Soul Eater NOT! is a spin-off and side story set one year before the events of the original Soul Eater. At the Death Weapon Meister Academy, humans born with the ability to transform into weapons and those with the power to wield them (Meisters) train to refine their natural talents. The characters from the main series are enrolled in the Especially Advantaged Talent class, where they train to become warriors of justice capable of defeating threats that prey on innocent lives—or even the entire world. Other students at the DWMA are less talented. Members of the Normally Overcome Target class focus less on becoming warriors of justice and more on controlling their powers so they do not harm themselves or anyone around them. Tsugumi Harudori, a new student who transforms into a halberd, meets Meisters Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn and quickly becomes indecisive about which of the two new friends should be her partner. As they learn to use these powers and settle in, their lives as everyday students will be far from normal.