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Long story short on this chapter, young Ultear showed up because she sensed a time anomaly (or repeated ones, to be quite frank) and can only exist inside the world created by Age Seal. However, the very fact that Ultear showed up and allows people to move insider her world pisses Dimaria off to a very large degree, so in response, Dimaria shows them the reason why she can control time and uses her second magic, God Soul, to allow the Mildian God of Time Chronos to take over her body and she begins by giving her backstory (Dimaria is a descendant of Mildians and let Chronos into her body in exchange for more power) and then shooting Carla, who pushed Wendy out of the way, with a laser beam. Ultear saves Carla by freezing her time and then tells the girls that the only way to save Carla is to defeat Dimaria. She thinks that they're outmatched, but after seeing the girls' determination, she tells them about the only way they can win, which is to use Third Origin: their magic power from the future; however, afterwards they will never be able to use magic again.

Yeah, this chapter was fantastic right up until the last couple pages with "Third Origin." If I ever did see convenience incarnate, this would be it. Fighting a time deity, Ultear shows up, has the power to give them the strength they need via time magic, and they're just going to win? I get Sherria is a God Slayer, but this is just...too convenient for me. Way too convenient. Solid foundation, great middle, questionable end. Dimaria's God Soul is freaking amazing though. Props to design and power, but he made her too powerful. These Spriggans in general are just too powerful. Their defeats aren't exactly very good thus far (bordering on monumentally appalling), except God Serena's.

Score : 6/10



Ugh, this chapter. Anyway, Wendy and Sherria argue about which of them will receive Third Origin, as one of them needs to keep their magic so that Carla can be healed. Wendy ultimately wins out and has Ultear cast Third Origin, which takes time to take effect, enters Dragon Force and begins to take on Dimaria/Chronos. However, Wendy doesn't do fuck-all-anything, gets rekt by Dimaria/Chronos' Age Scratch, and then gets beamed through the leg. Before she can be killed, an adult Sherria blocks the attack, revealing to have convinced Ultear to give her the Third Origin instead because Wendy is needed for Fairy Tail and that as a God Slayer, only she has a chance of beating Chronos. Sherria is now at the peak of her possible potential and easily defeats Dimaria with like three hits, but then loses magic and reverts to her teenage body. However, Sherria is not deterred by the loss of her magic and says that as long as she has love she'll be fine. Ultear also disappears because with the defeat of Dimaria, Age Seal has stopped working, and from the distance, the old Ultear wishes that her younger years were like Wendy and Sherria's.

Okay, so this chapter was total shit in my opinion. Yet another Spriggan 12 member defeated in a ridiculously short fight. Let's start with the good before I rip this chapter to pieces.

Good
 * Ultear was just a thought projection. We have seen them use magic before (Siegrain made a thought projection of his thought projection, lol), so this isn't bad at all. We get eye candy in the form of young Ultear, but we also have her sacrifice from the GMG completely intact. Ultear can move around in Dimaria's Age Seal, so she creates a Thought Projection and then sends it to the source of the anomaly to help in the only way it can: keep the fighters from becoming immobile. Not bad at all, honestly.
 * God Slayer Magic isn't just a name.
 * Wendy getting her shit wrecked. I was hoping for this. I was hoping Third Origin, especially on a dragon slayer, wouldn't amount to anything against a God, and I was right...except for one little, itty bitty detail that made my hopes come to naught right after this...

Bad
 * Where do I start? I guess I can start where I left off right above. Right. Sherria got the Third Origin instead of Wendy, and while adult Sherria is ridiculously hot, I have a lot of problems. The Third Origin, for a limited amount of time, gives you the power of the strongest version of yourself from whatever possible future, and Sherria gets that. However, I don't buy for an instant that Sherria could possibly ever be as strong as someone like Dimaria. The Spriggan 12 are all ridiculously strong. So strong that they all have Magic Power like God Serena's. And what did he do? That's right. He rekt the 2-5 Saints with nothing but his hands. While I understand this claim is sort of distorted with August being stronger than them and Ajeel being defeated by someone like Erza, remember that Ajeel was vastly stronger than Erza. Like on an insane level stronger than her. He got beaten by (somewhat) decent circumstances. So Sherria is stronger than Dimaria in her best future. I guess that means Third Origin could work on anyone since Fairy Tail is a proponent of the multiverse theory, meaning that in anyone's future could they become strong enough to beat Dimaria. #OverthinkingThings Should've just stuck with Wendy, to be honest. Would have been a much better sense of loss than someone like Sherria, who has barely gotten any screen time. Would have also saved her from Acnologia, who without a single ounce of effort, took out someone way stronger than Wendy could ever become in her wildest daydreams.
 * The God of Motherfucking Time just STANDING there with the most retarded look on his face while the enemy talks about a way to defeat him. >_> You can hear them. I know you can. WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING?!
 * The God of Motherfucking Time, in his own world, where he rules all, unable to stop any sort of time-based phenomena. I get Dimaria not being able to. However, Chronos can't stop Third Origin at all? Ruler of time himself cannot do anything? What? Sorry, not sorry, I don't buy this load of crock. Fuck off.
 * Sherria defeats Chronos in three hits. No, really. Count. 2 undeniable hits to Dimaria/Chronos, then Ama no Murakumo. Three hits. Sherria gets this power, then automatically beats them. There wasn't even a struggle. This is NOT how you write conflict, Hiro! You don't give the bad guys an inch, then give the good guys a mile! Nor do you give the bad guys a mile and then give the good guys ten! Jesus Christ, this is just terrible. This should have been at least one more full chapter long of a fight. At least. Not eight damn pages. This is the third worst fight in Fairy Tail to date. Right behind last month's travesty that was Laxus vs. Wahl, and then obviously the winner-take-all Erza vs. Kyoka.

Score : 3/10



Fairy Tail learns of Dimaria's fall and they celebrate, however, Mavis feels uneasy because the markers representing two Spriggans to the east haven't moved at all. At that moment, Jacob Lessio pimp walks into the guild, tells them all that August figured out they were being traced and tricked Warren's radar. He asks for booze but is told to fuck off by Makarov, but he tells them all that it's Respect for the Aged Day in Alakitasia and he wanted to be nice to Makarov before he killed him, adding that he's respecting August by running ahead of him and clearing out Fairy Tail for him to lighten his load. With his magic, Transport, Jacob makes all the guild members vanish with a clap of his hands, except Mavis and her lacrima body; he interestingly notices her and attacks her with a different sort of magic, using her captured friends as a ransom for Fairy Heart, which injures her spirit body and cracks Fairy Heart. Before he can hurt Mavis any more, Lucy shows up and kicks Jacob, revealing that she, Natsu and Happy were saved from Jacob's Transport by Horologium. Jacob doesn't take kindly to being kicked and tells Mavis that their deal now involves Lucy's life: if she gives up Fairy Heart, he'll spare her; but if she doesn't, then he'll chop her up into little pieces. He throws knives at her, but Natsu jumps in the way and melts them, saying that he wouldn't appreciate Lucy being cut into pieces. Insert banter about Natsu enjoying his nap and end chapter.

Alright, compared to last week, this week was a treasure, and then some. First, we have Jacob, arguably the most out-of-the-blue Spriggan to have appeared thus far being actually really cool. He walks into the guild and demands stuff, then refutes the claim of him being an awful assassin by saying that he's so much stronger than them, he doesn't have to work in the shadows. That's really badass, I gotta say. His magic, Transport, is also extremely cool, and it's a type of Spatial Magic, which opens up a lot of possibilities for thwarting him. Lucy is also a real MVP here, the way she stood up to Jacob like that. She's really changed from the old days, and for the better. Honestly, this Lucy who isn't afraid to fight anymore and is willing to what is necessary is amazing. Coupled with the fact that she also fights with her head instead of just her fists makes her someone to really be reckoned with. I also didn't mind Natsu showing back up, because he's been out of commission since the beginning of January, and his scar looks awesome as well. But, now that Natsu is here, it makes one apprehensive. His fight history isn't very good either. He usually has decent battles where he and his enemies are even for a little bit, then he gets overwhelmed, then one-hits them. He usually holds back in a fight then uses some trump card instead of fighting all-out to begin with. While that's normally a good strategy, these are the Spriggan 12. :/ That speaks for itself.

Score : 7/10



In this chapter, Jacob owns the hell out of Natsu. He beats him in physical combat no problem, and also has a second magic, which is called Stealth; it allows him to make things invisible, see the unseen and to make himself completely invisible (no sound or smell, as well as sight). Lucy summons Loke so he can use his Light Magic to make Jacob visible, which works, but Jacob reveals that he can use invisible weapons and attacks him, Lucy, Natsu and even Happy before grabbing Natsu and subjecting him to "Hell," which is making him look at Lucy, who Jacob has rendered half-naked by making the Leo Star Dress vanish. This doesn't phase Natsu, but it phases Loke, who asks Jacob to take off the rest of Lucy's clothes, and even Jacob himself, who is averting his gaze to not be even more rude to Lucy. Natsu gets an idea and then with Lucy, makes Jacob think that Lucy has taken off the rest of her clothes and become completely nude so that he lowers his guard. When he does, they both kick him in the face, which does little more than make him exceptionally angry and stop taking things easy. Meanwhile, Mavis, who has been watching this whole thing, says that she has discovered the way to defeat Zeref.

This chapter was weird, funny, awesome, and so much more. Okay, Lucy again demonstrating her brain power by summoning Loke to stop Jacob's invisibility. Awesome idea, girl; you're really the fighter everyone in Fairy Tail needs to take after. Next, Jacob's second magic, Stealth, is really OP. Like, seriously. It's not as OP and ridiculous as Age Seal, but it's easily one of the strongest magics in the series and is incredibly versatile, and he uses it in such a good way: to aid his fighting, sneak around, and actually be an assassin. Suck it Max. >:C It was irksome to see Lucy being stripped again, but at the same time, seeing that it did absolutely nothing to Natsu was quite funny, and with the lack of jokes in recent FT chapters, a little humor was appreciated, honestly. The kick in the face got me scared, but seeing that it only pissed Jacob off and made him serious was good. I must also point out that there's a lot of head-fighting in this battle, which I appreciate. Also, no, Mavis' strategy is not to strip herself. Shut up, fandom. >_>

Score : 8/10



This chapter: Zeref finally has his new clothes, and Invel rallies the troops to keep on fighting even though five of the 12 have been defeated; Zeref remarks that one was done by Acnologia, and says that he will annihilate everything, as no one can stop him. Next, cue Jacob beating the tar out of everyone even harder than before and even getting bored of it. He says that he's now going to start killing everyone he captured with Transport, but Lucy points out that Brandish was captured too, and after checking, Jacob releases her and Marin. Lucy uses this opportunity to summon Gemini, copy Marin and use his Rules of the Area to dispel all Spatial Magic in the area, including Jacob's Transport, which frees everyone. Jacob tries to use Transport again, but Happy pops up between his hands and stops him from doing so; Makarov is also really pissed and punches Jacob through the guild, sending him flying, saying that on Respect for the Aged Day, Mavis is the one he should be respecting the most (because she's technically over 100, remember =P). He then grabs Natsu and throws him out after Jacob; Natsu uses this as an excuse to release his full power and defeats Jacob with Fire Dragon King Mode and Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist.

This chapter was a huge, huge mixed bag. Okay, seeing Jacob take things seriously and make putty out of someone like Natsu was really cool. Lucy again just showing how amazing she is by tricking Jacob into releasing Brandish and Marin so she could free the entire guild was goddamn amazing. Hell, even Makarov's comment about respecting Mavis was even hilarious. Where I draw the line was the Fire Dragon King Mode. When this chapter first aired, I had a really rough time of it, but now that it's been nearly a couple weeks and I've had time to stew it over, the mode is Natsu's own power, and the tattoo was just a booster. I can understand that, and I like it. However, I don't like that it was just so powerful that Natsu just owned Jacob in one hit. This confirms that with the mode that isn't boosted by Igneel's power, Natsu is just as strong as, if not stronger than, a Spriggan 12 member. And before you say that it doesn't count because it's a mode, remember that it's still Natsu's own power. It's not something that was given to him like Lightning Fire Mode. He made this himself. This is the literal equivalent of Super Saiyan to Natsu; it's his own and he can use it whenever he wants. It also apparently takes no toll on him to use. Not liking this at all. While the fight was a good length (Jacob showed up in 477, did stuff, there was fighting between this chapter and last, which makes it three chapters with quite a bit of info as well), the ending was just bad. Another Spriggan 12 just knocked out in a little-to-no hits after a really serious fight in which they were seriously winning. Hiro needs to get his power-scaling straight. He has made Natsu as strong as a Spriggan 12, Laxus waaaaay stronger and nerfed him to scale it down so he had a hard time against an enemy with an advantage against him, Erza rightfully struggle against a Spriggan 12 who was way stronger than her, the 2-5 Wizard Saints completely get demolished by a Spriggan 12 with no effort, and then one just stand there and let themselves get defeated! Do you see the problem? Even he doesn't know how strong they are. And it almost seems like he doesn't care.

To sum up: Mavis: This is Fairy Tail's problem! Laxus: This is the entire country's problem. Don't be an idiot. Hiro: Nah I jk, it's totally Fairy Tail's problem.

Score : 5/10

Final Score : 6/10. Well, that's a wrap everyone! Thanks for reading and we'll try to be on time next month. It's just that all of us have had the roughest months for our personal lives. I hope you understand. And don't forget to comment!