User blog:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 3 chapter special Part 2

This weeks  Fairy Tail was  a  great  series of chapters. This week  really  got  me back into the  Fairy Tail spirit  after the massively  disappointing chapter 337. While i still hold Mashima  accountable for the cop out ending of the Dragon King  Festival mini arc,  i   have to say that Mashima has managed to make up for it  greatly  with the  6 chapters in 2 weeks gimmick. I really  wish  that  Mashima   does this more often as well as other  manga series.

Fairy Tail 341

The chapter begins with   you guessed it , fanservice. We first  see Mirajane and Lisanna  nearly naked  in the bathhouse,  i think i almost  died of a nosebleed there.

One of the funniest moments within this chapter was  Jet and  Droy trying to act tough and  such trying to do a mission without  Levy,Gajeel  or Pantherlily only to be captured by fodder  and  they have to be  saved  by  Gajeel and Pantherlily. Another really  funny moment was Cana trolling  Lucy about Natsu groping Lucy   and Cana appearing to be  jealous of Natsu groping Lucy so  she  gropes  Lucy  for the lulz. That's the second  time Cana has groped  Lucy, the first time was back within the Tenerou Island Arc and now  here. I'm starting to think Cana  might  swing the other  way if you know what i mean,  especially since she's  groping Lucy while both of them are naked and really seems to be  enjoying it. Hell given Cana  stated that   she "also wants to have a taste" of what Natsu had and  Natsu was blatantly sexual  in  nature  to Lucy, this further confirms alot of  yuri fanfiction with Cana involved. On a sidenote, i think even Lucy might be playing for the other team. Remember back at  chapter 331,  she was  quick to push off Natsu no sooner he  gropes her  however she  let's Cana  touch her for a while and even  is seem blushing from it. Just wanted to leave that out there. Now if you excuse me, i need to clean up the blood on my  keyboard and  some other  things.

Also note that  Levy seems to be  quite jealous of Cana  groping Lucy,  i  always  had a  feeling Levy might  be  secretly wanting Lucy, then again maybe i'm reading too much fanfiction because we all know Levy is for Gajeel  right  ? Still it's quite  funny to see Levy jealous  of  Can and Lucy's breast  size and  thinking about Wendy given she's the only one she can relate to in terms of  no cleavage. Am i the only one that thinks Levy is still hot even if she's  flat chested. ( After cooling down  from the excessive  fanservice  ).

Disappointingly enough we get now  fanservice with Erza naked  however we do get a page of her cosplaying as Elie from Rave Master  with Wendy cosplaying as  Haru and Carla cosplaying as Plue. It was another very funny moment to see  Erza attempting to act  as well as Wendy only to fail to convince the audience. I have to say, even though Wendy was too tiny to be Haru, she  actually  did look alot like him. That was a good costume and makeup job there.

We then cut back to the guild  where Flare has appeared  with Levy at first mistaking  her for Erza,  Cana goes to  attack  Flare  but  Lucy tackles her  down  and their  boobs are touching each other , then Flare uses her hair powers to wash every part of Cana and i think i need another break. Yeah the fanservice is more over the top than usual, especially with the Yuri overtones, not that  i have a  problem with it ,XD.

On a more serious  note, Flare  is  thinking about  joining Fairy Tail  but is unsure  whether to  join the  guild. I think it would nice to have her part of the guild given she seems fairly strong, especially since she held her own with Lucy and while Lucy is hardly  S class material,at least not yet, she 's  fairy strong for a celestial wizard. I also hope  Yukino  joins as well  or at least  joins back with Sabertooth  or goes to Mermaid  Hell with Kagura. On another  sidenote,  am i the only one who thinks that  Flare would  end up being good friends with Juvia   ? They both were once  on the antagonists side  and  both  seem to be  rather.

Anyways after the  half a  chapter of  fanservice, we  see Lucy  head to her home concern of her  rent  only to  see  Erza in her house and disappointingly wasn't alone  or within Lucy's bathtub.Seriously  Mashima, no nude  Erza  ? Come on, she's the hottest woman within Fairy Tail (Second to  Kagura nowadays ) and you don't have her naked at all within this  fanservice chapter ? How hard is it to wish to see  Erza naked with Mirajane having a catfight latent with yuri overtones  ? XD.

Okay back to the point, Wendy and Erza  are within the house  explaining how  well their  play  went perfectly. I guess  Erza isn't  aware   how bad of an  actress she is  isn't she  ? I actually  found this  quite funny  given  how seriously  Erza seems to take plays as seen within fillers. Anyways Erza and Wendy celebrate with their reward of sweets by  offering Lucy some before realizing that Natsu and  Gray have yet to  return from their  mission within   3 days.

It's then  revealed by Happy who looks like he hasn't  slept in 3 days that Natsu and Gray have been fighting for that  long against each other. Looks like Natsu and Gray have some  unresolved  tension and  despite Natsu's increases of strength,  Gray can still hold his own  fairly well against him. Anyways Erza tires to break the fight only to  get hit by their   fist  which they both realized they  accidentally hit  Erza and it seems that even with both of their powerups,  they're still not above the almighty Erza.

After dragging  Gray and Natsu back to the  guild,    Makarov  gets a special request  from one of  Top 4 Saint Wizards of the land, the  Four Heavenly  Kings of  Ishgai and  it request  specifically Natsu and Gray for the mission so  of course, Wendy, Erza and Lucy tag along and that's  where  we transition into  the next arc.

Overall, very good chapter. The fanservice was  delightfully over the top and  the comedy was  very funny. Good game Mashima.

Overall :A +

Fairy Tail 342 This chapter  continues  where we  last left  off. Team Natsu is given a special  request  from one of the Top four Saint Wizard's, Walrod. Erza, Lucy, Wendy and Carla accompany Happy, Natsu and Gray to the Ten Wizard Saint's house and  as  they walk, they marvel at the beauty around the  tranquil grasslands  within  Walrod's living  quarters.

One thing you notice very quickly is that  Natsu and Gray are bickering with each other more than usual and  even in front of Erza nowadays. Way back within the start of the series, they were far too afraid to  even show even the slightest signs of conflict to each other  lest they induce the  wrath of  Erza and now they're  arguing  brazening in front of  Erza not seeming to care about pissing her off at this point. Either they've grown to dislike each other even more than they  already did  or  they're confident that they can  handle Erza now   and  hence why they're openly hostile to each other.

Speaking of Erza, holy crap, did she get even hotter ? That new armor of hers makes her look even hotter, seriously Mashima, you really  know how to make Erza look even hotter  each new  arc. Anyways Erza  tells Natsu and  Gray to be on their best  behavior  in the  presence  of the Saint Wizard. Erza also further  explains a bit of history regarding the  Saint Wizards and the  Four  Heavenly  Kings of Ishgai (which seems like a bit of a homage  to the  Four Heavenly Kings  from the Toriko series in a  way) and how  Fiore was once  called Ishgai after the continent that this country is  located within.

We then finally  meet the  man known as  Warlod  and  he's weird, even by  Fairy Tail standards. He appears to be a old tree humanoid who's  really  eccentric and  likes water plants and likes making jokes. This guy  kinda reminds me a bit of the Grand Supreme Kai from DBZ in which he was an old eccentric  oddball.

One of the funniest moments within the chapter was when Walrod confuses Natsu and  Gray for  Happy and Carla  which  really  showed that he was a  very eccentric old man with a  unpredictable humor. We also learn that  Walrod  seems to have a  hobby of making plants  grow within arid  environments to prevent the spread of  deserts and preserve arable  land  and among  his journey,  he came across  a  strange village that worshiped an everlasting flame as a guardian deity  however the  entire town was  frozen by a  mysterious  ice that is  very similar to  Ice Shell,  it's  even stated that  people are alive within the  ice despite being  frozen alive.

Walrod explains that the  reason he  hired those two because their powers might help in  reverse the  effects of the  ice  freezing the entire town. Erza points out that this  shouldn't be  a problem for a   Saint Wizzard of his level to  do on his  own in which Walrod replies  explaining how  the Ten Wizard Saints aren't just chosen  on the aspects of  raw pwe   but  each have their  own specialties and skills and  it seems that the  ranks of the Saint Wizards are  determined more on the  basis of skill, technique , power, speed and experience which makes it  different from the Espada which are  ranked based on raw power( and hopefully going to be  written alot better too ).

Still i think Walrod is downplaying his skills too hard in the form of modesty. He claims that he lacks  offensive abilities and that a mere youngster armed  could probably beat him which i call bullshit on for several key reasons. First of all ,Lucy who's much less experienced and skilled than any Saint Wizard or S Class defeated a shotgun wielding thug with a single kick to the face back within the pre timeskip  and Wendy was still able to  keep  up with   Natsu and  Gajeel despite lacking offensive abilities so  don't buy that Walrod is anywhere  close to as weak as he claim he is.

Anyways ,Walrod summons a massive  tree  to  transport Team Natsu and  helps them get to their  destination faster, yeah i still have trouble buying Walrod can't be all that strong when he can control mother nature and grow trees to the length of entire countries to transport  people to  entirely different  regions. As Walrod watches them go, he praises the group's youth and spirit we  get a flashback  105 years  ago when he was  within his  late teens or early twenties  when he was still within Fairy Tail. If anything he was with Hades and a yet unknown man who looks like Makarov (Who's  probably Makarov's father ). It's revealed  that Walrod  was a original member of Fairy Tail   and  was  with the  founding  leader of  Fairy Tail. My question  is,  how  old is Mavis   ? She still looked the same back 105 years ago and now she looks no different ,granted she's a ghost and can't  age  but  that only  leads to the question how young was she when she founded Fairy Tail  and   when she died  ? Walrod then  thinks to himself  and  stated that Mavis feelings are still being inherited  by  Fairy Tail to this day.

So far so good, overall good chapter  and  it seems like  Fairy Tail is going back to it's roots. Overall: A+

Fairy Tail 343

This chapter begins  with Team Natsu arriving at the  Village in the Sun. Team Natsu look around the  town searching for survivors within the frost covered wasteland,just when it  seems   there was  nothing there, they  see a giant  they're standing   directly under  it. We get a pretty  funny gag  about Lucy having large boobs( Even though Erza is just as large if not larger )  and  Wendy being flat chested. It looks like Team Natsu managed to  reach the land of  giants before the Strawhats  did  going by this chapter, hopefully Broggy and Droggy aren't  frozen as  well ,XD.

Anyways Gray  looks  at one of the  Giants and is  reminded about about  Deliora  back on Galuna Island, and thinks about Ur and Ultear. Going by the fact this is all  created by a derivation of  Ice  Shell,  i can tell that this  arc is going to be highly  centered around Gray and  more on the developments of Ur and Ultear to close up  gaps  within character development and continuity  between the characters before moving on to another character or  focus.

If anything, given Mashima implied that there would be 5 chapters with 2 smaller arcs,  i can conclude that this arc would be about Gray and possibly someone close to Ur like her master  or a relative, the next arc would probably be about Wendy, the following arc might be about  Erza, the  second to last arc being Lucy and possibly a  missing link between the mystery of her powers and Zeref and the last arc being of course Natsu who  with a bunch of Dragon Slayers face off Acnologica. Anyways, Gray and Natsu attempt to melt the  ice but it's a  futile effort as the  ice wouldn't even bulge which causes  Gray to think more about Ultear and Ur and more about  Ice Shell possibly being a cause of this.Anyways  just when they appear to be the only people in the village a  group of Treasure Hunting Mages appear. They're intentions are to rob the  town of it's  eternal flame,    planning to use the opportunity  of the Giants frozen to steal the flames  by carrying a liquid form of Moon Drip that they will use to obtain the flame. Knowing that can be used to help restore the town, Fairy Tail pursues the  Treasure Hunters for it. Of course those guys don't seem to be much of a  threat  ,especially compared to  Erza, Natsu and Gray and  i think even Lucy can take them in a fight.However this arc would be  quite boring if these guys were fighting the treasure hunters as the main bad guys, thankfully we have much stronger and more threatening villains not too far from here.

Meanwhile within a nearby cave, we see  two people watching over  Fairy Tail. We then see a mysterious woman appear  talking about how Fairy Tail is a guild not to be underestimated. We then see that that woman is none other than  GRANNY GOODNESS ! Okay only kidding,had to  reference  a Linkara  joke  within this review.

Nope it's Mirevana

MIRVEANA HAS RETURNED ! To be very honest, i miss her douchebaggery! Yep i was  actually  wondering  what they're going to  do with her next. She was actually a pretty good  heel  back within the Grand Magic Games  and i  felt she  seems to  sadistic and cruel to just be a rival of Fairy Tail and given she  enjoys  torturing people,  she  seemed like she'll  the making of a pretty good villain and  she was very fun to hate. Mirevana is one of those " love to hate  " characters. I'm very curious to see  what she's going to do to get some vengeance on the guild that humiliated her.

Also on a sidenote, Mirevana  can really make wearing black look good. Seriously i might hate her guts and everything she represents  but she is one hot motherfucker. She can really give Erza and Kagura a run for their money in the looks department.

One little nitpick i have though is  that she's being called the " embodiment of evil " , don't get me  wrong, Mirevana is a complete and utter douchebag  and  seems about as likable as Balatamero but  i don't think we can call her the embodiment of evil. Hades is pretty much the most evil man in Fairy Tail  given he wanted to exterminate most of world and allow only mages to exist   which is  pretty much sounding like something Hitler or Stalin would  do  and even then ,he doesn't seem to be as evil as Acnologia now  have the  aura  of darkness as Zeref. While Mirevana is no doubt pretty powerful, i still say she's sit a  tad shy of Hades in power who was shown to be above Marakov who's  more or less still above Gildarts and Jura and Erza and Laxus are currently around that level of power. Anyways it's been implied that Mirevana was given some sort of power up   as it  stated  that she has "newfound powers  ", possibly given  to the  real  main villain of this  arc, the  leader of the succubus guild. I wonder if Mirevana is the weakest of Succubus  guild or the  strongest of the guild   ? If they're people even stronger than her, excluding the leader who's  obviously alot more powerful than her, then Fairy Tail might be for a tough time given Mirevana alone without any power upgrades matched with Erza, one of the strongest guild members. Anyways  i hope Mashima  doesn't  screw up again with regards to this arc and  actually does a much better job this time  with buildup and payoff. Overall a  solid  amount of buildup  within all 3 chapters, i hope  Mashima doesn't blow it.

Overall : A +

We can safely  say that Mashima seems for the short term made up for the damage he did around the end of the Grand Magic Games and within the Dragon King  Festival  however i'm still not  letting go of that  and  would  hold Mashima accountable for those  events   and i'm still  a bit skeptical about Mashima's  direction because while his  build up  is  always   done well,  his payoffs  recently  haven't been anywhere as good within the timeskip. Hopefully this new arc would change this  up and  actually  get Mashima back to  writing a pretty good series again. Given the chapters  have been good lately, he might pull this one off again like he  did when he fucked up badly with  the timeskip setup.