User blog comment:CNBA3/Fairy Tail Arc Concepts/@comment-1776824-20130828171840

I agree with most except the Grand Magic Games arc and to a certain extent the Sun Village arc.

The Grand Magic Games arc was more about "Unity" than it was about "Rebirth/Despair". "Rebirth" was an action that was kind of hinted at at the beginning (Fairy Tail becoming #1 again) and was something, in a sense, done at the end (Ultear sacrificing herself). The "Despair" aspect only affected 2 characters, really, and it was something they were trying to convey. Overall, I believe that particular arc was more about "Unity"; there's even a chapter that's named that. It's about people who would normally never work together under any given circumstance coming together to protect what they hold dear. They fought against each other for almost a week in the GMG, and then they had to fight together to protect their country.

So far, yes, the Sun Village arc has been extremely nostalgic, but right now it's a bit too early to say what it's truly about. As it stands, it's about conquering your fears and looking forward, rather than keeping your mind rooted in the past. The nostalgia is just an underlying tone at the present, but we'll see how it all plays out. (/._.)/