Keep in mind, I have to talk about Soul since how some characters within Soul Eater fight differently. In their particular case, both of them are constantly working together to achieve their goals. Thus this can't be accurate by removing him. Also because he is the weapon she wields that would put her at a disadvantage against Ruby.
Ruby Rose
Ruby is the leader of the team RWBY, a group of huntresses taking on the Grimm. Supernatural creatures that terrorizes the world. Ruby wields one of the strangest scythes in all of fiction history. She has proven to be capable of leading her team. She is currently fighting to try saving the world after everything changed.
Maka Albarn & Soul Evans
Maka with her weapon partner Soul are a team that hunt down kishins. Maka is a student at the top of her class while Soul ran away from being an musician. Regardless, these two have overcome amazing odds including against Asura himself. Maka with her partner have proven to be capable of truly impressive feats.
Abilities
Ruby
+Wields Crescent Rose (both an over sized scythe with an High-Caliber sniper rifle built in)
+Semblance
+Silver Eyes (capable of destroying Grimm through their eyes)
+Can sense aura of people
Maka
+Posses Anti-Demon Wavelength
+Soul Perception (can sense souls around the world)
+Scythe-Meister
+Demon Scythe
+Grigori (has an angel soul that can allow the ability to fly)
+Wavelength Control
+High Physical Abilities
+Hand to hand combat
+Danger Sense (she can sense how dangerous her opponent can be)
+Black Blood
+Black Blood's Madness
+Black Blood Armor
+Physically stronger
Soul
+Full-Weapon Transformation
+Demon Scythe
+Wavelength Control
+Black Blood
+Black Blood's Madness
+Black Room (it's part of his black blood's effects)
+Death's Weapon (Soul became an deathscythe)
+Magical-Life Powers
+Power of the Spider Queen (this allows Soul to use Maka's Soul Perception ability)
+Shape-Shift (this is on a greater degree than most weapon meisters)
+Soul's Piano
+Sound Wave Impact
Advantages
Ruby
+Using her aura could protect her from some attacks
+A slight chance can surprise Maka & Soul with her rifle attack
+Maka will likely to struggle try her scythe
+Dust ammo could damage them
Maka and Soul
+More overall experience for both of them
+Soul being a death scythe can use more devastating attacks
+Soul can disrupt her silver eyes or aura
+Capable of flying at high speeds
+Much faster
+Maka is smarter than Ruby
+Soul can easily change his form to whatever he wants
+Soul's scythe form is more durable than Ruby's Crescent Moon
+Maka through black blood is more durable than Ruby using her aura
+Their connection is much stronger than Ruby with her team
+Maka's Soul Perception can easily find Ruby regardless where she is
+Through using black blood, Soul can also use Soul Perception
+More likely to adapt during combat
+Also through black blood can greatly enhanced their stats
+Using black blood could prevent Dust from affecting both of them
+Maka is the best strategist in this fight
Disadvantages
Ruby
-Wields a much heavier scythe
-Dust is limited
-Aura is also limited
-Her stats simply isn't on their level
-Dust theme shots won't do much to Maka & Soul
-Soul can disrupt her silver eyes & aura
-More depended on her team in comparison
-Even if her silver eyes works, Maka & Soul can easily withstand it
-Can't not fly so has to waste Dust to blow herself into the air often
-Doesn't have a method to avoid being sense through Soul Perception
-Using her silver eyes can wore her out
-In comparison, doesn't realize things as quickly during combat
Maka and Soul
-Sometimes they can get into an argument
-Their roles in any fight can't be reversed
-At risk of going insane by using black blood
-Madness could affect both of them
-Maka or Soul aren't as physically strong as Ruby
-It is possible to disrupt their wavelength
Weaknesses
Ruby
Her scythe is not balanced in several ways. Low on stamina makes wielding Crescent Moon more difficult. Dust ammo is limited & not easy to come by as it once was. She doesn't fight very well without her scythe. She focus more on overpowering her enemies centered on team strategies. She can't repair her own weapon if it gets broken.
Maka and Soul
They don't see many things eye to eye at times. If they don't connect their wavelength, prevents them from using techniques. Black blood brings madness that could potentially affect both of them. Soul can be cocky at times while Maka can be stubborn to a degree. She does depend on using Soul during combat, sometimes with other people.
Verdict
I am sad to say this is a stomp in favor of Maka and Soul. I actually got a lot to explain since a lot of people who watch Death Battle got to read Soul Eater manga all the way. In fact, I'm sure a large number of them are using the anime version for reference. But there's a lot of major differences that makes the anime version, it's own canon.
To clarify, I am directly using information I gathered while reading the manga. I did hint this fight during my Orochimaru vs. Medusa Gorgon prediction blog. The nicest say to say this is late final battle with Maka & Soul reach their full potential. Which is a lot more powerful than in the anime version since Soul doesn't become a death scythe in that version.
Oh wait there's more, during that battle they both chosen to use black blood with madness to further push themselves. Thus they became insanely powerful enough to harm Asura twice. Asura is way more powerful in the manga version. In both canons, Asura was stated to be powerful enough only Lord Death can beat him.
There's a lot of truth in that statement folks. Asura was essentially insanity itself that couldn't be killed. It took Crona to seal him on the moon to stop him. Keep in mind, Asura is over eight hundred years old that's been insane for most of that time. Obviously both Ruby & Maka has fought in many battles with other teams in the past.
The bond between Maka with her partner is more unique than Ruby with her team. Their wavelength must connect in order to do anything together. Not in that way you sick bastards lol. It does confirmed Soul can use Maka's Soul Perception ability. She was able to sense the entire planet as well as the moon in the process.
In doing so, she discovered where Asura was hiding the entire time. Maka & Soul are more likely to adapt during combat. Also we haven't even gotten to talk about a death scythe. There was a chapter where Soul was temporary insane. Another weapon meister who wasn't a death scythe tried stopping him to only fail.
This alone limits who could wield him. It also states those who are a death scythe can even be wielded by Lord Death himself. Well now it's his son Kid that's ruling things but you get the idea. Death scythes are on their own level that's superior to majority of their students. Keep in mind, the weapon meister must eat ninety nine human souls or ninety nine kishin souls in the anime version.
There is another chapter that goes into details why the final soul has to be that of a witch. It turns out, a witch's soul allows a weapon meister to use their full potential. Maka had a very rare soul that had the ability to fly. It took them awhile, they can fly very well. Their flight speed is hands down ridiculous.
It took around four hours for one airship from Earth to reach the moon. But Maka with Black Star & Tsubaki fled very fast from a little in the sky to the moon. This is likely around a little greater than the speed of light since space shuttle takess a long period of time to traveling to the moon. Keep in mind, this even triumphs Death the Kid with his weapon meisters on his board to do the same exact thing.
Obviously just going by the manga, Kid wasn't going nearly as fast as Maka was. This level of speed simply does not exist within the RWBY universe. There was a brief period of time, Maka wielded her father whose the most powerful death scythe there is. Now I know they're family so the basic wavelength rules doesn't apply here.
But even being able to wield the most powerful death scythe is still quite an achievement. He was the same death scythe used against Asura earlier in the manga. In comparison, Ruby's Crescent Moon has major problems that ultimately work against her. For starters, due to it's weight alone Ruby has to keep moving with it often.
Also Dust is more limited than it originally was. Now this could affect both Soul & Maka despite both of them being humans. But Soul ate Arachne's soul that would give protection to Maka. Which along with using black blood possibly madness can easily counter it's effects. This also can counter Ruby's using her silver eyes.
This can easily kill The Grimm in the area but it can wear her out in the process. Even if she could get better to limit that possibility from happening. Soul can disrupt several beings that are over eight hundred years worth of madness. Sure it was temporary in some of those occasions. But that also could disrupt Ruby using her aura as protection.
I am going to be honest, Maka with Soul can dish out far greater levels of force especially late in the manga. It is likely they can quickly break her aura to put Ruby into an disadvantage. Not only that, Ruby has no choice but to waste Dust to send herself into the air. This by itself is a major flaw Soul & Maka are likely going to take advantage.
Plus both of them has more confirmed missions as well as training under their belts in comparison. Hell black blood does enhanced their stats especially their durability. There isn't a lot of proof that black blood can be broken in the manga itself. It can take a ridiculous amount of force to just doing that.
One time, Black Star done that against Crona. Now Crona is the leading example of using black blood. It can act as a durable shield to stop attacks with ease. It is considered an impressive feats to break through it even a little bit like Black Star did. During the final battle, Maka with Soul pushed the black blood in madness further to achieve a new form.
This particular form further increases all of their stats to a greater degree. This also includes their black blood armor that held up against powerful blows from Asura. Because Lord Death died due to Kid becoming a full shinigami. Asura remains as the single most powerful being in his universe. Obviously no body within RWBY can match the level of force from any of his attacks I'm not kidding.
Sadly Ruby lacks that level of force, they also have more ranges in their techniques. Ruby has to manually change weapon modes to do short or long range. But Soul can easily transform himself because he's a death scythe. It is a particular trait of being an death scythe not known to those who aren't one.
Keep in mind, Maka herself isn't technically a death scythe just a wielder of one. Ruby is more used to working with other people. Maka & Soul has survived being inside an Magnetic Field, an magical book and inside of Asura. All three of those are simply too much for Ruby to survive. I'll even take the time to explain simply because it's a very big request for their show.
Magnetic Field was created by an explosion that forever within it repeats the very hour that explosion happened. It was stated that most beings had to leave within twenty minutes or becomes a part of it. This field by itself prevents radios as well as using soul wavelength. Although they were able to work with the later through black blood.
This magical book had each chapter centered on the seven deadly sins. Yes they had to experience those sins as they went through this book. During Sloth chapter, they fought Giriko who had two different bodies. This led to his very soul not being able to handle that rage he held onto for over eight hundred years.
Obviously Asura became the source of all madness itself. Thus going inside of him then later came back out through him is very impressive. He is an insanely powerful being with madness the highest it could possibly go. They were even able during that fight to hold off against his madness for a short period of time.
Last I checked, Ruby has never left her planet so far in the show. I should mention Ruby can't manually repair her own weapon if it gets broken. Just the style combat alone went from being similar up til Soul becoming a death scythe. Now they had a few aerial battles as the story went on. Basically Ruby doesn't have many options that would help her in this fight.
I could even say she will be very over whelmed by both of them. Ruby is a skilled combatant in her own right. Her soul will be reaped before this night is done. Just comparing their default durability, Ruby ends up falling short there as well. Yes I know she fought against a mech designed to take on giant Grimm creatures.
Honestly I can't give her much credit there due to the fact, she wasn't fighting it alone. Maka & Soul defeated Arachne whose around as powerful as her younger sister Medusa. Keep in mind, she transformed herself into madness itself making her defeat even more impressive. They did held their own against Asura despite tanking a lot of punishment in the process.
They did trained against Professor Stein early on whose the best meister under Lord Death himself. He wasn't going easy on them either. This guy used madness on the moon to his advantage to wipe out a lot of clowns. Keep in mind, this was prior to the witches helping them out. Maka can actually see how dangerous a person can be by seeing their soul.
She also can see how powerful they are as well. Ruby would not have a counter for that. Ruby's training got interrupted due to a terrorist attack from Cinder's group. Keep in mind, both Maka & Soul are still going to DWMA. I know not fair of me to bring that into this. They even used madness to reach a new form to fight Asura that was able to cut him.
No body even came close of doing that during the final battle. This means Soul has way too much force for Ruby to handle. Also due to their bond, Soul's weight will seem light. Even if we were to consider she's lifting another person without the weapon part. Most humans would struggle attempt doing that on their own.
In an sense, Soul is going to be too heavy for Ruby to pick up. In comparison. Maka will struggle to pick up the Crescent Moon at first. But using black blood could give her the strength to wield it even better than Ruby herself. My point is Ruby ends up being outmatched in most categories. Maka with her partner triumphs experience and black blood could be too much for Dust in general.
Winner: Maka Albarn
Yes I requested this fight but up til recently. I didn't realized how much of a stomp this fight actually was. Honestly I do like Ruby to a degree, I'm a bigger fan of her sister Yang. Now even she falls in comparison to both Soul & Maka. Honestly I get it, two capable women wielding unusual scythes in somewhat similar worlds.
But this simply won't make a lot of people happy especially those who are more into RWBY. Now I really tried making Ruby looking a bit better than she actually does. Now that's proof I do have respect for her. I don't regret I requested this fight like so many people done. I am just happy Soul Eater will eventually appear on their show.
Soul was going to be a musician before he decided to becoming a weapon meister. He has proven to be quite skilled at playing the piano. Even Maka done it once inside their souls to not so great music. Although it still had affects during the situation. Soul is clever in figuring out how to play his music through things to reach other people within the area.
One time, he done this to stop Arachne from further infecting others with insanity to force her soul in one spot. This is exactly how they were able to kill her. Honestly, in every possible way Ruby falls short in either large to a ridiculous amount. She had no real way to kill both of them to win this fight. But they had plenty of methods to killing her in vice versa.
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