soul eater spoilers
Soul Eater wiki: "Atsushi Ōkubo's creation of the protagonist, Maka Albarn, involved him purposely making her a female character in response to Shōnen manga having primarily male main characters..." "...To demonstrate an equal representation of gender"
me: ok then, why do none of the main characters have a MOTHER???
Why is Maka the only gal meister (in the main series)?
not saying I think Soul Eater is perfect, but uhh..."equal representation of genders" is false 💢
re: soul eater spoilers
before I get swamped with comments we've got
Maka's unnamed mother who's referenced a bit as being another lady scythe-meister in the beginning of the series, but is never shown and doesn't have a name
Black ⭐ Star's unnamed mother, deceased
Death the kid is more of a person shaped god than a normal human
Soul has a brother and a Grandma
Patty & Liz have an unnamed mother
Tsubaki has an unnamed mother
so 🤷
do better mangakas 💢 
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re: soul eater spoilers
Lol I forgot about Crona for a half second, that's my bad, they have the only named and onscreen mother of the main characters in the main series, Medusa Gorgon
"but does *every* character need a fleshed out family tree?"
maybe not, but most of the main characters have a Father, with a name, and a face (or father-like figure with Death the kid)
Add that with Medusa being a villain, it creates a patriarchy atmosphere, which def isn't "gender equal" >:\