Soul Eater

The first episode was kinda disappointing. You're introduced to Maka and Soul, the Technician and her Weapon. Soul is a guy obsessed with being cool, whereas Maka is the typical serious, hardworking girl. You watch them hunt down the 99th soul and the final Witch Soul to transform Soul into a true Death Scythe... until something stupid happened and all their souls were confiscated by their school principal, Shinigami-sama. Soul can transform into a huge Scythe.

Side note: Shinigami-sama has an ungodly powerful Shinigami Death Chop, which is basically karate chopping anyone's head with his squarish fist. He's not as nuts as Kami-sama from Law of Ueki but he's still a pretty whacked dude. Not wacky. His Death Scythe is wacky, though.

Anyway, episode 2 stars Black Star and Tsubaki. And this is where the series picks up. Assassin rule 1: Hide yourself in darkness, hold your breath and find a way to your target. Assassin Rule 2: Read the target's mindset and deduce his actions and thoughts. Assassin Rule 3: Strike before your opponent even knows it. Ready? Go. "YAHOOO!! I'M BLACK STAR!! AND I'M GONNA ASSASSINATE YOU TONIGHT!!! How's that for an epic introduction!?" You can probably guess the rest now, right? But don't be fooled. When he gets serious, he can still match and probably even beat Naruto with 1 or 2 tails released. Tsubaki is capable of transforming into various ninja weapons. Chain scythes being the default.

Episode 3, you're introduced to Death the Kid. He is the son of Shinigami-sama. However, he refuses to immediately use a Death Scythe just because his father is a Shinigami. He chose to create his own Shinigami. A cool personality, a rational mind, capable of precise aim, and wields insane firepower. To put it simple, the perfect fighter. But because of that, he is obsessed with perfection. He wants everything to be nothing but symmetrical and will fall into a state of despair and worry if anything is not symmetrical. He hates his hair. Patty and Lizzy are his Weapons. They transform into two guns and are also capable of using each other in case Death the Kid decides to run home to check if the portrait on his wall is crooked.

And after 3 episodes, they scream "End of prologue and now, the main storyline begins." Great idea for main character intros, guys!

P.S. Hayate the Combat Butler will be airing on Animax starting June 11. I'm looking forward to it.