>>279899491
He was popular at the start of the manga in Japan, but as soon as the mangaka wanking him nonstop he dropped in popularity with Soul, Maka and Kidd all beating Black Star in popularity by the end of the manga, what I didn't like is that in the manga after they trap Kishin in the moon there are crowds of people praising Black Star surrounding him and claiming he's a God now with the other half praising Kidd, the teachers even said "As long as Black Star and you Kidd are alive we have nothing to fear", while Maka is just sitting far away on some stairs alone with Soul, Maka was the sole reason they managed to trap Kishin on the Moon as she convinced Crona to help her and Soul yet the only person who gave her any sort of rightful credit was Kidd, that's why I like the anime better, the mangaka clearly was butthurt over it's changed in the anime original half so he went out of it's way to do the exact opposite from it in the manga as much as he could
>>279909974
Even his student based his Soul Eater drawings out of the anime version