Once again, Fairy Tail stuff is actually good when Mashima is not mucking it up. I thought the whole chapter was really great, and actually improved a character that never had a chance to shine beyond one simple flashback in the main story. Shows just how much potential the series has. Fairy Tail Zero on the other hand, shows the potential as well, with the full on uncomfortable territory.
Fairy Tail Discussion III
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I am so split on this series.
On one hand, the work ethic and love that Mashima has for this series is something to be respected. He clearly wants, or thinks he is creating his personal masterpiece here. No one works as hard as him, save Oda.
On the other, aside fanservice which has been inching closer to hentai every day, I think that Mashima is just trying TOO hard. He wants Fairy Tail to be the next One Piece so bad it's palpable, but there is just no heart there, I dunno, but I don't give a shit about this story or the characters, it's like we just drift from arc to arc with some vague semblance of over arching plot. It just feels that Mashima is the kid in the back yelling. "Me too! Me too" to the former Big 3.
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I am so split on this series.
On one hand, the work ethic and love that Mashima has for this series is something to be respected. He clearly wants, or thinks he is creating his personal masterpiece here. No one works as hard as him, save Oda.
On the other, aside fanservice which has been inching closer to hentai every day, I think that Mashima is just trying TOO hard. He wants Fairy Tail to be the next One Piece so bad it's palpable, but there is just no heart there, I dunno, but I don't give a shit about this story or the characters, it's like we just drift from arc to arc with some vague semblance of over arching plot. It just feels that Mashima is the kid in the back yelling. "Me too! Me too" to the former Big 3.
Mashima has the same problem that Kishimoto had, which is show the structure of how the world works, but then doesn't really expand on the, and also only makes a certain number of people useful. We learned about how guilds work, requests, and other various things. Problem is that after the initial introduction, and showing some semblance of interaction with those elements, they are never really expanded on. Naruto did one mission, and after that dropped it. Fairy Tail had two big missions, and after that didn't really do much with is. They had the collaborative arc with other guilds to take out a dark guild, but after that it was all Fairy Tail, and even then is was mostly Fairy Tail that did the work.
It seems a number of series that get really bad lay their foundation of how things work, which if expanded on can really add depth and keep structure. Like Kishimoto, Mashima ignored all of it and just kept going. He's gotten to the point where only people from Fairy Tail can possibly do anything of significance, which is slightly above only a few characters in Naruto capable of actually doing anything. This isn't necessarily a problem if done right, but with the idea of how things are supposed to work in the world, it can be really jarring at times.
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It was an alright chapter.
An improvement over the last 2, Mard wasnt that annoying which is good.
FT has potential but Mashima ruins it with BS moments and Erza wankiness.
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It just occured to me that Mard's demon form reminds me of something from of Megaman franchise (especially the FACE) and also NES-era style illustration thrown in the mix.
While the newest chapter isn't that bad compared to the previous ones (it's straightforward flashy battle after all), I find Mard's continuous bragging of Curse's superiority aggravating. It's just the same 'meh' feeling you get when God Slayer Magic users bragging that theirs are superior than Dragon Slayer's. I'm sure we all already know how much hype backlash God Slayer Magic users had received in the past.
It's also funny when Mard said that Curse is powered by negative feelings, when the ones using it so far have never hinted to have anything beyond plain arrogance and superiority complex, save for Minerva's hatred towards Erza before getting abruptly redeemed.
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…So did anyone find the 5 differences? All I could find was the heart on Mira's necklace.
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…So did anyone find the 5 differences? All I could find was the heart on Mira's necklace.
Same, but I think maybe one of the drinks is different.
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…So did anyone find the 5 differences? All I could find was the heart on Mira's necklace.
I noticed the corner of Elfman's coat has a line on one and it doesn't on the other.
At least this chapter had a villain owning. It will be a lot better if Natsu and Gray don't just get up in the next chapter and start fighting.
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It will be a lot better if Natsu and Gray don't just get up in the next chapter and start fighting.
Ha..ha…hah hahahahah. :-(
If only something interesting would happen, but we all know it won't.:ninja:
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I spent 10 seconds on that cover page and moved on.
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I just glanced at it and kept going on. I'm pretty sure one of the answers will be Lisanna's butt though with how the picture is done.
I couldn't get excited about the end attack, because I'm pretty sure next chapter will come out, Natsu and Grey will be in a different place, and because of friendship they will get back to the real world and use their ultimate finisher on Mard Geer. Probably be like when Erza "died".
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No guys really they're dead. The End. The bad guys win. Friendship definitely can't save them now.
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I like the new manga Dragons Rioting's fan service better after all fan service is the main thing ft has going for it lol.:ninja:
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"what's this power …"
you mean you haven't figured it out yet? It's the power of Friendship, the most powerful magic there is!
... Face On!
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WHAT ARE THE 5 DIFFERENCES!?
Not a bad chapter per se, I guess. Face cliffhangers are becoming too boring.
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Next chapter:
Anyway, I liked this one. One of my big complaints (not my only one, mind you) about arcs like Oracion Seis or Grimoire Heart is that Natsu tends to get a lot of fights, denying other members of the guild their chances to shine. While Natsu did get a lot of fights this time around (Jackal, Franmalth, Mard Geer, and inevitably END), his friends were much more crucial to his victories in this arc, and Gray even landed the finishing blow in this particular fight. (mind you, it helps that this time, the reasons behind the victories have actually made sense)
I do like that, for all that Fairy Tail preaches about the power of friendship, it actually comes into play with characters working together quite often, as opposed to something like Naruto or Bleach where characters claim to fight for their friends but either refuse to allow their friends to help, or have those friends feel like they would only get in the way.
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Looks up cover page F*ck you mashima. xD
The moves might have looked cool, but all this chapter was, is just another typical fairy power beats all chapter. The end. And now we are finally there where erzas fight ended, so all the last couple chapters were kinda filler anyway. The only thing they showed that was maybe significant was greys power.
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This was a very excellent chapter… That is for FT standards. I liked that instead of Natsu this time Gray did the finishing hit.
However, considering general standards this chapter just was absolutely terrible. So we basically have a sniper who has a far away to hit target as well as another nearby target NOT to hit. But, of course, this doesn't matter in any way. If it were OP and Usopp did some crazy calculations, I might actually believe it, but here... no way!
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Finished the chapter in like 40 seconds. So here I go saving everybody else exactly these 40 seconds.
Chapter summary:
Natsu does a huge attack (another secret dragon arts lotus laser), mard geer tanks it (spouting his usual bs), gray does a huge attack (devil slayer ice bow 360 snipe) and apparently finishes him off. Face counter reaches zero after what feels like a thousand years. to be continued… -
What can possibly go wrong in a chapter that is started with Erza's boobs? Okay, never mind.
What's next chapter? Yet another x minutes flashback, now from Makarov's side prior activating Lumen Historie? How convenient it is for Gray to have mastered Demon Slayer version of "Dragon Force" in the same day he received said power. -
What's next chapter? Yet another x minutes flashback, now from Makarov's side prior activating Lumen Historie?
I'm gonna laugh so hard if it's actually happens. We get 2-3 chapters of him dealing with Lumen Historie and then it ends again with Face Activation and also simultanious Deactivation, lol.
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Finally. I don't have to see Mard Geer anymore. To be quite honest the fight wasn't that bad in my opinion.
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But Mard Geer is such a lame villain, that he ultimately didn't do anything interesting for the story. Although fairy tails story is boring to begin with, so…
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What can possibly go wrong in a chapter that is started with Erza's boobs? Okay, never mind.
What's next chapter? Yet another x minutes flashback, now from Makarov's side prior activating Lumen Historie? How convenient it is for Gray to have mastered Demon Slayer version of "Dragon Force" in the same day he received said power.Censored naked first guild master Mavis will save the day with fairy glitter then she will refuse to go back in because she will not be flat chested anymore like her ghost lol!
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Do fairies poop?:ninja:
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They poop fairy dust. And friendship.
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Ouch, for me to miss something like that. :sad:
Lmao
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They eat fairy dust and crap friendship.
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So how did Natsu enter Dragonforce?
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Pff, friendshit. That's nothing compared to what FT has in its basements.
So if I understand the last ten chaps right, then Face is only activated because Zeref wants to be killed by demons? Will Mavis strike before or after that?
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So how did Natsu enter Dragonforce?
With the power of friendship, of course!
I'd say with that awesome anime soundtrack.
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The erect shaft of Friendship.
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This chapter would have been gold if Mard at least tried to use Natsu as meat shield against Gray's ice arrow.
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Pff, friendshit. That's nothing compared to what FT has in its basements.
So if I understand the last ten chaps right, then Face is only activated because Zeref wants to be killed by demons? Will Mavis strike before or after that?
Killed by end, to be specific.
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This chapter would have been gold if Mard at least tried to use Natsu as meat shield against Gray's ice arrow.
It would have just melted because of their bonding heated hearts.
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It would have just melted because of their bonding heated hearts.
I'd still watch that. At least it gives villain some credibility and proof that they have functional brain.
Okay, so this chapter Natsu said that he's out of juice. Is it a sign that there will be another asspull taking place in near future?
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I'd still watch that. At least it gives villain some credibility and proof that they have functional brain.
Okay, so this chapter Natsu said that he's out of juice. Is it a sign that there will be another asspull taking place in near future?
Like Gray giving Natsu his powers to become a IceFire DevilDragon Slayer
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Like Gray giving Natsu his powers to become a IceFire DevilDragon Slayer
I was surprised that he did not keep the god slayer power that he ate before eating Laxus's lightning.
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HAHAHA!!!
That cover page! XD
And I'm not laughing because it's funny.
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I randomly decide to click on the latest chapter only to see Gray acting all tough before collapsing, "having faith in Natsu" lol. I see Hiro-chan is still at his storytelling best.
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To be fair to Gray he got the final blow, so we've seen a slight improvement
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http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/412/2622/1
Oh hey look, just as face activates it gets undone, who would have thought?…
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But..at least there's dragons, right?
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I actually think it was a good way to reintroduce the dragons with a cool entrance.
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They are like wizards. Never to late or to soon. They arrive always at the right time.
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Given that Igneel was hidden up Natsu's arse, I'm not sure I want to know where the other dragons went, after they disappeared…
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Remember how awesome it were when the dragons showed up during the tournament? Heh, Heeh. ;)
I wouldn't get too hyped up about this ''cool entrance''. Mashima can ruin everything.
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I thought Face was a magic thing… Not a pillar made of stone. Ah screw it.
Also, that Lumen Histoire fail.