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Page 3! Tech Updates bitch! >:) Now, if you remember, someone actually managed to complete my challenge last month... >__> Damn... Let's all give a clap to Mega~! Congrats Mega~!! He managed to identify correctly all five of the missing updates, which were as follows:
As such, he wins the prize~! Yay >___> Anyways, I am sorry to announce, but this month I will not be putting my game onto this page. Why, you might ask? Well, simply because there was not enough stuff going on in the Wiki to even leave that many updates, and as such I have decided to just leave the game aside this month T^T Sorry. But hey, here's an excuse for everyone to work harder and make more updates.... right? ;D
(Lyon Vastia) to (Juvia Lockser) "Juvia-chan!!!"
(Nullpudding) "I'm fat, useless, unmemorable piece of crap that no longer has any role in the series. This is about the most attention I'll ever get....ever."
YOSH~! Well, I'm stuck in a hole, so let's get this review under-way ^___^ Firstly, can I just say how excited I was when I heard there was going to be an FT movie? I don't follow any big manga/anime series outside FT, so this was sorta like my first big anime movie event X3 Did I like it? Well, I did, but at the same time I'm not fawning over it... or characters from it *glances at Prime* which doesn't make it bad, just not amazing. Anyways~!! Onwards!! We start... in outer space :) ( .__.) Wait... no... that's the logo for Shochiko, the group that produced this movie. As such, you'd have to be blind or stupid to not notice the dramatic difference between the movies animation and the animes animation. What did I think? Well, I'll get to that later ;D We actually start in a mysterious deserty place thing (descriptive Carrot >__>) with a man preaching stuff and a woman *watches as Prime begins to drool* dancing around two stones containing other stones. We don't get any voices, but the music incorporated is gorgeous, as per usual :) People have gathered to watch OMG!! A MAN WITH A SWORD!! What's he doing with that? Swords are dangerous!! :O He just stabbed somebody... but more importantly... BLOOOOOOD!!! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! Blood... in a Fairy Tail movie!? :D For sure! This movie just got 20 times better and it's only been playing for a few minutes!! As people bleed (YES! BLEED!) the old man grabs Prime's lover and one of the stones, teleporting them both from the scene. However, he gets stabbed (YES! STABBED!) before they fully disappear, so despite getting the pretty woman to safety, he himself bleeds out (YES! BLEEDS!!) and dies (YES! DIES!). Just how great is this already!? :D Wiki peeps: Uhhh... should we be scared that she's this happy about death and suffering?? Back at the stony place (to hell with my descriptions) the guys who attacked take the other half of the funny stone, which of course is red to symbolise evil and badness and evilness. Our girl with the blue (and therefore nicer) part of the stone runs whilst bleeding (YES! BLEEEEEEDING!) and then collapses ( .__.)~ Well, she tried, right? *insert an opening here that is neither that interesting nor that catchy* We now meet some characters we know! It's Team Nastu + Wendy and Happy, at some sort of Greece rip-off town to capture a bandit named Geese, who, if you remember, was name-dropped by Bacchus in chapter 298. Okay, it's easier to judge animation now that I have something to go off of. I found throughout this movie that there were some parts I liked a lot, and others not so much :/ I found the women were really well animated. Eclair, Lucy, Wendy and Erza all look very nice during the movie. The same can be said for Natsu on most occasions. However, I always found that Gray looked a little funny for most of this. Did anyone else get this? Lemme know ;D This aside, the group runs through the town and are suddenly attacked by Geese's humongous group of thugs. This is where things get good. I really really really cannot describe how much I love the animation of Magic in this movie. It's just all really well done, very fluid and very steady, which makes for some great battles :) The other thing is that the animation of Magic matches everything else. One of the things that kinda annoys me with the FT anime is that the animation style for similar Magic changes and is inconsistent. As an extra, Natsu flames could look kind of real-lifeish whilst Wendy's wind doesn't. As such, seeing nice consistency is great :) Erza also gets an upgrade with a really awesome Requip animation where her armour seems to unbuckle as it removes itself from her * ^ * That was very awesome. Naturally, FT beats the crooks but fails to keep one for interrogation. Natsu and Gray get into a rather funny battle, throwing a thug between them, and then laugh my ass off every time as Natsu slides down through the town on Gray's ice floor XD I don't know why, but I find that part hilarious XD XD XD Luckily Lucy and Loke are on top of things though, and capture a man for them to get Geese's location out of. The others catch up as Lucy chases Geese through the town, the man obviously identifiable through his name tattooed on his back :P However, the man evades capture through the use of Flattening Magic ;D As such, Lucy and the others lose him, and don't get their reward, making Lucy sad D; Concurrently, our lovely lady meets up with a flying bird of some description, and Marakov sits in on a boring Council meeting, sending everyone's favourite Iron Dragon Slayer to look more into one of the issues >:) Alright! Gajeel!! We finally get a glance at the rambunctious Fairy Tail guild hall, and Juvia is on the scene, being ridiculously funny as usual ;D I really liked the way the guild hall was shown, all lively and full of people :) It always seems a little dry in the anime :/ Loved it here <3 Finally the bad guys are introduced!! Seems it's some puffed up freakin Prince (I typed Prime just then accidentally XP) who wants to make himself look good by combining the apparent "Phoenix Stone" in front of his town at a celebration. He sends a guild called Carbuncle to retrieve the other half of the stone. However, our FT friends are one step ahead with the very obvious (screw in his alcohol and everything) Gajeel and Pantherlily stalking them ;D Back at the guild, Lucy finds a collapsed Eclair and takes her to FT for food. Eclair eats and awkwardly says nothing nice at all, with her funny chicken-like friend Momon doing all the talking. Just as Eclair goes to leave, Carla has a premonition! dun Dun DUUUUUNNN~!! But, but, but, even more dun dun dun is that... SHE ACTUALLY TELLS SOMEBODY ABOUT IT!! I know right!? Carla actually WARNING SOMEONE about a bad future!? What is Fairy Tail coming too. Blood is good, but Carla actually being a better character... IMPOSSIBURU!! :< Eclair however refuses the warning, causing the plot device necessary to start FT's adventure, as they agree to accompany her on her quest to keep her safe :) FT's on a train!... and Eclair's being awks again >__> This time she pretty much tells Lucy to piss off out of her problems and reveals that she seems to be missing some of her memories o___O This is cast aside though as the group arrives... wherever they were heading (can't be stuffed going back to hear the town name). We then get a little nice scene with some lovely music which shows what the FT peeps like to do when left alone in town. Natsu and Gray go as expected, Natsu stuffing his face and then getting stuck working in the restaurant when he can't pay the bill, whilst Gray gets arrested and scolded for walking around naked XP Lucy tries to cheer Eclair up, to no avail, and Wendy gets a little cheeky, trying to cheat at street games :P However! Winner of best town activity and winner of best scene in the entire freakin' movie goes to Erza, who, after unsuccessfully shopping for armour, gets all flustered and cute and BUYS A WEDDING DRESS~!! Let Carrot's fangirl imagination run wild~!! * ^ * <3 @____@ The group regroup (nice wording there >__>) back at their hotel, where everyone questions why Erza looks so damn happy. SHE'S DAMN HAPPY BECAUSE SHE'S PICTURING HER WEDDING WITH JELLAL YOU IDIOTS!! *swoons* O___o I- I- I mean... you guys are a bit... slow. She is probably thinking about marrying someone :3 ... *nudges Jellal* I said someone! And this wouldn't be an FT movie without a shot of Lucy in the shower, which is delivered next. And then what is delivered is a very awesome battle-like scene with perhaps the coolest character in the series :3 Yep, it's that shadow guy, the one who melts into himself and other things and can go Wolverine with huge metal claws springing forth from the gauntlets he wears. Long story short, he attacks Lucy and Eclair, Lucy dodges (very nicely) and screams for Natsu. Natsu and Gray come to everyone's rescue, but lose the guy, who sees that they are FT Mages. Returning to Lucy, Gray and Natsu then get a very nice view when Lucy's towel (what she was wearing the whole time) falls off. I loled when Lucy tried to flick pebbles at them for not looking away XD Hahaha. Despite the awesome shadow man getting away, Eclair manages to remember that she is seeking a man in the forest she is heading to, and the group believe that he can help them figure out why Eclair is missing some of her memory, and also why she has the strange stone that the shadow guy seemed to want. They head out to a house in Eclair's memories and discover that it is abandoned, but that the man who owned it was Eclair's father. Through a Magic-Ultear-like-Lacrima-sphere, Eclair's father details that he wanted Elcair to bring him the stone so that he could use some form of Dispelling Magic on it, but of course, he is already dead, and the instructions on how to use said Magic are nowhere to be found. Convenient >___> As the others conclude that the stone must be evil, Eclair gets very upset over her families death, and Lucy comforts her. Eclair then requests that FT find a way to dispel the stone. It's about half way through the movie at this point and the main plot has pretty much been set up. Am I enjoying it so far?? Like hell I am~! :) The movie definitely has a darker tone to it than the normal series, particularly where death is involved, but I think I like it :D Does this like maintain itself throughout the rest of the movie? Hmmmm... not quite... so let's get onto that... Back at Fairy Tail (Yay!) the guild think about how to dispel the stone. They are interrupted though by a VERY well done scene, in which the guild is suddenly attacked!! As the debris clears, we see a woman with curly hair, a man of average height with a long cloak, and a very tall man with things floating above his head... ... ... ... ...HOLY SHIT!! THE RAIJINSHUU ARE ATTACKING FAIRY TAIL AGAIN!! DX ...No... wait... ( .__.) it's those freaks from that Carbuncle guild... Oh no! They must be here to get Eclair! D: As I mentioned, the scene that unfolds is pretty freakin' awesome. The guy with the cannons (no matter how creepy when he licks his lips upon seeing Gray) is pretty strong, but the combination of Dyst's telekinesis-like Magic and Coordinator (wtf name?) with her Requip and seeming ability to un-Requip others take the spotlight for well thought out Magic. Just as everyone is owned, awesome-hell-yeah shadow man reappears and grabs Eclair... Well... that was certainly easy... ( .__.) Makarov returns with Lily and Gajeel, and suddenly Gajeel reveals all of this info that makes everything conveniently fall into place. Gajeel states that some Prince from the Principality of Veronica (since when was Gajeel an English major? >__> Like he knows that word! XD) wants to combine the stone to gain immortality. So, that's what the fuck is going on... I get it now... Again, long story short (have you seen how much tying I've done so far... my fingers are killing me DX) FT decides to go rescue Eclair. The woman in question does need saving, as, in the cell of the Prince, she has her arm cut side open, spraying blood (YES! BLOOD!) everywhere. ( .__.) This movie really is darker... Skipping ahead, as evil Prince guy prepares for his celebration and to sacrifice Eclair, FT arrives in Veronica, only to be encountered by the members of Carbuncle again. In traditional FT style, they get paired up. Pretty much:
...leaving Lucy to find Eclair. For the sake of being quick and not killing you by jumping back and forth, I'll do quick reviews of the fights here: Juvia and Gray's fight was short but sweet. I like it how they didn't use nakama power or any of that crap, rather they just took advantage of their very compatible Magic and Cannon's lack of speed and froze him. Didn't take him out really, just froze him. Again, short, sweet needed. Plus, Juvia was so cute at the end :3 Erza's fight was pretty sweet XD The armours that Coordinator pulled out were pretty cool, and actually seeing Erza bleed for once was nice ;D However, this fight gets ten bazillion stars because Erza wins by fighting in her wedding dress, leading Coordinator, upon her defeat, to question just how desperate Erza is. SHE IS DESPERATE!! DESPERATE FOR SOME JELLAL LOVIN'~!!! <3 Let Carrot's fangirl mind run wild~!! (take 2) Gajeel V Chase was pretty cool, but only because I like both Mages abilities... I guess compared to the others it was even quicker, and even more simple in terms of attacks, though, again, it's hard to argue with Gajeel getting stabbed from the inside of his body and then eating all of the blades protruding from his skin >:) And finally Natsu V Dyst. Well >__> Eh. Natsu should have died (or at least broken his face and every other body part) from Dyst's attacks, though, being an anime, this obviously doesn't happen. Though, it was nice to see Natsu fall... for now... Returning to the palace, Dyst arrives just in time to watch as Prince Puffpants combines the phoenix stones... ...WRONG!! Dyst arrives just in time to push the freaky Prince aside, declare himself the new ruler and complete the resurrection, whilst in the square below, Eclair begins to burn at the stake she is chained to T^T Painful DX The phoenix is then awoken... and... well, I was kinda like "WTF is THAT!?" for most of this scene, because I swear, whatever the hell that thing that came out of the phoenix stone was, it was as weird and fugly as all hell :/ As the monster destroys shit, Lucy and Natsu find Eclair, who managed to escape the fire thanks to the sacrifice of Momon T^T Also on the scene is Makarov, who meets Erza with Jet, revealing that they stole some form of weapon from the Magic Council to take the beast out. Way ta go Makka~!! That's how you do it ;D Steal shit and stuff :P As Natsu and the others try to stop Dyst and the wtf-phoenix to no avail, Lucy moves Eclair through the town, and we finally figure out (Eclair somehow gets her memories back?) that Eclair is immortal, being made so my the blood of the phoenix specifically to ensure the stones destruction. Woah... okay... I guess I saw that coming... What I didn't see coming was Lucy and Eclair getting into a near-death experience and the duo being rescued by Geese of all people o___O That was... a little stupid imo... ( .__.) Anyways, more fighting, awesome FT music playing, we finally get some awesomeness, because who should show up but the Raijinshuu and Laxus~!! Yeah XD And they are actually smart, rather than just launching pointless attacks at the phoenix's mega huge body thing, they attack the foot, causing it to fall over. Meanwhile, Natsu uses nakama crap to take out Dyst >__> However, even with Dyst down, the bloody phoenix is still up and good, and now even more people show up~! Mirajane (looking badass with Satan Soul) and the other prominent FT members all appear and all start beating the hell out of the phoenix, who only begins to absorb their Magic, and every other form of Magic, as it prepares for a huge mother-fucker attack to completely destroy the world. Eclair then explains that the phoenix wants to destroy the world so that it (and only it) can be reborn from the ashes... ...Meh... seems legit... However, Makarov has other ideas. He arrives on the scene and explains that the weapon he stole from the Council (made by Eclair's own father) can be used to destroy the phoenix forever, but, due to the fact that Eclair is immortal because of the phoenix, she will die too as a result. With Erza in standby (and looking awesome) to fire, Makarov asks Eclair to make the hard choice of giving up her life. Despite Lucy's want for the whole world to be destroyed and Eclair's life to be spared (yep, sure, let everyone else die painfully Lucy) Eclair accepts, and Erza fires the arrow into the phoenix's (?) eye. Naturally this is the sad/dramatic scene, because Lucy is crying and screaming and Erza's arrow naturally doesn't completely pierce the shell of the phoenix (?), leaving Natsu to have to push it in himself. Natsu succeeds of course, and the phoenix (?) begins to crumble to dust as Eclair also vanishes. Lucy screams some more, but we get the happy little image of Eclair and Momon meeting in the afterlife and stating that they will be happy together forever D; Happy but sad at the same time... In the aftermath of the fight, Lucy and Wendy cry and Erza feels bad because Makarov never told her that the arrow would take Eclair's life, which I reckon is a little tight on Makarov's behalf, but anyways :/ Finally, as Lucy questions whether Magic is good or evil, we get the movie version of Mashima's very much loved movie teaser artwork, which, despite never being able to match anything Mashima-sama can create, is still very sweet :3 As the credits role, we gets some images of the clean up of Veronica, Fairy Tail rebuilding (wish they had Ultear and her Arc of Time I bet ;D) and Lucy seeing Eclair as a child walking down the street. ... Okay... did I like it in the end?? Weeeeeell, it could have done without that bunch of nakama crap of Natsu's behalf right at the end there, but though these cliché bits did exist, they weren't necessarily ruining the movie. So, I'm going to have to give the movie 8/10... if I had to give it a rating. It was good, but it wasn't amazing. The animation, for the most part, impressed me, and the score for the movie was, naturally, gorgeous <3 Eclair and some of the other characters introduced were really well done too :3 So, all in all a very nice job by the movie team here :) If they ever make another, I will be sure to check it out ;D Until then, I'll just have fun imagining Erza in her wedding dress * ^ * Wedding... dress?? Wait a second... ... ... >:) Carrot: Leli~! Rauleli~!!
I - Chapter 326: Natsu vs. Rogue[]Here starts April 2013's first chapter... just as the clock strikes twelve, Crocus' bells ring, and the 6th July ends. It's the 7th July. The fated day has come. Fairy Tail is gathered in Crocus' "central park", the area it was tasked to protect, while the other guilds guard different sections of Fiore's capital (pretty sure Cerberus is watching over the place's hospital... Hell, this is what I'd been waiting for). Gazes dart to the sky, where the moon has been obscured... an eclipse is taking place. Just as the homonymous Gate opens before everyone's eyes. Not even Natsu and Rogue, still engaged in their duel, are unaware of the Gate's opening. Rogue notes how Lucy couldn't keep it closed, but states he's sure she'll get in the way, closing it somehow. Some Nakama Crap ensues on Natsu's side as the Fire Dragon Slayer pulls out his ever-so-hated Lightning Flame Dragon Mode, readying to land a mighty and devastating blow to his foe. End of battle, Rogue down, Nakama Crap? Natsu is unable to land his attack, dazzled by a sudden burst of light from the Shadow Dragon Slayer, who goes on to reveal his "Villain Armor" (aka Plot Sword, Plot Armor Wrecker, Badass Twist, Malleus Villainarum or simply "Harold"), White Shadow Dragon Mode, which engulfs half of his body in light, and the other in pitch-black darkness. Alright, this really isn't that much of a twist, but it's still better than nothing, right? You'll understand why I outlined the previous sentence soon enough. Now "possessing the properties of both light and darkness", Rogue goes on to attack Natsu at blinding speed (how come Sting never came up with something like this?), subsequently inflicting heavy damage upon him with the countless oversized needles of his White Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk. ... Waxwing Flash, Rough Silk... Seriously, can Rogue get any more gay than this? Natsu lies on the ground, questioning Rogue about his new skill... which the Shadow Dragon Slayer states he's obtained by killing Sting in the future. ... Alright, now go read the outlined sentence again. That stays true for both this and the previous development. The Fire Dragon Slayer asks his foe whether he doesn't really care about life at all, which he confirms. He then readies to finish off Natsu with what we'll likely see soon as the "White Shadow Dragon's Roar (though hey, it's not like we haven't seen different stuff before), but he's suddenly surrounded by a multitude of floating orbs, which hone in on him at the command "Flash Forward". Yup, folks, Ultear's here. The two female members of Crime Sorcière rush to the injured Natsu's side to help him... only to find Rogue's shadow trying to snatch him away. Meanwhile, Eclipse's leaves are almost completely open. Everyone expresses their hopes for the weapon meant to keep humanity safe, and Wendy tells Lucy how her future counterpart would be happy about it. The Celestial Spirit Mage, however, has something else going on in her mind. She slowly starts approaching the gigantic doorway, her wide open eyes showing something's wrong with her as she states she has to close Eclipse.
Of course, everything I said above is made better by the fact that this set of skills brought down Natsu. Hey, it's not like I expect him not to stand on his feet again in few chapters and beat the crap out of Rogue... but it's something to begin with, right? As for "future Sting's" death... Remember what I said about Lucy 2.0's death (damn, should have highlighted that too)? Well, that stays true for Sting. So, yeah, nothing too shocking. And Lucy's seeming trance... Well, let's wait and see. Might turn out to be something interesting. Nice drawings, 2-pages shot of Rogue beating the crap out of Natsu, Cover showing some random Lucy. II - Chapter 327: My Part Too[]So, wazzup with Lucy? The Celestial Spirit Mage continues walking towards the gate, crying for it to be closed, much to everyone's dismay. The Princess steps forward, telling her how Eclipse is the only weapon capable of stopping the incoming Dragons, but Lucy contradicts her, stating that the massive doorway leads to 400 years in the past... just as the earth starts shaking and something makes its way to Fiore from the Eclipse gate. Oh, fuck. The new guest soon goes for the second option, knocking everyone down on their feet by clearing its throat and then trying out the gravity of today's Fiore by stomping gently, destroying a long section of Crocus in the process. Oh well, accidents happen. As shock and dismay spread everywhere in town, more inconveniente guests storm out of the gate. Lucy grabs a shocked Hisui, asking her how to close Eclipse, and the Princess points at a nearby pedestal. The Celestial Spirit Mage rushes in its direction, but is forced to momentarily back off when one of the newcomers, literally BURNING with enthusiasm, expresses its appreciation for the new world quite loudly, causing the host to welcome it by giving the (reptilian?) a flash of her underwear. With her skirt back in place, Lucy grabs the large trigger meant to close the door (better known as "Detached Door Handle", "DDH"). When asked by Wendy about how she knew of the door, the Celestial Spirit Mage states that she had Crux research the whole thing, with the results being that Eclipse combines Magic from the Book of Zeref with Celestial Spirit Magic, allowing its user to input coordinates from the time travel... coordinates which were corrupted by the eclipse of the 7th July, causing the gate to connect nowadays Fiore with the one from 400 years ago, when dragons existed. Seriously, with 364 other days to choose from, did you guys REALLY have to go for the 365th? Damn, does someone in the entire place actually THINK? Sheesh. As one more, rather rocky guest comes to he host's place, Lucy tries to close the gate, without success. Hisui despairs while standing still, proving herself useful as a knife during a gunfight, and Fiore's bustiest Celestial Spirit Mage gives out some Nakama Speech... which corresponds to Natsu's, who's now awake and seemingly unaffected by Rogue's shadow. THE END. So... Well, yeah, this chapter was pretty neutral to me. Nothing special, and not much of a plot twist. Not saying it sucked either, but... But. Some of the dragons seemed to have a nice design... but let's wait for the next review to comment on them. Two 2-pages shots showed the first living dragon in ages making its way to the modern Fiore and destroying a large section of Crocus, respectively. Cover showing young Fairy Tail Mages for the umpteenth time. III - Chapter 328: Zodiac[]So, things really got fucked up for good. The opening of the Eclipse Gate proved to be a big, BIG mistake, dragons are storming the place and Lucy is powerless, unable to close the space-time doorway. Don't worry, sistah, here comes the cavalry! It's Yukino and Mirajane! ... The former has gained her old outfit back through unknown means. Where did it come from? Wasn't it supposed to be back at Saber's place? Did the Celestial Spirit Mage have enough time to leave the castle and go back to the headquarters of the guild which covered her in crap to get what's rightfully hers back, EVERYTHING DURING A DRAGON DAY OF JUDGEMENT? Or maybe the King bought her attire from Jiemma in order to sink his face in it (in-manga fanservice?)? Anyhow, Angel 2.0's back to her former looks. As for Mirajane... She's now wearing a dress. "Sheds a tear" Farewell, spy leotard with thigh-high boots. The time we spent together was great. Anyhow, Yukino comes with an idea: she urges Lucy to pull out her Golden Keys, wanting to close the Gate through the use of the 12 major Celestial Spirits. The two Celestial Spirit Mages unceremoniously throw the metal accessories into the air, join hands and then, under the amazed look of most of Fiore's mob of soldiers (employed either as cannon fodder or as amazed spectators, that is), summon the twelve Spirits, who are tasked with closing the door and shot towards it like bullets. Mmh... The group (instead of just going and pulling the lever which Lucy isn't strong enough to use) rushes towards the door and pushes its wings (stopping a rather hefty clone of Elfman's Beast Soul: Weretiger in the process... how is that supposed to be a dragon?), eventually managing to CLOSE THE ECLIPSE GATE. Hurray! All's well that ends well, right? Oh no, wait... Dragons indeed made it through the gate. When questioned by Arcadios on the number of reptiles who're still around, a cannon fodder/amazed spectator (who looks like he's been punched on the nose too many times) announces there are 7... just as Rogue 2.0 appears on the scene. The Shadow Dragon Slayer notes how Lucy did indeed get in the way, but states that 7 dragons will suffice, adding that controlling ten thousands would have been a real nightmare. Say what?! The (former?) Sabertooth Mage's following words are welcomed in disbelief: his arms raised to the sky crowded with the flying reptilians, Rogue announces the end of human race and the beginning of the era of dragons.
Sheesh, I guess everyone needs a hobby As a first step, the Dragon Slayer from the future orders the dragons to kill all of the Mages scattered throughout Fiore... something they ready to carry out without a word. Rogue can control dragons? WUT? What's up with this? But of course the simplest possible explanation... The secret art of dominating dragons, Dragon Manipulation Magic. Seriously, what an original idea. And what an original name, since we're at it. Anyhow... Rogue rapidly finds his place on one of his reptilian minions' foreleg, and then tells another he can do as he pleases... causing Zirconis, his listener, to rejoice at the thought of tasting humans. All of the Fairy Tail Mages who were present when Milky Way was casted watch on in dismay as the one who was dead is shown alive, having made his way to year X791 from the past alongside his brothers. Elsewhere, the guests have started greeting their hosts: the Fairy Tail Mages stationed at central park are blasted away by the fierce roar of "Atlas Flame", the dragon(?) clad in flames who first introduced itself to Lucy, and Sabertooth doesn't waste time in assaulting a horned fella. Everyone else basically just has a look at how destructive dragons can be without doing much. In the meantime, Rogue flies over Crocus aboard his scaly plane, rejoicing in destruction, until he spots something, a figure standing on top of a tower... Natsu. ______________________________________________________________________ What can I say... This chapter was peculiar. It all happened SOOOOO fast: Eclipse getting closed, Rogue being revealed as an asshole, dragons fucking everything, Natsu back to action (damn, already???)... Hell, had Mashima done more than that, he'd probably have finished the series right here, with 327 chapters behind him. So, in the end, nothing special. Nice art and portrayal of dragons, pretty epic 2-pages shot of Rogue and his newfound servants, and another of Atlas Flame causing some ruckus... without actually hurting everyone. The Cover, a color page of Lucy (in her "Celestial" attire) surrounded by the 12 "Golden" Celestial Spirits, is worth noting. Alright folks, let's move on to... Oh, wait, no finishing chapter from Mashima this month. For no apparent reason. Oh well... Bye.
Welcome to another issue of The Earth Land Chronicles. This article will a relatively sarcastic overview of things in the Fairy Tail series, which will Welcome back, readers! This month, we go through the Edolas arc. So as we know, we begin this arc with a little party over Wendy joining the guild with her bitch cat. The anime decided to insert some filler crap here, sadly. Since I'm apparently writing too much, I'll cut back on the text to give you guys what you want: dry humor!
Ultra: Well suck it up, cause you're getting it anyways ;D
So we basically begin with Lucy talking to Wendy about Fairy Hills, which we all saw in the extremely fanservice-laden OVA (and the manga omake, but the OVA shows more skin XD). While doing this, they're alerted to the incoming arrival of Fairy Tail's strongest Mage, Gildarts Clive, who went on a 100 year mission. This is a man for whom the whole earth moves, literally as Magnolia Town undergoes a little dominoes game to clear a path for his arrival since he destroys everything and is too stupid to avoid houses. Owing to this stupidity, Gildarts arrives at Fairy Tail but doesn't recognize it, owing in part to the assholes of Phantom Lord who destroyed the guild and forced it to be rebuilt. Gildarts is recognized though and liked by everyone. Sadly, he failed his 100 mission, which surprises everyone. Unfortunately this interesting tidbit of plot is never brought up again. Thanks a lot, Mashima >_> After tossing him into the ceiling, to the pleasure of his haters, Gildarts invites Natsu to his house, where he later teases him and ships him with Lisanna. Sadly, Gildarts isn't up to date with current events like, y'know, her death. Oh, there's also the mention of a Black Dragon. This'll be important later on. So skip forward a bit, Wendy finds out that the one who she met as a child wasn't Jellal but his lookalike Mystogan. As she's told that Fairy Tail will be destoryed, she turns to save the guild only to find out that it's gone. C'ept for Natsu, who got buried under rubble. Cue an explanation from Carla the bitch about Edolas, which is losing Magic and is where everything went, and we're off to a new world. After getting into a warehouse and putting on some new clothes, the gang discovers what appears to be their guild. But something's wrong cause Elfman's a pussy, Cana refuses to drink, Lucy's gone goth and Juvia's showing more skin than Gray, who's dressed like he's going to Canada. Welcome to Edolas Fairy Tail, the polar Once the situation is explained, the group leaves decides to leave to rescue their nakama. Joined by Lucy Ashley, Lucy's counterpart, the Mages buy a few items from a black market shop cause the asinine kingdom decided to ban Magic for everyone to keep it for themselves. While hiding, the gang discovers their own friend Lucy, who can use Magic in the world when they can't and decides to call herself Fairy Tail's strongest (at the moment) Mage. Troll your friends, much? Turns out, she was sent by Mystogan, who is looking for other Fairy Tail Mages. And what would Fairy Tail be without some fanservice? When the gang enters a hotel, we get a nice scene of Edolas Lucy finding out her body is the exact same as Lucy Heartfilia and offering to show Natsu their more...intimate parts. Naturally, Earth Land Lucy doesn't want this to happen since she won't show Natsu her body till their married (or at least till they've both had enough to drink). One haircut and a night later, Edolas Lucy runs off, leaving a note to explain her cowardice and pissing off Lucy. Well, whatever. She wasn't that great other than for fanservice. So to get to the royal city, the gang has to fight the knights, where Virgo appears in place of Loke who, despite liking Lucy, is on a date. With whom? Well, we never know. Anyways the gang is saved by Natsu's edolas counterpart, who's a boss on vehicles and a pussy off them. Alright so the next stuff is boring. Be warned. Arrive at the city. Boring. The King's speech. Boring. Come up with a plan. Boring. Captured by slutty Captain Erza. Boring. So now here is where we find out that Happy and Carla are Exceeds who are revered as gods to people in Edolas. Apparently, they were sent to kill the Dragon Slayers by their God/Queen for whatever reason cause we all know someone who can kill a Dragon will die if they fight a cat which is only able to use Aera. Cue the nakama "We are Fairy Tail" stuff and Happy and Carla fly away. Oh, yeah, they met Nichiya, who happens to be Ichiya's Edolas counterpart. Clearly, Mashima didn't want to draw another ugly man at this point and decided to draw an ugly cat. So the two cats, now "Fallens", wind up hiding and staying with an married couple, where they regain their faith and their ability to fly, which they haven't had lately. This elderly couple is soon revealed to be Happy's parents. Meanwhile in her cell, Lucy is taken out by Knightwalker. Deciding to spout her nakama talk to convince her she can be like the Erza of Earth Land, Lucy talks to her but only succeeds in pissing her off and making her want to drop her off the edge of the castle. It's then that Carla and Happy show up and Carla claims to be the princess, without knowing she actually is. The plan works but Pantherlily shows up to screw it all up for them. At the same time, members of the Royal Guard of Extalia and turned into a huge gummy cat. Meanwhile, Natsu and Wendy are being held captive by a small man and having their So when Happy takes Gajeel to the big Lacrima so he can free everyone with Dragon Slayer Magic, Pantherlily shows up and Gajeel decides to make him his cat, having previously spent every night of his recent life crying over not having one while Natsu and Wendy did. At the same time, Natsu, Gray and Lucy wind up in an amusement park controlled by Hughes and they have to fight him and Sugarboy. Now let's take some time to appreciate Lucy's female form. Alright, perverts time to get back to reading. Omega: Damn >_< Hungry: *zips up pants* Oh, we done already? So back to the story, Lucy's sex appeal fails- Reli: Gay! Yeah, no duh. Anyways, so cue the short man coming around, Lucy thinking he wants her key (even though he wouldn't be able to use them) and fighting him when he turns into a giant octopus When the two are seemingly captured by Knightwalker, and the Magic sucked out might be used to destroy the Exceed homeland, it all turns out to be Erza's ruse. We all know that girl would never lose XD. So Lucy and Coco, an adviser girl who decided to betray the kingdom, show up on a Legion and help everyone get out of the place to save Extalia, which actually is in danger. So Wendy and Carla try warning the Exceed but they're too stubborn to listen and think their queen will save them. As they stone the poor girl and her cat, the queen arrives. She's got the power of foresight 'cept she has a missing wing and is actually weak and mislead the people. Cue crying. Cue speech on how they can win! We're off! The whole gang tries to stop the lacrima from crushing Extalia and to prevent it from doing so, the Prince of Edolas, Mystogan arrives and sends it back to Earth Land. Yay! I don't care what they say, you own Jellal any day of the week ;) Just as it seems alright, Pantherlily, who once saved Mystogan as a kid and got cast out for it, get shot down by Erza Knightwalker and King Faust arrives in a mech which is nowhere near as cool as Gurren Lagann mech. Mystogan lets himself get beaten so he can find Pantherlily while the 3 Dragon Slayers fight Faust. The battle is arduous but in the end, later on, Fairy Tail prevails At the same time, Lucy, Gray, Carla and Happy try fighting the army but are soon overpowered until the Edolas Fairy Tail Guild comes to their rescue. Much to Loke's great happiness. Meanwhile, Erza fights Knightwalker in what is undoubtedly an epic battle. The stuff about "self" here isn't too preachy and the scale is quite nice He is ridding Edolas of its Magic and wants to make himself a villain and let Pantherlily to kill him so he can unite the humans and the Exceed by being a hero. Pantherlily doesn't like it and wants the opposite. As they argue, Nadi shows up and shows that Natsu and his gang are getting nuts outside. Wendy's even trying to scare kids, though it doesn't work since she's so cute, thankfully Gajeel is there to help her out. Natsu is now "The Great Demon Lord" who is sucking out the Magic. Mystogan and Natsu then delve into a physical brawl when the former realizes what's going on and in the end, Mystogan is victorious With that, Edolas has no Magic and all the Earth Land people are returning home. Everyone's sad but it's ultimately a nice hard ending to this arc. Little extra bits after the return to Earth Land is that the Exceed never send Carla and Happy to kill Dragon Slayers but rather, to save them from humans. Oh, and they came to Earth Land too since Anima threw out all Magic. And something else came back too: a chibi Pantherlily and he brought along an old friend. Turns out she didn't die. She was just sent to Edolas but couldn't come back after bonding there till Anima said otherwise. Yeah, nice job at the BS Mashima >_> So after a reunion between the take-over siblings, we've come to the end of the Edolas arc. In the end, people have called this Fairy Tail's Skypiea arc. We can see the similarities since both are really long and involve going elsewhere and fighting against some gods (at least somewhat). So ultimately, we close out this arc with a happy reunion. Was it does as best as it could be? Nope. But is it Fairy Tails' worst arc? Not really. Just never lived up to where it could've gone. Sadly, that's been said about Fairy Tail a lot. Next time we look at one of Fairy Tail's most loved and hated arcs. Look forward to it!
Dorma Anim. It was a cool Dragon mech so w/e to those who hated it. And I don't care if it's not a "Magic".
The one where Lucy shows some skin ;)
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