2012-03-23, 14:32 | Link #7842 |
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Gajeel not having reached this certain point that makes him a true DS is kind of BS. I mean...Natsu has been weak to transportations since he was young...so is Mashima saying that Gajeel is now as strong as a young pre-start of the series Natsu? >_>
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2012-03-23, 15:31 | Link #7843 |
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The story, plot and even characters themselves are going horribly inconsistent with lots of nakama power cop outs and flat out ridiculous plot mechanics. Mashima's not just trolling, he's being plain untruthful to the readers.
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2012-03-23, 15:40 | Link #7844 |
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This chapter had quite the Lulz feel to it. Alot of priceless O_O expressions. Too bad those Devil fruit eaters couldn't resist motion sickness. Or was it Dragon Slayers that can't swim. I forgot
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2012-03-23, 18:17 | Link #7845 | |
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About the Gajeel thing, uhh, i guess maybe Mashima is saying that. It seemed to random tho. I wouldn't take it too seriously unless it comes up again. |
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2012-03-23, 18:21 | Link #7846 |
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Maybe Natsu's "lessons" with Igneel were just further ahead of what Metallica taught Gajeel, so his body wasn't fully "adapted" to the Dragon Slayer magic, and Gajeel's self training not only made him more powerful, but also made him more "dragon-like." We know Wendy still has two major Sky Magic spells to learn, but we really don't know much Gajeel's training.
I would note that Natsu is the only one of the Dragon Slayers to undergo "Dragon Force," so its possible he really is the most advanced of the Fairy Tail dragon slayers in their brand of magic. Then again, it could all just be the "rule of funny."
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2012-03-23, 18:53 | Link #7847 | |
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Or maybe Wendy secretly cast her spell on Gajeel as well during the boat trip and made her promise not to tell anyone. At any rate, Mashima has done a decent job up until now, so even if this is ultimately a negative, it's one of very few that I can let pass. |
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2012-03-23, 19:03 | Link #7848 |
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Kinda of funny, but ultimately very disappointing... the sudden "all dragon slayers suffer motion sickness" Seems like such a massive ass pull.
and really... Who knew what would happen in a competition called Chariot? A chariot is a type of horse drawn carriage often used in races; as in a type of vehicle... Sure You don't know what the competition might entail, but because of that, your safest bet would be to take the name literally and work based off that assumption instead of just picking randomly. In this case, the name alone hints that it would be some kind of vehicle race. That suspicion alone should have been enough for them to not chance sending out someone with motion sickness... Sure you might be wrong to assume that, but better to be wrong assuming the obvious than ignoring the obvious to go with a random guess Based on the name alone I probably would have sent out either Erza or Elfman for Fairy tail A and either Laxus or Mira from Fairy Tail B... they are the four I feel who would be the most versatile for some kind of race and aren't hampered down by motion sickness
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2012-03-23, 19:18 | Link #7849 | |
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So with Natsu going out, Sting likely went out because he wanted the chance to compete directly with Natsu. And with those two going out Gajeel went out for the same reason as Sting, and because he'd never had problems with motion sickness before. And by Laxus's comment, he didn't go out because he did have problems with motion sickness. |
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2012-03-24, 00:27 | Link #7851 | |
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On the other hand, maybe Gajeel can finally eat magic now. I've noticed so far that Natsu has been the only one who could essentially eat other magic (Etherion, lightning), albeit with side effects and was wondering while Gajeel and Wendy couldn't.
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2012-03-24, 00:56 | Link #7853 |
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Yes, Mashima did recton Gajeel a little bit. All in all, I don't think it's that serious of a retcon, I guess he thought of somthing either cool and/or funny in addition so he's fixing it before he gets deeper into the story.
Even when writing a story, not everything goes as planned on the brainstorming sheet. Let's see what he does with it (the motion sickness weakness) before we decide if the retcon is a good one or not. I still don't know why Laxus would get that way though...but it would explain him walking everywhere and using his lightning to teleport... And of course Cobra was riding on his flying snake (forgot her name) so that conveniently explains that one... I still don't like the idea of Wendy eventually getting motion sickness... Still, knowing that even Sting gets that way...
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2012-03-24, 05:41 | Link #7854 | |
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After that Nakama power went through the roof in Tenrou and characters behave terribly especially Kana. And in the end we have that time skip which would have been ok if there were actual developments and proper establishments of what happened in the 7 years. Mashima expects us to believe that Fairy tail would endure 7 years of abuse from Twilight Ogre without retaliating even though Max was stronger than Natsu now and could probably even defeat Twilight Ogre by himself. And in this 'Grand Magic Tournament', an event similar an Olympics of magic, has seemingly no ways to prevent cheating. Are we supposed to believe that Gray is so weak that he couldn't get a single point? In the whole stadium there are at least 3 Wizard Saint level mages and many S class mages and yet no one could sense or even see the piece of hair around Asuka except for Lucy who's the furthest Fairy Tail member from her. And then the same powerful mages couldn't sense who or what stole Lucy's magic and she didn't complain about it either. There were so much terrible writing going on that even though this retcon of all so called 'real/ true/ matured' Dragonslayers are weak to vehicles is so bad, it still wasn't as cheesy as most things in the previous 50 chapters.
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I don't see why people are so pissed at Gajeel starting to get motion sickness (at which he handwaved in the chapter) , it doesn't mean he was any weaker beforehand and Sting is not the most credible source of information either... Quote:
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2012-03-24, 06:21 | Link #7856 |
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Well Natsu's vehicle sickness was a unique character quirk of him and now given to all the Drgaonslayers, it doesn't just cheapen his character, but all of them, especially Gajeel. Now he's telling us that Gajeel wasn't as much of a Dragonslayer as Natsu and even Laxus.
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2012-03-24, 10:13 | Link #7859 |
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Probably just a way to get all three of them a chance to talk and for the masses to give some support to Fairy Tail and their 'pure spirit'. For all we know, towards the end of the arc something massive happens and the audience will all band together to support a losing Fairy Tail. Just saying.
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Nakama power, well, I'll just say that the series has basically established that Nakama power translates to something real in this world. It's an interesting take. I mean, it's usually a staple in shonen series, so Fairy Tail is just making it a bit more literal. Lastly, regarding Twilight Ogre, remember that we have issues of quality vs. quantity. Twilight Ogre was a bigger guild, and might have had stronger members (and probably did). By the time it got to the point where TO was revealed to be douchebags regarding the money, FT was likely fairly small and TO was much bigger. Even if Max could take down those five guys, there is more to consider. That is, TO as a whole was more powerful than FT as a whole. Also, they could put even more pressure by threatening Romeo, ie, "don't cross us or something might happen to your son, Macao." Once Makarov and the S-class mages returned, though, the power tipped back in favor of FT. Also, the council frowns on combat between guilds, and Macao simply may not have chosen to risk it, given that FT was shrinking; it could have been forced to disband. Quote:
As for the hair thing, I think it would be expected that the audience would assume some risk by watching it live, and it was Lucy's choice to not fight back when the girl was threatened. As far as Gray goes, his contest wasn't about strength. He simply failed. His opponent, the RT guy, apparently had a way to track Gray that we aren't aware of yet, mostly because we don't know his magic. But RT has entered this contest (and suddenly been approved as a legit guild?) purely to humiliate FT. They don't care about winning, as long as FT is humiliated. I gather RT and the tournament are working together in that respect, or that some kind of deal has been made. I'm fairly confident it will all be explained. My theory is that the tournament is using RT as a diversion to hide it's aims. Or that RT is using the tournament for that dark purpose. Quote:
At first, I almost thought it might be something to do with how particular dragons bestowed their magic on their students, if Wendy was the only one without and also being much younger. Did the other dragons, or Grandiny, do something different with regards to their pupils? The Edolas Wendy was much older, so it feels like Grandiny might have done something that froze Wendy in time a bit, thus saving her from getting the motion-sickness aspect. |
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