User blog:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 3 chapter special Part 1

Remember my  outrage  from the  past  week  regarding Mashima  ? Yeah the horrible 337 chapter  nearly  destroyed this entire  series with it's horrible ending and  unsatisfying  conclusion to both the  Grand Magic Games and the Dragon King  Festival arc. How does Mashima make up for it  this week   ? Pretty damn well for a guy who  caused a  horrible  anti climax on par with  the disappointment   of Aizen vs Ichigo or the  offensively  bad moments of Naruto  defeating  the Third Raikage and Second Tsuchikage which denied character development  of  both Kage successors. Seriously i  wasn't  expecting this to be good at all   but  it  seems  like  i was wrong about that. All 3 chapters this week  have been pretty good and  actually were  fun to  read, they almost made up for the  terrible  ending last week,  almost.

I still hold Mashima in contempt for last week  for  good  reasons. It was still stupid  for him to  end the battles  abruptly with this  Deus Ex Machina   BS  which  denied us  the  thrill of  seeing  the Dragon Slayers not  only  take  down  their Dragon opponents but develop it's characters,  it was also a massive  underuse of  returning character  Cobra  and  it  still drastically undercut Future Rouge  greatly  who  i thought was a very good villain for Fairy Tail. I still hate this ending  and have  great  skepticism  for the future of this  series  for  as well meaning  Mashima seems to be, disappointment and  let downs seem to be the  norm of him lately in a  slowly growing pattern.

We can  trace it  back to the start of the timeskip of  Fairy Tail  where the setup was  rushed and badly executed however  it  was the Grand Magic Games for most of it's  length that made this timeskip  good. There has been quite  a  few  letdowns within the  Grand Magic Games arc,  for insistence, the slight  letdown of Jellal vs Jura's battle which to be  fair was expected, the  slightly larger  letdown  with the battle of Mirajane vs Jenny which to be  fair can also be defended  on the grounds that  Mirajane is an  S Class Wizard,  the moderately disappointing battle between Laxus and  Raven Tail ( I was seriously expecting more from Ivan ),  the  slightly more  disappointing battle with Natsu  vs Sting and Rogue ( Seriously, they were  weak opponents for Natsu ) , the  large disappointment with Kagura being taken down so soon in battle by Minerva  (  Seriously  fuck that  bitch Minerva  ) the  unforgivable insult of the bullshit ending of the Grand Magic Games ( Sting  you suck !) and  now  337. The point i'm making of this is that Mashima seems  to  be getting  better with buildup  over time  while simultaneously  getting worse with payoff since the time skip so  i  remain   highly  cautious if i were you  because you never know when he can fuck up  and  how bad it's going to be.

Needless to  say though, this  was  a  great trilogy of  chapters. I wanted to hate these chapters out of spite for what Mashima  did  last week  however it's  physically impossible  to hate these chapters  because they were all  actually very good and  i enjoyed all of them. 338 is more of a  filler like chapter that  puts a closure to the  entire Grand Magic Games/Dragon King Festival arc, 339 is basically all the resolution and dealing with the aftermath of the  Dragon festival  including the  fate of Ultear and  340 is a major shocker to  events that would come  much later on and i can only  hope that i'm proven  wrong about Mashima's  slight  decline  pattern and doesn't turn into full out  ,irreversible  decline  that  nearly  destroyed Naruto  and completely  destroyed Bleach.

( SPOILER ALERT : If you haven't caught up to the series, don't  read the  following . 340 is  especially heavy  spoilers  )

Fairy Tail 338

We start of the chapter with a bit of  fanservice with Mirajane, Yukino, Lucy and  Lisanna. Yukino is unsure about wearing this  dress  while Lucy and  Mirajane  comment on Yukino's  beauty while  Lisanna ask for Mirajane's  help in  buttoning up her corset. Am the only one one who thinks Mirajane might like Yukino a bit too much ?



Anyways we then cut into our party  with Elfman looking a bit like  Gildarts with his  hairdo and clothing while Gray is  naked yet again,seriously  why wasn't he  kicked out of the castle for indecent exposure ? Also why is  Erza holding alcohol  ? Wasn't it established that  she  can't handle  liquor in the fourth OVA  ?

Anyways ,this chapter as if you can't tell already is the Grand Magic Games post party in which the characters  and  this chapter is about simple fun. When i first read this, this  actually  kinda enraged  me, at first. I wanted to see how the Ultear subplot was resolved  and if she  ever got to say her  farewell  but  thankfully  the next  chapter  tackled  that   well, that and let's just say a  certain character  more than suppressed  my  rage.

That's right, it's  Kagura  who pretty much   calmed me  down back before  i realized that the next chapter would still cover Ultear's ending. Seriously, she's hot ! Hell i would be the first  to say this but she just might have beaten even Erza in the looks department. What makes her even hotter though is the  fact that she doesn't seem 100% comfortable  within that outfit and  it shows that she has a bit of a conservative approach to clothing and doesn't like showing  much skin, fro some reason that's  kinda hot to me. If anything, next to Juvia, she is one of the most overdressed females within the entire series.

Meanwhile we  get  some development with  Lucy and  Hisui who reminds me a bit  of  princess Vivi in a way Lucy kinda  reminds me of  Nami. Anyways, Hisui apologizes for the disappointment of the Dragon King Festival and Lucy of  course forgives her for such a massive letdown. Meanwhile Juvia has improved her look yet again  and  breaks the  fourth wall  referring to all her  loo changes within the past and now has an even cuter look to her  while Gray  acts a bit of a dick towards her, which i really don't like. Seriously Gray, are you trying to be an asshole like Sasuke or are you just stupid ? There's a hot chick willing to go with you, i think Juvia might be  right about you being gay ! Anyways,. Lyon pretty much annocuses to Gray that he  quits  being interested in Juvia and realizes  that she doesn't  want him.

Meanwhile, we get a  kawaii moment between  Wendy and Cheila   looking at  Jello  and then  eating it  when Mavis appears hungry for Jello, seriously  how is she a ghost  and  yet still gets hungry  ? Also how is it that only Fairy Tail members can see Mavis  ? I understand that  it's because they have the mark of the guild but i still want to know how  that exactly works.

Meanwhile we see  Thunder Tribe  hanging out  with each other with Laxus being a pimp and casually picking up  chicks while talking with Evergreen and Bickslow about Natsu's notable  absence. I like how  Freed is upset with all the women being all over Laxus, either he's  jealous of all the women surrounding Laxus because he wants the women to be around him  or this is just another nod of him having possible homosexual feelings for Laxus.

We then cut to one of  my favorite moments within the  in the chapter and that's when  Kagura and  Erza  talk with each other for the  first time within  several dozen chapters. Erza wants to become  friends with Kagura  and  put the past  aside  but Kagura wants to be more than just friends.... i  know  what you're  thinking  right  ? Yeah Kagura wants to be   her  sister,  i  somehow  doubt that it's just that  given the way Kagura hugs her and not made better by Chisley  stating " Even Kagura can't  resist  " ...yeah  you just  gave us some awesome  Yuri fanfiction here Mashima ,XD. But in all seriousness, i  actually  found this as a nice  step with the development of both characters.

Meanwhile Milliana is  sulking  a bit, probably jealous of  Kagura  and Erza being together so Erza makes up for it  by  pulling  Happy, Cheila and Pantherlily  from the hammerspace of her ..boobs  ? So Erza can fit  3 cats there   ? Either she can requip living things  or  she has massive hammerspace in her cleavage, i wonder what else she can fit there if you know what i mean. Anyways  Milliana  is  happy again after seeing the cats and goes back to  her  quirky, cat looking self. Anyways,i can see how Happy is super Happy, he was first  resting between Erza's  boobs and now   being hugged by  Millana.

We then cut to Sting who  offers  Gajeel to have a  drink with and Gajeel as well as  Rouge   and  they  talk about the disappointing  payoff of last week's  abyssal character  with  Lecter  reminding Sting how much he  fails  at life and  how he's the Yamacha of  Dragon Slayers. anyways Rouge  reflects more on his much cooler and more badass counterpart from the future and ensures us that he'll never  be as badass as him. Anyways Stin and Gajeel have a  drink  which  marks the  friendship between the Fairy and the Tiger. Anyways it's confirmed that Minerva  and her father Jiemma  have went into exile and that the guild  has the start over from stract and Sting would  take  leadership as the new guild  and  wants to  take back Yukino.

We then get Kagura interrupting the moment, drunk  ! Yep, Kagura is now drunk  ! Anyways Sting and  Kagura  get into an  argument over who gets  Yukino, yeah it's an argument between the best  time skip character and the worst time skip character. Seriously Sting, you're just nowhere near as awesome or  powerful as Kagura, go home, you're  drunk  ! Anyways   Fairy Tail  wants Yukino  too,  well except for Juvia who    fears more competition  over Gray and   Lisanna who  breaks the fourth wall about her  having competition  with Yukino  given their  similar appearances which i  found pretty  funny. Then all the other  guilds  want  Yukino   and  have  a brawl over her,  then again she's  the second best character in the timeskip so it makes sense that people will  fight over her.

We then  get the  funniest moment within the manga,  Natsu  dressed up as the King of Fiore. Looks like Natsu has become the king of the fools ! Despite the problems i have for last  week's chapter, this was  a good chapter that  was  pretty  funny as expected.

Overall : B

Fairy Tail 339

Before we  cover that  chapter, let's  look at the cover. Damn Kagura is looking really hot  within the cover,even hotter than she  did a chapter  ago with her  dress,seriously  even  Jenny who's  a  rival to Mirajane within the looks department doesn't compare to  Kagura, nor do any of the  other  girls on the cover. Also it's quite  ironic to see  a  woman well known for  not liking to show too much skin be the girl with the skimpiest bikini.

Anyways, we start the chapter   with  Jellal and  Merdery walking across the  heavily  damaged capital city of  Crocus searching for  Ultear. Jellal and Merdery state that   despite the fact that  Future Rouge and the Dragons  were sent   back to their  time, the damage and destruction as well as the memories of the event  haven't been undone. They then meet Mest  AKA  Doranbolt   who reveals that he used his memory manipulation magic on everyone within the Magic Council.

Mest reveals that the  eclipse magic  is from the book of  Zeref and   the royal family was tricked by Future Rouge to make it   and it  word got out about their accidental  involvement within the unleashing of a Dragon Apocalypse, that could  cause  countrywide panic and  complete collapse of  the royal family and that would cause  anarchy across the  land. He even   altered the memories of  Lahra, his partner to prevent any information of  what happened  under  tight wraps.

We then  get  more  information about  Cobra  and his  whereabouts. Cobra  willingly  went  back  into jail  which  shows that  alot of the character development he  received during the Key to the Starry Sky arc. I really  wish that Kinana and him had a chance to meet and   they worked together  once again to  help defeat the dragons and i  really don't like how  Cobra was pointlessly  brought back only  to  not  kill a  single  Dragon. It's then  revealed that  this is far from the  last we seen of Cobra  for  it  seems he  has plans to  reform the Oracion Seis once again behind bars to  help out within the future  and that's when we  get some  bombshell news about  the Baram Alliance.

Cobra then  reveals the plot    known as the  door to Hades,  Tartaros. The dark guild  which was the third most powerful   of the  Baram Alliance   which  eluded capture  for 7 years,   it's  revealed that  Cobra plans to use that to get  immunity  in exchange of giving that intel   but this raises  questions about  Tartaros. How many top tier members do they have and  how powerful they have become within the last  7 years ?

Anyways we then  encounter an elderly old woman within her  80's walking across the  road   holding an letter  from  Ultear. They read the letter from Ultear   which  explains her  last  words to them. During the dragon battles, her Last Ages  failed  and  she  wrote out the  letter in  advance  shortly  before she  passed away for them to  read  as their  last  words  and  wishes for Crime Sorciere to move on without her and carry on her will and to    fight against  Zeref and other evil forces to protect humanity.

However it's  revealed that the old  lady who  gave them the letter   was none other  than  Ultear  who's been horribly scarred by  aging, losing all of her magical powers and her beauty in the process  however  she has  found redemption and was able to  wash away her  sins  in exchange  of   helping  thousands of lives and giving  Gray  a second chance to  live  and   Gray    realized the old lady they    saw  across the road  was Ultear  and   remembers her sacrifice  and  now  mops at the  lost of  Ultear and  Ur.

Overall a pretty good chapter and  good resolution   to  Ultear's character  arc and  good  build up for  next  week.

Overall : B +

Fairy Tail 340

Now this is the chapter which the plot and the series makes a large turnaround from 337 and  the wounds caused to my  trust and faith  of the series. Fairy Tail is welcomed  back  with open arms  by the  citizens  of Mongolia  Town with even Twilight Ogre  welcoming their  return which is  ironic  given that  these were the same guys bullying  Fairy Tail    not too long ago. Lucy is revealed to still  own some  rent money,  Erza is embarrassed by the  disappointing ending of the Grand Magic Games and Natsu stole the King's  crown. They then won back their former  guild hall and  they all  celebrate  but that's not  what really matters  given anyone could've  predicted that.

What wasn't expected was this ! ZEREF  ! Yep we get a  full page  spread of the entirety of  darkness himself, the one who purged the world into a abyss 400 years ago  who's accompanied by  Obra's creature ,  this means that  Raven Tail and by  extension  Taratos must be  working directly  under him as well as all the other  dark guilds   connected to the Baram Alliance. Does that mean that we might see Mirevana and Jiemma  within a Dark  Guild  soon ?

To add to to the expected twist, Mavis manages to  find  Zeref   within the  outskirts of Mongolia Town  which adds even more  fuel to the fan teriores about the connection between  Mavis and  Zeref and by extension  the  possible  dark history of  Lumme Historie  hinted all the way back with the subplot with Raven Tail. Anyways  despite not  being able to see  or hear Mavis, he has the mystical powers to respond to her  words.

Ignoring the continuity error of Maivs   and Zeref  talking despite Zeref  saying he can't  see  or hear Mavis,  he speaks to Mavis about  his motivates  against the  world. He believes that humans have lost their ways and  they're all  evil and corrupt  and  it's  driven him to complete insanity  and isolation. He then announces that he plans to destroy the  entire  world   but Mavis responds  by  stating  that Fairy Tail will stop  him and they have an epic staredown...despite  Zeref not being able to see Mavis.

This was an excellent comeback for Mashima, this chapter was beyond  epic and i can't  wait for more within the next weeks.

Overall : A +

Boy was this a massive rebound,the likes i haven't seen in a very long time. In just 3 chapters, Fairy Tail was dramatically reversed from being absolute shit to being good again in just 3 chapters. To put this in context, the last major fuck up with Naruto was chapters Naruto 553 when Naruto one shotted the previous Tsuchikage, stealing Onoki's battle and it took 8 chapters for that damage to finally be undone by Madara's epic appearance.

Fairy Tail on the other hand did this with just 3 chapters, the first chapter i read was okay, a bit fillerish but okay, the second chapter finally got some resolution for the Ultear and the last chapter was just awesome, Zeref who is known for killing things ironically resurrected the entire series in the same way Madara pretty much saved Naruto.

Overall score for all  3  chapters:  A-