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Ignoring all the assloads of recaps that the anime seems to be putting forward...what happened here is that Gray makes use of his child-like mind to utilize his Ice-Make more efficiently, as since his Magic Power is reduced, the damage he can deliver is pretty nonexistent. During the course of this, Gray sends Doriate spiraling down the cliff they are on and he lands on some of the strange, pink/purple/magenta/lavender/whatever-the-fuck-colored ice. Doriate manages to climb back up and falls for more of Gray's tricks, after which Gray pours shaved ice on Doriate's head, which angers him to the point of entering a demonic state. At this point, Gray and everyone else affected by Doriate's magic become their normal ages again, however this is short lived because Doriate decides to initiate Super Asshole Demon Mode and uses a super-enhanced Law of Retrogression to make every single person, including the Exceeds, children, or toddlers, in Wendy's case, including Gray yet again. :P Gray almost dies at Doriate's hands, but Happy and Carla save him, and after a whole lot of me not caring (srsly, this fight was cool, but not interesting in the least), Gray figures out that Doriate is weak to the Sun Village's ice and redirects the magical energy of the ice into Doriate and defeats him, which also turns Flare, Lucy, Minerva and Erza from lolicon bait back into busty teenagers/adults. Seriously, at this point has anyone remembered that Lucy is only roughly 18? Or that Erza is only 19-ish? No? Me neither, because fuck making people look their age! However, poor Wendy just gets turned back into a real loli, you know, from an even worse, less jack-off-able and more "be ashamed of yourself" kind of loli, aka a 4 year old. And when you read this sentence, please

After this, Doriate starts, for some reason now animated better than he has been for the last 4 episodes, dealing out the most ominous shit about Fairy Tail standing Hell's gates (come on, Tartaros euphemisms if you haven't figured this one out >_>), but then gets eaten by that giant chicken-cyclops-rat-eagle-Buckbeak-thing. Also, during all this, Natsu manages to make it to the giant ice mountain, finally deducing that the voice he's been hearing has been coming from it, and following him are Lucy, Wendy and Flare. Natsu sees Flare and he too begins to go Super Asshole Demon (haha!) Mode and begins to talk shit to Flare, but Lucy defends her, and then Natsu goes Stereotypical Heartfelt Protagonist Mode and promises Flare, who at this point has revealed that the giant ice mountain is the Eternal Flame! Gray also then shows up with Happy and Carla, however they have been followed by that giant cyclops bird, so Natsu and Gray do a high five thing, where Natsu promises to kill the cyclops bird while Gray works on unfreezing the Eternal Flame, which they believe should be able to unfreeze the village as whole.

All in all, pretty good episode. From now on, I'm going to be using a scale from 1 to 10 to describe these episodes at the end. 1 is considered the worst thing to have ever arrived on this earth since Ronald Reagan, 5 is considered absolutely average (nothing good about it, nothing bad about it), and 10 is considered to have been touched by King Midas himself. If it's close to 1, it has problems up the ass. If it's around 4 or 6, then it's either just subpar or had a couple redeeming features. If it's 8, then it's very well above average. 9 is nearly perfect with a couple flaws. 3 and 7 are respectively closer to 1 and 5, so those scores mean that it was either pretty bad all around or that it was just very good and enjoyable.

Anyhow, this episode was a 6/10.



Still ignoring any and all recaps, this episode was muoy bitchin'. Natsu starts off by attacking the bird while Gray tries to melt the Eternal Flame below, which he does, only to find that...he kind of crippled the flame. At first they all believe that nothing is there and that they have destroyed an ancient object of worship, but then we find out that the giant Eternal Flame has actually been reduced to the size of a backyard s'mores fire. To reignite the flame, we get some of the best animation Fairy Tail has ever seen with Natsu vs. Rai's ass (what I shall be referring the Cyclops Monster to as of now =D). It was just... I melted, jizzed, vomited rainbows and cried all at the same time. No lies. Natsu pulverizes Rai's ass into the pedestal for the flame and then releases an a literal fuck-ton of Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flames onto the flame and the ass before using Exploding Flame Blade to completely ignite the flame and leave Rai's ass unrecognizably burnt. From here, Lolicon Bait (what I will also refer to Wendy as of now! ;D) uses Milky Way, revealing that the Eternal Flame was... ...Atlas Flame. What the hell. .__.

Atlas Flame reveals that he is the Fire Dragon and the guardian of the Eternal Flame, but also reveals that he remembers absolutely nothing except Natsu, whom is referred to as the Son if Igneel. After a whole lot of me not caring, it is theorized that Atlas' memories were affected by the ice, though he does remember one crucial thing: the one who froze the village was...a Devil Slayer! This Devil Slayer believed that Atlas Flame was demonic in nature, and as such tried to destroy him and the whole village. After Flare decides to be even more bangable towards him, Atlas Flame remembers everything: that he created the village and whatnot; he then thaws out the whole village and begins talking about Zeref, the Dragon King Festival and Acnologia. His life force begins to fade at this point, and probably one of the coolest dragons in the series tells Natsu about Zeref's ultimate masterpiece, dubbed E.N.D., did battle with Igneel 400 years ago, but that Igneel failed to destroy him. Ominous, right? Meanwhile, Minerva tells Erza to essentially fuck off after a giant notices them and bails. With that done, everyone expresses gratitude towards Atlas Flame except for Gray, who wonders about the Devil Slayer of ice. Concurrently, at some frozen wreckage of a town, the Devil Slayer appears to be visiting a grave. During his visit, a messenger greets him, obviously scared out of his wits, but the Devil Slayer tells him not to fret, as he only eats demons. Turning around, this Devil Slayer is called Silver of the Absolute Zero. And he is a member of Tartaros and their group within: the Nine Demon Gates!

This episode ranks as 9/10, mostly for Silver and the superb animation during the fight between Natsu and Rai's ass. ;)



Gonna start off by saying that, also ignoring the recaps, this episode was weird. Mostly because it had the living crap censored out of it from its source material adaptation.

Okay, so we open up with the FT Mages talking and partying with the unfrozen giants whilst also pondering the involvement of Tartaros and what the Devil Slayer and E.N.D. could have had to do with all of this, while also thinking that the village was possibly frozen for a reason unknown to them. Flare also overcomes her shame of running away from home thanks to Lucy, and she is welcomed back with open arms by her giant (literally) family members.

While this transpires, Minerva returns to Succubus Eye's headquarters, only to find that everyone has been killed via being transformed into black, paper dolls. The culprit then reveals themselves to be Kyôka, also of Tartaros and the Nine Demon Gates! She says that her power is the ability to "enhance" (also pronounced "Kyôka") others, and that if they don't withstand the enhancement, that is the result. Minerva at first thinks that their predicament is due to failing Silver's request to prevent the Sun Village from being thawed, however Kyôka reveals to have no knowledge of this at all, leading Minerva to realize that it was Silver's personal request and not one from Tartaros itself. Kyôka then gets extremely menacing and asks Minerva if she can withstand her enhancement, which is said to be being performed to enhance Tartaros' battle capabilities for upcoming war, and assaults Minerva in a...flash of green light. Harry Potter, much? >_>

The next day, Team Natsu + Lolicon Bait and her as-of-now worthless cat trek back to Warrod's house where they tell him of the mission's completion and are rewarded with a potato. Yes, a potato. I'm sure if Glass watched this episode she'd have desired to very much suck the shit out of this potato, but oh well.

Here is where things get censored. The girls go to Warrod's hotspring, and everything that transpires is supposed to occur here, but it instead gets redirected to a barbecue outside Warrod's house. Anyway, while they're there Warrod gives them tea (Happy's has a foreshadowing mushroom which Carla claims could "one day grow on his head"), and Warrod reveals to them that he was one of Fairy Tail's founding members, which they realize is how he knew to ask for Natsu and Gray specifically, and is the reason why Makarov was so insistent that they complete the mission and be respectful. They also talk about Tartaros and E.N.D., the latter of which Warrod says he has no idea about, though he does mention that Tartaros is completely shrouded in mystery and that they worship demons, as well as that they may have a powerful demon from Zeref's books in their possession, which they all speculate could be E.N.D. After this, Natsu starts going wild and ends up hitting the shit out of Erza...which as we know doesn't end well for him. XP

This episode ranks as 7/10. It was mostly for Kyôka's part in it all. The censoring, though understandable, made it worse for me. I wanted my weekly dose of Erza ass and Lucy boobs, but like, as actual uncovered ass and boobs!



In addition to the minimal recaps, we start off with Silver approaching what he dubs to be Tartaros' guild building: an ominous castle surrounded by a red-tinted sky. We then cut to Era, the Magic Council's headquarters, where they discuss the recent disappearance of all of Tartaros' sub-guilds, which are others like Succubus Eye. Some say that it could be Jellal and Crime Sorciere, while others say it's Fairy Tail exercising some ultimate form of hubris, all while Doranbolt and Lahar watch. Org sticks up for Fairy Tail, saying that Tartaros could be the culprit and that they could also be preparing for a war of some kind. Seven of the councilors laugh, however Gran Doma has some sort of redeeming character moment and agrees with Org's proposition, saying that they must eliminate Tartaros before things get out of hand. Just then, a messenger comes in trying to tell them about an intruder, but then Era explodes. ...Wait. What? Era explodes? Like, blows the fuck up? What? What?! WHAT?! Yeah, and what's more, Doranbolt survives the explosion and he picks up a...dead Lahar. ...What, yet again? And then we get a pan shot of the wreckage, and every single of the nine councilors is...dead. Holy f- Wait! Org is alive!

Well, Org was alive, because a member of Tartaros' Nine Demon Gates reveals himself, and his name is Jackal! His mission is to leave no member of the Magic Council's nine senators alive, and after much pleading, Org convinces Doranbolt to leave the area and avenge them all. A bigger explosion then occurs, leaving all the citizens below watching this concerned, and Org very much dead. Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tail guild, the FT members are acting like typical FT members while Levy and some others try and research E.N.D., but don't get much out of it. Before long, Jet and Droy run into the guild with some terrible news.

Now we cut back to Doranbolt, who is visiting Cobra in his prison cell, demanding that he spill everything he knows about Tartaros. Cobra says he'll do so only if he and the other members of the OS are freed, but Doranbolt says he doesn't have that authority. Cobra demands that he go ask those that do have that power, but Doranbolt replies that they're all dead. Cobra at first expresses surprise, but then adds a touch of sarcasm when he jokingly says that they really went balls to the wall. Doranbolt gets super pissed at this and teleports into the cell and threatens to slit Cobra's throat if he doesn't tell him what he desires, though Cobra does not relent and says that his and his friends' release is non-negotiable, but does offer Doranbolt one bit of info. From here, Silver rendezvouses with Kyôka and five other of the Nine Demon Gates. They march forward into their meeting quarters while Doranbolt is told by Cobra that not a single one of Tartaros is human: they are all (at this point, anyway) demons from Zeref's books and that their master is none other than E.N.D.: Zeref's strongest demon.

The Demon Gates enter their quarters, where they discuss the start of their operation. We get some insight into the personalities of members Seilah, Keyes, Franmalth and Torafuzar, though it is pointed out that Jackal is out on his mission, as is their last member, Tempester. They end their meeting by declaring that everything they're doing is for Zeref, however Silver noticeably looks less than enthused by whatever their master plan appears to be.

Now we end up cutting to Yajima's restaurant, 8-Island, where the Thunder God Tribe are working. They talk about the assassination of the Magic Council, citing Yajima to be lucky, but Yajima demands some kind of respect for his dead peers and says that when he left the Magic Council, it was like a weight being lifted from his shoulders. After a bit of banter, a strange, lion-faced individual walks into the restaurant and blows it to high heaven. Literally. He creates a tornado and quickly overwhelms the Thunder God Tribe with his command over natural disasters, such as tornadoes, firestorms and earthquakes. He then prepares to kill Yajima after neutralizing the Thunder God Tribe, but then Laxus shows up and prepares to kick some ass!

This episode was 10/10. The manga chapter associated with it was the same, and so it only makes sense for this episode to get it too! My only real gripe is that Freed can't seem to be animated by Bridge. Like, at all, but that one quirk is overshadowed by every other single thing in this episode tenfold.

Overall, the anime this month receives a combined score of 8/10! Pretty good month, and I'm stoked for what's to come. Even though I think a lot of the chapters that follow these occurrences are bullshit, the anime is supposed to be adding stuff that Mashima was forced to cut out from the Tartaros arc. Essentially, this is one of those few instances where we're getting canon material in anime-only format. Oh well, see you guys next month!