Death the Kid

"I am a Shinigami. A real god. And I deem your manner of ruling to be wrong, Noah!
'Everything in the world' you say? You literally mean everything? How is that different from
the 'Trans-Symmetrical Unity' I landed upon in the thrones of Madness? How can there be
any aesthetic in 'everything'? There can be no beauty in an aesthetic without value!! It's about
balance a beautiful balance like perfect symmetry! You are not suitable for the task of
ruler!! I'll show you a way of ruling that is bursting with beauty! If you survive, that is."

Death the Kid to Noah in "Salvage (Part 10)".

Death the Kid[2][3]

Kanji

Rmaji
Desu za Kiddo
Alias Death God
(Shinigami, ;
FUNimation
"Grim Reaper")
Death (,
Shinigami-Kun)
Kid (,
Kiddo)

Lord Death (
, Shinigami-
sama)[1]

Race

Shinigami (True)
Sex
 Male

13 (NOT!)[4]
Age
14 (Pre-Timeskip)[4]
15 (Post-Timeskip)[4]

Meister
Classification
Immature Death God
(Anime)
Meister Type
Gun-Type Meister
Status
Alive

Death
Relation ("Father";Fragment of,
Deceased)[5]
Asura ("Brother")[6]
Special Abilities
Fighting Style
Death God Taijutsu

Black Needle
Soul Wavelength
Wavelength
Death's Wavelength

Shinigami Powers
Powers Execution Mode
Madness of Order
Madness Takehold
Professional Data

Affiliation(s)

Death Weapon
Meister Academy
 Headmaster of
Occupation(s) DWMA[1], God of
Death, Student of DWMA
(Anime)

Weapon Partners Elizabeth Thompson &

Patricia Thompson

Family

Death's Family
Real World Information

Todd Haberkorn (English)

Voice
Mamoru Miyano
(Japanese)

Manga Debut Prologue #3

Chapter 11 (NOT!)

Anime Debut Episode 3

Episode 6 (NOT!)
Game Debut
Monotone Princess
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Death the Kid (, Desu za Kiddo), commonly referred to as simply Kid (

, Kiddo), is the second[6] son of Death himself and the Meister of the Demon Twin Guns,
Liz Thompson and Patty Thompson.[7] Created from a piece of Death himself,[5] Death the Kid
is known to be one of the top 3 EAT-level fighters in the DWMA.[8] After his father's death at
the connection of the Lines of Sanzu and Asura's defeat on the Moon, he inherits his late father's
position as leader and headmaster of Death Weapon Meister Academy as well as his name,
Shinigami () with the "-sama" suffix as a term of respect.[1] He is one of the main
protagonists in Soul Eater.

Personality
Described as possessing an "uptight personality" by Franken Stein,[9] Death the Kid is known to
be a normally calm and mature individual compared to those like BlackStar and Soul Eater.
[10] Throughout the series, he's shown to be prideful of his status as a Shinigami, wanting to
become the next full-fledged Shinigami and inheriting his father's responsibilities [7] However,
he also wants to do so in his own unique way, even telling his own father he wants to makes his
own weapons to his specifications despite Death informing him that as a Shinigami, he doesn't
really need to collect souls.[7] According to BlackStar's testament of his view on Death the
Kid, despite being a Shinigami he is also capable of being humane and not displaying the typical
arrogance of someone who has the status of a god.[11] This is true, so much so that he even see's
himself partly as a human and expressed this fact to Asura.[12]

Kid also has a great sense of morality and order, having expressed to the Flying Dutchman that
despite being a god, he doesn't deny evil and that there's no one person without some evil within
them. However, he believes that everything is about balance instead and strives to keep the
balance between "good" and "evil" in equilibrium.[13] When expressing this, he also informed
the Flying Dutchman that cares little for other's view on the subject and strives for a "absolutely"
perfect world, granting no one freedom to kill.[13] Kid's view on balance is partly due to his
father's teachings to him on order as a child.[14] Despite favoring order, he also aware of not
following it blindly. He's quick to question his own father's actions when he had the DWMA
storm into Baghdad when searching for Asura and explained that it's wrong to impose their will
on others, though was understanding and sympathetic of his father when he realized that due to
the threat of Asura, his father doesn't have the luxury of "playing it safe" and may be reckless in
his decisions.[15] When the majority of Spartoi was ordered to execute Crona, Kid was the only
one who supported the action, citing that Crona's actions were unforgivable and even alluded that
the reason why they were ordered to do so by his father was for them to decide how to face
Crona but said that both them and "order" must move forward to take care of the threat Crona
possessed.[16]

Kid is also extremely humble, shown when he pleaded to the Witch Order, the Witch Judge, and
the Witch Queen to assist the DWMA in stopping The Clowns and pushed for both Humans,
Witches, the DWMA, and the Witch Order to have better relations.[17] He also put good faith
and trust into the Witch Order, despite the protests of Azusa Yumi.[18] He also explained to
Azusa that merely holding ideals means nothing and one must realize that people must make an
effort to make things better and that If being an adult means "stapling out ideals" because of
experience, he doesn't mind being called "Kid".[18] Because of his views, Azusa comments that
he is also pushy, much like his father.[18]

Like his father, he also has a fierce and much darker side in his personality. While normally calm
and collective, Kid is still susceptible to being angered, such as when Mosquito insulted his
father[19] and when Noah's Group announced their plan to assassinate Maka Albarn, he showed
a considerable amount of anger.[20] When he later faced Noah (Greed) on his plans of "replacing
the gods", Kid even gave him a death threat, in which was guaranteed when he used the Parent's
Seven Rays attack on the Sorcerer, killing him.[21]

Despite his great capabilities, Kid also possesses some flaws, most notable him being a
perfectionist to the point of having OCD/OD-esque qualities. Described as being "too much of a
perfectionist",[22] he initially was very obsessed and concerned with orderliness and paying
excessively close attention to detail so much so he complained about Liz and Patty's breast size
being irregular, chose them as weapons due to their twin appearance in their weapon forms, and
even refused to attack the Wrath of the Pharaoh due to symmetry. As well as this, he dislikes the
fact that his Lines of Sanzu were incomplete and upon Liz pointing it out, he called himself an
ugly pig and worthless piece of garbage until he was quickly cheered up by his fellow weapon
partners.[7] He is even physically repulsed by asymmetrical arrangements to the point he almost
vomited at the sight.[23] Due to his wanting to be precise in detail, it even took him over a
month to help Liz pluck her eyebrows;[24] in addition, he fails an entire test due to being unable
to correctly write his name symmetrically and accidentally ripping the paper while erasing,
before being reduced to tears, causing him to cough up blood and faint.[24] He also let Crona
and Ragnarok get away to admire the sky and it's symmetry.[25] Despite being enrolled in
counseling, it remained as a fatal and dangerous flaw.[10] Even the mere sight of something
asymmetrical causes him to become more aggressive, not only killing the Wrath of the Pharaoh
in a fit of rage, but also destroying the Pyramid Anubis due to his recklessness.[7] In actuality,
this part of his personality is a manifestation of the Madness of Order due to being a part of
Death himself, a fact he himself is unaware of.[26]

Despite this flaw, he is noticeable not unaffected by his father's appearance despite it being
asymmetrical possibly due to his immense respect for him. This is a bit more evident when Kid
was shown to even willingly sport the same robes of what his father wears on missions.[13][27]
As time passes throughout the series (and the anime), he becomes less affected of his
perfectionist nature and matures enough to accept it, though will still occasionally bicker over
small details.[28] This remains true even when he became a true Shinigami.[1] One of the
earliest examples of this improvement is displayed when he claims not to care about the
DWMA's broken spike as BlackStar begins to descend into madness during their second duel.
[29]