Fairy Tail Anime Episode Discussion Thread [Episode 165 and Onward] [Archive] - Page 16

Ryus

2011-10-29, 01:24

There is actually speculation of Ultear joining Fairy Tail? Considering how little she thought of her mother and the whole helping to revive a creature that 'caused' her death just to use it...I'm not seeing much redemption there if you also toss the whole brainwashing Jellal into the debate. Anything can happen, but I really wouldn't expect it. The only thing I'm waiting for is a showdown with Gray. I mean Ul's daughter vs her disciple would be pretty good. Right now Ultear is the only villain I can think of to really last beyond an arc. Plus she was in a disguise with that whole island incident so can say that disguise only lasted an arc :).

Totally did not just check out the first page of that chapter :uhoh:.

Anyways considering how Natsu did against that King last arc he might be ok against the explosion guy if he's still hanging around that area. He'll probably get beat up by the blasts, but should at least be able to power up still.

This situation is crazy bad though. Gajeel is already out of commission, though suppose he can get back going again. Wendy is beat up, Lily isn't doing great himself either, and Makarov can't fire off Fairy Law. This is definitely bad.

As to Ultear the line of thinking was she didn't kill Gray last time they meet up and seemed to not care about Lyon vs Gray... and Fairy Tail rarely has purely evil characters. She also restored the village so she wasn't totally evil... I recall people even thinking that Ultear fixing all the damage Natsu will eventually cause would just make sense and get the council off FT's back. When you get down to it all the evil she's down was only about as bad as what Gajeel did but on a slightly larger scale. At least that's how there theory went... wasn't mine and I didn't subscribe to it back then.

I'm just saying there was a theory that she would... my personal speculation back then was that she'd be redeemed like Gerard but then arrested like him at arcs end too. Eventually FT would be made into a dark guild since they went "too far" for some BS reason, likely blamed for Zeref (I believed the Edolas arc was foreshadowing of that). Once they became a dark guild FT would eventually break into prison to free a few captured FT members and then free Gerard and Ultear too (plus knowing Erza, she wouldn't leave without him and Gerard would likely forgive Ultear if his memories return hadn't made him go full DS again yet and if he they did make him go DS again he'd want a minion on his side), thinking they had hope for good in them like Gajeel did.

As too Natus vs Azuma... this episode was 2 chapters so between the two no one knew Azuma had left the area. That's when the Natsu vs Azuma spec first came up...

Krono

2011-10-29, 01:58

There is actually speculation of Ultear joining Fairy Tail?

If they like a villain, or if there's a shred of a chance they'll get a heel/face turn; some people will speculation they'll join Fairy Tail on the rather peculiar theory that "so many/all former enemies join Fairy Tail."

I say peculiar because the list of former enemies that's joined the guild stands at Juvia, Gajeel, and Pantherlily. If you stretch the definition of "joined" to including becoming friendlier with everyone, there's Evergreen, Fried, and Bixlow as well.

Meanwhile Leon and his gang joined a different guild, the rest of Phantom Lord went off to do whatever, Erza's old friends went out to wander and learn about the world on their own, Laxus got thrown out of the guild, Jellal and the Oricon Seis were all arrested, and the Exceed left to search Earthland.

Then again, not much stops people from speculating all kinds of wild things anyways, so I suppose it shouldn't be that odd.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-10-29, 02:02

I think the fact that she's a natural troll makes it surprising. She trolled the council, she trolled Jellal, no doubt she's trolling someone here. We already have Natsu trolling bad guys with nakama power, and that's a GOOD troll. We don't need troll powers for bad. Also, I blame Ultear's battle suit. All during the manga version of this arc the only thing the fanboys could talk about is how big and sexy her ass looked in that battle suit.

thundrakkon

2011-10-29, 02:10

I am with FlareKnight on this with Ultear. Unlike the others who have joined Fairy Tail (including Gemini, Aries, and Virgo), Ultear has been a mastermind and plotter. She seems beyond redemption.

As for Meldy, she just does not fit the "I am evil" look or actions so far. Hence, she appears as a likely candidate to join. She is also cute, so that helps.

As for Capricorn... It is quite obvious, unless Fairy Tail pulls a fast one on us.

I would have thought Mest might have been a candidate as well, due to his goofiness. However, since he is a council member (I guess magical strength is not a requirement of them), I doubt he will join Fairy Tail.

I still think Zeref joining them would be quite a twist. The ultimate evil mage turning a new leaf.

Kafriel

2011-10-29, 04:17

Hey everyone! Now that the cat's out of the bag for Mest, it's safe for me to say that I saw the reveal coming a mile away. Rewatch episode 96 and take a good look with the scene from the council to see what I mean.
Didn't even need to, the OP revealed it pretty well at 1:22 :heh:
There is actually speculation of Ultear joining Fairy Tail?
Another enemy in the fight for Gray-sama? Juvia would go mad...now I really want her to join lol.

I say peculiar because the list of former enemies that's joined the guild stands at Juvia, Gajeel, and Pantherlily. If you stretch the definition of "joined" to including becoming friendlier with everyone, there's Evergreen, Fried, and Bixlow as well.

Meanwhile Leon and his gang joined a different guild, the rest of Phantom Lord went off to do whatever, Erza's old friends went out to wander and learn about the world on their own, Laxus got thrown out of the guild, Jellal and the Oricon Seis were all arrested, and the Exceed left to search Earthland.
This is actually a really good observation, the FT recruit numbers are really low! Gotta wonder how such a popular guild hasn't gotten any new members in the traditional way since Lucy.

Anyways, the episode was pretty cool, Makarov growing over 9000 meters and wrecking the ship was awesome...and Azuma winning a 1v3 really hyped up the 7 kin, can't wait to see more of them.

FuMa

2011-10-29, 04:27

Damn Purahito! WTF! Come on , i wanna see the reaction of Gray when seeing Ultear and what the heck happened to Purahito and Ultear , and they became Dark Mages . Oh come on , where is Mystogan and Luxus to end this fight , atlest Guiltarts is there ! I really cant wait for the next episode! DAMN I WANT EPISODE EVERY DAY!

Shiroth

2011-10-29, 04:32

Anime changed the look of the guards yet again :heh:. Guess they couldn't be bothered having each of them carrying a different character design.

& damn, at this point the adaptation is totally worth it just for Ultear's additional fanservice. :p

Kafriel

2011-10-29, 04:37

Oh come on , where is Mystogan and Luxus to end this fight
Luxus has been exiled, Mystogan was sent to another dimension. Pretty hard to make a comeback~

ookamigirl

2011-10-29, 07:12

New episode was pretty awesome!!
A whole bunch of action plus some new info about Makarov's past.
Natsu sure is dense sometimes LOL
Loved watching this one.

Eisdrache

2011-10-29, 13:43

I have absolutely no problem with Meldy joining Fairy Tail.

Meldy <3

Casshern

2011-10-29, 15:31

Shame that these eps are being let down by poor animation and directing when they're so nice otherwise.

FuMa

2011-10-29, 17:04

Luxus has been exiled, Mystogan was sent to another dimension. Pretty hard to make a comeback~

Yea mystogan will never come back :mad: , but remember Luxus , he never went against the guild. He just choosed the wrong way to become master . I am sure that one day he will come back and help the others ... I hope that it will be now , he is really strong and with him Grimoire will be defeated for sure!

ars89

2011-10-29, 17:48

I forgot to mention Wendy is getting better with her magic. Liked how she told Mest that FT wasn't going to get destroyed. As for others joining FT Meldy doesn't look like the evil type and hopefully Capricorn ends up with Lucy. As for Ultear i'm hoping not. I would really like to see her vs Gray.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-10-29, 18:12

Hmm, looks like Fairy Tail's in trouble. QUICK! THE GILDARTS SIGNAL!
http://one-piece.maxupdates.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/onepiece489.jpg...whoops
http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/1280x1024/2008/Photoshop_The_nuclear_explosion___bomb_011528_.jpg ...not that one either
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111003224109/fairytail/images/5/57/Gidarts_about_to_use_Dissassembly.JPG PERFECT! I wanted to use another one, but it was a manga picture, so it would be too spoilerish.

DmonHiro

2011-10-29, 18:13

Holy crap was Gajeel awesome in 102. I mean DAMN. Also, Levi X Gajeel confirmed.

Ramp

2011-10-29, 21:02

Why can't there be more anime like this, especially the music adds greatly to the enjoyment, can't wait untill the next ost comes out.

Dist

2011-10-30, 03:34

Yes, why can't there be more anime aimed at the kids with the battle sequences being so lame :rolleyes:. Don't get me wrong, I like FT, but I like lets see.. OP's battles more because there's blood and such and they seem more serious, like the characters are in actual danger.

Kafriel

2011-10-30, 04:07

Censorship doesn't help with that...but I'd say the characters have been in lethal danger many times already; Gray VS Leon, Natsu VS Gazille, Erza VS Jose, Erza/Natsu VS Gerard, etc.

Pwnago

2011-10-30, 06:41

Gildart looks kinda like Shanks (One piece) lool, but yeah Fairy Tail is like a good anime, since the anime builds up tension and this anime surprises you as well, like the part where Makarov just realised that he was fighting his second old master from the guild Fairy Tail. I mean how messed up how that can be ¬.¬. The anime just makes it so exciting to watch.

Cant wait until the fights O_o! :D

Tempest35

2011-10-30, 12:39

It's the 'blood' factor that's probably messing up the 'seriousness' of their fights. The most serious-looking battles with Natsu are probably vs Laxus and then Zero

Considering the timeslot and the direction that the producers wanted to take with the show, it's unfortunate that the blood has been left out....but hey... ya win some, ya lose some.

sergel02

2011-10-30, 16:36

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-10-30, 17:19

It's just a nuclear explosion, because that's what Gildarts is/does...nukes.

ars89

2011-11-04, 22:01

Oh man not everyday you see Makarov get man-handled. Hope he's not dead, got excited when they showed Laxus, maybe he'll come back early. So each of the 7 uses lost magic. Things are looking tougher since they're all exhausted already.

sergel02

2011-11-04, 22:32

The action in the episode was nice, though i was hoping for a bit more. Nice to see everyone do a little something.

immblueversion

2011-11-04, 23:07

Animation could have been better for Makarov's fight with Hades, and his crushing defeat could have been a little more dramatic. But hey, Laxus cameo!

Anyone else notice the younger Hades's epic design fail in the flashback? He enters the scene with a mustache that wasn't there in the last episode's flashback, and then it's gone the next scene (still in the flashback, mind you). Maybe he shaved it.

Tetsu Shiratori's Zancrow is growing on me.

Erza's little outburst towards Juvia's rather unnecessarily spontaneous fawning over Gray was adorable and kind of well-needed. I truly look forward to the moment when Erza sees what Juvia is truly capable of with Gray on her mind (yes, that one)...

Elfman and Evergreen's reaction to Rustyrose was priceless.

The title is Fire Dragon vs. Flame God, which promises both action and silly, sort of off-model faces.

Falcor

2011-11-04, 23:24

Quarkboy

2011-11-05, 00:22

Natsu: They think they can go nuts in someone's backyard, huh?
Happy: There are so many of them... What in the world are they after?
Natsu: Who cares? Let's bust 'em up! All of you Grimey Warts!
Lily: I-It's Grimoire Heart...
:heh:

Note, the original maloprop in Japanese was "Gu Choki Pa" = Rock Paper Scissors, instead of "gurimuwa- ha-to"

Decided to rewrite it for humor, seems I made the right decision.

sergel02

2011-11-05, 04:59

I always thought Erza and Juvia were supposed to fight Meredy, like somewhere else. I thought it was near the ocean; that's what the scenes in the manga looked like to me.

Lange Neus

2011-11-05, 05:59

Godslayer? Where's the coat and magic sword? Hair isn't red either :/

Also, there's something about that goatman that makes me wanna get over there and high five him...

ookamigirl

2011-11-05, 13:36

Juvia is still awesome with her adoration of Gray ^^
Our guild was putting up a good fight.
Makarov vs his Master... so weak.
Running out of magic/fatigue was a pretty serious recurrence.
Natsu vs Blondie guy - is it too much for him/for all of them?
Can't wait for next episode!!

maplehurry

2011-11-05, 21:37

Hades beat Makarov so easily. Now I wonder who will beat him without Gildartz being here.

thundrakkon

2011-11-05, 22:40

Hades beat Makarov so easily. Now I wonder who will beat him without Gildartz being here.

Well, it looks like lightning boy Laxus heard Makarov, so he will probably be heading towards the island soon.

I'm still wondering how all the Fairy Tail members will be able to fight back, considering how far of a disadvantage they seem to be having right now. If Gildarts ever returns for some odd reason, then it is a possibility to turn things around.

kaitok

2011-11-06, 00:28

this new episode is much better than the previous two episodes at least. it finally made me have the "I-cant-wait-for-next-ep" feelings. though im still quite sad that Gajeel got wasted just like that -.-

Dist

2011-11-06, 07:38

Gildarts is not at the island? Where is he? I seem to have overlooked him leaving or something because I can't remember..

Krono

2011-11-06, 12:33

Gildarts is not at the island? Where is he? I seem to have overlooked him leaving or something because I can't remember..

There was a brief mention that Gildarts, Fried, and Bixlow had already headed back.

thundrakkon

2011-11-06, 13:28

Also, Zeref, the greatest dark mage in world, can fight with Hades if he wishes to help out Natsu and Fairy Tail.

Etheral

2011-11-06, 14:05

Removes post because it's about the anime not manga. Anybody else get a little annoyed at the spell animation circles every time they cast?

Eisdrache

2011-11-06, 18:59

So we have:

Erza/Juvia vs Meldy
Elfman/Evergreen vs Rusty Rose
Lucy/Cana/Leo/Gray vs Caprico
Natsu vs Zancrow
Mirajana/Lisanna vs Azuma

I have no idea how the fights against Meldy, Zancrow and Azuma will go but the groups who fight against Rusty Rose and Caprico are in trouble. Gray/Leo are exhausted and Cana/Lucy aren't exactly the greatest fighters. Same with Elfman, who is physically strong but probably won't hold a candle against lost magic. Evergreen should simply get overpowered as long as you don't look her into the eyes.

Also Ultear and Kain Hikaru roaming around somewhere, not to mention Hades himself.

edit: Caprico is a goat right? How high is the possibility of him being a celestial spirit? Leo noticed him first so it's fairly obvious to me but I might be wrong.

Clarste

2011-11-06, 23:52

edit: Caprico is a goat right? How high is the possibility of him being a celestial spirit? Leo noticed him first so it's fairly obvious to me but I might be wrong.

98%. It's not like they're hiding it much.

KyriaL

2011-11-07, 03:53

so old and getting thrown around and beaten like a rag-doll, Makarov is going to feel the muscle aches after all this. And guess they cant resist 'nekofying' Lisanna.

Falcor

2011-11-07, 06:50

And guess they cant resist 'nekofying' Lisanna.
I doubt there will be many complaints there. Besides, now that she's back, she can't let Lucy and Erza have all the fun. :D

larethian

2011-11-08, 00:16

takeover became cosplay, so now Erza has a competitor :heh:

Undertaker

2011-11-08, 00:27

And let's not forget the "real" Titania, Evergreen...:p

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-11-08, 00:49

Anybody else besides me thinks Lisanna needs an uber take over like her siblings? Any mythical/legendary animal forms she can take? And by the by, no, legendary pokémon don't count.

Kafriel

2011-11-08, 05:39

Don't harpies count?

Casshern

2011-11-08, 07:47

Anybody else besides me thinks Lisanna needs an uber take over like her siblings? Any mythical/legendary animal forms she can take? And by the by, no, legendary pokémon don't count.An epic take-over for Lisanna? How about "exceed soul"?

Kafriel

2011-11-08, 07:48

Wings and neko-power combined? :O Happy wouldn't approve though, she'd want to be Natsu's pet afterwards...

immblueversion

2011-11-08, 11:08

Don't harpies count?

Harpies aren't animals.

Kafriel

2011-11-08, 15:46

Satan doesn't count as an animal either :) They're half-beasts and mythical creatures, that qualifies based on Cola's question...

kaitok

2011-11-09, 01:28

but lisanna can only take over for animals while her siblings can take over demons and beast... this it self is already unfair to her -.-

even the fiercest animal cant beat the beast and satan.

thundrakkon

2011-11-09, 03:02

but lisanna can only take over for animals while her siblings can take over demons and beast... this it self is already unfair to her -.-

even the fiercest animal cant beat the beast and satan.

Well, if you include extinct animals, then they could be quite powerful. You have the saber toothed tiger, woolly mammoth, and even dinosaurs. Right now, they are just trying to make her cute with the cat form. If she was serious, she would be able to use better animals.

kaitok

2011-11-09, 14:04

Well, if you include extinct animals, then they could be quite powerful. You have the saber toothed tiger, woolly mammoth, and even dinosaurs. Right now, they are just trying to make her cute with the cat form. If she was serious, she would be able to use better animals.

well at least her cat form is more powerful than her bird form during the test when she and juvia VS erza... but wow, i wanna see her in those extinct animal forms that you mentioned... but technically according to how elfman get his take-over... means lisanna still have to go close to those animals? which are already extinct? than dammit i dun think she'll ever get to take over those :/

one thing she has a priviledge... there's only 1 demon, and 1 beast. but there's lots of animals! XD

Quarkboy

2011-11-09, 15:48

well at least her cat form is more powerful than her bird form during the test when she and juvia VS erza... but wow, i wanna see her in those extinct animal forms that you mentioned... but technically according to how elfman get his take-over... means lisanna still have to go close to those animals? which are already extinct? than dammit i dun think she'll ever get to take over those :/

one thing she has a priviledge... there's only 1 demon, and 1 beast. but there's lots of animals! XD

But doesn't this world have various animal-people?

Lisanna could totally go out and find some kind of Toriko-esque mega creature, beat it, and get a "The Beast" or "Satan Soul" -level Take Over of her own.

White Silver King

2011-11-09, 20:54

No one will ever hold a candle to Mirajane... She is perfect and has the best magic ever forever.

larethian

2011-11-09, 21:50

No one will ever hold a candle to Mirajane... She is perfect and has the best magic ever forever.

Yeah. Mira can be an 'M' or 'S' :heh:
Wait, aren't there other threads to discuss these things?

White Silver King

2011-11-09, 22:02

Wait, aren't there other threads to discuss these things?

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100704091955/fairytail/images/thumb/f/f8/Mirajane%27s_Demon_Eyes.jpg/200px-Mirajane%27s_Demon_Eyes.jpg

Etheral

2011-11-10, 12:23

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100704091955/fairytail/images/thumb/f/f8/Mirajane%27s_Demon_Eyes.jpg/200px-Mirajane%27s_Demon_Eyes.jpg

She has the perfect hair color to make that black cloud on her angry face extra menacing. :D

Etheral

2011-11-10, 22:59

Casshern

2011-11-11, 03:01

What she needs is something really useful and powerful, like bunny-soul. That way she can compete with Erza's bunny-requip.

thundrakkon

2011-11-11, 03:07

While that may be true, what animals in Edolos did she see? Maybe there are some rare and OP animals we don't know about.

That is true. When we saw Edolas, Natsu met that giant fish animal that also traveled on land. However, I think she would look really ugly if she transformed into that. :uhoh: Although, I think it was mentioned as filler, who is to say there are not a lot of other animals just as powerful in that world. On top of that, if she met a dragon, does it mean she can turn into one?

Ash Falls Town

2011-11-11, 07:40

What she needs is something really useful and powerful, like bunny-soul. That way she can compete with Erza's bunny-requip.
She does have a rabbit form. She first used it to build her and Natsu's house as a kid and she used it in the Erza fight too.
Although when she used it to fight she basically just rammed into her.

I think there was a giant frog or lizard in Edolas but Mirajane can already transform into a giant snake (Fantasia Parade) so we know there are other giant animals in Earthland. Although their are those Legion things Coco and Mystogan rode but they're only used by the army so she'd probably never got in contact with them.

immblueversion

2011-11-11, 08:19

That is true. When we saw Edolas, Natsu met that giant fish animal that also traveled on land. However, I think she would look really ugly if she transformed into that. :uhoh: Although, I think it was mentioned as filler, who is to say there are not a lot of other animals just as powerful in that world. On top of that, if she met a dragon, does it mean she can turn into one?

Even if she met any animals in Edolas, she wouldn't be able to take them over because she couldn't use any magic there, remember? Just like that little predicament Natsu and Wendy were in?

Etheral

2011-11-11, 13:09

Even if she met any animals in Edolas, she wouldn't be able to take them over because she couldn't use any magic there, remember? Just like that little predicament Natsu and Wendy were in?

I thought she just needed to meet them to remember for next time or something. The magic is becoming them.

Krono

2011-11-11, 14:01

Technically speaking, Lisanna could do a number of the half-human mythic creature using ordinary animal takeovers. She's already technically done harpy, and it should be possible for her to do ones like lamia, mermaid, or centaur.

On a different note, titles for episodes 105-108 are up at:

http://anime.webnt.jp/programs/view/64

For those curious, rough translations based on wikipedia's chapter titles:

105: Fire Dragon vs. Flame God
106: The Ultimate Magic World
107: Arc of Embodiment
108: Door of Humanity

As for which chapters those correspond to:

105: Chapter 218
106: Chapter 221
107: Chapter 222
108: Chapter 223

My guess would be that 105 is 218+219, 106 is 220+221, 107 is 222, and 108 is 223+224.

White Silver King

2011-11-11, 15:37

Technically speaking, Lisanna could do a number of the half-human mythic creature using ordinary animal takeovers. She's already technically done harpy, and it should be possible for her to do ones like lamia, mermaid, or centaur.

But like that she can't take advantage of their supernatural abilities, just that normal animal's strength/speed. I mean, she could get bat wings but she wouldn't be a vampire. Her ability will probably evolve into Taking Over mythical creatures like her siblings - the non-beast and non-demon ones. Mirajane has Satan Soul and if she has any other forms they're probably Demon forms, Elfman is "manly" beasts, so I don't see a reason why Lisanna couldn't be something like an actual mermaid, harpy, siren, etc (Lamia's are demons so that would fall under Mirajane's territory - in fact, her current form is probably very close to a Lamia).

Etheral

2011-11-11, 15:47

Let's say Lisanna is stuck to only creatures that are non-mythical. She could make herself into deadly poison snake scorpian or giant poison frog/scorpian hybrids. My point being she could do poison animals that are super rare and deadly. :)

White Silver King

2011-11-11, 15:52

That's a good idea too. I didn't think of poison - I don't think she has it in her though.

Etheral

2011-11-11, 16:32

That's a good idea too. I didn't think of poison - I don't think she has it in her though.

I think the entire Fairy Tail guild doesn't have it in them, besides Laxus and his group, even then it's maybe.

Krono

2011-11-11, 16:52

@White Silver King

That's pretty much why I said "technically". The situation I had in mind was using a partial fish take-over to get a mermaid's tail likely would not gain the whole "breathe underwater without gills" ability that most depictions of mermaids have.

I think the entire Fairy Tail guild doesn't have it in them, besides Laxus and his group, even then it's maybe.

What? To poison people, or to kill their opponent? Because if it's "kill people" I'm pretty sure that Erza at least has that resolve what with the whole "lead a slave revolt when she was a child" thing.

White Silver King

2011-11-11, 21:01

Etheral

2011-11-11, 23:15

Erza, Laxus, Fried, Bickslow and possibly Mirajane (though maybe not anymore, she stopped herself from killing Fried so she can probably be pushed to kill) are probably the only ones with the balls to kill their opponent.

I don't understand how the others can live with themselves. They defeat these evil people, who most of the time are assasins and killers, then let them go free. Don't they think of the countless lives being ruined because they didn't finish them off.:uhoh:...:)

If anyone should be the killer Gray should be the one to finish off people. I mean his family and friends have died from the evil Monster, and he wanted revenge. Why doesn't he apply that thinking to humans?

thundrakkon

2011-11-11, 23:24

Episode 105 was so exciting. I have to give major kudos for Natsu's VA, Kakihara Tetsuya. He sounded really cool in this episode when he turned things around.

Still, considering the power difference of Grimoire Hearts and Fairy Tail mages, the turnaround to victory by Fairy Tail is not too convincing. It is like suddenly Natsu is way, way stronger, and Zancros suddenly became weak. Yes, there was power-up, but I don't think to that large a scale.

However, I do believe the current S-Class mages of Fairy Tail can hold their own against the Grimoire Hearts. Hence, Mirajane should be able to win her fight, as well as Erza. The rest, I am not convinced if it is a straight on fight of strength.

I expect Wendy to come by at some point to heal people up.

FlareKnight

2011-11-11, 23:54

So Natsu gets beat in part one of the fight before rebounding nicely in the second half. Yeah all he needed to do was adjust his body so he could eat god flames :heh:, so simple. Pretty crazy for sure, but it worked out in the end. Just needed something like Makarov getting beaten up to get him charged for the rest of this arc.

Hopefully Wendy and the cats are alright :heh:.

Should be interesting to see how this Mirajane and Lisanna fight goes. Mirajane can tap into her powers more though if she's back even to where she was before that traumatic incident is hard to say. She'll need to be at her best if she's going to match up against this kind of opponent though.

Is it that hard for the group of 4 to realize this guy is a spirit? How many talking goats do they know about :heh:? If that wasn't enough the name is a good enough clue. At least Loke eventually figured it out. Still poor showing from the leader of the gold keys. Come on Loke are you seriously going to lose against a goat?

Eisdrache

2011-11-12, 01:30

This episode had 1-2 really nice soundtracks in it. As for the episode itself the story was ... fairly weak. Natsu suddenly being able to eat the flames of a god? Leo taking forever to figure out the identity of the goat? At least Mirajane/Lisanna seem to be on par with the explosives guy for now.

Shiroth

2011-11-12, 04:48

Off animation at times, though the new BGM pieces made up for it. Decent episode.

Looks like the anime team are keeping their budget for next weeks episode, which personally is a brilliant idea. Next week is going to be explosive.

Kafriel

2011-11-12, 06:11

Caprico's facing four exhausted mages and thinks he's hot stuff :heh: Natsu erasing his magic power means he could die from a single hit, it was a pretty risky thing to do, especially considering people's life force is connected to their magic. It was a cool episode, I doubt we've seen the last of Zancrow just yet...next week's gonna be awesome though.

Lumir

2011-11-12, 06:24

Pretty good episode this week. Natsu emptying his own body of magic power to absorb another. And to top it off combining the two for a devastating attack!

And its just like the leader of an evil group to sit back and wait until the very end... Its just to common in anime. Least we got some info on him, it seems he taught his 7 leaders their magic.

Looking forward to the next ep. BTW where is Ereza?

Eisdrache

2011-11-12, 07:01

Erza? She is fighting Meldy with Juvia.

The real question is, where is Mest?

Kafriel

2011-11-12, 07:16

And its just like the leader of an evil group to sit back and wait until the very end...
Funny, I'm pretty sure he was busy kicking Makarov's ass last week :heh:

Tempest35

2011-11-12, 18:30

Hades did his part, he took down Makarov. He wasn't sure that even the strongest of his 7 Kin could beat the 3rd master so he did it personally. Besides, all of them were spoiling for a fight anyway so he's letting them have it. No harm in that.

It's just that Makarov's culivated very strong mages in his guild that value not only strength, but ingenuity, tactics, and a little luck as well. In a stand-up strength fight, yeah, the Lost Magics would trounce everything that Fairy Tail has to offer and then some, but battles are rarely about standing still and butting the next guy over to death. :heh:

ars89

2011-11-12, 18:51

So Mira notices Lisanna has gotten stronger. Well hopefully from the preview we'll finally see Mira go all out. Wonder if Loke will tell Lucy that Caprico is a spirit, because i doubt Lucy will ever figure it out. Also how is Caprico stronger than Loke, who is supposed to be the strongest spirit?

Wow Natsu's moves weren't doing anything on Zancrow. Luckily seeing Makarov all beat up lit the fire in his belly. Nice idea from him to empty his magic to eat another type of flame. Props to his VA, very well executed, especially at the end when he said all of them are going back to FT together.

Guardian Enzo

2011-11-12, 22:12

My heart will always belong to Lucy, but a few more camera angles like we had this week and Lisanna will be making a very strong claim...

Lumir

2011-11-13, 01:17

Erza? She is fighting Meldy with Juvia.

The real question is, where is Mest?

Oh right I forgot =).

Funny, I'm pretty sure he was busy kicking Makarov's ass last week :heh:

I was refering to the fact that hes going to sit and wait for his 7 leaders to do the rest of the work, including finding "the dark wizard".

KyriaL

2011-11-13, 09:20

When will they show Kain? He alone is enough to lighten up the mood. And they showed Nekosanna again!

Dextro

2011-11-13, 12:14

So Mira notices Lisanna has gotten stronger. Well hopefully from the preview we'll finally see Mira go all out. Wonder if Loke will tell Lucy that Caprico is a spirit, because i doubt Lucy will ever figure it out. Also how is Caprico stronger than Loke, who is supposed to be the strongest spirit?

Maybe because Loke is running on his own magical energy instead of using his contract with Lucy to materialize in Edolas.

White Silver King

2011-11-13, 12:42

I'm really looking forward to the Mirajane fight. I've seen it in the manga and I'm excited to see it animated, especially since the anime tends to make it longer and add more spells.

Kafriel

2011-11-13, 12:47

When will they show Kain? He alone is enough to lighten up the mood. And they showed Nekosanna again!

Lisanna: nyanyanyanyanya!
Azuma: looks like there are strong people in the guild...
^teh lols :D
Oh right I forgot =).
That's his specialty... :O
My heart will always belong to Lucy, but a few more camera angles like we had this week and Lisanna will be making a very strong claim...
The studio's really trying hard, gotta give them credit for that :)

Clarste

2011-11-13, 13:38

Also how is Caprico stronger than Loke, who is supposed to be the strongest spirit?

Well, based on the dialog it's pretty clear that Caprico is using some sort of tricky magic. Rather than dodging or blocking, he's making his opponents miss. Naturally you'd expect there to be something like illusions or fate control or something like that. So while he loses to Loke in pure strength, he can easily win with good strategy. Nothing weird about that.

ookamigirl

2011-11-13, 14:15

Natsu vs crazy blond guy.
That was one seriously epic fight.
Pissed off Natsu is just awesome!
Geez, those Grimoire Heart wizards are really really strong, guess it's no wonder since they all use incredibly powerful lost magic.
Seems like there is still a chance for Fairy Tail...

DeadBonesDooM

2011-11-13, 15:55

I loved the part where they showed Lisannas ass :D
Kinda loved it
Paused it for few minutes just to enjoy. :O
Ohh im wierdo :O

Falcor

2011-11-13, 17:59

Wonder if Loke will tell Lucy that Caprico is a spirit, because i doubt Lucy will ever figure it out.LMAO - While I could see Lucy having a blonde moment, I would hope she manages to figure that out on her own.
Also how is Caprico stronger than Loke, who is supposed to be the strongest spirit?Well, based on the dialog it's pretty clear that Caprico is using some sort of tricky magic. Rather than dodging or blocking, he's making his opponents miss. Naturally you'd expect there to be something like illusions or fate control or something like that. So while he loses to Loke in pure strength, he can easily win with good strategy. Nothing weird about that.Also, don't forget that Caprico has access to Lost Magic, putting Loke at an even greater disadvantage.

As for Loke acting solely on his own power, the same argument can be used for Caprico, eliminating that as a possible factor.

I loved the part where they showed Lisannas ass :D
Kinda loved it
Paused it for few minutes just to enjoy. :O
Ohh im wierdo :ONah, weird would be denying it.:p

Quarkboy

2011-11-14, 05:51

As for Loke acting solely on his own power, the same argument can be used for Caprico, eliminating that as a possible factor.

Well, Caprico sure seems like his own master but there's nothing that says he couldn't have been summoned by someone offscreen, maybe even Hades himself. I don't think there's such a thing as a distance or time limit for celestial spirits as long as the summoner is sufficiently strong enough.

Falcor

2011-11-14, 13:07

Well, Caprico sure seems like his own master but there's nothing that says he couldn't have been summoned by someone offscreen, maybe even Hades himself. I don't think there's such a thing as a distance or time limit for celestial spirits as long as the summoner is sufficiently strong enough.
That's a good point; allow me to correct my previous statement: As for Loke acting solely on his own power, the same argument can be used for Caprico, eliminatingreducing the likelyhood of that as a possible factor.:)

Hades named Caprico as one of the seven Kin of Purgatory, so it is highly unlikely that a summoned celestial spirit would even be considered for such a high ranking position. However, an exiled celestial spirit would make a prime candidate - sort of the same circumstances as Leo becoming Loke. Hades doesn't strike me as an idiot, so I doubt he would place such trust in an entity that could suddenly vanish if anything happened to its master.

Clarste

2011-11-14, 16:33

Well, if he is the master he wouldn't need to worry about that.

chase023

2011-11-16, 01:01

I loved the part where they showed Lisannas ass :D
Kinda loved it
Paused it for few minutes just to enjoy. :O
Ohh im wierdo :O

Guess I wasn't the only one watching.. LOL

I am not sure if I am remembering correctly but did Master Hades mention in the anime something about his 7th Kin of Purgatory?

I think I may be mixing up my Manga and Anime sequence LOL...

Anyways I am excited to see this arc animated!!

Falcor

2011-11-16, 01:37

I am not sure if I am remembering correctly but did Master Hades mention in the anime something about his 7th Kin of Purgatory?Yes, he mentioned them in the latest episode (105).I think I may be mixing up my Manga and Anime sequence LOL...It's easy enough to do, especially with how quickly the anime is catching up. :eyespin:

Etheral

2011-11-18, 20:33

Yes, he mentioned them in the latest episode (105).It's easy enough to do, especially with how quickly the anime is catching up. :eyespin:

That's when things get scary :uhoh:

I hope the anime handles it well. Crosses fingers for decent filler (I don't even watch the anime, but its success can only help.).

immblueversion

2011-11-18, 21:42

I am not sure if I am remembering correctly but did Master Hades mention in the anime something about his 7th Kin of Purgatory?

What are you talking about? We already know the names of all seven right now:

Ultear
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_ultia.gif

Azuma
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_azuma.gif

Rustyrose
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_lastyrose.gif

Meldy
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_meldy.gif

Kain Hikaru
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_hikaru.gif

Caprico
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_cap.gif

Zancrow
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/fairytail/images/c_zankuro.gif

immblueversion

2011-11-18, 23:08

New episode's out.

Huge improvement in animation, and amazing performances from everyone involved. "Evil" Zeref (for lack of a better name) was particularly awesome. Of course, they say Lisanna had three minutes to live on the bomb, but they ended up making it five. They actually showed us the "Ultear vs. Zeref" fight, and they made it plenty intense. It was seriously worth watching, actually seeing Ultear catch him (not because I actually hate the poor emo guy despite what's been said about him, but because fighting such a fight between such strong opponents had to be seen).

Looks like next week will adapt two chapters at least. We get to see what may be the rest of Elfman & Evergreen vs. Rustyrose, and it seems Loke will get serious against Caprico.

TheEroKing

2011-11-19, 00:59

http://i.imgur.com/ftimf.jpg
Oh Evergreen, you so hot even while lying down :love: :love: :love:

Lumir

2011-11-19, 02:23

Oh Evergreen, you so hot even while lying down :love: :love: :love:

Sorry but ultear stole all the fan service IMO this episode. Though her fight seemed lack luster the skin tight body suit and determination made it a worthwhile experience.

FlareKnight

2011-11-19, 04:45

Poor Mirajane, but unfortunately it was an expected outcome. Ever since Lisanna was 'killed' she has barely fought and her personality had a drastic change. Asking her to fight one of the best of Grimoire Heart in that condition was too much. Seems like she used up quite a bit just from that test against Eflman and Evergreen.

At the very least she's down for the count here. Though if Lisanna's reaction means anything it could be worse than that...

They've all got some tough enemies to face here. Definitely worried about Elfman and Evergreen. They've got a tough opponent there.

Their plan is pretty crazy as well. Pretty much make it a world where if you don't have some kind of magic you won't be able to survive....Well at least they are making it easy for Fairy Tail to be motivated in stopping them.

MechR

2011-11-19, 04:52

Huge improvement in animation, and amazing performances from everyone involved.
Strange, I thought the budget-saving animation really stuck out in this ep. Reused clips everywhere, particularly for face shots. Felt Mirajane got shortchanged :(

haegar

2011-11-19, 04:59

Ever has always been a worthwhile experience, while Ultear only seldomly reaches such hights in this arc :heh:

Shiroth

2011-11-19, 08:08

It's a shame every episode of Fairy Tail can't look this good.

immblueversion

2011-11-19, 09:01

Strange, I thought the budget-saving animation really stuck out in this ep. Reused clips everywhere, particularly for face shots. Felt Mirajane got shortchanged :(

Well, maybe it's more like everything was less off-model. The anime really didn't do Zancrow all that much justice.

It's a shame every episode of Fairy Tail can't look this good.

Haven't seen the anime look so good since the Tower of Heaven arc. That's where the first season hit its peak, production-wise.

Wonder how the movie's animation will fare. I can't wait to see footage, or at least screenshots (if I can't see how well it's animated, I at least want to see how good it looks).

ookamigirl

2011-11-19, 11:16

Mirajane is totally awesome in her demon form!!
The whole Lisanna thing was pretty intense.
OMG that's Zeref?! Guess things are about to get real serious.

Qpax

2011-11-19, 11:21

Can't wait to see fight between Azuma&Mira <3!

White Silver King

2011-11-19, 11:30

Really awesome episode. The Mirajane fight was great (if only she hadn't used Satan Soul against Evergreen and Elfman, she could have Soul Extinctioned his ass), and I got chills at the end of it. I'm also happy they animated the Ultear v Zeref fight.

haegar

2011-11-19, 11:31

I might be wrong but I do believe neither Droy nor Jet are currently on Tenrou Island,likewise, you are NOT in the manga thread :heh:

larethian

2011-11-19, 11:51

don't you guys wonder how Mirajane 'covered' for Lisanna? I never did get it. Or it must be a Mashima thing.

haegar

2011-11-19, 12:05

:heh:

in terms of physics it seems inexplainable. Depeding on what you prefer she protected her by the power of love, nakama or her ample cleavage cushioning away the blast. Multiple choice is possible. :D

larethian

2011-11-19, 12:12

there should also this choice then:
- one of those Mashima plot holes a Mashima phenomenon . :heh:

haegar

2011-11-19, 13:39

wait, there WAS an explanation in manga? lemme re-read that, I totally did NOT get it there, either :heh:

White Silver King

2011-11-19, 13:40

^I got it wrong, so I deleted my message. It was just Mashima being Mashima.

Etheral

2011-11-19, 13:53

I'm glad the animation is getting better, is there still the magic circle thing every time they do magic?

thundrakkon

2011-11-19, 14:13

Lumir

2011-11-19, 15:09

Is Ultear serious? The greatest dark mage is already pissed off at you, and now, you want him to fully awaken with full powers, which could probably kill you in an instance?

From the anime standpoint, it looks like Mirajane redirected the magic off the plants and shot it to the nearby tree to explode. She then used her well cushioned anterior to prevent any damage to Lisanna. :uhoh:

So Wendy will need to heal Natsu's scarf in order for him to recover. What a strange magical scarf?

As for Loki, I wonder if he will resort to using Lucy's magic in order to have his full powers to fight Capricorn?

Lol i was thinking along the same lines. But if they do awaken him I think his entire personality will change.

And yes in the anime it showed the explosion or magic of it being redirected behind Mirajane falling to the ground and exploding. Her back too all the damage as her well endowed front body protected her sister.

As for natsu's scarf its magical. He stated he got it from Igneel and gramps told us just this ep that it helps natsu recover. Thing im wondering about is when will natsu go scale like again. It seems hes at his strongest when scales appear.

Loki should be able to stand up to capricorn if he goes all out. Since they are both... you know =).

immblueversion

2011-11-19, 15:24

And yes in the anime it showed the explosion or magic of it being redirected behind Mirajane falling to the ground and exploding. Her back too all the damage as her well endowed front body protected her sister.

I actually think they changed it so they can actually explain how the hell Mirajane defended her sister from an explosion. In the manga, we're left to assume that the bomb merely explodes...so how would hugging Lisanna help? Wouldn't it blow them both up? So they changed it so that the bomb would let out a burst of light that appears in front of Lisanna, thus placing Mirajane in between her sister and the explosion and acting as a far more effective human shield. Whether or not Mirajane actually knew this would happen, however, is beyond me.

Kaijo

2011-11-19, 16:12

don't you guys wonder how Mirajane 'covered' for Lisanna? I never did get it. Or it must be a Mashima thing.

It was very quick, so it was difficult to see, but watch the explosion again. Right before it went off, there was a green glow around Lisanna, that suddenly hopped over Mirajane and exploded, so Mirajane was using her body to shield Lisanna from the blast. I think Mirajane used her magic to shift the point of explosion slightly.

Edit: The anime, at least, makes it a bit more clear about what went on. At least, that's the explanation on the situation that I'm sticking with for now.

ars89

2011-11-19, 17:53

Oh man hope Mira isn't down for the count. Like how she redirected the explosion into her. So does Lisanna not know that Mira couldn't use her powers while she was assumed dead?

Lol Natsu tells Makarov to fight then collapses. Interesting how the scarf is preventing him form recovering.

Lol Elfman and Evergreen have no shot at winning. THey keep arguing with each other. Like how Rustyrose thought it was love between them.

Ww did Ultear just take him Zeref down? I know he's not in his true form, but still. Ultear does have some interesting magic. Wonder what the key is to waking him up.

haegar

2011-11-19, 19:31

Well tbh it looked as if Ultear just barely managed to contain his deathwave with the timearc. WOnder how that worked? His Wave ages things to death and she rewound it? noclue. Her spandex suckz, but still, her facial expressions were a spledour to behold. If he ain't waking from that, then maybe he be sleepwalking for all eternity? :D

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-11-20, 03:24

Well Well, according to the good ecchi providers of Aisle-H, Mirajane was: "anatomically correct" this week, interesting...

Kafriel

2011-11-20, 06:48

Mirajane was: "anatomically correct" this week
When wasn't she? :eyebrow:

Nice episode, Mira losing to Azuma was pretty emotional, what with Lisanna surviving this time around, but...
Evergreen and Elfman don't seem to live up to the S-class wizards, I mean sure Rustyrose is strong, but they could learn a thing or two when it comes to teamwork.

haegar

2011-11-20, 06:57

When wasn't she? :eyebrow:

Nice episode, Mira losing to Azuma was pretty emotional, what with Lisanna surviving this time around, but...
Evergreen and Elfman don't seem to live up to the S-class wizards, I mean sure Rustyrose is strong, but they could learn a thing or two when it comes to teamwork.

cut E&E some slack, they might yet discover teamwork once they discover other truths about themselves :heh:

classic

2011-11-20, 10:05

OMG, Fairy Tail became ecchi. Mira-nees boobs were fascinating. Add to this sweet camera angles on Ever and Ultear and you will have perfect ecchi episode.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-11-20, 15:36

When wasn't she? :eyebrow:

Nice episode, Mira losing to Azuma was pretty emotional, what with Lisanna surviving this time around, but...
Evergreen and Elfman don't seem to live up to the S-class wizards, I mean sure Rustyrose is strong, but they could learn a thing or two when it comes to teamwork.
I mean blatant camel toe showing anatomically correct.

Shiroth

2011-11-21, 15:22

OMG, Fairy Tail became ecchi.
It has been for a long time, just that most people don't notice.

KyriaL

2011-11-24, 22:31

Is Ultear's outfit a little too tight-fitting or what? surprising it did not 'burst' with so much action going on.

ars89

2011-11-25, 23:37

Like hoe Elfman use take over to copy Rusty's arm. To bad their plan didn't work. Interesting how well those to get along. Well there goes another 2 FT members, they're dropping like flies.

Like how Mest was standing up for FT against the other council member. So they did get etherion working again?

Nice to see Loke get serious even though he had a different motive for his 1 on 1 match. Like how Caprico turned it around the contract thing and he as a spirit summons humans. Wow Lucy's mom had a contract with Caprico!

Lol how Natsu thought he smelt Zalty but it was just Ultear clinging to Zeref.

immblueversion

2011-11-25, 23:47

Lol how Natsu thought he smelt Zalty but it was just Ultear clinging to Zeref.

What are you talking about? Natsu did smell Zalty, and it was Ultear. Apparently the narrator (who is starting to become annoying the way he feels he has to remind everyone of everything as if we'd have forgotten what happened two seasons ago) should have reminded you that Zalty was Ultear in disguise. Natsu had never met Ultear outside of Zalty's form, and she smelled the same then as she does now (like women's perfume), so him reasoning that he was smelling an old masked man who smelled of women's perfume is perfectly logical.

Shiroth

2011-11-26, 04:22

Kafriel

2011-11-26, 07:02

^Not so little :P Good episode, shows how awesome Loke is...even if he gets beat up, he fights in a suit and never gets it dirty/ruffled even if he's bleeding xD Capricorn's rising knee was cool though.
Elfman/Evergreen sure got it hard, but they really tried, gotta give them that much. Too bad their opponent controls friggin reality, how do you fight that :O
Mest finally reporting in...okay, Zalty is one thing, but I doubt Mest's magic works on viewers, so why introduce him as if he hasn't been on air for ages?
Natsu finally reverted from the black/pink back into the good old pink/black fashion!

ookamigirl

2011-11-26, 09:08

Pretty intense episode!
Elfman and Evergreen sure ended up in a pretty serious pinch.
Everyone has a difficult battle going on.
The situation has gotten pretty serious for Fairy Tail.

Tempest35

2011-11-26, 11:46

I just had to laugh at Elfman's bishi eyes that he gave to Ever. And Ever blushing is freaking cute. This episode has officially made me an Elf/Ever shipper.

And will someone PLEASE shut Rustyrose up soon...pwease?

Dextro

2011-11-26, 18:06

Not as pretty as last weeks episode, though it certainly did the job. Especially during the first half of the episode.

I've been waiting to see this big twist scene regarding Caprico and Lucy's Mother animated, and it did not disappoint.

& that little Lucy fanservice scene was a nice touch. Points goes to those that spotted it. :p

I must say that Lucy has a pretty nice Gainax Bounce going there. :heh:

I just had to laugh at Elfman's bishi eyes that he gave to Ever. And Ever blushing is freaking cute. This episode has officially made me an Elf/Ever shipper.

And will someone PLEASE shut Rustyrose up soon...pwease?

I'll join in. I'm not a big fan of either character but this episode sold me on their pairing.

FlareKnight

2011-11-26, 19:00

I do have to say it'd be nice if the series didn't think the viewers were that stupid :heh:. We can kind of piece together who Mest is even without them having to outright explain it. Now things are getting interesting though since he has this conflict about reporting in when the result could be Etherion being fired on the island.

Sucks for Elfman and Evergreen, they just couldn't match up here. What a crazy powerful guy able to just mess around with reality itself. Though on the positive Elfman did get a new take-over. Still this is yet another loss and we're running out of Fairy Tail members to win fights with.

Made sense that Natsu smelled Ultear though he's going to be damn confused when he sees a woman instead of her masked disguise :).

Good move by Loke to get Lucy out of there. I have no idea what happened with her mother to make Capricorn want to kill Lucy though. Wasn't a surprise her mother was a spirit mage considering Lucy had to pick up that magic somewhere. Still it brings back that mystery of the dragons and why Lucy's mother died. It figures Loke has to deal with an annoying power of being able to summon captured humans. Still time for the leader of the gold keys to show his stuff. Still Capricorn is doing surprisingly well considering he's been out of the spirit world for that long.

immblueversion

2011-11-26, 19:13

Quarkboy

2011-11-26, 20:40

Doesn't anyone else think that Capricorn living outside the spirit world for 17 years is the least bit strange, considering Loke, one of the strongest spirits around, could barely last three years? Spirits don't lose their minds over that period of time; they fade to nothing and die. Maybe it's because Loke doesn't express surprise that all of you decide to overlook it. But something else might be afoot, like some power or presence that's sustaining his body.

Well, like Loke said in the episode: 17 years in the human world without a master is seemingly impossible, but even with a master that master's magic power would have to be off the charts to keep them summoned for that long, hence his question "Who the hell is your Master?"

Loke's supposed to have more magic power himself than any other of the zodiac spirits (I'm pretty sure), and he only managed to stay in the human world with his own power for... what was it, 2-3 years? Anyway, not even close to 17. Capricorn's magic shouldn't be as large as Loke's on his own, so he needs a master or some other source of power to stay in the human world that long.

Acadia

2011-11-27, 04:23

Theory: Capricorn's power comes from the lost magic 'human servants' under his control. Mooching of his servants power I guess. That or he just doesn't give a hoot since Layla abandoned him 17 years ago. Hell of a grudge to want to attack Layla's daughter as well. The whole "OMG he's a spirit!" thing was boring. The fact that he actually was a spirit for the Hartfillia family was surprising. Not quite sure how Lucy will forgive Cap for ensalving people like he has. That's a sore spot that needs to be ironed out delicately. :/

Eisdrache

2011-11-27, 19:32

I don't really care about Capricorn. Meldy is the only fight currently going on that we haven't seen a single second yet.

immblueversion

2011-11-27, 20:16

I don't really care about Capricorn. Meldy is the only fight currently going on that we haven't seen a single second yet.

Well, get used to him for a bit longer, because it can be safe to assume that the next episode will get to the root of his predicament and perhaps bring his battle with Loke to a close. After all, the next episode title is "Human Gate," so it'd probably make up half the next episode.

Who knows how long the fight with Meldy will be in the next episode. It may be a third of the episode or it may be two minutes, like Gray/Loke vs. "Mest"/Wendy.

Now, as for the rest of the Kin: Natsu is currently on Ultear's trail, so a confrontation between them seems likely, and Hikaru's still on the island, meaning he's bound to bump into someone sooner or later. So besides Zancrow (who's pretty damn well beaten) and Caprico (who's fighting Loke), Azuma and Rustyrose remain unchallenged and undefeated.

Anyone care to guess who will fight (and maybe beat) who? It can even be a wild guess.

crazypeter

2011-11-29, 08:05

As we see, it is extremely hard for someone in fairy tail to kick the bucket. No matter how powerful the magic is , it is even hard to see someone bleeding. But in this series~S level contest.

Well, I am speechless whenever Natsu become invincible when his emotion erupted.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-02, 23:14

I see, so it was a human that was controlling Capricorn. I'm really happy Loke won^^. Looks like Natsu is facing Ultear, and the morale of team FT is being reset to power up. Next week, it's Kain's turn to "fight".

immblueversion

2011-12-02, 23:14

- Natsu traces "Zalty's" scent back to Ultear, and the two fight. Ultear seems to be fighting Natsu much more seriously than their last fight on Galuna Island.
- Erza and Juvia are fighting Meldy, whose power seems to be creating magic blades that damage one's nerves. These particular blades can actually damage Juvia's water body.
- It turns out "Caprico" is a human named Zoldio who tried using his Human Subordination magic on Capricorn, fusing with the spirit and taking over his body.
- Having been trapped in the form of a goat for 17 years, Zoldio covets Loke's more human-looking body and takes him over. However, Loke gives his Regulus ring to the newly freed Capricorn, who uses it to blast Zoldio out of Loke's body (and a hole through Loke's chest, but he's cool with it). With no spirit to possess, Zoldio fades to oblivion.
- Capricorn reveals that Layla, who retired, gave his key to Zoldio so he could give it to Lucy when she came of age. Zoldio agreed at first, but then turned evil. Now free, Capricorn declares Lucy to be his rightful owner as she should have been all these years.
- Loke fills Lucy in on all the details (she'll be getting Capricorn's key). However, he's forced to stay in the spirit world to recover after the fight, leaving Gray without a partner for the exam.
- Cana wants to get the battle with Grimoire Heart over with so she can continue the exam, and suggests they split up and look for the remaining members of the Seven Kin. Gray thinks it's a bad idea (I agree), but he reluctantly agrees; now Gray's on his own while Lucy's with Cana.
- Back at the camp, Levy and Lisanna tend to the injured Gajeel and Mirajane. They're unconscious, but alive. Elfman and Evergreen stumble into the camp, both alive but in the same bad shape. Levy blames Fairy Tail's poor performance against Grimoire Heart on the exam, which caused everyone to temporarily prioritize themselves over their allies. She decides that everyone must now fight their enemy together as allies once more.
- Lucy and Cana continue their discussion about the location of Mavis's grave. After a bunch of logical reasoning, Lucy reasons that the grave is located on Path E, the tunnel where Natsu fought Gildarts. How does Cana respond? She knocks Lucy out with a sleeping spell and leaves her behind to reach the grave herself.
- While Lucy's snoozing, a rather familiar face pops up from the bushes, and he does not look friendly.

Wow, Cana. That was cold. If you aren't feeling as bad about it as you should, then you really should be.

Looking closely at the preview, it would appear that the next fight will involve voodoo magic of sorts.

ars89

2011-12-02, 23:24

Glad Loke won and now Capricorn is with Lucy, even though he was with her the whole time. Nice to see Natsu going at it with Ultear. Levy's comment was nice about banding together again.

Wow wtf is Cana thinking, she's still trying to finish the exam when it was already put on hold and the rest of FT is getting destroyed by the enemy. Then she just takes out Lucy right when one of the enemies shows up. Whatever reason she has it is no way good enough, lost some respect from me.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-02, 23:50

For all of you keeping score at home. Lucy's hand on the ground is the same one from Charle's Vision, so we're now 3 for 4 on her visions.

immblueversion

2011-12-02, 23:55

For all of you keeping score at home. Lucy's hand on the ground is the same one from Charle's Vision, so we're now 3 for 4 on her visions.

Actually, we're 2 for 4. Or rather 3 for 5. We've yet to see Cana crying (anyone care to guess why, be my guess) and stuff crumbling down. The other three are Natsu trembling (his battle with Gildarts), Lucy's hand (which we just saw), and Zeref himself.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-03, 00:07

God bless you blue for being very attentive. You have no idea how long people kept saying that Natsu trembling and lucy's hand didn't happen and that it was Makarov's hand that was on the ground-v-. They made Kain Hikaru look like a super genius.

FlareKnight

2011-12-03, 04:25

Cana is pushing it for me though. It was clear she only decided to split things up so she could continue the test and not to find the enemy. If they get wiped out who exactly does she think is going to pass her on the test? I mean WTF Cana. We have a serious threat coming and not only does she run off on her own, but she further limits Fairy Tails fighting strength by knocking Lucy out? But hey it's fine since she kind of put her on the side of a trail...so she can be eaten by wild animals or killed by an attacker! Clearly from the preview it all works out fine, but yeah at this point I hope she gets crushed on the way to that route. Don't really care what her reasons are at this point. I'm sure it will be some emotional moment when its revealed, but it's not going to make what she's been doing here ok. It was fine to be a bit focused on the test, but still doing what was necessary. Now she's leaving everyone to die so she can pass a test that no one is going to be around to grade her for.

This episode could have been renamed "WTF Cana." Honestly wonder how she's been a part of the S-Class Tests to begin with other than having been around for a while. Had more respect when she was just the heavy drinker of Fairy Tail.

Some interesting stuff though in the Spirit Battle. Some really close calls there. Turns out Capricorn wasn't a bad guy at all, but just got left with someone who got corrupted by dark magic. Though seriously Lucy's mother should have worked on her ability to judge characters. That guy had villain written on his face to begin with. But yeah Lucy gains a new ally which is always great.

Props to Loke overall though. It was a tough fight and could have lost his body. But in the end he won and that's what matters. Leader of the Zodiac keys retains the title :).

Looks like a tough one there for Natsu though might end up changing opponents....

Anyways now the question is who Gray will run into. Still plenty of options considering how badly they got beaten so far. Though still would give a thumbs up to a matchup against Ultear in a daughter vs disciple showdown :).

Levy has it right though. Everyone was alone and that hurt them. Their enemies are just at the level where they have to pull together to win. Though the situation is bad.

sergel02

2011-12-03, 05:05

Fairy Tail anime>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fairy Tail Manga

Was Levy's speech in the manga? I don't remember reading it?

Kafriel

2011-12-03, 08:03

Hikaru Kain and dat rape face in the end...Well, can't blame him, if a sleeping Lucy appeared in my path, I'd probably have the same looks :D
Capricorn vs Leo was awesome, Loke really deserves his leader status in the zodiac. Very nice backstory for Capricorn as well, and with this, Lucy's power goes up once more!
Natsu vs Ultear: I never understood wtf she did in the manga, seeing it animated didn't help.
Erza&Juvia vs Pink: one whole attack for this episode. Bet she'll land another one next week :) Speaking of which, the title for the next episode is amazing...wonder if Natsu will really do that.

ookamigirl

2011-12-03, 08:38

Natsu & the leaf... LOL
Juvia & her fantasy about Grey, so cute ^^
Leo & Capricorn finally found common ground.
Pretty good episode!

immblueversion

2011-12-03, 10:04

Was Levy's speech in the manga? I don't remember reading it?

That's because you forgot about it (i.e., yes it was).

Pwnago

2011-12-03, 19:46

Why would Cana leave her guild mate byself when there are two guilds at war.. I mean its not the time to think about herself but think about other people as a team. Like what Levy said. Working as a team is the way to go lol. I'm really curious what Cana is up to. She's been after the goal for S-Rank, but also something on her mind lol.

Oo.. The fight between Capricorn and Loke was interesting. I'm pretty sure that if Loke is the strongest zodiac, and was only able to stay in the human world for 3 years without going to the spirit world, it would be kinda dodgy if Capricorn who is has less magical powers than Loke can stay in the human world for 17years? I pretty sure Loke would realise that something was dodgy..

The battle between Meldy vs Erza Juvia would be pretty interesting as we dont know much about Meldy.

Good episode, next week is going to be great :) <-- Hopefully haha.

KyriaL

2011-12-04, 20:12

Lets be prepared to see some Cana rants, as happened in the manga section.

Kain's part will hopefully be the most epic of all the 7.

sergel02

2011-12-05, 17:16

Does anyone watch it on Animefreak.tv?

immblueversion

2011-12-06, 14:10

You folks might want to check this out.

5ryTO5WKRYc

Shiroth

2011-12-06, 14:14

^We still need a thread for the movie.

immblueversion

2011-12-06, 14:28

^We still need a thread for the movie.

Just made a request (trailer included).

White Silver King

2011-12-06, 17:51

Natsu vs Ultear: I never understood wtf she did in the manga, seeing it animated didn't help.
She manifests all the possible future paths of the orb and points them at one location (Natsu).

immblueversion

2011-12-06, 18:42

She manifests all the possible future paths of the orb and points them at one location (Natsu).

That actually makes a lot more sense to me, reading it as you wrote it.

So "path" means "physical linear direction," is how I now understand it. Is that wrong?

White Silver King

2011-12-06, 20:31

Nope you're right. It's kind of broken (imagine what she could do with a knife) but I still like her :P

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-06, 22:35

You folks might want to check this out.

5ryTO5WKRYc
Lucy: Someone save me...from the evil monster bra that's trying to make my boobs not jiggle.
Natsu: UUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Seriously though, cool teaser.

immblueversion

2011-12-06, 23:08

Nope you're right. It's kind of broken (imagine what she could do with a knife) but I still like her :P

If it wasn't broken, it wouldn't be Lost Magic. Well, it seems more broken than others, but all Lost Magic is broken in one way or another (under the right circumstances).

Kafriel

2011-12-07, 02:20

Human subjugation was pretty broken too, Zoldeo could summon a flippin' army out of thin air. There's also Zeref's dark wind, how do you fight against something that kills everything? :uhoh:

She manifests all the possible future paths of the orb and points them at one location (Natsu).
That helped, thanks :)

Quarkboy

2011-12-07, 02:27

sergel02

2011-12-07, 04:04

^ rofl I think that theory is too advanced for most of us =P

With that said, it makes more sense than anything else said. Powers and magic like Ultear's defy concrete reason. Personally i never found it super profound in its simplest form. I dunno, seemed kinda obvious to me.

larethian

2011-12-07, 04:16

I personally interpret it as her having control over collapsing the quantum wavefunction of objects at whatever measurement she chooses.

If you use the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics that makes perfect sense.

Lol, thanks for reminding me about your postdoc in quantum physics. I love the fact on how I don't understand a single thing in your thesis on quiver gauge theories :heh:

I'm more inclined to believe that everything in Fairy Tail is attributed to the "Mashima Plot Hole Theorem". :heh:

Kafriel

2011-12-07, 07:06

So Ultear just let Schrodinger's cat have babies and then killed them all at once?

Krono

2011-12-07, 22:43

The new opening/endings are apparently due in January. They're reported to be:

OP: I Wish by MilkyBunny
ED: Boys Be Ambitious!! by Hi-Fi CAMP

immblueversion

2011-12-07, 23:16

The new opening/endings are apparently due in January. They're reported to be:

OP: I Wish by MilkyBunny
ED: Boys Be Ambitious!! by Hi-Fi CAMP

Let's hope they won't be the last opening and ending.

I'm still wary about the anime abruptly ending or making up their own ending instead of coming up with a filler arc or two, because the anime and manga remain dangerously close to each other.

sergel02

2011-12-08, 03:10

I liked the last filler arc.

And thankfully its nothing like Bleach :P

but yeah, i was thinking the same thing.

GundamFan

2011-12-08, 17:15

Let's hope they won't be the last opening and ending.

I'm still wary about the anime abruptly ending or making up their own ending instead of coming up with a filler arc or two, because the anime and manga remain dangerously close to each other.

I wouldn't worry to much they're releasing movies, video games and ovas so the series is probably going to be kept going for awhile.

I liked the last filler arc.

And thankfully its nothing like Bleach :P

I like there filler arcs as well. Fairy Tail's filler is much better then Bleach's there really is no compairison but then again they have managed to keep the general feel of the show along the same lines and don't cut to it mid story arc.

immblueversion

2011-12-08, 18:28

I like there filler arcs as well. Fairy Tail's filler is much better then Bleach's there really is no compairison but then again they have managed to keep the general feel of the show along the same lines and don't cut to it mid story arc.

I'm not so much worried about filler so much as where they're going to put it. I'm all up-to-date with the manga (I just like to encourage speculation for those who aren't), so I have a good idea about where filler could work in the future, but I wonder if the anime makers will have the same idea.

GundamFan

2011-12-09, 00:04

I'm not so much worried about filler so much as where they're going to put it. I'm all up-to-date with the manga (I just like to encourage speculation for those who aren't), so I have a good idea about where filler could work in the future, but I wonder if the anime makers will have the same idea.

Will Fairy Tail does seem to be using short enough story arcs that it shouldn't be a problem unlike say Bleach where they keep switching to this random side story filler arcs in the middle of an arc.

I'm loving the Tenour Island arc I'm wondering if Levy and Gajeel endup together.

immblueversion

2011-12-09, 00:11

I'm wondering if Levy and Gajeel endup together.

SPOILER ALERT: We too also wonder that.

(I just wanted to say that regardless of whether or not you also read the manga.)

GundamFan

2011-12-09, 00:54

SPOILER ALERT: We too also wonder that.

(I just wanted to say that regardless of whether or not you also read the manga.)

Thanks I've started reading the manga today so I'm still acouple hundred chapters back.
One thing I don't get is it didn't seem like Levy should have been out of magic and when she came back with help Gajeel was still concisous so why didn't she make more iron to charge him backup. Also one thing I thought was interesting was the o in iron had a heart shaped hole maybe a hint.

Quarkboy

2011-12-09, 03:21

Thanks I've started reading the manga today so I'm still acouple hundred chapters back.
One thing I don't get is it didn't seem like Levy should have been out of magic and when she came back with help Gajeel was still concisous so why didn't she make more iron to charge him backup. Also one thing I thought was interesting was the o in iron had a heart shaped hole maybe a hint.

I'll have to look back at her other appearances, but doesn't Levy's solid script magic have cute flourishes to them all the time?

Girls tend to dot their i's with hearts, things like that. I think it's just her writing style.

Not to deny the obvious Levy Gajeel shipping going on.

GundamFan

2011-12-09, 09:00

immblueversion

2011-12-09, 22:45

As expected, Kain Hikaru's battle was by far the silliest confrontation between Fairy Tail and the Seven Kin. Still, he actually put up a decent fight and served as a major threat for Lucy, especially when she was on her own. Of course, his defeat was inevitable once Natsu got involved. In fact, this fight only lasted one whole episode.

The highlight of the whole episode was probably the finisher, which ended up being one of those silly improvised attacks with the phrase "Secret Attack" attached to the front. The last two times it happened (Natsu's "Kitty in Pain" technique in the Tower of Heaven and Gray's "Eating Picked Plums" attack against Wendy) have proven to be among the funniest moments in the whole series. This, however, truly took the cake: when the episode's title said "Lucy Fire," they really weren't kidding.

The classic Natsu/Lucy/Happy trio from the earliest episodes really shined in this one: regardless of all the silly stuff they do to each other (mostly Natsu to Lucy), they always come through for each other. It was made even better when the three reformed their team like they did early in the series. It seemed more like a joke way back then, but they've really proven to have pulled together. The way I see it, Natsu and Lucy actually seem more like brother and sister than a romantic couple the way they play around and tease each other while maintaining such a close, warm bond.

Now that the silly villain has been taken down, it seems things will only get more serious from here. It also looks like we'll be getting quite the downpour next time. And when it rains, well, I just can't help but think of her.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-10, 00:18

Kain Hikaru, a true japanese otaku: Male, pale, and full of fail. At least he got to see a no-pan Lucy before keeling over.

TheEroKing

2011-12-10, 01:22

That had to be the funniest episode of the series so far and easily one of Aya Hirano's best work as an voice actress. You can never have enough Lucy :heh:

HiddenMessage

2011-12-10, 01:27

Did anyone catch the scenes for the next episode? Natsu was sitting on a broken tree like a BAWS!

FlareKnight

2011-12-10, 02:10

Well definitely a great episode overall. Though I was surprised Lucy once again fell into the trap of completely blowing away her magical power by using so many spirits in a short amount of time. I know the situation was desperate, but wasn't she given that special whip so she wouldn't put herself into a helpless state? Was a good chance to see her cycle through some spirits we haven't seen in a while like Cancer, but that was it.

Still it had some intense moments like Lucy getting beaten that badly and Natsu not being in a position to do anything but watch. Luckily he realized they could use Kain's magic against him. That final attack was fun since it really did include everyone in that fight including the enemy. Was good to have the trio standing strong and showing their bonds.

A sad thing is that Lucy doesn't realize that Cana betrayed her and left her like that. Of course it's like Lucy not to doubt her ally.

Anyways preview makes it seem like things are just going to get wilder. Still that threat of an Etherion attack, but also some interesting matchups that could be fun.
Possible Gray and Ultear matchup getting set-up?

Ryus

2011-12-10, 02:14

That had to be the funniest episode of the series so far and easily one of Aya Hirano's best work as an voice actress. You can never have enough Lucy :heh:

I kinda agree but...

Sadly... the filler jokes in the first half made it way less funny than the manga was (chapters 226 and 227 for anyone wanting to compare the two). Don't get me wrong the last half was a riot for the most part but the first half just had too many just random things for my tastes since the humor didn't flow and it felt very disconjointed with them needlessly extending jokes just to introduce a spirit to fight whom didn't (that whole I wanna eat your sprites was so bloody lame since after the first one disappearing you'd think he'd get the hint that he couldn't eat them). All it made me want to do was scream use Gemini and it's over Lucy (Mashima must view him as too hax to use... so much wasted plot potential, crying shame :(). I was also upset that they revealed Natsu a good 20 seconds before Kain happens to fly though Natsu's kicks path thus saving Lucy, in the manga it just happens so fast you have to look back to realize what's about to happen (or if you catch it you have this OMG what is about to happen moment :heh:)

Overall I thought they blew the funniest 2 chapters of the arc, but since the source material was so good it didn't come out horrible either just nowhere near as good)... the episode salvaged itself in the end but not enough to but it even close to on par with the original manga. After reading the manga I was holding my guts laughing for 10 minutes and talked about that chapter for weeks (I called it the funniest chapter in FT for quite some time even), so maybe it's just that I had my hopes set too high that they would dreadfully edit the hell out of these 2 chapters but they did and overall it was poorly done IMHO... especially vs the manga where everything flowed amazing well.

They even changed some things needlessly, like Lucy was supposed to have figured out on her own what Kain was doing in an instant but instead in the anime we got a lame and fairly long explanation from kain, followed by mr accouncer guy claiming it could end the world, and Happy responding to him mid episode. I was kinda wondering how anyone but a 9 year old could find that funny.

Honestly all this episode did for me was make me fear what will happen to later super funny chapters where 2 chapters is too short for a single episode and 3 too long, so I fear like they did here that they'll stretch out any jokes as much as possible (thus killing the flow of the final punch line) to avoid having an episode with 5 minutes of the next plot line at the end of the chapter. It's fine having a few filler punches and all but taking away elements of the jokes and throwing in lame filler jokes instead is just a travesty.

Shiroth

2011-12-10, 05:05

That had to be the funniest episode of the series so far and easily one of Aya Hirano's best work as an voice actress. You can never have enough Lucy :heh:
I agree with both statements :heh:. Plus, i truly enjoyed this episode from start to finish. It's a shame not every episode can be like this.

Casshern

2011-12-10, 05:08

Awesome, one of the best fights so far. Shame about the narrator ruining the mood every time. And Taurus... FFS get it together Taurus!

sergel02

2011-12-10, 05:53

Rofl loved this episode. I read it in the manga but didn't find it nearly as funny.

Kafriel

2011-12-10, 06:24

Shame about the narrator ruining the mood every time.
QFT, it's really bad to have him pop up in the middle of a fight...But the episode was hilarious nonetheless :) If only Aries and Kain could have a Gintama-like long story together :heh: Despite his ridiculous nature, Kain was pretty strong, shame he could protect his own magic from the hands of his enemies...Lucy fire has claimed its first victim!

ookamigirl

2011-12-10, 09:17

Lucy's encounter with the weird grimoire heart wizard was just ROLF
That guy sure was a dumbass.. but strong too.
Natsu sure did a number on Lucy's weirdo chaser, but the turnaround of power was just brutal on both Lucy and Natsu.
Using the cursed doll on Lucy while doing some serious ass kicking was amazing!!

Quarkboy

2011-12-10, 10:26

They even changed some things needlessly, like Lucy was supposed to have figured out on her own what Kain was doing in an instant but instead in the anime we got a lame and fairly long explanation from kain, followed by mr accouncer guy claiming it could end the world, and Happy responding to him mid episode. I was kinda wondering how anyone but a 9 year old could find that funny.

Protip: The shows target demographic IS 9 year olds.

Tempest35

2011-12-10, 10:38

The only way Lucy Fire could have been better is if she suddenly started spinning like a drill at Natsu's 'HISATSU~!'...(seiyuu joke)

"Luuucy DRRIIIIIILLLUUU FAAAIIIIIYAAAAH!"

GundamFan

2011-12-10, 10:43

I had mixed feelings about the episode it was funny and I enjoyed it in that regard but I wish they wouldn't make Lucy and her summons look so weak.

Casshern

2011-12-10, 11:15

Quarkboy

2011-12-10, 11:25

I don't think they give kids enough credit tbh. They've just shown Natsu setting the doll on fire and Happy taking it to high speed, then the narrator says "Allow me to explain; Natsu set the doll on fire and Happy took it to high speed." Even a 9 year-old would want to slap him and say "no shit!" The director is pretty crap imo.

I think you just missed the joke, frankly.
It's a parody of sentai shows. The cliche thing is that in sentai shows whenever a character uses a super power the narrator (or perhaps a scientist on scene, whoever) chimes in to "explain" the super power.... "Let me explain: By vibrating his teeth at supersonic speeds, Plaqueman creates extremely high pitched sonic waves that resonate with the titanium bones of his enemy, causing them to super heat and explode!"

etc...

So yes, it's stupid humor but it's rooted in classic sentai tropes. It's something frankly even middle aged people would find amusing if they were fans of these sorts of shows.

Kafriel

2011-12-10, 12:31

The only way Lucy Fire could have been better is if she suddenly started spinning like a drill at Natsu's 'HISATSU~!'...(seiyuu joke)

"Luuucy DRRIIIIIILLLUUU FAAAIIIIIYAAAAH!"

Would have been even more awesome if he had said "Gattai!" and have Happy attach to Lucy, GL-style :heh:

Dextro

2011-12-10, 12:43

I think you just missed the joke, frankly.
It's a parody of sentai shows. The cliche thing is that in sentai shows whenever a character uses a super power the narrator (or perhaps a scientist on scene, whoever) chimes in to "explain" the super power.... "Let me explain: By vibrating his teeth at supersonic speeds, Plaqueman creates extremely high pitched sonic waves that resonate with the titanium bones of his enemy, causing them to super heat and explode!"

etc...

So yes, it's stupid humor but it's rooted in classic sentai tropes. It's something frankly even middle aged people would find amusing if they were fans of these sorts of shows.

So it's in essence a case a cultural gap between us western folks and the Japanese then. My first reaction to it was to facepalm at the seemingly unnecessary explaining but looking back at the scene with that knowledge I can see the joke.

This was without a doubt one of the funniest episodes in Fairy Tail for a while now and I for one was very happy to see it, things have been so tense lately that a bit of comic relief feel refreshing to keep the mood of us viewers up.

Falcor

2011-12-10, 14:10

Protip: The shows target demographic IS 9 year olds.

I don't think they give kids enough credit tbh. They've just shown Natsu setting the doll on fire and Happy taking it to high speed, then the narrator says "Allow me to explain; Natsu set the doll on fire and Happy took it to high speed." Even a 9 year-old would want to slap him and say "no shit!" The director is pretty crap imo.

I think you just missed the joke, frankly.
It's a parody of sentai shows. The cliche thing is that in sentai shows whenever a character uses a super power the narrator (or perhaps a scientist on scene, whoever) chimes in to "explain" the super power.... "Let me explain: By vibrating his teeth at supersonic speeds, Plaqueman creates extremely high pitched sonic waves that resonate with the titanium bones of his enemy, causing them to super heat and explode!"

etc...

So yes, it's stupid humor but it's rooted in classic sentai tropes. It's something frankly even middle aged people would find amusing if they were fans of these sorts of shows.Thanks for the explanation, Quarkboy. Now I don't feel quite so abashed admitting I enjoy this sort of humor. http://54.imagebam.com/download/LhZkXnc-pH4xzu-HVNg0lw/16195/161948327/whistling.gif

Anyone who thinks this episode was bad should definitely steer clear of Rave Master; FT is tame in comparison when it comes to this variety of humor.

While not an outright fan of the style, it is a guilty pleasure. Just one of those things that is better not to analyze, since that defeats the point of the silliness. It would be akin to critiquing classic cartoons like Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies. I still enjoy watching reruns of those even now as an adult, silliness and all.

Guardian Enzo

2011-12-10, 14:51

Such delicious Lucy service and outright hilarity. One of the best overall eps in a long time.

ars89

2011-12-10, 16:37

Hilarious ep. Kain was actually stronger than i had thought. Lucy Fire was awesome though.

MasterVampire

2011-12-10, 21:31

Hey guys I was thinking about starting to watch this show.

But can anyone tell me how many episodes are in English so far and how often they come out?

I like watching english dubs over subs but I also noticed this show has like 100+ eps and Im just wondering if I should wait like full metal brotherhood or just watch them subbed.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-11, 01:03

12 episodes, probably looking in a monthly/bi-monthly or more depending on Funimation's mood.

sergel02

2011-12-11, 03:50

I just gotta say, I LOVE Gajeel's English voice. Suits him so well i think. Juvia's is nice too, though it sounds a bit old for her.

immblueversion

2011-12-11, 11:07

I just gotta say, I LOVE Gajeel's English voice. Suits him so well i think. Juvia's is nice too, though it sounds a bit old for her.

Some people got it early through RightStuf.com. That site literally ships their goods as soon as they get them, which is pretty frickin' damn early.

I can never resist watching things online, but because I'm very fond of this dub, the last thing I want for it to do is die, so I support the show by buying the DVDs as presents for other people.

That said, please don't link to other sites. There are people who'd much rather not pay for what they want to see, which is sad. Plus, it discourages people from supporting Funimation, which will prove fatal for this dub. Remember what happened to D.Gray-Man and Case Closed? Well, I have no reason to know that you would remember, but still, don't let the dub stop getting made.

sergel02

2011-12-11, 14:57

Well i bought the DVDs so i guess i didn't think much of it lol. But it makes sense.

Bu what happened to D-gray man! I was wondering why season 3 and 4 never got dubbed.

immblueversion

2011-12-11, 15:48

Bu what happened to D-gray man! I was wondering why season 3 and 4 never got dubbed.

Because not enough people wanted to buy the DVDs, Funi couldn't afford to license and more seasons of D.Gray-Man and dropped it. Word has it that Funi's actually trying to get it back, but I have no way of knowing that for certain (don't ask where I heard because I can't even remember). I suppose it could be brought back through popular demand, but I don't want to have to go through that with Fairy Tail. It'd just waste time and prove agonizing for those who love this dub, myself included.

sergel02

2011-12-11, 17:07

I was so ready for season 3 =(

Lenalee has that huge fight in that season, and I'm hoping to see Lucy or Levy or Wendy in a fight that big (and win). No one else helping them, just them alone with the enemy.

GundamFan

2011-12-11, 21:43

Because not enough people wanted to buy the DVDs, Funi couldn't afford to license and more seasons of D.Gray-Man and dropped it. Word has it that Funi's actually trying to get it back, but I have no way of knowing that for certain (don't ask where I heard because I can't even remember). I suppose it could be brought back through popular demand, but I don't want to have to go through that with Fairy Tail. It'd just waste time and prove agonizing for those who love this dub, myself included.

I hope you don't mind me chimming in but for those who don't have the money to buy the dvds please remember to check and see if there is official sub version of what you want to watch online. I know the commercials are annoying but they due help to pay for licensing and it is free.

immblueversion

2011-12-11, 22:15

I hope you don't mind me chimming in but for those who don't have the money to buy the dvds please remember to check and see if there is official sub version of what you want to watch online. I know the commercials are annoying but they due help to pay for licensing and it is free.

People could use Adblock Plus if they use Firefox. It totally gets rid of all ads, plus it's free. In fact, I've been using it for so long that I constantly need to be reminded that ads even exist through the YouTube comments complaining about them.

Plus, people should watch the dubbed version as well if that were to help for Funi to dub the second season.

GundamFan

2011-12-11, 22:57

People could use Adblock Plus if they use Firefox. It totally gets rid of all ads, plus it's free. In fact, I've been using it for so long that I constantly need to be reminded that ads even exist through the YouTube comments complaining about them.

Plus, people should watch the dubbed version as well if that were to help for Funi to dub the second season.

I didn't even know there was such a thing as ad lock. I agree with you people should watch the dub version but some either can't or won't for a variety of reasons.

The dubed episodes funimation had on youtube seemed very well done.

immblueversion

2011-12-12, 00:14

I didn't even know there was such a thing as ad lock. I agree with you people should watch the dub version but some either can't or won't for a variety of reasons.

The dubed episodes funimation had on youtube seemed very well done.

Someone seemed kind enough to make some videos sampling some of the voices of characters that debut in Part 2. I'll just put it up in case anyone cares (and if it's allowed)...

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Ryus

2011-12-12, 00:19

^Great find, but I wanted to hear Juvia going nuts over Gray... not her mellow self before meeting him. :( I mean how can I judge that... she's not revealed her true self yet :heh::p

Protip: The shows target demographic IS 9 year olds.

Actually it's 9-15 year olds :p

Hence my comment was about them only targeting the dumbest audience member.

I don't think they give kids enough credit tbh. They've just shown Natsu setting the doll on fire and Happy taking it to high speed, then the narrator says "Allow me to explain; Natsu set the doll on fire and Happy took it to high speed." Even a 9 year-old would want to slap him and say "no shit!" The director is pretty crap imo.

QFT

I think you just missed the joke, frankly.
It's a parody of sentai shows. The cliche thing is that in sentai shows whenever a character uses a super power the narrator (or perhaps a scientist on scene, whoever) chimes in to "explain" the super power.... "Let me explain: By vibrating his teeth at supersonic speeds, Plaqueman creates extremely high pitched sonic waves that resonate with the titanium bones of his enemy, causing them to super heat and explode!"

etc...

So yes, it's stupid humor but it's rooted in classic sentai tropes. It's something frankly even middle aged people would find amusing if they were fans of these sorts of shows.

Allow me to explain. A punch is when you roll your fists up and move it very fast so a hard part of the fist hits a soft part of someone you don't like with the intention of hurting them. The narroator needlessly chimes in when a simple rewrite with Lucy, Happy or Natsu saying something similar could have worked much better. Like Lucy saying you "HOW DARE YOU USE ME AS YOUR MISSILE!" A) it would have been so LUCY and B) no matter how stupid I'm sure most would have laughed there asses off at that, and C) Everyone understands the result of a missile to the face.

What was even worse was the lame jokes about and in the middle of the sudden introduction in the series of the narrator randomly popping in and explaining a basic mixture of 2 known magic power with a voodoo doll (that ii also such a commonly known object people will just get), lets alone something so obvious it wasn't even funny.

Oh and my 10 year old cousin whom just watched it and found it "very stupid" too. Sorry you are wrong in this case, the target market (of a very scientific sampling of only one person :p:rolleyes::p, sorry best I could do :heh:) even found it insultingly obvious too and didn't want the explanation. :p

We all get it was rooted in the tropes of the genre but that still fell on the needless and stupid usage of the trope.

UnicornGirl

2011-12-13, 07:39

I really love the latest episode, so funny! the last two episodes are so intense, I was hoping that the next episode will be lighter, thank God! I thought Hikaru is boring and lame, but he's very strong. And I'm so happy that this time Lucy didn't complain in his battle with Hikaru

immblueversion

2011-12-13, 08:08

Allow me to explain. A punch is when you roll your fists up and move it very fast so a hard part of the fist hits a soft part of someone you don't like with the intention of hurting them. The narroator needlessly chimes in when a simple rewrite with Lucy, Happy or Natsu saying something similar could have worked much better. Like Lucy saying you "HOW DARE YOU USE ME AS YOUR MISSILE!" A) it would have been so LUCY and B) no matter how stupid I'm sure most would have laughed there asses off at that, and C) Everyone understands the result of a missile to the face.

Remember when the narrator had to "explain" that Dranbalt/"Mest" was a member of the Magic Council about five episodes after it was revealed he was a member of the Magic Council?

GundamFan

2011-12-13, 12:38

I'll have to look back at her other appearances, but doesn't Levy's solid script magic have cute flourishes to them all the time?

Girls tend to dot their i's with hearts, things like that. I think it's just her writing style.

Not to deny the obvious Levy Gajeel shipping going on.

I did a little checking and the results were somewhat inconclusive on the one hand the t in metal was replaced with a screw in the word metal in the miss fairy tail contest in both the manga and anime so she does do flourishs. But during the contest she also did snow and the o in both the manga and anime with normal, the world flower was behind her in the manga so couldn't see it and in the anime it was a normal o.

immblueversion

2011-12-16, 22:36

- Love that they kept "Mr. Cursey" behind for a few more jokes. I just hope they don't overdo it.
- Okay, Cana's idiocy knows no boundaries. She probably actually thinks she'll find Makarov sitting at the grave instead of leading their forces, if not lying half-dead somewhere like he actually is. Still, it would seem Cana's not purely motivated for selfish reasons, but she's really thinking about the wrong person. And if she's thinking about the right person, well, she's thinking about him or her the wrong way.
- It's finally happened: Gray meets Ultear. Well, not in person, but he sees her. And stalks her. Naturally, he picks up right away that she looks just like his teacher Ul, but he also picks up on the fact that she's an enemy, so no major distractions here.
- Well, looks like Juvia's down. Now Meldy's gonna fight Erza as part of her hunt for those on her hit list, including oh shit. OH SHIT, JUVIA, OH SHIT!!!!

ars89

2011-12-16, 22:58

immblueversion

2011-12-16, 23:17

Natsu looked so badass when he was sitting on the tree. Not surprised they would tell Mest to get lost with his offer. Interesting that Azuma told Rusty not to underestimate FT. This Bluenote guy seems really bad.

Didn't Gray knew Ul had a daughter? So if he knew he should put it together that she looks like her mom after she grew up. Interesting how he is enemy number 1 for Meldy. Oh man awesome how strong Juvia really is when its concerns Gray, even Erza mentioned it.

Oh, Gray knew Ul had a daughter. He just assumed Ul's daughter was dead because Ul did (must be quite a story there). So he wouldn't automatically believe she was someone he firmly believed for ten years to be dead.

GundamFan

2011-12-16, 23:55

Dang you really don't want to piss off Juvia. Not quite on the level Natsu who frequently has viens bulging out of his forehead but Juvia still really went off.

sergel02

2011-12-17, 04:09

Does anyone know the song that played during the recap fight of Meledy, Juvia and Erza? The one in the beginning before the Episode title was shown?

Pwnago

2011-12-17, 04:49

How exciting can this anime get..? When Juvia was fighting it was least expected, since I never knew she had the power to be able to match up against one of the KOP. Meledy was awesome.. I love the way she acts. She might be one of my favourite characters hehe =D!

Tempest35

2011-12-17, 08:43

Water is an extremely strong element so naturally someone made of it would be very powerful indeed. :p It just needs to be stirred up a bit.

They did this part really well in my opinion - the part between Juvia and Meledy. I was freaked out when I heard zombieJuvia's voice though...XD I can see why Erza was freaked out herself lol.

And using a Sense Link on yourself and Juvia, whom you connected to Gray? Freaking cheap ass move there, Meledy. This pretty much means that all three of you will die at the same time! >.>
Ah, gotta love decisions like that made in the heat of the moment...:heh:

Of course Natsu will threaten anyone who makes a move against Fairy Tail - ESPECIALLY the Magic Council. They're pretty much useless anyway from what we've seen anyway.

ookamigirl

2011-12-17, 09:13

Natsu sure was pissed.
Wonder what Grimoire Heart'll do with Zeref.
Juvia sure got a good beating, but she sure got serious real fast! Awesome!
Great episode.

GundamFan

2011-12-17, 09:45

You know guys it really isn't surprising Juvia is extremely powerful she was a member of the elemental 4 and there power level was supposed to be about the same as S class wizards. Plus she is really pissed and crazy.

larethian

2011-12-17, 10:46

Can someone explain why Erza exquip into bikini when running away? :heh:

Tempest35

2011-12-17, 10:46

Yes she was a member of Phantom's Elite 4, but all but Aria got owned by Fairy Tail's A-ranked mages (Erza took him out with just one attack too) and Natsu took out both Totomaru AND Gajeel. But to be fair, Fairy Tail has several A-ranked mages that are near equal to most other Guilds S-ranked - it's just that Fairy Tail's S-class exam is so tough but once you get there - there's no doubt that you are an S-class mage.

It's just that Juvia never really fought with as much fevor as she is now - Erza sensed the potential but seeing it in action has her going: :twitch: If she would have fought this way against me, she might have beaten me.

And as for why she changed....
Because it's raining and she doesn't want the rain to rust her armor and get her clothes wet. :p Bikinis (most of them) were made to get wet. :D

GundamFan

2011-12-17, 11:46

Yes she was a member of Phantom's Elite 4, but all but Aria got owned by Fairy Tail's A-ranked mages (Erza took him out with just one attack too) and Natsu took out both Totomaru AND Gajeel. But to be fair, Fairy Tail has several A-ranked mages that are near equal to most other Guilds S-ranked - it's just that Fairy Tail's S-class exam is so tough but once you get there - there's no doubt that you are an S-class mage.

Well also those 3 A-ranked mages made it to the 2nd round of the S-class test before it was interupted.

It's just that Juvia never really fought with as much fevor as she is now - Erza sensed the potential but seeing it in action has her going: :twitch: If she would have fought this way against me, she might have beaten me.

And as for why she changed....
Because it's raining and she doesn't want the rain to rust her armor and get her clothes wet. :p Bikinis (most of them) were made to get wet. :D

I do agree with you I don't think we've ever seen her go full bore at someone and she didn't seem to care much about becoming a S-class mage and probably wouldn't have wen't if Gray wasn't there.

Kafriel

2011-12-17, 16:32

Lots of rare Juvia epicness this week...and Meldy's finally showing some emotion, it was about time her fight got started for real. Feeling sorry for poor Gray, he's got nothing to do with this and he's going through inexplicable pain and mood changes...while stalking Ultear, at that.
The minor chat was pretty good as well, Natsu telling Dranbalt he'll kick anyone's ass was cool, and I'm looking forward to Bluenote...although even if Meldy loses somehow, there's still Ultear, Azuma and RR.
Can someone explain why Erza exquip into bikini when running away?
1) It's raining.
2) She was wearing her knight armor, lots of extra weight if all she does is run, and unnecessary noise while moving around.
3) Most importantly, fun-saavisu!

Quarkboy

2011-12-17, 17:38

Lots of rare Juvia epicness this week...and Meldy's finally showing some emotion, it was about time her fight got started for real. Feeling sorry for poor Gray, he's got nothing to do with this and he's going through inexplicable pain and mood changes...while stalking Ultear, at that.
The minor chat was pretty good as well, Natsu telling Dranbalt he'll kick anyone's ass was cool, and I'm looking forward to Bluenote...although even if Meldy loses somehow, there's still Ultear, Azuma and RR.

1) It's raining.
2) She was wearing her knight armor, lots of extra weight if all she does is run, and unnecessary noise while moving around.
3) Most importantly, fun-saavisu!

It's clearly her "increases her slipperiness by 1000%" enhancing mud-wrestle specialization armor. In order to help slip away.

FlareKnight

2011-12-17, 19:11

Couldn't help thinking it's just like Gray to get used in other people's fights. He's trying to get into his own thing and yet now is involved with Juvia/Meldy :heh:. A pretty damn annoying move though since now Juvia can't attack. Heck Meldy could just kill herself and do what she wanted to do. The only chance for Juvia is to win with words.

Bluenote does seem like he exists only to fight Gildarts. They are just too similar for him to be there for any other reason. Need someone to occupy Gildarts so he doesn't just walk through Grimoire Heart and beat their Master :D. Though after losing an arm this could make it a tough matchup if Bluenote is close to Gildarts' level.

And yeah good for Lucy that she got some revenge on Happy with that doll :heh:.

I am looking forward to Gray and Ultear though.

immblueversion

2011-12-17, 19:34

At this point, I think it's safe to assume that if Gray and Ultear fight, it won't be right away. After all, she is the leader of the Seven Kin, and four of them still stand (three if we consider Meldy's battle to end the next episode), two of whom have fought and remain undefeated. And then there's this Bluenote character who, despite his evident strength, does not have nearly enough prominence in this series as Ultear does. I really do have to say that as enjoyable as they are, the structure of these battles in each story arc has become formulaic: more often than not, the subordinate to a story arc's main villain who appears closest to said villain is usually the last one to fall before the final battle. And judging from the exchange between Gray and Ultear in that preview, it doesn't seem to be a very, shall we say, action-packed confrontation.

MechR

2011-12-17, 19:59

It's clearly her "increases her slipperiness by 1000%" enhancing mud-wrestle specialization armor. In order to help slip away.Hah! :D Sounds like her super-endurance track outfit from that footrace episode. How much do you bet that was just a normal track outfit? :p

immblueversion

2011-12-17, 20:29

Bluenote does seem like he exists only to fight Gildarts. They are just too similar for him to be there for any other reason. Need someone to occupy Gildarts so he doesn't just walk through Grimoire Heart and beat their Master :D. Though after losing an arm this could make it a tough matchup if Bluenote is close to Gildarts' level.

Does anyone else think that some villains were created for the sole purpose of being defeated by a specific character? It's my understanding that when Hiro Mashima starts a new story arc, he has a firm idea of how it will end in mind, then he kind of makes things up as they go along. So, who do you think is going to beat Azuma and Rustyrose?

Also, it seems that at every arc, at least one villain turns good. We've already had Capricorn (mind control aside), but I think it's a safe bet on who will turn next... Though for the sake of potential spoilers, I won't bring anything up.

sergel02

2011-12-17, 23:49

So no one knows the music playing during the recap of Juvia, Meledy and Erza's fight? =(

FlareKnight

2011-12-18, 20:19

Does anyone else think that some villains were created for the sole purpose of being defeated by a specific character? It's my understanding that when Hiro Mashima starts a new story arc, he has a firm idea of how it will end in mind, then he kind of makes things up as they go along. So, who do you think is going to beat Azuma and Rustyrose?

Also, it seems that at every arc, at least one villain turns good. We've already had Capricorn (mind control aside), but I think it's a safe bet on who will turn next... Though for the sake of potential spoilers, I won't bring anything up.I don't know, that guy just felt more like one of those enemies than some of the others we've seen in the series. His very existence tells everyone that Gildarts is coming back.

In terms of finishing off the two that have won fights Fairy Tail still has options. After all Elfman is still able to move around along with Lisanna and Levy. Be surprised as well if Gajeel just napped through all this.

In terms of possible converts it does seem fairly obvious who is the most likely to turn if anyone is going to.

immblueversion

2011-12-18, 20:33

I don't know, that guy just felt more like one of those enemies than some of the others we've seen in the series. His very existence tells everyone that Gildarts is coming back.

In terms of finishing off the two that have won fights Fairy Tail still has options. After all Elfman is still able to move around along with Lisanna and Levy. Be surprised as well if Gajeel just napped through all this.

In terms of possible converts it does seem fairly obvious who is the most likely to turn if anyone is going to.

I think Elfman is as incapacitated as the others. And I do think Gajeel may be down for the count, at least for the time being. Doesn't it just raise the tension with having two of Fairy Tail's strongest fighters out like that?

kitten320

2011-12-19, 18:00

I finally got my Juvia VS Meredy fight, YAY!
And wow, that voice was freaky!

immblueversion

2011-12-19, 20:31

I finally got my Juvia VS Meredy fight, YAY!
And wow, that voice was freaky!

If the Funi dub ever goes so far, I will die a slightly happier person to hear Brina Palencia's voice in this episode.

ars89

2011-12-23, 23:12

Wow didn't think Juvia would beat Meldy with love. Don't buy anything Ultear is telling Gray. Hopefully Erza can take out Azuma now. Don't know how well the 3 L's will do against Rsutyrose. Loled when it was pouring on Bluenote, until he showed his power. No idea how Natsu can even get close to him. Doubt Mest can stop the council, but hope he can delay them a bit. So Cana wants to become an S-class so she can meet her father. Still not a good enough reason to abandon your guild.

So there's probably no ep next week right?

Om Nerabdator

2011-12-23, 23:27

ive been hearing alot about this break at first it was suppose to start back up jan 7th now i heard it wont start again till 2013.

Does anyone know what the hell is going on??

Krono

2011-12-24, 00:21

ive been hearing alot about this break at first it was suppose to start back up jan 7th now i heard it wont start again till 2013.

Does anyone know what the hell is going on??

Here's the immediate schedule (http://anime.webnt.jp/programs/view/72) for the series:

12/24/11 - Episode 111
12/31/11 - No Episode
01/07/12 - Episode 112

If someone/somewhere is saying 2013, it's probably a typo.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-24, 00:27

Wow, maybe it's just me, but when I look at Bluenote, he looks like someone took Xehanort's heartless from Kingdom Hearts, a monkey, added a pinch of Teach's gravity powers from One Piece, and made him.

immblueversion

2011-12-24, 00:39

Don't buy anything Ultear is telling Gray.

It wouldn't be surprising if she was spouting crap. I'm sure Gray buying none of it either would be a pleasant course of action from him. The question is, will that be the case? Will he refuse to accept her words, or will he believe them and, depending on her true nature, do something incredibly stupid? Because either way, it seems they won't be fighting anytime soon. And if they do, it probably won't be until these three new menaces (well, one new and two returning) are taken out. Ultear's just too much of a prominent villain.

Wow, maybe it's just me, but when I look at Bluenote, he looks like someone took Xehanort's heartless from Kingdom Hearts, a monkey, added a pinch of Teach's gravity powers from One Piece, and made him.

Almost a shame we had to actually watch the next episode preview to get a good enough look at him, what with that torrential downpour around him that I am very reluctant to associate with rain.

MAX_COLA_POWER!

2011-12-24, 01:14

As for what Ultear said to Gray, to quote Benjamin Diskin as Numbuh 2 from KND, that fish is 3 days old and I AIN'T BUYIN IT! Her words to him are like those butt implants her battle suit gives her backside, SECRETS AND LIES!

ookamigirl

2011-12-24, 16:11

Poor Gray, that was one encounter he probably wanted to avoid.
This was a pretty awesome episode, especially the very end!
I wonder if Cana will save the day in the end..

MechR

2011-12-24, 16:16

Bluenote got a pretty good anime entrance. Some nice boss music to go with the show of force :cool:

FlareKnight

2011-12-24, 17:32

immblueversion

2011-12-24, 17:47

Well of course I'm not buying a single word from Ultear. This is the woman who brainwashed Jellal and turned him into a monster, used him to manipulate the council, and is completely absorbed in Zeref. There is absolutely no chance she's saying a single honest thing here. Simply taking advantage of the chance to take down Gray with a mental attack since she used up magic fighting Zeref and Natsu. She's not at 100% so probably easier to lower his guard or make him give up on fighting her period. Think it's a pretty bad move though to say this is Ul's desire. Someone who spent that time with Ul like Gray did would never believe her capable of that.

If you ask me, Gray's only listening to what Ultear has to say because he's interested in what story she's trying to come up with. If he doesn't buy any of it from start to finish, he'd probably earn even more points in everyone's books.

Still things getting set up for major battles. Of course Natsu and company are going to be suffering until Gildarts (there is no chance he's missing out on this opponent made for him) shows up to help them out. Another tough battle is going to be for Levy's group who used up quite a bit of magic in their fights.

Well, Gildarts isn't the only member of Fairy Tail featured in this arc who has a chance to return. Maybe Team Triple L (Levy, Lisanna & Lily) will get some help after all.

Naturally Erza is going to have one heck of a fight. Kind of fitting since she was a rival for Mirajane in the past so taking up this battle works.

Note that Erza seems to have a little more strength in her than Mirajane. Then again, she did have a tough time against Meldy and blamed it on using up some of her strength during the exam.

The downside is the preview hinting the next one is majorly about Cana. Here comes the attempt to make everyone sympathetic for her....

Who knows (besides the manga readers)? Maybe this will be the episode where Cana realizes just how stupid she's been acting. If she won't be punished for her behavior, she should at least know just how badly she f*cked up and feel bad about it. Sure, she didn't seem proud when she abandoned Lucy, but she didn't look like she felt as bad about it as she should have. It's just a shame we'll have to wait not one, but two weeks for the next episode.

Randrak42

2011-12-24, 20:46

In the manga, this arc is over and done with...yet I still cannot forgive Cana for what she did.
I used to love Cana, she was one of my favorite secondary FT characters and always wished she became a main character eventually, but after what she did...I can't stand the sight of her and feel that nothing she does will redeem her character for me.

Luxus put innocent people's lives in danger when he went loco, but for some reason I forgive him faster than I do Cana. What she did was much more personal.

I for one, will not be watching the next episode (or atleast the bits with her in them)