Soul Eater 05: The Strongest Weapon Master, Stein, Appears

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ANYBODY SEEN A SEWING MACHINE 'ROUND HERE? With Sid defeated, Soul, Maka, Black Star and Tsubaki finally come face to face -- or, more accurately, face-to-top-of-the-head -- with the man responsible for transforming the poor ex-teacher to a zombie. Besides being certifiably messed up in the old noggin', Stein also happens to be the original partner of Maka's papa, Death Scythe. Oh yeah, he's also the strongest weapon master to come out of Shibusen. Did I already mention that he's crazy? What could Master Shinigami possibly be thinking by sending four kids to apprehend him? Sensing a massacre in the making, Death the Kid decides to help. Unfortunately, he gets side tracked by, um, something you wipe a certain body part with. Things certainly aren't looking good for our young heroes.

Speaking of which, I'm not a big fan of horror movies because, well, let's just say I don't like peeing with my pants on. It's the same with sad movies. I mean, why the heck should I pay for the privilege of depressing the heck out of myself? It's the same reason why viewing the last few episodes of Code Geass' first season ruined an entire weekend for me. That show taught me how women must feel right before that time of month.

Anyway, back to horror movies. Despite my wussiness when it comes to scary movies, I'm pretty good at dealing with a wide range of monsters. I can handle werewolves, vampires and mummies -- provided the stay wrapped -- with no problem. But there are three things that seriously creep me out. One is "Sadako" lady-in-white-with-long-black-hair types because they genuinely put the fear of God in me. Second is monsters riddled with stitches or impaled with sharp objects because they plain gross me out. Third are decomposing people because they're both scary and gross (though not as scary as Sadako. Sadako's hits you psychologically, too). Soul Eater's Stein happens to be the classic example of the second type: he's got stitches all over his body and a huge, friggin' giant screw going through his head. Fortunately, he's a goofy cartoon character, which totally cancels everything out. In short, I just went through a long, incessant rant for nothing.