#the same tall broad-shouldered guys with the same boring short haircut and sharp eyes and long faces

[holydrakes]

I tend to be surprised with how popular Maka x Kid is in japan (still not as popular as Maka x Soul though) my guess is because Kid is the most popular character in general among fangirls but also because Soul isn't really built like your average conveniently attractive shojo romance male lead (well, by the timeskip he did become sexier, but he looked pretty ugly before that point) unlike Kid is, who is cute and handsome from the start. Hence some fans seemingly preferring him with Maka eventhough Maka had more ship tease with Soul (and Crona to a lesser extent. And in japan Maka x Crona is less popular than Maka x Kid)

Still though, I love that Soul is drawn like a gremlin and in the first part the kid looks totally uncool and ugly that any little girl likely won't have a crush on him at first sight only to be the guy with the most chemistry with the FLead and total boyfriend material too by the end (and he did become more conveniently attractive overtime)