( black one? )
17
Interesting thing about the newer translations is they use They/Them for Crona instead of He/Him like the origin translation did due to being more accurate with the fact that we never learn what Crona's gender is, although it isnt super accurate as in Japanese they just call Crona "It" or "That" to highlight how odd Crona is
The print on the perfect editions looks weirdly bright.
I stretched all 4 volumes carefully, but vol 3 didn’t take it so good and now has a thin crack along the spine. It makes a tiny creaking nose when I open it. Is this bad?
Oh man, I'm not sure. This has never happened to me before and I'm sorry to hear this! Before I stretched mine, I did notice that a few of them were rather creaky even without stretching so may be something about the way they are made. Not sure how the crack could have happened though, especially since you were careful as doing so.
@@AnimeCollective Well, it’s very minor, so it’s not a problem. Just wanted to hear your thoughts about it. Thanks
Unfortunately these books actually have glued bindings rather than sewn and so they shouldn’t be stretched like a sewn-bound book. There are pieces of fabric on either end of the binding to give the illusion that it is sewn, but you can see the glue behind it. You can also tell because sewn-bound books aren’t nearly as stiff and you can see the thread in the gutters. If you compare to an actual sewn book you’ll see that the book is composed of many different groupings of pages called signatures. This book doesn’t have that as all the pages were pressed and glued together. This is the same binding-style used on the Fullmetal Editions unfortunately. I really wish they would have gone with actual sewn bindings but it may be a bit unreasonable to expect that level of quality for the asking price.
i would LOVE to get the perfect edition but i don’t think i can afford it and there’s no way my parents would EVER get it for me :(
I went to the bookstore with my sister's parents in law and they bought me rent a girlfriend vol9, prison school, happy sugar life,and highschool DXD 4 and I was so happy that she also got me a Barnes and noble membership card and I was so happy and grateful for them and I am going to get new manga with the card. btw can you shout out to me at my birthday in March 4?
If you don't mind me asking, Kristin. How old are you?? And where are you from?? Hope you're well.
Perfect edition has the wording more similar to the anime it seems
I checked on the paperback manga from my school library.
Undecided which versions I want to collect. The hardcover is a nice option and saving on space is great...but the art for the hardcovers are just so....*ahem* soulless to me (alright mostly bland, not soulless) and I wish they were more stylized or dynamic in what they depicted. I also do not like that the backsides just copy the front's cover image, feels really lazy and uninspiring to me. It's such silly thing to get hung up on, but if they had gone with cover designs like Volume 1, 19, 24 and 25, it be so much easier for me to choose. Im leaning towards the Perfect Edtions a bit more for the rest of the pros that come with em. Page Quality and convenience of space do sway the balance towards em a bit more. I just again wish the Perfect Edtions took the opportunity do more with the front and back cover art
Im not a reader because im dyslexic but now I just want to get all of the perfect editions lol. Soul Eater was the first Anime I ever watched and got hooked on, even tho the ending took a shit, its still great
Can’t decide what get first Soul eater, JoJo or Full Metal!
Oh man, that's a tough decision. Can't go wrong with any of these!
06:15 contrasts are better in the paperback tankōbon volmes imo
(Jay RoC) I think I'm gonna have to check this series out
Hey! You'll have to let me know what you think if you do!
@@AnimeCollective definitely , I just made my first order from right stuff & if I would of known about this series I would have thrown in the first volume I love hardcovers
the perfect edition in france doesn't have hard cover, the rest is identical. their design is perfect, and a bit cheaper. kurokawa made these for france. Glad i don't have to buy square, too !!
The perfect editions seem like the way to go for me. Fire Force is supposedly close to ending so I wonder if Ohkubo has another project in the works.
He did mention that Fire Force will be his last manga, which makes me pretty sad since I absolutely adore his works. But at the same time, he's had a long career as a mangaka so it's understandable if he wants to retire from the job, maybe he'll do illustration work for other things. We'll know for sure after Fire Force ends, since he can always change his mind.
@@SaberStash that's too bad. I've been reading Fire Force, but never read Soul Eater. At least I'll have plenty of time to catch up.
if you guys didn’t know already his assistant kei urana who helped with fire force has made a new manga called gachiakuta which currently has 30 chapters out (you can read it on mangadex) but yeah kei urana is pretty much the successor to atsushi ohkubo and you’ll definitely enjoy gachiakuta if you are big fans of fire force/soul eater
@@SaberStash He didn't say he's retiring it's a misunderstanding
In one of his interview article, he told that he is all in to this series “as if this is his last work”.
It meant that he is putting lots of effort to this series with no regret or whatsoever, but some fans misunderstood that this is his last manga series.
@@mafukun No, he made it quite clear that fire force is his last manga
Do you have One Piece in your collection?
I only have the first box set right now in my collection, but I am caught up with the chapters that have released in the Shonen Jump app so far! Trying to track the rest of the box sets down but they have been out of stock for a bit.
I wish they kept the translation notes and honorifics (lord death is whatever to me personally) i've noticed with the editor who worked on this series always remove honorifics which i hate.
calling her a garbage editor, i had to let that out...
I have all 4 issues and I have preorder the other 3 so far.... that beign said, I like much much better the cover of the paperbacks
Ps. 3:48 I noticed that your issue 1 is also slightly more bright than the other 3. Mine is the same, must be for all, I guess... OCD trigger here :c
I really like the cover art of the paperbacks as well. I didn't notice it until you said something but I just checked mine and you are right. Volume 1 is slightly brighter than the rest. I can't unsee it haha
Kid would be so upset that he isn't on volume 8....
I'm a big fan of Soul Eater,it's one of the best Square Enix manga ever made.
Increíble que las portadas de la Perfect Edition sean tan inferiores a las de los volúmenes regulares.
Hmmm
I like all the upgrades of the perfect editions but i hate the artwork on the front, it looks like amateur digital art. I'm going with the paperbacks because apparently my brain is picky