Soul Eater Not! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. It is a spin-off to Ohkubo's Soul Eater manga series, taking place prior to the events of the manga. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine from January 2011 to November 2014. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Bones aired on TV Tokyo between April and July 2014 and was simulcast by Funimation in North America.