Is SoMa cannon in your opinion? What evidence do you think makes it so? Just wondering, I've been in a dispute with a friend who says it's not cannon because they didn't kiss.
No, they never kissedâin the anime, in the manga, in the video games.
Although, when both were under the influence of Kimâs magic and Spiritâs magic potion in the audio dramas (âŠlong story), Soul was attracted to her, and she was attracted to him. But that was magic, so it is not absolutely clear how they feel for each other and rather problematic to read shipping into those instances.
'Cause it's not like she ever noticed his sex appeal.
So they have only held hands.
 In a completely platonic fashion.
And she wanted him to call her âAngelâ like Kimâs boyfriend doesâin a completely non-romantic way.
And she is the only person who can enter his heart soul.
While they are getting pummeled by a Venom reject grafted onto the back of a traumatized child, she decides, hey, nowâs the best time to dance with her boyfriend sweetie weapon while they are dressed all fancy after the coward chickened out and left her dancing with her papa. (âŠWhere are you priorities, Maka?)
And they make beautiful music together.
Donât get me started on the head-touching.
There is also stuff about genderbent, but thatâs a long discussion.
And itâs not like their narrative and character development is built in part around Maka facing the idea of infidelity and how she determines to overcome such doubts based on the evidence that she can trust this person, this partnerâin body, mind, and soul.
On the one hand, I am annoyed by the need to turn so many opposite sex friendships into romantic or sexual relationships, as I think it limits storytelling options and suggests that the friendship has to be made romantic.
On the other hand, I ship itâI see the evidence, and I appreciate when writers, especially fan writers, draw upon previous chapters in order to make the relationship realistic and contributing something significant to the overall story. I think that almost any relationship can be made romantic with the right writer: it is just a problem of figuring out how to get that story to work without becoming cliche in the worst ways possible.
Others have written on the potential canon:Â this post by ilarual and Professor Maka, and this one by aliceunknown and empresslanfan, and a lot of stuff by many fan fic writers and fan artists.Â
And of course soma-is-debatably-canon.
Granted, what counts as âcanon relationshipâ is loose when it comes to shipping. Some people want a kiss; some people want âI love youâ; some people want hand-holding; some people want graphic detail; some people want the author to break into the comic itself, wave at the audience, and say, âTheyâre canon, now leave me alone!â
 (Still waiting for that kiss, Okubo.)
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