Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 12: December 2012
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 Hi there everyone~! Now, as you all know, this page is now run by me, Carrot, and I think you will agree with me that this page is read by nobody as it is possibly the worst and most boring idea for an "article" ever and you all probably flick to it, go "Aww shiz, Tech Updates", quickly scroll down and then up without reading anything and then move on :P Cause that's what I did XD So, to make this article a little more interesting (or at least to get you guys to read it, because actually writing it now, some of the stuff I found out was kinda interesting as I didn't even know it occurred on the Wiki this month) I have decided to shake things up a bit and make a game~! The rules are simple: Mixed within all of the technical updates below are 5 that aren't correct. Your job is to find them ^___^ To make it easier because this is everybody's first time I'll give you a big hint: 3 technical updates are slightly incorrect and 2 are completely false :) SoooOOoooOOoo~~ GAME START!! First person to correctly get all five and type them into their comment in the comments section of this blog gets a prize~!! :) A... very... nice... prize that I'll figure out at some point in time. Rest assured it will be awesome though!! HAVE FUN!! :)
 
(Loke to Natsu Dragneel & Gray Fullbuster)"I'm afraid those days are long over, now that Lucy is my owner. When Lucy's in trouble, I'll gallantly show up. After all, I'm her knight in shining armor."
(Jose Porla to Makarov)"You expect the number-one guild in the country to bow down to you?!"
 Okay... we open the last month of 2012 with Lucy vs. Flare!! Well, to start off and not appear slightly biased later on, I really liked this fight in the manga... as it proved that sometimes the person who deserves to win doesn't, as well as the fact that I was actually happy Fairy Tail fell for once, despite Lucy being incredibly sad afterwards. However! Onwards!! We open with a recap of Gray's little whine at people being mean to him... and then the opening... (.__. ) ( .__.) (.__. ) Am I the only one who copies the hand motions and says "Oh.Oh" when team QP are in the opening XD *sees everyone staring at her like an idiot* ... ... ... FUOH!! So, first is Arcadios' little scene. I'm sorry... but I am really annoyed with Capricorn's voice actor being chosen to play him too. It's just that every time I hear Arcadios now I'm waiting for him to go "meeeeh"... not cool! >:( Anyways... we get back to what this ep is really all about: Lucy vs. Flare!! I have to say, the little opening section when Lucy calls forth both Taurus and Scorpio was done very well in my opinion. Everything seemed really smooth and well laid out. In fact the only thing stopping it from being perfect was the fact that the anime team didn't show us Taurus and Scorpio's new outfits... I mean...  Why did they have to leave that out?? Scorpio in particular looked so cool in the manga... Whatever though right? Moving on... Flare pulls out that awesome wolf/hair/Idunnowhatthefuck move and Lucy summons Cancer (also new outfit-less) to counter it. Good job Lucy, though I have to ask... ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) Y U NO KEEP CANCER OUT!? I mean... just get the crab to cut off all of her hair. Then it's problem solved, Lucy wins, all of this is over in 5 seconds... ...but of course that doesn't happen... Flare grabs Lucy with her hair and Lucy grabs Flare with her Fleuve d'whatevers and suddenly they are both sprung into the air, flipping head over heels over and over again whilst Flare burns Lucy's feet??  It was just too funny to not... I mean... *shakes head* Yeah... I have no idea what that was. Eve and Hibiki fill in the time needed for the episode by recapping past events that nobody really cares about and dropping the filler arc in so people who didn't watch it will just be confused... but I like it that the filler was added this way in the ep. On a scale of better filler to crap-ass filler, it was on the better end. Flare unleashes... NEW SOUND TRACK WOOH!! XD I loved the music in this ep and I am just loving it in general. Oh, have I mentioned that Flare's voice actor also did a great job too?? No?? Well, thumbs up to her as well, she was awesome for the whole ep. Properly now... Flare unleashes... SECRET BITCH ATTACK!!, which relies on the idea that everyone in the audience is completely stupid and impossibly blind... but hey, it worked, so Flare played her cards right ;D Flare then taunts Lucy with her boobs... which is easy, seeing as they are about the same size as her head and then Lucy gets flipped around a bit whilst the crowd remains blind but wonders what the hell is happening... To summarise it was pretty much: Whipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhip... FlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlare... Whipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhip... FlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlare... Whipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhipwhip... FlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlareFlare... Whipwhipwhipwhi- Everyone: OKAY!! WE GET IT!! D:< Then we get to the branding, and again, this was nicely done... though, again, I have to wonder what battle the audience is watching. Elfman says "Lucy's acting weird" whilst watching her about to get branded? Well, no shit Elfman, what do you think somebody does when they are about to be painfully assaulted...?? *shakes head* Luckily Natsu comes to the rescue, proving that maybe he is one of the smarter characters... ... ... Okay... no... everyone else is just really really really dumb in this case... Anyways, he ruins Flare's secret bitch attack and Lucy springs into action! >:) She summons Gemini!! Yay!! My sign :P They turn into her and provide fanservice for everyone and despair for Mavis, who wishes she had boobs... but that's not important!! What is important is that they cast Urano Metria!! Am I the only one who didn't like this?? I mean, the talking seemed a little off... the music a little off... the actions a little off... the look of the spell a little off... I really liked it against Angel (I still go back to watch it every now and again ;D) but here... I think it fell flat :/ That doesn't matter though, because Raven Tail cancel the spell and everything goes to crap for Lucy as she falls to the ground.  This is a sad moment... and I feel really bad for Lucy here... but luckily Natsu comes and says some sweet things and then we get to move on... TO JURA VS. JELLAL~!! ERMAHGEWD!! I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MATCH >:D They'd better do it nicely @__@ because despite the crappy outcome my Jellal deserves the best <3  Woohoo~!! We get into the second little section of the first days battles, but not before Natsu gets the idea to perv on Lucy in the shower... (wait...that sounds familiar... ಠ_ಠ) and comments that the whole Games really gets your blood pumping. I agree Natsu, except when they are animated so badly by the anime team... Anyways, battle 2 is Ren V Arania, but before I get into that I've been meaning to say for some time but Jenny's voice really annoys me. I mean, it's so cute and tehehehe-ish, when I was expecting it to be very bitchy and kinda muahaha-ish... Soooo... where was I? Ah, Ren V Arania. Well, nothing much happens here, but I think it was done well. Well, I didn't like that the people in Lamia Scale's viewing box kept appearing and disappearing, or that Sherry's shirt is still animated stupidly so her breasts are basically uncovered, or Ren, because I just hate him, or that Arania's spells didn't look like web but something that I will not go into because we have many younger, innocent users on this Wiki... However, Ren pulls a pretty awesome looking spell and wins, whilst Erza goes on about Ichiya being strong... the first time I believe Erza has said something truly stupid. Third battle start! We get War Cry from QP, who sounds like he's eaten sawdust or is trying to impersonate Batman or has a very loud stomach (or some combination of the three) against ORGA!! KYAAAA~!!! I LOVE ORGA!! He is seriously my favourite Sabertooth member!! * ^ * He is so cool and I loved this scene where he owns War Cry in the manga... it'll be so cool here right!? Right!? The two meet, War Cry starts the battle with his tears >___> and here Orga goes!! He's raising his arm!! He has that look in his eyes! Here is comes!! BLACK LIGHTNING- NING- NING- NING - NING - NING - NING - Since when was Fairy Tail animated by a 5 year old?? I swear, I don't get these animators a lot of the time, but I at least thought they'd be able to get one awesome spell correct >__> Oh... I forgot to mention though... before this fight we got to see Frosch again * ^ * Gosh, I adore that stupid Exceed :3 Oh... and we also got a long rant from Rogue about how the fight was not going to be interesting and he only wants Gajeel. Well Rogue...  Seriously... can't the man talk about anything else?? :< Whatever though... War Cry gets dragged off the field and Orga sings us a song, which was brilliant XD His voice actor was well chosen ;D I mean, he does voice other characters but at least I don't associate him with other characters... *glances at Arcadios >__>* Butbutbutbutbut!! The final battle approaches!! JELLAL VS. JURA~!!! XD Ohmygollygollygoshness!! I remember when these chapters came out and I fangirled over Jellal so much * ^ * Good memories :) The only annoying thing was the outcome of the battle, but despite that I really liked seeing these two pitted against each other... it was awesome while it lasted... So... Jellal and Jura take to the field... Jura says something that I kinda ignored cause I was focussing on Jellal and then Jellal speaks (in his glorious voice) about how he wants to win for Fairy Tail, whilst I do a mix between this: because he is just so perfect and flawless and amazing and out of this world and sexy and brilliant and hot and charming and... *notices everyone leaving* :< I- I- I- I mean... the battle starts!!! *everyone comes back* But before that we get Erza being worried because she cares for Jellal's safety Okay... so we get the halfway mark cut (do-do-do-do-do-do-dum-diddly-diddly-dum-dum) and thank heavens we do because it allows Mystogan's Theme to be played as Jellal goes on the offensive :) I LOVE this song... it is seriously one of my favourites and if you do not watch the anime you are seriously missing out of something great. As such, here is a link to a youtube video... LISTEN!! NOW!! It just fits Jellal and the start of this battle perfectly :D So, as this awesomeness rings in your ears, Jellal and Jura go for the attack. Both pull some cool spells which were animated quite nicely *glances at Black Lightning >__>* and Jura starts to get an edge because Jellal is limiting himself to only replicating Mystogan's Magic. My baby sure is talented, isn't he? ^___^ Deciding to go offensive Jellal begins to use his own Magic, blows are exchanged and then Mystogan's Theme ends, leaving me wondering what will come next. And oh my gosh, it's as if the animators are reading my mind, because they dish out another one of my favourite OST's, one that is unfortunately still not released, but amazing none-the-less. It's the one that played when Erza fought Azuma, so I am just calling it "song that plays whenever Erza or Jellal do something awesome" :) Jura casts a spell to defend against one of Jellal's larger attacks (which looked a little lame in the anime, but who cares when the music makes it so damn epic) and realises who Jellal is whilst Jellal decides to screw all and go all out, moving to cast SEMA!! * ^ * Well, everything starts to go dark and cool and new music kicks in and shit's about to get real and Jura's going to lose (you have to admit, if the attack had hit, Jura would most likely have fallen) and everything is going to be awesome... So, Jellal falls and we are all meant to have a great big laugh right??  No... I don't think so... I'm still angry that these two awesome Mages were pitted against each other and didn't even get a proper fight >:( However, this ep has Carla awakening from her prophecy and Levy doing a slow and actually rather creepy voice-over narration that just dragged me straight back into the mystery of the Games and everything to do with it :) Looking forward to this in the manga so bad ^___^  What does Fairy Tail do after a crushing defeat during the first day? Why they go out and drink 'til they hit the floor, of course ;D We get to see Juvia's GrayXLucy troll, which I found absolutely hilarious because I completely forgot about it until it started, and then I laughed so hard when it ended XD So, Makarov gets on the table and gives a little speech with the help of awesome music, and then FT parties... and I die inside... "Why?" you might ask... well... THE STUPID ANIME CUT ANOTHER CUTE LITTLE JELLALERZA MOMENT!! D:< Everyone is meant to be happy and then Erza is meant to look out the window to where Jellal is sitting on the roof. Cute right?? Apparently NOT according to the animators, because they just showed Jellal and no Erza which completely ruined the point of the shot. GrrrRRrrRrrRRRrrrrRRrrr~~ these animators are such JellalErza fangirl trolls >:( Arcadios interrupts to do/say boring things that I zoned out for and then we are back at the bar, Natsu is on a table and Max is on the floor, his beloved broom missing from his ass due to censorship... poor fellow... As Gajeel stirs up Laxus and Freed tries to jump in to save his beloved, some guy approaches Cana and challenges her to a drinking contest, leaving us all thinking  but pretty intrigued because Bacchus' appearance is undeniably interesting. Well, Bacchus beats Cana (now she seriously has nothing going for her in terms of personality and character) and then attacks Macao and Wakaba (very poorly animated that) before Erza shows up. The two talk, Erza mumbles the cutest "fuoh" ever heard on the planet and then the guy leaves. Well, how's that for a first appearance?? We then skip to Carla explaining her vision, which would be cool if I didn't already know what it was, which unfortunately made me just say "get on with it!" and jump ahead... ...to the second days event! Chariot! The most boring and mundane event, where Natsu, Gajeel and Sting lag far behind because of their motion-sickness... ... ... ... Wait a sec... since when did Gajeel get motion sick? And Laxus too?? And Wendy?? But that would also mean Cobra would too right?? Cobra standing on the moving Nirvana... Wendy on the train... Laxus on Grimoire Heart's airship on the ocean... Well... pfft... those were only like minor occurrences... it's okay to completely change the nature of all of your Dragon Slayers in one odd move right Mashima?? Riiiiight ;D That aside, everyone else is doing pretty well. The horribly animated Kurohebi is out in front, doing okay. To catch up, Yuka uses his Magic, Risley uses her gravity-altering abilities, Ichiya uses the grossest technique he can pull (nothing unusual there) and Bacchus decides to screw all and just break the chariots. Not a bad plan eh?? He then uses the worst running animation ever to overtake everyone and win, the others following after to get the top spots. Meanwhile the DS's still lag behind and Sting decideds to be oh so smart (whilst we all scream "No Sting! NOOO!") and ask Natsu about Fairy Tail... ... *rolls eyes* Way ta go Sting... what does Natsu start doing?? Well, he starts monologuing of course!  This goes on for a stupidly long portion of the episode... Natsu ranting whilst we get a great view of him, Gajeel and Sting almost puking and the FT members crying from their noses >___> So, skipping all this, Natsu and Gajeel get second and third last place, Sting drops out like a boss claiming he doesn't need the 1 point and FT gets some fans. As Lucy comes out from putting Natsu into the sick bay, Flare is all bruised up and we see that dark side of Raven Tail that we knew existed but had never truly been shown. Just as sad as in the manga... Speaking of RT though, Kurohebi (even more disgustingly animated... he doesn't look awesome creepy like he did in the manga... just... uhg... creepy due to bleck animation) is battling Toby... which starts out pretty nicely as the two exchange a few blows. Kurohebi also manages to make up for his appearance with his voice, which is the most epic thing I have heard in a long time. I LOVED it! Why did his character have to be ruined due to his appearance?? Either way, we all know the outcome of this fight, but for some reason the ep ends here and everyone who hasn't read the manga is left hanging... ah well :)  Last review I need to do! Man, they have been long this month >.< As such, if you are reading this, I congratulate you ^___^ You get a gold star for persistence ;D Ah, what the heck, I'll try and make this one short... After we get an annoying replay of Lucy in the infirmary, Kurohebi's awesome voice sees him winning his fight, and we get that little thing with Toby's sock, which I didn't find amusing once more this time around... Then it's Bacchus up against somebody, and we all know who it is (cept anime-only people) ... ... ... ELFMAN!! Whoop!! The King gets pissy cause he wanted ErzaVBacchus (I actually would have preferred this too) and Macao, Wakaba and Happy hilariously claim that everything is over XD I got a laugh out of that :P Meanwhile, Natsu awakens alone in the infirmary and finds out everyone else has been kidnapped by a bunch of weird-looking, weird-sounding guys apparently working for Raven Tail. Natsu beats them to a pulp and saves everyone >___> as... per... usual... On the field at this time Bacchus and Elfman make a bet, Bacchus' out-rightly wrong and Elfman's out-rightly stupid, and the two fight... yada yada... etcetera etcetera, Elfman being beaten, onward... onward... We get an explanation of Bacchus' Magic, which seemed to take a majority of the episode to explain with almost every character needing to give their opinion on it >___> However, finally Bacchus goes all out and things get interesting. Elfman pulls out his cool looking Take-Over (nice job anime team!) and Bacchus starts to attack him with repeat-pirouet-attack (no seriously, it looked very stupid) until the two are both tired and fall to the ground. Long story short, Bacchus is defeated. I am glad about this outcome... I mean, somebody actually winning without nakama power, but a solid and logically thought out plan. A+ for you Elfman, A+. And that ends the second battle. Cerberus is renamed Puppy as per Elfman's bet and All in all, I liked the ep, but only because of Elfman and Bacchus. Everything else just seemed like a drag, and annoyingly so. And with this so endeth 2012~! What a great year of anime it has been and I hope for another good one in the year of the snake. Mirajane and Jenny's battle seems to be getting the full ep treatment in 163 (greaaaat, more fanservice... wooh! </sarcasm>) and then we get the amazing Yukino V Kagura battle, which I am very very very much looking forward to, as it is (so far) my favourite battle of the GMG. So, 'til next month, Carrot out~!  ^ ISN'T IT CUTE!?! * ^ *
Let's have a look at December's chapters of Fairy Tail, ending this 2012 year.
I - Chapter 310: This Country of Ours
We start back from where we'd left our Team Idiot. As Happy and Carla notice how Arcadios is fine after a nice bath in lava, Lucy, Yukino and Loke stand before Uosuke, who, in a visible homage to Max and his  "Err, darling... Here, have some nice and healthy syrup!" "Thanks, mom! I've drunk it all! I... Zzzzz..."  Added by ChaosKnightPisces' real form is again split in two, a mother and her son. The latter looks like your typical shōnen protagonist: young, muscular, wild hairdo. The former, on the other hand, doesn't look like your typical shōnen mother... Not at all. Not that I'm saying anything bad. From her looks, I hardly think her child starved as a baby... Though it's quite puzzling that she's white as ivory and that he's pitch black. What do you know... Hurray for interracial unions, yay! As girls pray for more products of interracial unions like the trident-wielding one we have here and boys (Loke included) pray they were of another race to create such products with the aid of young Pisces' parent, the two (or should it count as one?) Spirits charge towards Uosuke, with male Pisces trying to find a motherly figure he'd be unable to fap on in Yukino as he does so. The Garou Knight readies to use his Terrain Effect: Gravity Zone, but its effects are immediately canceled by Yukino summoning Libra, who returns gravity to normal, allowing the two "fishes" to assault the foe with some wet melee attacks. Uosuke, however, emerges unscathed from the assault, and floods the area with his Terrain Effect: Whirlpool Zone, noting how fishes should stick to the sea. What a smart idea it is to use water against two marine creatures. Man, big Sanpei, you really are something. You... As your writer boasts about elemental weaknesses, Pisces are turned into a much smaller, harmless version of their fish form, something which, according to Yukino and much to Lucy's dismay, happens whenever they come in contact with water. ... Alright... What was I saying again? This Uosuke guy not only looks weird and has a cool Magic (I'm starting to like it more and more, even if it's likely some random thing Mashima threw in to give him Magic... Though hey, if all random things involved lava, gravity and water, I could bear with that), but is either smart and/or knowledgeable, at least to a degree. I'm sure he'll make for a hell of an opponent, and our heroes' battle with him will be long and difficult! Lucy summons forth Aquarius using the surrounding water, and the Garou Knight pulls out a scared expression. Ohhhhh, shit. Let's have a look elsewhere for a moment. Pantherlily is having difficulties dealing with Acid Guy, but the sudden memory of his training with Gajeel, of all the metal-enhanced blows he's suffered, allows him to cut through the foe's acid. ... I don't think metal and acid are related, Lily... Sheesh. Wendy reveals the ineffectiveness of Kosmos' Makura Kamura (it sounds like some weird sexual technique...) thanks to her Re-Raise spell, which prevented the enemy's poison from affecting her, and then readies to show the opponent the offensive power a Sky Dragon Slayer holds.
Anyhow, as you might have noticed, I referred to Mirajane's speech in a lighter way than usual 'cause, I must admit, hers are usually a little better than the others', so Crap would be a bit too strong... Besides, we get to see her ass :3 For no specific reason. And to think her greatest Last but not least, Natsu is punching the group's leader like a sack of flour, and, when asked whether he wants to make an enemy of the entire Kingdom (mhm... Where is it I've already heard something like this? I don't know, really. "Cough" One Piece "Cough"), replies that the ones afraid to make enemies should be those crossing Fairy Tail's path.   Added by RauleliAnyhow, you know the drill. All Garou Knights are fucked in the exact moment. What's new is that they're sent flying towards an unique spot, where they slam against each other, at the same time giving Team Idiot the chance to reunite immediately. Alright... Natsu then threatens the executioners to know where to find the exit. End of chapter.  Added by ChaosKnightWell, what to say. While I think this chapter was better than many others about "flash fights", there were some things which I didn't swallow.
All in all, despite those faults, the chapter was passable, and the drawings good. Two double panels showing the Garou Knights getting beaten up ratified their defeat. The cover showed Loke trying to imitate the Man with No Name. Hell, he obviously wasn't as cool as the original... but I do appreciate the effort. II - Chapter 311: The Country, Until Tomorrow  Added by RauleliAlright, the chapter starts with Team Idiot searching for a way out of ... This makes you 100 times less awesome, you do realize that, Square Boy? Anyhow, the group remembers how Zirconis was the Dragon of Jade, and notices that the princess' name, Hisui, also means Jade. A mere coincidence? While they're busy lking, Team Idiot takes it to a large door, which, before Natsu can reduce it to pieces (before actually trying to see whether it's locked), opens from the other side, revealing the hooded figure from some chapters ago standing behind it. Natsu voices our thoughts by asking who the hell she is. Elsewhere, Princess Annoying is informed of the Garou Knights' defeat and smiles. Dalton then makes his appearance, having seen through the girl's deceptions and revealing her plan to have Arcadios, who was acting as the "face" of the Eclipse plan (which is, in fact, her idea), saved by Fairy Tail. The Minister of Defense tries to persuade the girl to stop what she's doing, but Hisui notes how she has no other choice, and, despite a certain "someone" having had her promise to keep her mouth shut, she resolves to tell Datong about the "real" Eclipse Plan, Eclipse Plan 2: a project whose failure would cause the country to "cease to exist" the day after the current one.   Added by AldarinorIt actually looks like Princess Annoying's no longer doing random things and spitting random crap. Maybe she does have a consistent role, after all. Very well, I'll let her live... for now. Finally back to the Games, Juvia engages Chelia, as predicted by Mavis. All Juvia fans out there, however, are soon disappointed, seeing as this confrontation is only meant to gather Erza some time to face Minerva, always according to the satisifed First's calculations. Shesh. Erza makes it to the place she was pointed to, ready to face the Sabertooth Mage... only to be assulted by Kagura, much to her and Mavis' shock, and start a rapid exchange of blows with her. On the stands Mavis, seeing her calculations fucked for good, cries like a baby. Can't say I don't enjoy it.  Added by ChaosKnightThe First's predictions aren't completely proven wrong, however, as the clash between Erza and Kagura is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of an eerie portal which spams two arms, sending both girls to the ground, and then two legs, a waist, an almost exposed butt, a bulging torso, several thousands/hundreds of weirdly styled head hairs, revealing fabric, fur, ropes, hells made of an unspecified material, a number of internal organs and bones, millions of cells, keratin, a large quantity of blood and water... Let's make long things short, Minerva is here. Everyone (a now clueless Mavis included) is shocked as the duel is turned into a threesome involving the strongest female Mages taking part in the Games. Well, guess this solves the "Who will Erza fight?" dilemma pretty well. A pretty neutral chapter, nothing special to it. Good art. The cover showed us Rufus awake again, "remembering" how he was defeated by Fairy Tail. Reality sure hurts. III - Chapter 312: Threesomes  Added by RauleliFine, the chapter picks off from where we'd last stopped, and a Mexican standoff is guaranteed. Kagura silently wonders why Erza covers for Jellal despite all the pain the latter caused her, and Minerva says she has to get rid for the two of them for Sabertooth to return on top ("Cough" fool "Cough" Laxua and Jura "Cough"). Elsewhere, while both Fairy Tail and Mermaid Heel are worried about the incoming battle and Cana smashes her boobs against Max and Warren's heads (lucky bastards), Rufus acknowledges Minerva as the strongest Mage in Sabertooth, surpassing even the Twin Dragons (though really, it shouldn't be that difficult to surpass two fellows fucked by Natsu while they were going all out). Anxiety strikes everyone as confrontation ensues. Well, how to riassume the following part... A free for all. Guess we might be using pictures here.  Added by ChaosKnight
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The answers to these decisive questions will have to wait, as the last battle of 2012 is suddenly interrupted, this year's final chapter switching to something else. It looks like the princess' just finished explaining some things we're not supposed to know yet to Datong. When asked to stop the Games, Hisui notes how the "one" she's spoken to can apparently see in the future, and made claim that one guild will win the Games in a spectacular outcome. Plan Eclipse has to wait for such an outcome to start. We're brought back to the Hell Palace, where the hooded person, now shedding tears and asking the group "their strength", takes off the hood. Just as Hisui remarks how the person she's talking about came from the future, the stranger reveals the face which was hidden so far.
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Of course, a terrible shock. But still... So, yeah, 2012's Fairy Tail ends with this Well, yeah, this really wasn't that much of a chapter. The threesome was nothing special, Minerva's Magic is as of yet incomprehensible, and this hooded figure being Lucy was... Yeah, you know. As surprising as the previous hooded one being Millianna. This 27 pages-long chapter came with a colored one showing the Mexican standoff (yeah, I love this term), finally showing us something about Minerva's colorscheme (though only her blue hair, make up and skin complexion, plus a bit of fur) and a 2-pages colored shot showing several Fairies in elegant clothes... I appreciated Cana's presence, Mirajane's jovial look, Juvia's cute hat and Gajeel's ponytail. Erza looked like a hooker. No, seriously. Oh, yeah, also a double page with
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 Welcome to the The Last Pollbender! The page where we hold all kinds of polls each month to find out what Fairy Tail fans' opinions are on any and every subject!
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