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I seem to have this obsession with owls right now ( .__.) Bear with it...

WEEK 5 OF CONFINEMENT: I'M SO NICE :)

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...

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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?? ... ... ...

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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:< Carrot: Okay... sheesh... I was just trying to make a point about the repetitiveness...

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.

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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

WEEK 6 OF CONFINEMENT: I'M SO NICE :)

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... Everyone: Carrot, we have no idea what you're talking about... Carrot: T^T Fine, be that way...

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 -

What the fuck?? ಠ_ಠ

Since when was Fairy Tail animated by a 5 year old?? (Don't answer that) ... but more importantly... BLACK LIGHTNING... ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) WHY U NO BLACK!?

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...

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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

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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 because she loves him and Ultear (Grrrr) and Meredy also express their concerns, Ultear not wanting Jellal to show off in front of Erza and blow his cover. Will Jellal listen? Of course not! He's a man! That requires that he demonstrate his awesomeness to Erza at all times (not hard for him seeing as he is always awesome) not that I'm complaining :P

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... ... ... ... ... Oh wait, no it's not... because Ultear is going to intervene and pull some crap with peppers she got from the middle of nowhere and totally ruin all of the epicness (though I have to admit Jellal was very kawaii when he was laughing :3)

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 ^___^

WEEK 7 OF CONFINEMENT: I'M SO NICE :)

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

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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??

Gajeel on the ship to Tenrou... 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!

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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 :)

WEEK 8 OF CONFINEMENT: I'M SO NICE :)

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 Capricorn Arcadios lurks in dark places sounding evil.

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! ) 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~!

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^ ISN'T IT CUTE!?! * ^ *