Ohayo Minna! Today the Treehouse celebrates the birthday of another admin…“zmalfoy”, or Zophiel as she is known to her friends amongst the branches. Her gravatar lists an impressive array of talents: vocal performance, bellydance, alchemy, theology, and survival skills. If she had more room, she could have also included interests in geology, physics, the skills of a Starbuck’s Barista par excellence, and the uncanny ability to always get an “A”. Yep, she’s even smarter than Sarah Palin’s favorite red shoes!
One of the most interesting aspects of Zophie is her knowledge of all things relating to Japanese Anime (the abbreviated pronunciation of animation). It’s a style of animation originating in Japan, characterized by colorful graphics and often featuring themes intended for an adult audience. Zophie’s gravatar is the young “meister” or craftsman named Maka Albarn, who’s one of the lead characters in the Japanese manga (cartoon) called “Soul Eater”. The story revolves around three teams consisting of a weapon meister and (at least one) human weapon. Trying to make the latter a “death scythe” and thus fit for use by the academy’s headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again.
The following is the 23 minute Episode #1 of “Soul Eater – Resonance of the Soul. I bet if you watch the complete video, you’ll want to see the next 50 episodes like me. Synopsis: Maka and Soul have collected 99 evil souls and must defeat a witch for Weapon to become Death Scythe. They confront Blair but a pointy black hat doesn’t always mean witch. (Forgive me for opting to use the “dubbed” version Zophie…the subtitled one linked only to YouTube and had that icky ad. ^_~ )
Quoting Maka’s partner Soul: “In the end, the shape and form don’t matter at all. It’s only the soul that matters, right? Nothing else…”
Oh…Blair’s “Flying Pumpkins” insisted on wishing you a Happy Birthday too!
