Template:The Earth Land Chronicles/July 2012

 ''Welcome to another issue of The Earth Land Chronicles. This article will be the discussion of related things in the Fairy Tail series, which will be presented in chronological order. This could include main villains, Dragon Slayers, Celestial Spirits, all in the order they were revealed. Our first series will be the story arcs of Fairy Tail, with an arc being done each month (though once in a while two). So let's continue with the Loke arc. '' 

So after an epic war with Phantom Lord, the story takes a little break as well and gives us the short, but well told Loke arc. Loke's always been a pretty sketchy guy, and seemed to fear Lucy. Well we finally find out why when its revealed Loke is the Celestial Spirit Leo the Lion. He tells Lucy how he ended up being stuck in Earth Land, which was basically by inadvertently killing his former owner, Karen Lilica (who was a hag anyways and deserved it). Loke then reveals he can no longer stay in the human world though and is about to die. Lucy gets all emotional and brings the Celestial Spirit King before them. Now honestly, any other king would have just zapped Lucy and gone on with their lives if he was ever insulted, but this dude actually hears Lucy out and actually decides to let Loke back in. I love this arc because it focuses on Lucy as a person, and Natsu is completely thrown to the side, as well as the rest of Team Natsu. We forget a lot that Lucy is the narrator, and the main female, so it was nice for her to get a lot of attention here. Mashima also built up to this point well by having Loke always run away. The focus on Celestial Spirit Magic was also pleasing, as we got to see Lucy really improve when she summoned all her spirits at once. I'm not always the biggest Lucy fan, but you had to love her at that moment. Well that's it for now. Until next month!

 Best Quote of the Arc: "It's not a sin!! Caring about your nakama's feelings is not a sin!" Best Magic of the Arc: Celestial Spirit Magic Best Moment of the Arc: Lucy slapping Loke! Best Chapter of the Arc: The Star That Will Never Return to the Sky Best Episode of the Arc: Celestial Spirit King