Ruby VS Maka

Ruby VS Maka is an upcoming episode of Death Battle, featuring Ruby Rose from the RWBY series and Maka Albarn and Soul Evans from the Soul Eater series in a battle between scythe-wielding school girls.
==Interlude==
Ringmaster shouts...
The screen then statics into playing the Death Battle intro.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win... a Death Battle.
==Ruby Rose==
==Maka Albarn==
==Prelude==
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. We've run the data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEE!!!
==Death Battle==
==Results==
We cut to the "Winner" card.
Wiz: The winner is...
==Original Track==
===Composition===
The track for this fight is "???" by ???.
===Title===
The title references…
===Cover Art===
The cover art depicts...
==Trivia==
===Production===
*The core connections between Ruby Rose and Maka Albarn are that they are both scythe-wielding teenage girls who aspire to be professional hunters of the evil creatures that threaten their worlds (Grimm and Kishin, respectively). Both attended special schools designed for this purpose that were overseen by immortals (Beacon Academy run by Professor Ozpin and the Death Weapon Meister Academy run by Lord Death, respectively) and eventually rose to become leaders of their respective teams. In addition:
**Both have mothers who were also students at said schools and have been mostly absent from their lives (Summer Rose and Maka's unnamed mother, respectively), instead being raised by their single fathers (Taiyang Xiao Long and Spirit Albarn, respectively).
**Both of their scythes follow the unique gimmick of their universes' weapons (Ruby has a melee-weapon/gun hybrid scythe, while Maka's scythe is actually a human who can transform).
**Both have powers that are connected to their souls (Aura and Semblances are powered by the soul, while Maka can use Soul Resonance), as well as secondary abilities considered rare in their worlds (the Silver Eyes and the Grigori Soul, respectively).
**Both of their greatest enemies are witches (Salem for Ruby and Medusa and Arachne for Maka).
**Sometime prior to his passing, Ruby's creator, Monty Oum, requested this matchup,User blog:CrossoverKing96/Road to 100 Archive: Thor vs Wonder Woman, Naruto vs Ichigo even having wanted to collaborate with Death Battle for the episode.User blog:CrossoverKing96/Road to 100 Archive: Hercule vs Dan, Yang vs Tifa
*Ben Singer has previously stated that he wanted Ruby's powers to be further explored in RWBY before doing this matchup.
*This episode was announced by Chad James at ConBravo in 2016Convention Hopper ConBravo 2016 - Death Battle Q&A and confirmed to release in Death Battle '25 during the Save Death Battle Kickstarter, having been part of the $600,000 stretch goal reward alongside another unrevealed episode.
===Other===
*This is the 20th Females-themed episode, after Rogue VS Wonder Woman, Felicia VS Taokaka, Chun-Li VS Mai Shiranui, Zelda VS Peach, Ivy VS Orchid, Yang VS Tifa, Cammy VS Sonya, Amy Rose VS Ramona Flowers, Android 18 VS Captain Marvel, Raven VS Twilight Sparkle, Black Widow VS Widowmaker, Weiss VS Mitsuru, Black Canary VS Sindel, She-Ra VS Wonder Woman, Batgirl VS Spider-Gwen, Blake VS Mikasa, Korra VS Storm, Harley Quinn VS Jinx, Scarlet Witch VS Zatanna, and Phoenix VS Raven.
*This is the third Web-Series VS Anime/Manga-themed episode, after Mob VS Tatsumaki and Blake VS Mikasa.
*Prior to this episode, Brandon Yates made a track for this matchup called "Remnants of the Soul" as part of his "What If?" commission tracks.
**This makes it the 15th episode that received its own commission track before its release, after Blake VS Mikasa, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers, Guts VS Dimitri, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Frieza VS Megatron, Gojo VS Makima, Galactus VS Unicron, Joker VS Giorno, Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Ash VS Yugi, and Simon the Digger VS White Lantern.
***This is the 14th one to be done by Brandon Yates, after Blake VS Mikasa, Goku Black VS Reverse-Flash, Jason Voorhees VS Michael Myers, Guts VS Dimitri, Bill Cipher VS Discord, Frieza VS Megatron, Galactus VS Unicron, Joker VS Giorno, Bowser VS Eggman, Kratos VS Asura, Master Chief VS Doom Slayer, Ash VS Yugi, and Simon the Digger VS White Lantern.
**This is the first episode with a commission track that features Therewolf Media as a guest artist, with the next three being Dante VS Bayonetta, Yang VS Tifa, and Kratos VS Asura.
**A vocal version was released a few months later, making this the second episode with a commission track that received vocals before the matchup became an actual episode, after Simon the Digger VS White Lantern.
==References==
Category:Death Battles
Category:RWBY episodes
Category:'Heroes' themed Death Battles
Category:'Protagonists' themed Death Battles
Category:'East VS West' themed Death Battles
Category:'Females' themed Death Battles
Category:'Mascots' themed Death Battles
Category:'Magic VS Technology' themed Death Battles
Category:'Web-Series VS Anime' themed Death Battles
Category:Death Battle '25 Episodes
Category:Confirmed Death Battles