Template:TMITA/November 2015

 



Let's begin a la sad recap of Natsu searching for Igneel, then recap of Igneel showing up again, and then recap to Zirconis' description of Acnologia after the opening theme...and then we watch Igneel and Acnologia pound the crap out of each other in something that doesn't look like an animated version of two four year old boys trying to make Barbie dolls make out with each other. Down on the ground, we get talk that I...don't really care for, honestly. Just ponderings between Lucy, Levy and Juvia, however, Levy does bring up an interesting question: Could Metalicana have been inside Gajeel too? Well, we don't get an answer to that, and instead we get Sting and Rogue's heartbeats calming down, culminating in them noticing that Mard Geer has vanished and that two dragons are duking it out in the sky; we get a cut to Wendy waking up now, and she too wonders who the dragon battling Acnologia could be...alongside the FT fodder wizards (and Cana)...and Erza, Kyoka, Really-Fucking-Hot-and-Distracting-Crotch-and-Boob-Shots Minerva, and the lame Exceeds (minus Frosch, who is ADORABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME).

Jesus Christ, how much time are we gonna waste on "omg look, it's a dragon! I mean, I know we saw them a few months ago, but like, look, a dragon!"? I guess only time will tell, because Mard Geer also comments (ugh...) that the dragons have messed up his plans and that he has to now acclimate to their arrival, but now we cut again (this is getting annoying...), this time to Gajeel asking Natsu if Igneel was really inside him; Natsu replies that he doesn't really know, but then gets mad angry and jets up to Igneel, latches onto his wing, and pesters him with all the questions we may or may not be having (like, "WHEN DID YOU GET INSIDE MY BODY I DON'T REMEMBER EATING YOU LELELEL" or any variant thereof). Igneel gets distracted by this, though, and notices that Acnologia is coming back, so he grabs Natsu, tells him to shut the fuck up, and then fires the most epic Dragon Roar I've ever seen in my life. Like holy balls, what the hell is this? It's like a frigging nuke...but on fire! Natsu even thinks that it's badass, but Acnologia wasn't fazed at all, and here we get to see where Natsu got his catchphrase from, because Igneel responds that he's "Getting all fired up". Igneel then extorts Natsu quite well, asking him to get the Book of END from Mard Geer down below; he is not to open or destroy, only to retrieve it, because apparently he is the only one who can do so, and his reward is an answer to every question he may have, all put out in the form of a formal guild job request. Natsu accepts this and Igneel flings him towards Mard Geer, and on the way down, Natsu makes sure Igneel remembers that he promised to tell him everything and tells him not to disappear.

Now, Mard Geer parries Natsu's attack, and Natsu reveals to him that he's the son of Igneel, subsequently dodging all of Mard Geer's Thorn Brambles and landing a really epic Fire Dragon's Iron Fist on him, right as Igneel does the exact same thing to Acnologia up above. Talk about father-son bonding time. At this, Mard Geer tells Kyoka, via Telepathy, to hasten Face's activation by forming an Organic Link with the Face Lacrima. She states that if she does so, then her life will end, but Mard Geer, in the most snide way, tells her, "So what," and she relents to his will, as doing so will put them one step closer to returning to Zeref. She then connects to the Lacrima, which lights up every Face locator on the grid, and explains to the wizards below that if they kill her, the timer will stop, though she internally states that when Face goes off, she'll die regardless. Now in her Etherious Form, Kyoka lunges at Erza, who mocked her "overconfidence", and shattering her sword and cracking her armor, stating that she doesn't know the true might of the Nine Demon Gate Kyoka.

Score : 7/10. The anime team cannot anthropomorphize Igneel for shit. In the manga, he was full of human expressions; smiling, surprise, joy, rage, etc. And in the anime, they draw him with the same face all the while. He looks like a damn mime. I mean, it was a cool episode overall, and anything is an improvement over 257 and their idea of an episode that is ultimately tantamount to an art gallery featuring music. The content was average, the soundtrack overall was glorious (that seems to be the carrying feature of these episode, I guess), and the animation was just above average, minus Igneel, I suppose, who albeit looking badass, except in his scenes where he requires to express emotion.



Oh. Good. The animated version of two of the worst Fairy Tail chapters to date. Hang on, I have to nag at Rai about this. *Ring* *Ring* Ring* Rai, it's me. I know I said I wasn't doing TMITA, but I changed my mind last second. But this month, we had the animated Erza vs. Kyoka. Can I skip it? When I stand up and look down, can I see my dick past my stomach? ...right. *Click* ...okay guys, you heard the guy. I have to write about it. *sigh* Alright, here we go...

So, picking up where we left off, Armadura Fairy is destroyed. Everyone is surprised cuz Kyoka did it in one hit, and then the demon who was incredibly hot, but now looks like a hardcore lesbian with that haircut, speeds up Face's timer. This prompts Erza to requip into the Black Wing Armor and attack, but Kyoka stops her from getting close with shockwaves, revealing that her Curse Power, which is also called Kyoka (Enhancement), increases her power with no limit in sight. She also reveals to the group that when Face activates, she will die regardless of whether they stop her or not, and then shatters the Black Wing Armor. Erza goes into Heaven's Wheel now, and tries to nakama speech Kyoka, but she is immune... ...she is immune to this! She responds by using her Enhancement Curse to alter Erza's sense of pain to the maximum, which also affects the Exceeds and Minerva to a lesser, but still severe degree. Mira, however, is out of range and instead just flops around. Reminds me of a certain scene from a certain opening theme...

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Cut to filler of the Igneel and Acnologia battle, making it already more interesting than what we saw in the manga. The battle is so intense (the heat from Igneel and the shockwaves) that wizards on the ground are forced to take cover; concurrently, Natsu keeps trying to take END's book from Mard Geer.

Now, back to Kyoka vs. Erza. Kyoka's curse has made it so that moving causes excruciating pain to all hit by it, except Erza, who is literally crippled and forced to the ground from a mere buff of breath from the Demon Gate. Kyoka then rips off Erza's armor, taunting her while she does so, and then strips her of her five senses, effectively making her just a living, breathing, play toy. Even though Erza cannot hear her, Kyoka promises to make her a puppet for Mard Geer to play with, and Erza stands up, punches Kyoka, and tells her that the pain she feels is nothing compared to the ultimate pain of losing one's friends... ...

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...anyway, something much more interesting happens! Igneel and Acnologia fight so hard that they take their battle underground! I know, right? As Natsu continues to fail to take END's book, Kyoka cannot fathom Erza's strength, as she should be completely disoriented, with no way to tell where she is, let alone if she's standing or not. Erza then continues to land hits on Kyoka, causing Pantherlily to come up with a legit possibility to this occurring: could Erza have developed a sixth or seventh sense as a result of her other senses being robbed? Kek you guys wish. Happy replies, "I have a better explanation! IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S ERZA"...and they go along with it. ( .____.) M'kay... So Kyoka now speeds up Face's timer even more and attacks Erza multiple times, with each strike offering up the pain equivalent to having entire limbs ripped from her person, but guess what? THIS DOES NOT DETER HER. No, Erza keeps fighting and actually defeats Kyoka, who claims that Erza's power is the real one that is "limitless". Smh.

However, Kyoka is not dead. Erza falls over, unable to keep fighting as the timer ticks down to its last like, 30 seconds, and Minerva uses her Territory to switch spots with Erza, grab her sword that went flying, and stab Kyoka right through the heart, killing her. However, before she dies, Kyoka smiles, and they all look up to see that Face's timer has hit 00:00 before she passed on, turning on all 3,000 pulse bombs.

Score : 5/10. The episode was still crap, because the actual content was based on crap. There's also something to be said when filler involving the comments of FT fodder wizards has me more interested and entertained than the actual focus of the episode. It was just animated version of garbage. The soundtrack was gold, again, and all the key parts of the episode were animated good to excellent, but, honestly, the animation wasn't that good as far as consistency went. Kyoka's voice actor also really sounded like she forced all her lines. It didn't sound like her at all, honestly. Shit is shit, no matter how much you look at it. The only difference is that I've come to accept that it's shit after 14 months between the chapter and the episode. :/



Let's do the time-warp dance and go back in time 20 minutes, because that's when this episode takes place! Natsu continues fighting Mard Geer, and calls out for Igneel and him to do their jobs; Natsu rushes at Mard Geer, but the Underworld King blocks his attack and then karate chops Natsu through floors and floors of Cube. Up above, Igneel almost gets hit by Acnologia's roar courtesy of being distracted by Natsu being smacked around. He then talks to Acnologia and he...talks back! Oh man, if I had ovaries, they'd be throbbing, cuz his voice is to die for. '-' Acnologia replies that he is displeased that dragons still live and that he's going to "slay" Igneel. Below, Mard Geer tries to kill Natsu with his Thorn Brambles, and as he his luck is about to run out, Sting and Rogue arrive and destroy them. They briefly catch up, giving Natsu status updates on everyone, but their complacence ignites something in Mard Geer, resulting in him delivering unto them a fierce gaze. Sting and Rogue pitch teaming up to take down Mard Geer to Natsu, but Natsu declines, saying that he's gotta do it alone for Igneel; Rogue begins to insult Natsu's intelligence (rightfully so), but my man honey is stopped by Sting with a gg no re, and he instead tricks Natsu into thinking that they start a competition to see who can defeat Mard Geer first, which he accepts. They all attack Mard Geer together, but their combos ultimately amount to almost nothing, as he comes out virtually unscathed. However, we did get a cool shot of all three of them together!

Mard Geer monologues now that the arrival of two dragons (and possibly more), and the nonchalant gallivanting of the dragons' children around his castle has made him recall a feeling he had abandoned long ago: fury; however, Natsu decides to take this opportunity to shit talk Mard Geer, saying that he's finally caught up with humans. Back to Igneel and Acnologia, Igneel forces the battle to ascend above the clouds, where he states that he's been waiting patiently for the day he could kill Acnologia and end the last terrible legacy of the dragon race (Rave reference intentional). The two charge at each other again as Wendy, Pedobolt and Carla close in on the remnants of Cube. Uh, start fillers, because we get some more of the Lamy battle, which I'm gonna just say was cheap and not funny. Basically there was a lot of, I'll call it, "Lamy Bowling" and Warren being called ugly. Back to Lucy, Gajeel and Levy, Juvia I guess is out cold again (just noticed that she goes from totally fine to dead a few times lol), and Gajeel opts to carry Laxus when Levy tries to carry him (rather than assist Natsu or Igneel), and makes her carry Juvia instead. There is also mention of the song Natsu owes him. Whatever. (.-. )

So we cut back to the concurrent Kyoka vs. Erza (which is still going on at this time), and Erza is in her flame pants instead of Black Wing Armor for some reason. Now we go back to the battle of the Lamys, which finally ends (Lisanna gave one of them a sexy neck bite. I'm convinced now that at least one of the Lamys might start preferring women now :'D); Lucy rendezvouses with this group now that Juvia and Levy left, telling them that she's okay, despite remembering the departure of Aquarius and becoming quite downtrodden. She explains to them that Gajeel and Levy are taking Juvia and Laxus to Porlyusica, Gray got a new power and is currently off doing his own things, and that the red dragon up above is Igneel: Natsu's dad. Wendy, Carla and Pedobolt then arrive, and above Warren, Jet and Droy's reaction over Wendy's hair, Wendy and Pedo tell the group about the thousands of Face bombs. Now we see some of Gajeel and Levy's travel to Porlyusica, where he tells Levy the origin of his comment about Natsu making a song for him; Gajeel also says Laxus should make a song for him since he's helpin him out, but Levy points out that Gajeel should make a song for her since she helped him in his fight against Torafuzar...which he does. Holy shit. Shoobie-do-ba motherfuckers. :'D

Back to the Dragon Slayers vs. Mard Geer, which gets serious now. Mard Geer walks over to his throne and sits down before unleashing a giant can of whoopass. He lets loose gigantic Thorn Brambles, blows away Natsu when he tries to hit him, and then makes roses on Sting and Rogue's chests that blow them up too. .-. Natsu then rides along the Brambles and hits Mard Geer with Fire Dragon's Sword Horn, boosting its power with Fire Dragon's Roar, and sends him off the throne. Surprisingly, he calls in an assist; Sting and Rogue let loose Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang, but Mard Geer diffuses it. This moment allows Natsu to hit Mard Geer with Lighting Fire Dragon's Percussion Hammer, though Mard Geer is unfazed completely, gives the second most condescending smirk I've seen from him, and blows Natsu away before falling right back into the sitting position on his throne. He then gladly goads the Dragon Slayers by saying he hasn't even shown his Etherious Form yet, showing off his first most condescending smirk in the process.

Now, Wendy reveals her plan to have Warren use his telepathy to reach out to guilds across the continent to destroy the Face bombs, but he reveals that his maximum radius is 5km (about 3 miles) in every direction, and such a thing is impossible. They begin to lose hope, but Makarov gets a hold of them telepathically and tells them that they still have Fairy Tail's ultimate weapon: Lumen Histoire, which is Mavis' body encased in crystal!

Score : 8/10. Superb episode. Animation was great; minus Lamy's bit, the filler was quite humorous; plot was progressed quite accordingly; we got badass Mard Sexy; the Dragon Slayers teaming up; Acno's voice; and so much more, like LUMEN HISTOIRE! Which although it is a naked loli, it certainly brings up a lot of questions, doesn't it anime-only people? ;o



Let's pick this shitto up! Makarov tells everyone to come to the guild's basement as the guild was blown up, but Elfman refuses as he feels guilty for blowing it up. Makarov allows him to do as he pleases, but then privately contacts Doranbolt and asks him to come to, as he needs to wipe everyone's memories about Lumen Histoire, including his own. Doranbolt asks if he's sure he'll tamper with his own memories, and Makarov says that he's quite positive he will (ominous, huh?), and then we have talk about the dragons that I'm going to skip because it's contextually irrelevant. Some Igneel and Acnologia again, where Igneel makes Acnologia chase after him even higher than before to a place in the sky where he claims he no longer has to hold back. Acnologia then talks about destruction some more. Man...is he a one-subject pony or what? ( .____.)

Back to the ground! The Dragon Slayers are essentially amazed that Mard Geer is undamaged after all their teamwork; Natsu brings up their competition on who can beat him first and says that he's going to win, to the Twin Dragons' surprise. Mard Geer then tries to contact Kyoka and tell her to hasten Face's activation further, but she is too engrossed in her battle with Erza (inconsistency time: Erza is wearing Black Wing Armor and then requips to Heaven's Wheel, when last episode at the "concurrency" she was wearing Flame Pants) to listen, which he recognizes, but expresses that he is glad she hasn't forgotten her mission. At this point, Sting questions why Mard Geer wants to wipe out magic across the continent, and he explains that it's to revive END and return to Zeref's side. Rogue retorts that if he wants to go "see" him then he can go alone, but Mard Geer explains that Zeref created the Etherious to kill him, and that "returning to him" is a genetic written in that causes his creations to lust after killing him, which none of his other subordinates have realized. He then says that END was Zeref's masterpiece, but that for some reason he was put back into his book with a seal that could not be broken as long as magic was present, hence the need for Face. Sting points out that humanity didn't have to be involved in their ploy, but Mard Geer offers up a pretty realistic perspective in the form of a query directed at Sting, "When you walk somewhere, do you avoid stepping on the weeds in your path?"

Mard Sexy then unleashes some more whoopass from his seemingly bottomless can in the form of a self-described prison flower and accompanying vines that swat away the Twin Dragons and trap Natsu. As he is about to be killed (again) by Mard Geer, Gray arrives and freezes the plant and Mard Geer's arm, as well as return Natsu's scarf. Gray reveals to everyone that he's a Devil Slayer and goes on the offensive towards Mard Geer, who realizes that he's fighting Silver's magic, and never expected Silver to betray him in the way he's witnessing. Mard Geer is overwhelmed by the Devil Slaying Magic and is actually about to be killed by Ice Devil's Zeroth Long Sword...but the attack is interrupted by the frozen prison flower breaking and Gray being intercepted by its hidden occupant, who is none other than...Jiemma? Wat? Okay then. ( .___.)~

Sting and Rogue crap their pants, and after a whole lot of Jiemma's "Kek I'm da strongest in da wurld u can't order me around mayn" talk, Natsu tells Sting and Rogue to essentially stop being pussies and charges at Jiemma, but he is blown away. His resolve however, becomes theirs, and they attack their old master, who exclaims that that he's been waiting for forever to kill them, but they are blown away some more. Then we get some godly animation (the same from the PV) that honestly looks so out of place. XD Anyway, after that piece of animated gold, Mard Geer goads Gray by saying that his Devil Slaying Magic is too green to work on him in his true form, and with that, we finally get Mard Geer's Etherious Form. In his epic new look, he declares that it's time for them to start the final battle.

Score : 8/10. Ngl, awesome episode. Though there is something to be said when amazing animation makes you double-take, blink a few times, scratch your head and ask, "What is this doing here?". Preview for 262 looks amazing though! Here's to hoping, right? Also, I guess we're never gonna see Zeroth Long Sword animated. XD At least we'll have Destruction Bow~

Combined Score : 7/10. That's all, folks! Later~