They did good job emulating Mashima's style while making it better in some ways, although maybe not as clean in certain parts. Better angles, better wide panels, more expressively drawn characters.. I'm liking these changes, as minor as they may be. Now onto the plot…
Nvm, I still don't get why 100YQ is not a joint operation.y6
The new guy isn't exactly emulating his style. He's basically just tracing/inking Mashima's storyboards.
So like, is the Defeat 5 Acnologias really what Mashima wanted for the 100 Year Quest to be or just something the dude writting the story pulled out? I mean, if Mashima is the one drawing why does he need someone to write a follow-up of his own story. Is being busy with Eden's Zero have anything about it? I would understand if it was the other way around.
Also, expect a bullshit notion like Acnologiawas being the weakest of those Dragon Kings.
Classic bait-and-switch cliffhanger from Mashima. I'm not sure what the narrator is trying to say here. Does it mean that the characters are freed from any consequence that their space-time travel(s) may cause?
Considering what the titular main heroine said about time paradoxes, no, they cannot act recklessly.
We're only 5 chapters in and there's already time-travel bullshit going on.
The question will not be when, but where were we
So like, is the Defeat 5 Acnologias really what Mashima wanted for the 100 Year Quest to be or just something the dude writting the story pulled out? I mean, if Mashima is the one drawing why does he need someone to write a follow-up of his own story. Is being busy with Eden's Zero have anything about it? I would understand if it was the other way around.
Also, expect a bullshit notion like Acnologiawas being the weakest of those Dragon Kings.
Mashima is writing the story.
Don't make it sound that Natsu did it all alone, you overrated red-haired lame waifu character.
Can the story just be about Gajeel and Levy (the shows' best pairing) and Juvia?
Do we have to fucking watch Natsu pull some bullshit main character powers to get this done?
Why won't this franchise die
Anyone else find it odd MS goes with dragon killing instead of dragon slaying
They're on the mission to "seal" the five dragons, not "slay" them, though. How they're gonna do that is just beyond me. The quest itself seems fishy and likely set to be a failure if approached with conventional means. The indirect goal might actually to foster good relationship with the five dragons and the old man showing up as dragon was to test the response from quest takers.
It's not defeating the dragons with friendship-powered fist, magic or sword, but rather.. befriending them for real. It might be cheesy, but not that bad of a turn. Convincing them that humans are not threat to the dragons is actually far more challenging than any fight, but require better writing which I'm not sure Mashima has the skills for.
I'm sure Nastu's Juvia is one of the pentadrakes.
I don't get why it's necessary to even mess with these dragons in the first place. They seem to be just minding their own business and according to the old man have been doing that for the entire history of the world setting.
I don't get why it's necessary to even mess with these dragons in the first place. They seem to be just minding their own business and according to the old man have been doing that for the entire history of the world setting.
Maybe the old man is the real evil here.
https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/eden-s-zero/en/0/6/page/1
whenever the MC uses his powers to fall sideways and stand on the ceiling i think to myself "hey, this could be pretty cool" but then every fight he just powers up his arm and punches really hard and i remember who is writing this
https://readms.net/r/fairy_tail_100_years_quest/004/5275/1
Fun chapter.
! I'm loving this Gajeel-Juvia Dynamic. Juvia is a better character every single time she's away from Grey lol.
I just need the story to be more about Gajeel and I'd be fine with that.
That city idea was pretty cool. Feels Luke something my DM would do lol.
The underwater thing was cool, the farther we are away from guild bullshit the better.
Also, never waste a chance to get Lucy topless, never change Fairy Tail.
https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/eden-s-zero/en/0/8/page/1
in case anyones still reading this
Today's lesson: cannibalism makes you strong.
Dragon slayer magic: An ancient magic that had to be taught to you by a dragon…. unless you had magic crystals implanted, .... or were self taught, .... or were created magically to serve as foot soldiers, .... or ate a dragon's flesh
Wonder what the next one will be?
Life flows on. I'd just go with it, if I were me.
Dragon slayer magic: An ancient magic that had to be taught to you by a dragon…. unless you had magic crystals implanted, .... or were self taught, …. or were created magically to serve as foot soldiers, …. or ate a dragon's flesh
Wonder what the next one will be?
Who are those ?
Who are those ?
In the 100 year quest manga story extension they met a self taught dragon slayer and now they have learned about dragon slayers who learned their magic through eating a dragon.
So the list goes something like this
First Gen : Taught their magic directly from a dragon :
Natsu
Gajeel
Wendy
Acnologia
Irene
Second Gen : Had Dragon Magic Lacrima Emplanted
Laxus
Cobra
Serena
Third Gen : Taught by a dragon and Lacrima :
Sting
Rogue
Fourth Gen : Magically produced automotons :
Quartum Army
Fifth Gen : Ate Dragon to absorb their powers :
Kyria
Unknown Number of members of Diabolos Guild
Unknown : Somehow taught themselves dragon slayer magic :
Elefseria
Image if the God slayers followed the same pattern.
It would be wasteful not have a godslayers guild named Nietzsche's Mustache.
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So it took 12 chapters for us to get to Lucy getting groped by tentacles again. And Erza is no simple space pirate captain, but a demon space pirat captain. I swear Mashima must have a blast doing this series, this goes beyond simple comedy :D
I like the character of shiki more than natsu he seems more 3 dimensional. Also I like rebecca and the android girl robot is better than karla. Idk the light-heartedness of this show is interesting and mashima even involved time changes while having a neat way of avoiding paradoxes.
https://readms.net/r/fairy_tail_100_years_quest/010/5410/1
You cut…. her strength? If the statement about jumping the shark wasn't such a bad pun given that they are under the sea, I would have to use it here.
If I cared about the portrayal of women in this series (I gave that up once Lucy became unable to keep her top on for more than 2 minutes) I'd be pissed about Ezra right now.
I'm sure Nastu's Juvia is one of the pentadrakes.
Called it. So now we can slay metaphysical concepts? I guess someone has already slayed quality writing from Mashima a long time ago.
This is almost as bad as the guy that could use orgasm magic.
If this series continues on too much longer, fetish-y sexual magic is going to become standard among the entire cast.
If I cared about the portrayal of women in this series (I gave that up once Lucy became unable to keep her top on for more than 2 minutes) I'd be pissed about Ezra right now.
Still better than One Piece females.
Called it.
Called what?
Still better than One Piece females.
Oda treats his females like goddesses compared to Mashima, so I have no idea what you're talking about.
Called what?
Oda treats his females like goddesses compared to Mashima, so I have no idea what you're talking about.
Lol sure he does not like Nami isn't just fanservice or his female characters are useless.
Lol sure he does not like Nami isn't just fanservice or his female characters are useless.
Nami has occassionally bouts of fan-service.
Lucy and Erza are TnA smogasboards.
Called what?
That the recently obsessed with Natsu girl would be a pentadrake, or at least have his power as it turned out to be.
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Still better than One Piece females.
I still yet to see Oda tortures either Nami or Robin naked so much to the point one of them piss.
You see, not getting a battle is the same as getting licked by a goat at their feet for the kink bingo of the week.
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You see, not getting a battle is the same as getting licked by a goat at their feet for the kink bingo of the week.
I would laugh if not for the fact that might be people with this pov.
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Oda treats his females like goddesses compared to Mashima, so I have no idea what you're talking about.
Oh come on. No idea whatsoever? None?
Well sure, when they aren't walking eating disorders, vacuum cleaner wielding fighters who get defeated by a kiss, maidens who can't function outside of a relationship or a useless sack of longleg meat.
But at least we had main women in some nice fights lately, struggling and overcoming their opponents.
It's not so clear cut as you make it out to be.
Oh come on. No idea whatsoever? None?
Well sure, when they aren't walking eating disorders, vacuum cleaner wielding fighters who get defeated by a kiss, maidens who can't function outside of a relationship or a useless sack of longleg meat.
But at least we had main women in some nice fights lately, struggling and overcoming their opponents.
It's not so clear cut as you make it out to be.
It's still like a few examples from a thousand chapters compared from a hundred examples in an already finished series with half the number of chapters.
It's still like a few examples from a thousand chapters compared from a hundred examples in an already finished series with half the number of chapters.
The percentage of maltreated women is lower in OP, in comparison, is what you're saying. And it doesn't matter, because they're still there and this isn't a competition anyway.
Can't just say Oda treats female like goddesses either. Mashima women get naked and tentacled every once in a while, but they also fight a lot and get hurt in battle a lot. You can't say Oda treats female characters better than Mashima as a general statement, no matter how much better OP is than anything Mashima has drew.
The issue was that One Piece was somehow worse than Fairy Tail anyway.
I'm pretty sure there are so many other manga out there that do worse, but no one talks about it.
The issue was that One Piece was somehow worse than Fairy Tail anyway.
I'm pretty sure there are so many other manga out there that do worse, but no one talks about it.
Wouldn't say it's better. Or much better, anyway.
That's true but nobody mentioned any others here.
I wouldn't even chip in if it weren't for that "Oda treats women as goddesses" line.
Still better than One Piece females.
Don't know what One Piece you are reading man, but Nami and Robin (granted more pre timeskip) were some of the best shonen female around. They actually did stuff.
To Mashima's defense, Erza also do stuff. Like every kind stuff. As in there is nothing she can't do.
Because she's Erza.
I wouldn't even chip in if it weren't for that "Oda treats women as goddesses" line.
You did read the full line, right?
I do acknowledge that Oda himself isn't innocent, just so you know.
And that line may also have a twinge of hyperbole.
Mashima used fanservice a lot but he actually has his women get hurt and battle through pain to win. Its been 12 years since oda gave a main female character a main fight which is how most of the problems in the series are solved by. All the guys can be beaten almost to death but the women come put of things mostly spotless.
Here's a telling interview with mashima about wendy.
- I guess, there were various opinions about hurting Wendy.
M: She's a little girl, so I'm sure there were people, who were against. My editor also told me, that it's too much. But Wendy is not someone, who needs protection, she's a warrior. Warrior's duty is to fight, and when she fights, she gets injured and that is to be expected.- You said that during preparatory meeting too, didn't you?
M: I wanted to draw Wendy as someone, who fights along with her friends. Even if she's a little girl, if she don't get injured along with her friends, then their friendship is falsehood. It may be painful, but there's no other way. She gets injuries, she has painful experiences, but I think that's what mean to be friends.
When the men face consequences into putting their lives on the lines and the women end up fine. Its a bit insulting tbh when you got cases like rebecca / tashigi, where they end up needing men to save them and dont show their resolve to fight and win, or rather oda pulls away from that before they can finish the fight.
Or in nami and robin's case he just doesnt show them giving their all where sanji/zoro/luffy are almost at deaths door. This wasnt as big of a problem before EL/TB but its been 10 years since that so I think its fair to call it out for what it is.
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Nami has occassionally bouts of fan-service.
Lucy and Erza are TnA smogasboards.
If you are against a large amount of fanservice in battle then would you take away the nami-califa fight? Have her stand on the sidelines while everyone else is giving their all to save robin?
Chapter 437 Discussion after franky decides to join the Strawhats:
So who think Usopp is inside that duffelbag?
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You did read the full line, right?
I do acknowledge that Oda himself isn't innocent, just so you know.
And that line may also have a twinge of hyperbole.
Of course I did. The women in OP aren't worlds apart from women in FT is what I'm saying. You might have exaggerated a little for effect, I suppose. But if you really meant it, we're in a disagreement. ^^
Also, everything LJSR said. It's a paradox and really ironic that Mashima can be more sexist and more feminist than Oda simultaneously. 
It's a paradox and really ironic that Mashima can be more sexist and more feminist than Oda simultaneously.
That perfectly sums it up right there.
I wish Nami and Robin did more, but they are still portrayed better than the Fairy Tail girls even if the girls get their hands dirty more often.
But at least Oda didn't make Nami and Robin walking fanservice models.
