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  WEEK 1 OF CONFINEMENT:

Well, I don't see how the anime team can beat the absolute gloriousness that was last weeks episode...

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...but let's see...

Okay... why are the FT members suddenly back at the guild rather than in Crocus?? Why are Mirajane and Juvia appearing here and then Makarov complaining that he has to put Lucy and Wendy on the team because other, stronger people haven't come back from training??

*sighs*

Y'know, sometimes I have to wonder what the anime team is thinking... was it really that hard to not just shove the members in Crocus and explain all of the backstory there?? I mean, if you really have to make up for time expand the bit where the group first arrive in Crocus and look around, especially why the capital is called the "blooming capital"...

Anyways... point 2: the castle of Mercurius is changed...

*facepalms* Oh my gosh. I mentioned it last month in my other review... but why do the animators keep changing locations? I mean, looking at where Meredy and Ultear are standing to watch the Games in the opening... why are they on that random statue and not the cliff-side...?? How are they going to ruin Jellal's glorious battle with Jura (and screw up Sema >:O) if they are there?? Is Meredy just going to get pushed off the statue and break her neck, killing Jellal too?? Is Ultear going to hang Meredy over the side of the statue and have her become so scared that Jellal does too and runs in fear from Jura?? Because I seriously don't see how the two girls are going to beat each other up and choke/tickle/whatever to foil Jellal if they are 50 bazillion metres in the air and have only around 1 metre squared of area to work with... *shakes head* It will be interesting to see how the anime team gets out of that one...

Back to Mercurius though... T^T It was so glorious when Mashima drew it... I mean, it was seriously one of the prettiest buildings ever... and now because the anime team can't be stuffed working their lazy asses we get this half-assed, already-before-seen Edo-castle... >___> I... I seriously have no comment for this... I am that disappointed.

Nooooo~!! Juvia just appeared and her outfit is different~!! :< But her other one was so cute D; Again... silly animators... why did they ruin that too, it's not like it was a complex outfit to animate, and despite showing much of Juvia's cleavage, they shouldn't have a problem putting it in as we got a nice shot of Erza's cleavage whilst she was in the bath two shots ago... ಠ_ಠ stupid animators. This aside, seeing this odd love triangle is hilarious, especially Lyon... he just cracks me up so much. At the same time, it makes me hate Gray... I mean... come on man!! You have, like, one of the hottest chicks ever chasing after you and you just brush her off and then get pissy when other guys show her affection. MAKE UP YOUR MIND!! Get with her or let her go with Lyon... quit being the stick in the mud that keeps this triangle alive... ( .__.) Sheesh, moving on from that random rant...

Oh my gollygoshness Erza is reliving the (NON)kiss from episode 154 @_____________@ Man, I love these animators!! SM readers: B-But you just said- Carrot: STFU~! JellalErza~! <3

Kyahahahaha~! I do have to give it to the animators though, Ichiya ruining Erza's fantasy and the Trimen appearing was absolutely hilarious for me. You see, why can't they expand the episodes like this?? It's funny, it's not like it interferes with the proper story and I like it. FOREVER TRIMENS!! XD

Arg, and to completely undo the greatness that was that last expansion, the group now shows all of the competing GMG teams arriving in Crocus. I mean, I know we already know from the spoiler opening, but seriously, why add this like that?? One of the best things about the start of the GMG was seeing the guilds enter and being totally in the dark as to who they were... now it's all out there and no surprise :/

Wow... Sting has a hot laugh... no seriously... if you missed it go back and re-watch the ep :) 15:28 :D

Well, the rest of the episode was pretty good because it followed the canon material. Though, from the looks of things, next week will be completely Sky Labyrinth... hmmm... I wanna see how the team can pull off a full ep from just one chapter... there will be much filler ( _ _)

WEEK 2 OF CONFINEMENT:

Well, for an episode that was made from only one chapter this was very well done.

Sure, there were some parts that were a bit dodgy, but overall it was a nice episode from the animators.

I loved seeing Pyxis finally animated and in colour... that gag with Erza already having a compass is also priceless. Seeing it brought back through expansion was also a sweet little move, and one that I appreciated.

For the most part the actual labyrinth was well animated and stuff. I liked how the episode combined the challenge with the explanations of different things, such as the reason why Natsu wasn't motion sick etc. and the rooms that were added where mostly interesting and nicely done... though some where a little lame :/

As for the other half of the episode, which was pretty much Lisanna finally getting a small use as a character and actually doing something, well... again, a nice way to expand the ep, but constantly hearing repeats of the FT guild saying that they were searching for Wendy got dry and old very quickly. I mean, how many times did they stand around saying that they needed to look for Wendy? 3? 19? 35? 187? That being said, the added scene where Lisanna and Happy find Wendy and Carla was well done, considering it was non-canon. I liked the way the scene was laid out and what happened.

So, not much on this episode, but if I'm honest, it wasn't very interesting. A nicely done episode, but not interesting...

WEEK 3 OF CONFINEMENT:

I really liked this ep!! Oh man, I think it was really well handled.

Firstly, MUSIC!! By George, I love love LOVE Fairy Tail music, and I absolutely CAN NOT wait for OST 4 to be released if it has these tracks on it @___@ I mean, it's a lot more rock-ish, if you get what I mean, but the songs are sounding really cool, and really got me pumped and into the episode :) Especially the one when Team QP first comes out and the one that played when Sabertooth appeared. Absolutely awesome ;D

Now, the actual teams. As I said before, it was a disappointment that they were already seen before their first proper introduction, but I like how the anime showed them. The animators have the great opportunity with being able to add colour and motion to everything, so I liked that the GMG teams were introduced each with their own little showy-flashy-poofhereweare thing :) It also got my into the feeling of competition and rivalry >:) Raven Tail though... :/ The animation turned weird again... I swear, it keeps doing a 360 between good and fairly crappy. It's not that I'm that picky with my animation, but I wish the Fairy Tail anime was just a little more consistent in this area... but whatever... Flare looked pretty creepy though :)

Ah, the Fairy Tail B Team * ^ * Them entering just brought back all of the memories I had of reading the chapter they entered and being completely blown away. They are so cool, just awesome, and my baby Jellal appearing on the scene just boosts everything up to an all new high. Totally supermegafoxyawesomehawt~! The other thing that is just as cool is Laxus putting his arm around Jellal and telling Erza to basically piss off. I loved that in the manga and I loved it again here. Seriously, Laxus and Jellal would be the most awesome, badass team ever!! :D

On top of this, we are starting to hear all of the voices that have been chosen for the characters :) A muttering from Kagura this ep, and she sounded exactly the way I imagined her too * ^ * ...at least right now... Same with Rufus and Nullpuding etc. etc. Rufus was great, and... Nullpuding... well... what can be said about Nullpuding?? ... ... ... ... ... ...yeah, I got nothing...

And then we got the intro to Hidden, which was nicely done, and I like how the anime set up the game, like with the player screens and stuff. I thought it was a nice little idea, and really drew more into the game side of the whole event, rather than just everyone stepping forward. Though, and maybe it was just my episode and subs... but... Quattro Kerreros?? Marmaid Heel?? Raven's Tail?? Wild Four?? *rolls eyes and sighs*

On another note... looks like Beth still hasn't got a proper nose... or proper eyes now ( _ _)

Beth's stupid facial features aside, this was a great ep and I enjoyed being able to summarise it for the ASG and watch it over and over. I hope the anime team keeps making these events in the GMG just as cool ^__^

Now we just have to wait for OST 4 to be released. I hope it comes soon!!

WEEK 4 OF CONFINEMENT:

Okay... so Meredy and Ultear have a little more room than I originally thought... but still... *shakes head* I await with great worry in my heart :S Right on Ultear though for the JellalErza drop!! *high fives Ultear*

Back to the Games, and the episode nicely followed the plot-line, making this a nice episode, though kind of like Sky Labyrinth, it wasn't incredibly enjoyable. I'm not sure if this is just due to the fact that I already know the outcome of the competitions or what, but I just remember that I enjoyed reading them so much more than I did watching them in these episodes :/ Ahhh well I guess... I'm interested to see if the same thing will happen with the fights seeing as we already know the outcome of them too.

But wait...?? The clones don't move? I could have sworn that I thought they moved... ahh well, guess the anime people are too lazy again >____> But, hang on, Nullpuding's clone is moving... and talking... *rolls eyes* Way to go animators, just confuse everyone by trying to both cover manga material and be lazy... Make up your mind~! One or the other... Anyways,

*kisses Jellal* You did that one line amazingly babe~! Awesome :3

Speaking of love for Fairy Tail males, Juvia hugging that Gray clone was the cutest thing I have seen in the anime this month :3 Awwww kawaii ;D However I was disappointed later by the one thing I was looking forward to with her: the part where Juvia takes out Lyon by KOing him in the head... it was poorly done D;

That bastard Nullpuding though >.< Such a disgusting character who just got more ugly every time he appeared *sighs* gotta hate already badly drawn characters who are then badly animated on top of that -___-

Well, we got to see Rufus being a bastard again, though I didn't think his attack was as well done as it could have been. I'm just putting it down to poor animation, not the layout of how it was presented. Speaking of poor animation though, I hated how they did Gray's little punch-the-wall-Rufus-and-Nullpuding-were-being-mean-to-me-I-want-revenge scene... it was sooooooooooooooooooooooo much cooler in the manga, so that really annoyed me...

The other thing I felt disappointed about was that unlike when I read the manga, I didn't feel bad for Gray and Juvia as they stepped out of the event in last place. When reading the manga, I actually and genuinely felt bad for the two, but here, nothing. Again, I don't know if it is because I have read this all before or what, but it's a little sad because I was really hoping I'd relive all of the emotions I felt when I read these chapters. Ahh well... :/

But but but~! Next week we get Flare v Lucy. I am looking forward to this :) It was a great fight and I am seriously hoping they do it well. And then, oh boy, then, we get Jellal v Jura, which, despite the poor outcome I still very much want to see. Seeing both Jellal and Jura in action will hopefully be awesome. They are both such skilled Mages and I hope the fight is animated well.

So, overall, another nice ep, though I think if things were stepped up just that little more, better animation to suit the sweet-ass music for instance, that I'd be 100 times more into it than I am now...