Soul (concept)

Name	Soul
Kanji	魂
Romaji	Tamashī
Debut	Prologue 1
Object information
User(s)	All living beings

The soul (魂, tamashī) is the incorporeal essence of a being.

Overview

In appearance, a soul is capable of either being in a larger form with unique characteristics or have a form resembling a spherical ball with a tail. Representing the essence of a being, souls possess unique properties depending on the type of soul a being has.

Soul Wavelength

Main article: Soul Wavelength

The soul wavelength (魂の波長, Tamashī no hachō), also known simply as the wavelength (波長, Hachō), is the "sound" (or "rhythm") of one's soul; It is the part of the soul which is invisible to both the naked eye and that of Soul Perception visually, though it can be sensed. Being the rhythm of the soul itself, soul wavelength carries some of the characteristics of a character that helps a user of soul perception determines the type of characteristics of a individual. As such, a meister can determine a character's personality and race/species.

Properties

Certain souls belonging to races have different properties to them:

• The souls of witches possess transformative properties; this was used to bind human soul to an object and created the demon weapon and it's associated gene.
• Good human souls can empower one capable of consuming it (demon weapons & ultimate weapon meister type).
• The combination of 99 evil human souls and one witch soul can unlock a demon weapon's true power and become a death scythe.

Types of souls

Mighty Soul

Grigori Soul

Large Soul

Spiritual dimension

Within each soul of an individual seems to be a sort of spiritual dimension which reflects the personality of the person itself. Examples include that of the Black Room. The person within the soul acts as its avatar and has control over how it looks and what goes on within the Spiritual Dimension.

Depending on the person and their preference, various things like the clothes may change when within their spiritual dimension to fit one's personality. For example, Soul Eater's appearance whenever he appears within the dimension may change, whether he appears nude, dressed in the clothes he was wearing upon transformation, or dressed in a pinstripe suit. Other characters such as Liz and Patty Thompson have had newly gained demon tool attire, such as their Incom, appear in their spiritual dimension, albeit with no other clothes on. Many weapons, however, appear to be naked within their this dimension. This physical appearance often appears on a reflective surface for some weapons, including scythes (Soul and Spirit Albarn), chain scythes (Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, guns (Liz and Patty Thompson), spears (Harvar D. Éclair), and halberds (Tsugumi Harudori).

Damage experienced by the physical body may appear in the spiritual dimension, and vice versa. For example, if the weapon form was damaged, the reflection may show the human form cut and bleeding. As well, damage to the physical body, such as scars, may come to appear in the spiritual dimension in subsequent weapon transformations, such as the scar on Soul's chest appearing in the spiritual dimension after Crona's attack.

Reattaching a limb can return two weapons to same spiritual dimension

There are various ways that an outsider may visit the spiritual dimensions of others. Meister and Weapons utilizing Soul Resonance are able to easily move into the spiritual dimensions of their respective partner, both being in tuned to each other's thoughts. The outsider also abides by the person's spiritual dimension attributes such as Maka entering the soul of her partner, Soul Eater, and having a black dress. Another method is to have the same Madness as the individual though the same rule still applies like that of soul resonance with the exception of hearing the other's thoughts. Weapons also may occupy the same spiritual dimension, especially in cases in which the weapons are being wielded by the same meister, are of the same weapon type, or already have a close association such as through familial and genetic relationship, as in the case of Liz and Patty Thompson. Should a weapon be removed from the meister, such as by severing the limb holding that weapon, that weapon will cease to appear in this shared dimension. Upon reattaching the limb to return the body to its previous uninjured state, however, the weapon will reappear in that dimension.

Trivia

• The appearances of souls in their smaller form is based upon a hitodama.