

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:**

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rDNLn.png)


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Are the moon and the sun alive?


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](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8TnBJ.gif)

And they are sensitive to conditions of the atmosphere ![enter image
description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZphHc.gif)

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.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RX5wo.gif)

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](http://www.starlarvae.org/Star_Larvae_The_Stellar_Organism.html)

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


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