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In Soul Eater, the sun and the moon seem to have a face and sometimes laugh.
Are they alive or is it just their design?

The Sun and the Moon:

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    there will probably be no evidence whatsoever to be found in the anime / manga... Maybe there is a word of god, and that's a big maybe, the rest will be speculations. – Vogel612 Apr 06 '14 at 13:23
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    It's probably just a kind of visual gag only anime is capable of. Can't annoy readers enough with those laughing celestial bodies in manga :p – Hakase Apr 06 '14 at 14:55
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    It's stated somewhere by the manga-ka that it is to symbolize the mood of the protagonist as in when they go into battle and/or the such. – Prix Apr 06 '14 at 15:28
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    the character do recognize the Sun at least. BlackStar at one point in the anime is mocking the Sun in the afternoon being unable to keep it's eyes open – Memor-X Apr 06 '14 at 22:12
  • Soul Eater Not! is airing right now and we see the characters from Soul Eater there (including the two guys in question), so maybe this time there'll be a definite answer. – Hakase Apr 13 '14 at 18:16
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    Soul Eater Not is more of a side dish so I doubt they will ever go into the sun/moon thing. – Prix Apr 21 '14 at 21:51
  • Can confirm Soul Eater Not didn't discuss this at all, at least the animated version – Toshinou Kyouko Jul 25 '14 at 05:34

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A somewhat theoretical answer:

Living things display the 7 characteristics of life - which are:

  • Movement
  • Respiration
  • Sensitivity
  • Growth
  • Reproduction
  • Excretion
  • Nutrition

They definetly exhibit movement and respiration enter image description here

And they are sensitive to conditions of the atmosphere enter image description here

They do not appear to grow, but this could be because they are adult.

They do not appear to reproduce.

They excrete light onto the world.

The moon may be eating something.

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If the sun and moon's reproduction properties are anything like our own, which they are modelled off, they are non-existant. Stars and planets are formed - a non-biological formation without passing on any genetic information

This, combined with the fact that many of the other characteristics are assuming a lot, can bring us to the conclusion that they are not living,

Although, having said that, there are a couple rare articles around the web that claim stars are living. Example

So I guess you can justify it to be either true or false, whichever you would prefer :)

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