Soul Eater

SteinMarie

Franken Stein/Marie Mjolnir

When madness began dissolving Death City's mad scientist, the academy assigned its gentlest death scythe to anchor him — and Marie's wavelength is canonically the only thing that keeps Stein sane. The manga ends with them expecting a child, science's least probable happy ending.

1,500 works

What is SteinMarie?

SteinMarie is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Franken Stein and Marie Mjolnir from Soul Eater. With over 1,500 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.

Why fans love SteinMarie

A woman who is literally someone's cure for madness elevates the steady-hand-and-broken-genius dynamic to text.

Most Popular SteinMarie Fanfics

The highest-rated SteinMarie stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.

1

Distance Makes the Heart...

by chichirichick

Though they've been together through thick and thin, Maka and Soul are forced to go on different journeys for four years. Before he's even gone, Maka realizes this will be one of the hardest things she's ever done, because she's simply in love with Soul Evans. Rated T for now, but who knows with me.

47 kudos 27,817 words ~112 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Hurt/Comfort Long-Distance Relationship POV Maka Albarn
2

The Soul's Dawn

by Ettena088

Maka Albarn never imagined that moving to Forks would change her life forever. What seemed like a dull, rainy town quickly becomes the stage for supernatural secrets, ancient alliances, and creatures that shouldn't exist.

46 kudos 23,262 words ~94 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Vampires Alternate Universe - Vampire Inspired by the Twilight Series
3

Soul Eater Post MORTEM

by Souleaterpost

Short slice of life animations, featuring the cast from the award-non-winning fan-comic Soul Eater post - but hopefully atleast somewhat entertaining even if you haven't read 105 chapters of context

3 kudos 728 words ~3 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Animation Video Slice of Life
4

Field trip

by ZombieSprinklez

"Are we all gonna fit?" Follo looked around, even though the supporters weren't tagging along (sadly) that was still 7 people. They could try to fit into the car but it'd be a tight squeeze. "We should!" Enjin ushered Zanka and Rudo off the couch, "We should get going though if we wanna make it befo

42 kudos 17,295 words ~70 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Crossover Death the Kid Has OCD (Soul Eater) Nonbinary Crona (Soul Eater)
5

Antediluvian

by Femdjinn

Everything becomes what it is meant to be; dust. Such a beautiful and horrid concept. This is the story of old death and new life. or Learning how to be again. A matured remake of my old work, “Old Wives' Tales” on FF.net, and an experiment to improve my writing.

199 kudos 364,948 words ~1460 min read Mature
Angst Romance Humor
6

In the Shadow of a Setting Sun

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by chichirichick

**Resbang 2026** with the beautiful artwork from Efferful, adonewithyou, and alcruid. The long awaited sequel to In the Light of a Hundred Moons. Jackie, Star, Soul, and Maka will need to battle the elements, enemies, and themselves as they travel together on their first mission. There are weapons t

11 kudos 127,247 words ~509 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe - Historical Angst smut for everyone
7

Alma de Artista

by cocolinx

Crona siempre creyó que no era más que una marioneta creada por su madre para matar y cumplir su deseo de revivir al Kishin, que no tenía un lugar en el mundo y que lo único que le ayudaba a ignorar esos pensamientos era dibujar. Pero Maka, de alguna manera, logró entrar en su alma y comprenderla, l

10 kudos 1,362 words ~6 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Implied/Referenced Child Abuse Past Child Abuse implied/referenced animal cruelty
8

The Month of May

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by chichirichick

Every year, Maka spends May trying to find something special for Soul's birthday. Soul's never been very helpful and this year is no different, especially since he seems to have his own plans.

59 kudos 11,121 words ~45 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Birthday Fluff Little bit of angst
9

College? I Don't Know How to Deal With College?

by Whoopty

A College AU set in the real-ish world. Maka meets and befriends Crona, a lanky awkward person, and helps to navigate them through DWMA, a prestigious college, as Crona tries to come to terms with their past, and with help, maybe they can have a chance at happiness. (Not abandoned, just been busy! T

34 kudos 14,576 words ~59 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Alternate Universe - College/University Friends to Lovers Meet-Cute
10

Soul Eater Post

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by Souleaterpost

A fan comic continuation of the Anime. Rough at the start but it gets a bit better. So check it out, maybe it will even be good someday? Uploaded here with minor typo fixes . 2026.01.31. UPDATE: If images are not displaying, try the reupload on globalcomix: https://globalcomix.com/c/soul-eater-post

63 kudos 12,677 words ~51 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Fan Comics Other Additional Tags to Be Added art evolution
11

Paper Moon: Shattering Fate

by OccasionalTraveler

No summary provided.

1 kudos 17 words ~1 min read Mature
How Do I Tag Other Additional Tags to Be Added My First Fanfic
12

The Grim Reaper’s Grand Game

by memethebum

One minute Maka Albarn is searching for her Papa, the next she’s face-to-face with a hyperactive grim reaper and strange group of people. It couldn’t possibly get any worse from here, could it?

9 kudos 741 words ~3 min read Teen And Up Audiences
TADC AU Minor Character Death(s) or are they really dead dun dun dun
13

Let Death Bless Me With You

by Theaetzk

Death the Kid x Crona is underrated and Crona should have more religious symbolism thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

17 kudos 1,490 words ~6 min read General Audiences
Post-Soul Eater Manga Nonbinary Crona (Soul Eater) Eventual Romance
14

After the Fact

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by Purplefirepit

15 years after the events of the Soul Eater manga, the main cast has grown up, and new students go to school at the DWMA. Some of the main cast stays in Death City, while others move away living their life. However strange events have been occurring throughout the years, but the strangest event happ

14 kudos 52,170 words ~209 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Post-Soul Eater Manga
15

Worse Than Ragnarok.

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by Ragnarock_4242564

Takes place a year after the anime   Follows the story of me and my friend's ocs just existing. I dont plan on writing any fighting or sex scenes in this story.   Warnings for blood/gore, sexual implications, cussing and cringe!

4 kudos 1,094 words ~5 min read Not Rated
Major Original Character(s) Weird Plot Shit Female Crona (Soul Eater)
16

Come On Baby, Don't Fear the Reaper

by sleepynimeni

On the road looking for her mother after she left on a hunt, Maka stumbles across what she can only call an anomaly; Blake called him an abomination. Red eyes, white hair, rows of teeth as sharp as a vamp’s canines, he claims he doesn’t know what he is either, or what he used to be. Now she must try

54 kudos 6,504 words ~27 min read Mature
Supernatural AU - Freeform Monsters Slow Build
17

The Birthday Gift

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by DreamingWavelength

A minific I wrote for the Soul Eater Family Week.

3 kudos 152 words ~1 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Slice of Life Struggling with being a parent
18

Babysitting

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by rxbxn_0

Maka and Crona babysit Marie and steins baby. /also crona is a male in this fic but for fic purposes

44 kudos 2,019 words ~9 min read General Audiences
Fluff Babysitting Marie and steins baby omll
19

Dreams, Hallucinations

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by CureofTheNonesense

Marie and Medusa both want the same thing: Franken Stein.Both are also prone to having dreams about said man. But, only one gets to make them true

29 kudos 855 words ~4 min read Explicit
Wet Dream Sexual Overstimulation Teasing
20

He Ate My Heart

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by memethebum

“To be honest I am gettin’ pretty bored of this shitty lil’ village. Leaving without a parting gift would simply sour my mood though, so how about an exchange?” Soul Eater purred while Kid narrowed his eyebrows even further than they’d already been.“What kind of exchange?” the Shinigami questioned,

41 kudos 3,903 words ~16 min read Mature
Alternate Universe - Fantasy Fantasy-esque setting at least SoMa week 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does SteinMarie mean?

SteinMarie is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Franken Stein and Marie Mjolnir. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.

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There are over 1,500 SteinMarie fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.

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