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

[kitten320]

Looks like OP didn't spoil that much, some of the thing appeared to be surprise. Especially the so called Medusa girl, the rule writer and having to fight each other.

[Krono]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Looks like OP didn't spoil that much, some of the thing appeared to be surprise. Especially the so called Medusa girl, the rule writer and having to fight each other.

No, it did spoil a fair bit. It just to not spoil some things.

[kitten320]

Well who is going to fight them isn't really that important, the only surprise seems to be the beer drinker.

And I was expecting Mirjana o get her powers back sooner or later.

[Krono]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Well who is going to fight them isn't really that important, the only surprise seems to be the beer drinker.

And I was expecting Mirjana o get her powers back sooner or later.

Spoiler for Figure I'll be safe than sorry. Eps 40-42:

Well, it also ruined the attempt at a cliffhanger for the last arc. It's rather difficult for people to be concerned about Erza's fate when the opening showed her fighting someone they've never seen before.

Similarly I doubt many people have great concerns that the petrified women will be spending the whole arc as statue damsels in distress because the opening shows them all actively fighting the villain's of the arc.

Granted for that second people should probably be figuring out now that Mashima isn't exactly one for the standard helpless damsel in distress plot/archetype, but still they made things a lot more explicit than they necessarily had to.

[Sinestra]

Im finally going to get my epic fight im finally going to get it. I just have to be patient and i wish someone wold make my bad ass Natsu avi

[kitten320]

Originally Posted by Krono

Spoiler for Figure I'll be safe than sorry. Eps 40-42:

Well, it also ruined the attempt at a cliffhanger for the last arc. It's rather difficult for people to be concerned about Erza's fate when the opening showed her fighting someone they've never seen before.

Similarly I doubt many people have great concerns that the petrified women will be spending the whole arc as statue damsels in distress because the opening shows them all actively fighting the villain's of the arc.

Granted for that second people should probably be figuring out now that Mashima isn't exactly one for the standard helpless damsel in distress plot/archetype, but still they made things a lot more explicit than they necessarily had to.

The statue thing wasn't really ruined since preview for next episode clearly shows some of them in good health.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by kitten320

The statue thing wasn't really ruined since preview for next episode clearly shows some of them in good health.

It at least spoiled you before even seeing the preview. Completely destroyed the scene when they were turned to stone, because you knew thanks to the OP that they'd be apart of the battle very soon.

I just don't see why Fairy Tail OP's need to focus on just one arc. If they just went down the path of your everyday OP, with showing scenes of the characters and adding in little hints of upcoming arcs, then we wouldn't have this problem.

[Eisdrache]

Originally Posted by kitten320

The statue thing wasn't really ruined since preview for next episode clearly shows some of them in good health.

You simply refuse to understand do you? It's not a matter of "oh it's not a big deal they are shown to be in good health 5+ episodes after the OP began", the whole point is that the OP spoils you about heavy parts of the actual arc for no reason at all.

[kitten320]

Duno, I'm not a manga reader and I don't feel to be spoiled one bit. All of those things were expected to happen sooner or later so I completely don't see a problem there.

1. Laxus planned to take over Fairy Tail so he would attack one day.
2. Mirjana had to get her powers back one day too.
3. Main heroes are always the ones who save the day and actually it isn't confirmed at 100% as to who is going to fight whom. If everyone were not screaming spoilers, someone might have thought that it was just a random pick of characters. Just watch Bleach OP 2 where none of those characters had faced each other, though it looked very believable.
4. Besides there is no way that things would go by Laxus plan anyway so the magic would have to be broken anyway. And right in the middle of the episode, our little grandpa gave an instructions about what to do in order to help them. There was no real pressure in this scene.
5. It was foreshadowed in Lucy arc that Gajeel would be back, the surprise was to see him fight Laxus.
6. Our dear Leo also had to make appearance one day since he is Lucy's fighter.
7. Enemy powers are not that clear in the OP.

Spoilers here are not as heavy as in Bleach latest OP, most of those things were expected to happen. If anything OP makes you more excited and impatient about some coming up moments.

I see completely no problem here.

[Kafriel]

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1. Luxus is a guild member, him attacking was unexpected, even if he looked down on them.
2. Elfman got his powers, I think most peeps would expect him to save the sister he has to make up for the one he lost, even if it means stacking powers on top of one character.
5 and 6. After the tower of paradise, I had totally forgotten about Gazille and Loki, the surprise in their appearances just got diminished a great deal.
7. If they spoiled that too, then I'd just watch the OP of every arc and finish FT in 6 episodes

[Eisdrache]

Originally Posted by kitten320

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/facepalm

What the hell are trying to say? I wonder if you even understand what a spoiler is. A spoiler filled OP is still spoiler filled no matter how expected it is or not.

[larethian]

this can be very subjective. I feel some so called spoilers are needed to promote the upcoming arc, and arouse the watching desire and curiosity of the viewers. I mean all movies have trailers right? Do we consider them to be unnecessary spoilers, or something that serves to promote? I personally feel the OP does not have enough length to really spoil something. I mean stuff like new powers or even possible hint of a plot twist do have a spoiler effect, but as long as it's minimal and serves its purpose to promote, and make viewers ask questions like "how did he acquire that?", "why did he do that?", "what happened to him for this to turn out like that?", "I really want to find out about it", then I don't really have any issues with a spoiler here and there.

Originally Posted by Kafriel

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7. If they spoiled that too, then I'd just watch the OP of every arc and finish FT in 6 episodes

this is really exaggerated . i hope you meant it as a joke

[Guardian Enzo]

Damn, Lucy's hot. About time we had a Lucy-centric ep, at least the first half.

How can there be a "Strongest in Fairy Tail" contest without Mystogan around?

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Damn, Lucy's hot. About time we had a Lucy-centric ep, at least the first half.

How can there be a "Strongest in Fairy Tail" contest without Mystogan around?

Well it's tough to include Mystogan in anything since he's either not around or you are unconscious . Besides Laxus wants to win he can just call Mystogan as losing by default.

Poor Lucy getting her appeal time cut short like that. She really isn't going to win that competition....if anyone remembers to come back and judge it.

[Kafriel]

I personally feel the OP does not have enough length to really spoil something. I mean stuff like new powers or even possible hint of a plot twist do have a spoiler effect, but as long as it's minimal and serves its purpose to promote, and make viewers ask questions like "how did he acquire that?", "why did he do that?", "what happened to him for this to turn out like that?", "I really want to find out about it", then I don't really have any issues with a spoiler here and there.

This OP started when we were still in the tower of paradise arc, a single second of the raijinshuu was a huge spoiler at the time...#42 would have been the perfect episode for this OP, since it focuses on the current arc, which has just began.

this is really exaggerated . i hope you meant it as a joke

yeah I was just kidding :P

[Simonsy]

Originally Posted by Eisdrache

/facepalm

What the hell are trying to say? I wonder if you even understand what a spoiler is. A spoiler filled OP is still spoiler filled no matter how expected it is or not.

i think what most of manga readers don't understand is that most of the "SO CALLED SPOILERS" that you guys go "omg they spoiled this".

to an anime only viewer they don't get spoiled at all and don't see what you see. it would be like if the opening

Spoiler:

showed a close up of say Erza's face and her opening her fake eye and you manga people would all be going "omg they spoiled how she got out of being a statue"

When there is no way in hell an anime viewer could EVER EVER EVER guess or figure that out. that eye opening scene woudl mean absolutely nothign to them

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by Simonsy

i think what most of manga readers don't understand is that most of the "SO CALLED SPOILERS" that you guys go "omg they spoiled this".

to an anime only viewer they don't get spoiled at all and don't see what you see. it would be like if the opening

Spoiler:

showed a close up of say Erza's face and her opening her fake eye and you manga people would all be going "omg they spoiled how she got out of being a statue"

When there is no way in hell an anime viewer could EVER EVER EVER guess or figure that out. that eye opening scene woudl mean absolutely nothign to them

Nope sorry, I'm an anime-only viewer and I've felt spoiled ever since the op first showed up. It hasn't changed with time, I just skip it a lot and I'm one of those people who actually lets the OP play most of the times (well the average and forgettable song in this latest OP also helps).

[Simonsy]

Originally Posted by Dextro

Nope sorry, I'm an anime-only viewer and I've felt spoiled ever since the op first showed up. It hasn't changed with time, I just skip it a lot and I'm one of those people who actually lets the OP play most of the times (well the average and forgettable song in this latest OP also helps).

i've seen more people get spoiled by manga readers going "omg they spoiled this" than any other method

who cares if you are spoiled on who the next boss is or who some match up is. manga readers spoil some of the more detailed intricate things that make the arc what it was.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Simonsy

who cares if you are spoiled on who the next boss is or who some match up is. manga readers spoil some of the more detailed intricate things that make the arc what it was.

& that hasn't happened in this thread, so there's no point in bringing that argument into it.

[Quarkboy]

I still like the "Happy is the true final boss" theory, myself.