Fairy Tail Anime Episode Discussion Thread [Episode 165 and Onward]

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Bern-san

that is because they are based on special chapters of the manga

Er no they're not. Body swap might have been, though the filler episode about the creature under the village that the gang ended up eating was anime original.

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Er no they're not. Body swap might have been, though the filler episode about the creature under the village that the gang ended up eating was anime original.

Those two were the only anime original episodes so far (and the "Natsu Eats a Village" episode did include a segment from the manga in it (the flying fish Happy's Job).

Everything else was from the manga or embellished from the manga. The expanded lisanna's backstory and added a fight between Loke and Gajeel (that was intended to be in the manga but cut for space).
Pretty much everything else follows the manga with a few details changed here in there (mainly for avoiding some of the bloody violence).

[JiGSaW]

is this show for real?i just saw the first 2 eps and it seems like all comedy and they add a little pointless fight. does it get better or does it stay normally like that?

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by JiGSaW

is this show for real?i just saw the first 2 eps and it seems like all comedy and they add a little pointless fight. does it get better or does it stay normally like that?

Well it certainly gets more serious (such as the arc we are now in). Comedy is part of the show, but they do know how to focus on the serious moments.

[OkamiNoKaze]

Episode 38 was really good. Got to see all of those great armor and weapons for Erza. I kinda like this new one. Ikaruga was kind of a good match for her. I was slightly surprised she went down already. Ratings/sales-wise how is this show doing compared to Rave Master?

[kitten320]

Thta's the only minus for me in this show, bad guys lose way too fast.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by OkamiNoKaze

Episode 38 was really good. Got to see all of those great armor and weapons for Erza. I kinda like this new one. Ikaruga was kind of a good match for her. I was slightly surprised she went down already. Ratings/sales-wise how is this show doing compared to Rave Master?

That was a pretty good fight even if Ikaruga went down fast. Of course with dramatic fights like this it's almost nice to have them end once one character gets an edge. Better than having Erza start gaining and then having Ikaruga come up with another technique which forces Erza to pull off something else. Anyways was something to see those armor's getting crushed one after another. Kind agree with the plan to just go with speed and forget defence since it was useless in that situation.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Thta's the only minus for me in this show, bad guys lose way too fast.

The thing is most fights in the manga last 3 to 4 chapters, and are paced quite nicely and don't seem pass by that quickly. Though in the anime each episode is about 3 chapters of material, so it's just bad luck really.

[Shiroth]

Aye!

Spoiler for Episode 39:

It's been so hard not saying anything over the past weeks of this arc about the fact that Jellal and Sieg being the same person, and now i don't have to hold back . I'm glad it tricked the lot of you anime only fans, but still it's been hinted at a few times already, and it's a shame no one said anything. Ah well.

Nicely paced episode anyway. Surprised by how much of the fight they added at the end there. Shame the preview is a bit of a spoiler, though i guess it couldn't be helped. Seriously can't wait for this episode. I didn't even watch the leak of it because i want the build up to be perfect. Can't wait for it.

[Ash Falls Town]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Spoiler for Episode 39:

It's been so hard not saying anything over the past weeks of this arc about the fact that Jellal and Sieg being the same person, and now i don't have to hold back . I'm glad it tricked the lot of you anime only fans, but still it's been hinted at a few times already, and it's a shame no one said anything. Ah well.

Spoiler for Episode 39:

In hindsight it seems kind of obvious too. And it makes more sense than my Ultear is Zeref and playing them both idea. Although I did get that Zeref wanted E cannon fired but for the wrong reason.

But really this was a great episode. Especially the Jellal/Erza talk at the start. I was half thinking "No, don't trust him Erza" and half "You're regaining control Jellal. Thank goodness.". I really had no idea which way it was going to end up.

Also it seems that Jellal knows the true way to get stronger (stripping) but he doesn't know the most important thing about being a Fairy Tail wizard.
Punch your allies in the gut and destroy stuff. When he started talking about how he shouldn't wreck the tower anymore I started smirking because I knew that that would be Natsu's powerup cue.

[Quarkboy]

Spoiler for episiode 39:

Here's the big plot hole I noticed (not that there aren't quite a number of them).

Sho, Simon, etc knew that the Tower of Heaven was really just a giant lacrima, and frankly so should Erza if she, as she claims, had seen the plans before.

How then could they not put two and two together and realize that hitting it with Etherion wouldn't just charge the damn thing up?

[carcanclaw]

While 39 was really good overall, I was disappointed that they swapped-out Jellal's awesome-lookin bodysuit from the manga for just a simple shirt and pants, and the effect for meteor looked cheap and less impressive than I'd hoped.

What made this so great was the fake Erza x Jellal moments (the timing when they showed his creepy face after the hug was perfect) and Natsu's behavior after rescuing her. The tickly-torture was probably the cutest thing with Erza in a long time... especially since this arc was so depressing for her. And the Natsu punching her had a good mix of shock and impact.

[Forever]

lol Natsu getting to molest erza when she is down. Too bad, he didnt went for the juicy parts.

I agree that meteor looks a bit underwhelming. Probably needs to learn from bleach or naruto at that part.

[carcanclaw]

Originally Posted by Forever

lol Natsu getting to molest erza when she is down. Too bad, he didnt went for the juicy parts.

Hmmmm.... you sure about that??

Spoiler for Natsu You perv!!:

Natsu: He gropes women, then knocks them out and fights their exes.

[Crontica]

I'm sorry but it brought back such nostalgia.

Spoiler for DN:

[Tempest35]

Originally Posted by carcanclaw

Hmmmm.... you sure about that??

Spoiler for Natsu You perv!!:

Natsu: He gropes women, then knocks them out and fights their exes.

That's the way a Dragon Slayer handles his 'business'.

So Ezra the Titania is ticklish ... ... ...

[amjzz]

Originally Posted by Quarkboy

Spoiler for episiode 39:

Here's the big plot hole I noticed (not that there aren't quite a number of them).

Sho, Simon, etc knew that the Tower of Heaven was really just a giant lacrima, and frankly so should Erza if she, as she claims, had seen the plans before.

How then could they not put two and two together and realize that hitting it with Etherion wouldn't just charge the damn thing up?

Spoiler for plot:

Because etherion was going to destroy it?. They knew it was a lacrima, but they didn't knew etherion was going to charge it instead of just destroy it.

Episode 39:

Spoiler for episode 39:

Animation was very good this episode. Finally they revealed one of the big parts of the arc. The funny part of natsu/erza was a nice extra in the anime version.

I have to critic fairy tail anime in one thing:

Spoiler for critic:

They ruin the surprises.

One of the awesome things of fairy tail are the "OMG I NEVER SAW THAT COMING" moments, like the one on this episode. They just keep spoiling them in the anime making it easy to notice and ruining the surprises.

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by amjzz

Spoiler for plot:

Because etherion was going to destroy it?. They knew it was a lacrima, but they didn't knew etherion was going to charge it instead of just destroy it.

They're experienced wizards, I would expect them to know how lacrima are used.

Lacrima (in the Fairy Tail World) are used to Focus, Transfer, and Modify magical energy.... There was one used in the Jupiter cannon for exactly the same basic purpose.

There seems to me to be no other logical point to having a giant friggin' lacrima if it weren't for storing a ton of magical energy for some reason.

Natsu can be pretty dense but Erza and Simon? They should have figured it out the second they heard the council might fire Etherion.

[FlareKnight]

I did read the manga (though my memory of this arc was a bit fuzzy), but I also found it odd how no one figured firing Etherion was going to charge it. I mean Erza walked right up to it when explaining the lack of magical power for the R System. She couldn't just take it the next step and think "oh wait Etherion is a giant blast of magical power!" Suppose some slack can be given to Erza since she hasn't been thinking straight for the past few episodes.

The Jellal and Sieg being the same person really does seem obvious in hindsight. Sadly Jellal didn't consider one important thing; Fairy Tail mages are damn good at destroying their battlefields .

[Krono]

Originally Posted by Quarkboy

They're experienced wizards, I would expect them to know how lacrima are used.

Lacrima (in the Fairy Tail World) are used to Focus, Transfer, and Modify magical energy.... There was one used in the Jupiter cannon for exactly the same basic purpose.

There seems to me to be no other logical point to having a giant friggin' lacrima if it weren't for storing a ton of magical energy for some reason.

Natsu can be pretty dense but Erza and Simon? They should have figured it out the second they heard the council might fire Etherion.

I'd guess it's partly a matter of it not occurring to them that Etherion could be contained once fired. After all, it would be kind of like the blast from an exploding nuke being contained. Not an easy concept to jump to when you start talking about needing energy equivalent to a nuke. Plus Erza hasn't exactly been thinking clearly this arc.