Template:TMITM/June 2015

 

Goddamnit, 5 chapters this month. Why does Mashima have to be such a workaholic!

So chapter starts and it wouldn't be a new arc if we didn't start out with some overly gratuitous naked Lucy. Lucy walks out to find Natsu and Happy in her apartment and after Natsu grabs her, her towel falls off. What does Mashima think we all are, a bunch of perverts? I....totally am and a little Lucy ass ain't too bad to stare at.

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Carrying on, everyone gets to work rebuilding the guild where the rumors of Gray's time with Juvia begin to spread as people question if they got married, had kids and whatever else. So what else, hmm, oh, Lisanna has been waitressing with Mira and Elfman went off shouting about being a man and trained. Meanwhile, Levy fills out the paper work for the guild to return but has trouble thinking of who to make the new Guild Master. Meanwhile Elfman and Natsu have a brawl and everyone stops working before Erza intervenes and scares everyone back into working and in the process being the unanimous choice to be the new guild master. Suddenly though, a gay stripper new guy shows up, saying he has been waiting for the guild to reunite. He says they are the only ones who can save Makarov and he is revealed to be Mest Gryder aka Pedo Doranbolt.

Pretty good chapter but I am still disappointed we didnt get our arc about finding all the fairy tail members. Avatar were a bunch of chumps. I think it would have been much cooler to journey around the continent finding where everyone went and what they had been up to. This chapter just kind of solidified that we wont get anything like that.

Now the seventh guild master of Fairy Tail, Erza is escorted to the basement of the guild by Mestbolt (this name is my compromise because Doranbolt sounds so much cooler). Once there, Erza learns of Lumen Histoire and told it is only for the guild master to know of, just as the rest of Team Natsu falls out into the open from their hiding place. As they all notice that Mavis is embedded in crystal, Natsu notes she is naked, leading Lucy to cover his eyes. Mest says he does not know anything about Lumen Histoire but says she is very important. He then reveals his memories to everyone. 9 years ago, Mest was a member of Fairy Tail and Makarov asked him to infiltrate the council. He wiped everyone's memories of himself including his own, to Makarov's dismay but left Makarov with a way to make him regain those memories. It is revealed Makarov disbanded the guild to protect them from the Albareth Empire which had tried to invade Ishgar 10 years ago to steal Lumen Histoire but were stopped by Etherion and FACE was their back up plan. With the council no more and Etherion and Face done for as well, they stood no chance, so Makarov went to Albareth in order to try and stop their invasion somehow.

Finally, Mest's history and why Makarov disbanded the guild. Great chapter imo. I love history in manga so I am always happy to see it get explored. There is still so much to learn but this is a good start.

With the revelation that Makarov disbanded the guild to save everyone, Natsu resolves to save Makarov, but Erza shuts him down, saying she wants the guild to be happy and rebuild, but concedes that only those in the room will go on a mission to save Makarov. Overhearing them though, Gajeel decides he isnt going to sit by idly. He grabs Mira, Juvia and Cana and states they are reforming Fairy Tail B Team to go on their own rescue mission for Makarov.

Over at the council, Levy turns in the paper work for fairy tails revival and Jura tells her that she will be missed. Meanwhile Warrod prances around talking about jokes. Then Wolfheim, one of the four gods of Ishgar arrives and gets in a fight with Warrod. Hyberion, another of the 4 gods arrives then however and tells them of the devastating news that God Serena, the strongest mage in all of Ishgar, has abandoned them and joined the Sprigan 12, the twelve strongest mages of the Albareth Empire.

Very much a set up chapter. Not bad, but not great. Does anyone NOT think that God Serena is Yury Dreyar? The two are pretty much clones.



So off our heroes go to save their master and they take a boat to the Albareth Empire.

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Sorry, that was necessary. You whores know you cracked up on that. So queue the usual Natsu being sick out of his mind and this time Wendy joins him as she can barely hold the contents of her stomach in. Erza begins to question Lumen Histoire and everyone chimes in with their opinions of what it may be. Mest then tells them that before they get to Albareth, they have to make a pit stop at Caracall island where they will meet their intelligence guy.

Meanwhile, Gajeel and co head off in search of Laxus. Cana teases Elfman that he is only there for Ever. Mira then questions if it was a good idea to split up the teams but Gajeel says they have no chance at a head on fight and they need to run an infiltration mission, in which case two teams gives two chances at success. Levy then arrives, asking how they could leave her behind, causing Gajeel to respond that she is so small he thought she was already in the bag.

Arriving near the island, an Alvarez empire ship is spotted leading the Fairy Tail A team to question what its doing there. The team then dresses as tourists and heads to the island, sneaking past the guards using certain "assets" of Lucy and Erza.

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Inside, they find a boy being beaten up by soldiers, causing Natsu and Erza to strike and take out the guards, but alerting the Albareth empire to their presence at the same time.

Meh chapter. I don't really have much to say here. It was okay but nothing special.

Wendy in a bikini on the cover and Tristan and Sane likely have nosebleeds after seeing it. With the guards alerted to their presence, Mestbolt says that they can't escape, to which Carla replies they can't until they defeat all the soldiers. Wendy and Carla escort the kid out and Pedobolt returns to stare at the two lolis in bikikins. Lucy then orders Mestbolt to go meet the informant as the rest of Fairy Tail takes out the soldiers. After they finish, Natsu and Erza sit down for a drink at a little shack and chat with the owner who says he is saving money to go to Ishgar. Suddenly, the shack is destroyed and all his hopes and dreams go out the window. The culprit, a man named Marin Hollow, arrives and states he is a part of the Brandish Force of the Albareth Empire. Queue some overly gratuitous Erza boobs and ass and she....can't requip. Marin explains that she cannot requip while he is there as it is spatial magic, which he controls. Lucy tries to summon a Celestial Spirit but that too does not work. With their attempts failed, Lucy and Erza suddenly disappear in Marin's magic. Natsu and Gray ask where Erza and Lucy went and Marin replies they went to his relaxation dimension but Natsu and Gray don't get to go. He then waves his hand and a defeated Mestbolt falls out. Its okay though cause there weren't lolis in there so he didn't want to be in the relaxation dimension anyway. Natsu attacks but Marin easily dodges and gets behind him, knocking him away before doing the same to Gray. Suddenly, a woman appears, asking how much longer Marin will be taking, causing Marin to apologize, referring to her as Brandishm one of the Spriggan Twelve. Seeing her, Gray's face lights up in fear ovrer her tremendous magic power.

So we got Pedobolt back and a guy that counters Erza and Lucy, not bad. We all know Erza is going to requip to her bandage armor inside that dimension though and broke out and take out Brandish in a single hit. This is Fairy Tail after all.

Well, thats it for this month. Enjoy the rest of the magazine and remember that as good as everything else was, this was the best article.