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Hmmmm... Well, for a start, can I just say that I am very happy to be finally rid of the last opening. Arg... I never got into and and still do not like it very much at all. Replacing it is an opening that isn't actually half bad. I have to admit, the song doesn't really do it for me, but it is by no means bad.

In terms of what we actually see, I think this opening actually does quite a good job at not showing many spoilers. One of the problems people often have with FT openings is that they do just that, but I think this one is pretty good.

Of course they drop the Sting/Rogue v Natsu/Gajeel battle, however, even when reading the manga we all figured this out anyways, so I'm sure the anime-only crowd has too. Despite this, many other things remain hidden, or aren't tackled in a way that spoil. For instance, we get Laxus looking badass, but not attacking Team Raven Tail. We get Lucy in the hospital, but we don't know from what. We get the hooded figure, but, luckily, no drop on who it is.

The opening is also animated far better than the last, and this boosts its respectability in my eyes. Especially that one little section with Kagura and Millianna looking all evil. Perfectly done ^__^ Perfect! There are a couple of sections that are a bit :/ but mostly good. I have to admit though that seeing Sting and Rogue pulling their awesome light and shadow upgrades and then Gajeel and Natsu glowing red and green was a little lame XD Sting and Rogue were cool, but... the glowing??

It ended nicely, dropping that low, almost sinister cord and showing the hooded figure, something which just wrapped up the whole thing.

Though it isn't my favourite, a job well done here :)



I don't have much to say about this new ending. I like it more than the last one, by far, but it definitely wasn't a stand out.

The song is... it's okay. I don't know, but I like the endings that are generally faster and have more pace, plus, I am a little annoyed that the ending featured Lucy again. I liked it more when it seemed to use the characters of the arc, or change them up. As such, when, in the Tenrou Island arc, they used Natsu for the ending Kono Te Nobashite I was annoyed too (even though that was a great ending) because I really wanted to see Cana there instead. But... whatever I guess... we did get some cute shots, and they didn't repeat over and over and OVER like they did in the last ending, so it was nice.

However, it gets a major boost for having that Crime Sorciere chibi * ^ * SO CUTE I ALMOST DIED!! :3 Plus, the other chibis were adorable too ;D

sent from: Edmonton, Canada.

Hmmm... I don't know where I stand with this episode. In one sense, I'm happy the anime crew decided to expand it out in order to cover some plot that was quickly washed over and therefore slow their progress, but on the other had I feel it wasn't tackled as well as it could be.

We start with another recap that NOBODY CARES ABOUT! I mean, oh my gosh... every episode is now starting with the first five minutes either recapping the last episode or replaying the last five minutes of the last episode. I am so sick of it I want to puke, but again, I know it's necessary, so I try to let it go.

Anyways, after this recap Erza enters the giant castle, and this is where things get a bit iffy. It is really easy to see the instant change (<- I almost said drop, but I'm being nice) in the animation style, and if I'm honest, this whole episode was animated on and off. Annoyingly so.

Moving on though, Erza starts to attack and then one of the beasts breathes fire at her! How is she going to counter thi- oh, no... wait... we have to skip to Gray so that he can tell us the beast breathes fire. Wow Gray... YOU DON'T SAY!! Gosh, I'm actually blind and missed that fact, so thank you for pointing it out to me. I'm such an idiot sometimes...

No! This is what has been annoying me lately with the anime. This expanding through assumption that the audience are complete and utter dumb asses. I'd rather watch Erza stand as the debris clears for the 10 seconds than hear Gray tell me what I already know. It happened too many times in this ep, and annoyed me to no end.

Whatever though. Here is where things actually start to get interesting. Erza reappears and slashes the fire beast with her Sea Empress Armour sword. *begins to clap* Well done anime team, this is what I want to see, you guys using your brains! I've always wondered why when faced with a Fire Mage Erza would Requip to her Flame Empress Armour with a fire sword. I mean, sure, the armour is effective because her enemy now can't attack her properly, but why would she attack them with their own element?? It seemed counter-intuitive to me. As such, I was glad to see her here using opposite elements and mixing armours and weapons. It's a concept I enjoy and I'm surprised actually that Mashima hasn't used it in the manga... Ah well...

WAIT A SEC!! That shot! That one shot of the audience at 6:42 XD Just how many freakin' times has that shot been played? Oh man... do those people seriously sit in the same spot and have the same expression on every day of the Games?? Damn animators >__>

Erza continues in this fashion for a while. We get a shot of her hitting something and then a shot of someone in the audience, repeated over and over (if you want to see some pretty funny/dodgy animation, check out Jura at 7:40 XD)... even Doranbolt crying (haha Jak) and Jellal, who is still wearing Mystogan's ridiculous get-up! Seriously Mystogan... WHY U HAVE SUCH RETARDED PANTS!! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) Hurry up and get back into your old attire Jellal... you look so much hotter T^T Then ponder... you are also hot when you ponder!! >:D

Finally Erza is down to the last monster and Requips to her hakama clothing. But what is this S-Class beast...?? Oh wait ( .__.) It's that retarded little thing that was bouncing around the whole time. Whilst it pulls some creepy shit, Mato explains that when the S-Class monster is the only one left it's power triples...

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SERIOUSLY?? >__>

I'm sorry, but that was just lame to me. Not only because Erza just happened to leave it 'til last, but also the rule in general and the fact that they just happened to move it to an arena for no particular reason. It was lame... and I didn't appreciate it.

Despite the lameness of the idea, the little scene that follows was actually saved by two things. The first was the music, which, as usual, held the ep. The second was Levy's commentary, which actually made the whole battle very sweet and note-worthy.

As Erza is teleported back to the field, we get fillers of everyone stating how wonderful she is, but I kinda ignored these 'cause Hibiki said that Erza was Ichiya's girlfriend and that made me violently ill...

Finally MPF is introduced, and Mato states that it is very simple, and the rest of the scenes that follow are. I dunno if it was just the lack of excitement the anime team built up around this or what, but MPF seemed very dot to dot and robotic. There were a couple of cute moments with Cana and Hibiki, but not enough to save anything.

Finally we get to Orga's turn. No! WAIT!! NOOOOO!! I love Orga but I don't want to see this because if it is the same as in his battle his spell will look terrible!! Oh, please don't make it look terrible!!

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Oh, who am I kidding... It looked like crap... again >__>

Next is Jura... who uses a Light spell to attack the MPF. H-Hold the phone... I thought Jura used Earth Magic!? No, apparently not, because Rumbling Mt. Fuji looked nothing like an Earth Spell attack >.< *sighs* These damn animators.

However, I throw all of my bitching out the window for Cana. Can I just say that I really enjoyed seeing her use Fairy Glitter. It wasn't that badly animated, and the music combined with Cana's epic speaking and Mavis' comments on her latent ability just went together very smoothly and did the job well. Finally, Cana doing something and proving she has some potential as a character :) Sorry Al ;D

And lastly, we finish up with that badly animated team heading of to do badly animated things... Heaven help us...

sent from: Chaing Mai, Thailand.

Okay... time for a fight that I am definitely freaking out over. "Why?", you might ask (probably not >__>). Well, interested reader, I am freaking out because so far the animation of Team Raven Tail has been shocking. I can maybe justify some other characters, but Team Raven Tail... no, I am past that. Especially Nullpudding and Kurohebi... I mean... arg... you know... I have no words left to describe my disappointment, especially with Kurohebi. You poor, poor, poor, evil, sexy bastard. I feel bad for you D:

Anyways, onto the actual episode, which opens with... *drumroll please* ... REPLAYS OF THE LAST EP!! WOOOH!! Gotta love them replays~! We also get a large chunk of time cut going over the current rankings, though, in comparison to repeats, I prefer these fillers much more.

The battles then get under-way, and it's obvious as soon as Semmes steps out onto the field that we are going to get filler material in our fights rather than just seeing Millianna's victory. I'll give it to the anime team, these expansions were done well, though I seriously have to question Semmes Magic. What the hell is it?? Spinning?? XD He should get with Ooba :P

Anyways, Semmes spins and Quatro Puppy scream their incorrectly translated catch phrase, but eventually Semmes falls. That was interesting, though I always thought Millianna's tubes cut Magic Power as soon as they were wrapped around somebody, so I'm surprised Semmes didn't stop spinning as soon as her attack hit... but oh well :/

We then move on to Rufus and Eve. Again, the battle is extended, and, again, it is done nicely. Anime viewers also get to finally hear about Eve's past in the Magic Council (which, for some reason, hasn't been brought up before) and a variety of new techniques are used, all with the first events lessons remembered and applied. Again, I really wanted Eve to win, but that's because I like him ;D

Well, that obviously doesn't happen, because Rufus casts his fiery, lava-y, pahoehoe-y attack, which seems to spread all over Crocus (gotta feel bad for the kid with the ice cream standing just outside the arena) and then hits Eve full on. Eve falls and Lyon and Gray get pissy. Don't worry about Eve though all you anime-only ladies, he comes back more ridiculously cute than ever as a little mummy later on ;D

Before the next match starts we all get a glimpse at the Blue Pegasus Bunny XD Ahhh, the good old days when none of us knew who it was ( _ _)

Well, moving along, the third match is declared between Laxus and Alexei~! WOOOH!! Go Laxus!! Own those bitches from Raven Tail! Before the match begins though, we get to see Fairy Tail in the stands taking precautions. The amazing MILF Bisca is up with her sniper pointed at Ivan, whilst the Raijinshuu and Lisanna stand watch over the other 4 members of Raven Tail. Surprisingly, even up 'til now, the whole episode has been animated very nicely, even (I'll admit it) Raven Tail. Winner of this scene though is by far Bickslow, who is obviously an ElfmanXEvergreen supporter XD His comment made me laugh so hard ;D

Back with the battle, Laxus and the golden-armoured man exchange their preferences for dark cloaks with light fizzy trim begin, with Laxus instantly getting owned T^T Awwww, poor guy T^T As the anime crew waste a good minute showing every Fairy Tail member go :O Laxus gets beaten around more, bleeding Ribena, and Raven Tail are checked again, except, they aren't doing anything... Sneaky~!

However, however, however, actually on the field, Laxus takes time to lick up his Ribena blood because Ribena is fucking delicious is actually not harmed, rather the current fight is an illusion and he stands conversing with his opponent.

Time is wasted showing how the illusionary battle can altered to please one fighter or the other, so many :O and >:D faces are shown as Laxus seems to be winning, then losing etc. etc. We all sit through this until, finally, shit starts to happen.

By shit, I mean that all of Team Raven Tail suddenly appear on the field, eyes glowing awesomely and laughing like the crazy freaks they are (Kurohebi's laugh people!! * ^ *). Alexei is revealed to be Ivan (NOOOOOO, I WANTED HIM TO BE SOME HOT GUY!! ALEXEI IS WAY TOO HOT A NAME FOR FREAKIN' IVAN!!) and the true mission of Raven Tail is revealed: Get Lumen Histoire.

What does Laxus say to all of this??



Well, that was a massive info dump in a short space of time, but I think it was really well done. All of Raven Tail looked creepy, and everything was set up really nicely for the next episode. On top of this, the music throughout the ep was great, and, surprisingly of late, the whole episode was animated magnificently! Thank you to the team who tackled this episode~!! I give you the gold star of the month :) Very well done to all of you!

Oh, I just pray that this good animation and good use of fillers continues next week ^___^

sent from: Freiburg, Germany.

Whoo~! Who is pumped for this episode due to the last amazing one!? Raise your hands people!!

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Fine then, don't... I don't give a damn >___>

After last weeks triumph in the anime corner, we can now look forward to a few battles. The first, naturally is the conclusion to what was started last week, whilst the second was hinted in the previews from the last ep and the title of this one. Sooooo, onwards!!

Ivan further reveals the "Anti-Fairy Tail guild" to Laxus and goes on about how he is going to take everyone down. Now, what does Laxus have to say to this??

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Oh ( .___.) Seems Makarov knew all about this all along and knows actually everything to do with Ivan and his guild, even stuff that happened during the time skip. This is... still a little dodgy for me, even though it happened in the manga. I understand Makarov knowing about Ivan before the timeskip due to Gajeel's double agent business, but if he was that surprised to see Ivan's guild appear at the Grand Magic Games, he obviously can't know much... yet now he suddenly does. Filling plot holes FTW right!?

This aside, Gajeel sneezes in the audience cause Raven Tail are talking crap about him XD Hahahaha, cute little addition :3

We get a flashback of Makarov and Laxus talking about Ivan, and then Ivan breaks his own teeth and goes for the attack!! Woohoo, bring out the Darkness Magic...-

...or... o-or the Paper Magic... that's powerful too... right? o___O??

Admittedly, this is where the animation falls a bit, which is a pity, because up until now it was actually very good. This Magic attack though... it was already lame enough in the manga, but the animation didn't help.

Ivan then builds up his paper for a larger attack, the debris clearing to show Laxus with some nasty paper cuts but otherwise unharmed, and then comes the sweet part.

From the audience, Makarov stands and pulls the Fairy Tail hand gesture/thingy/whatever-it-hasn't-got-a-name. Some flashbacks of Makarov and Laxus' complicated yet fast-improving relationship play and Laxus smiles :,) So sweet!

But wait! The music cuts because Obra has to attack! FUCK YOU OBRA YOU RUINED THE SWEETNESS!! Obviously Laxus thinks this too, because he suddenly appears in front of Obra and blasts him away.

( .__.) Nice... That's one down... (?)

Flare and Nullpudding go in for the attack then, but are quickly taken care of by the FT main theme playing in the background Laxus as well...

( .__.) O-O-Okay... they were weak anyways... (??)

Kurohebi then appears (YEAH!) eyes all red, and starts... dancing?? Uhhh...

( .__.) No, wait... he's... gone too... (???)

Well, Ivan is the guild master! He is strong >:D He can take out Lax-

( .__.) No... Laxus (looking very hot and bad-ass I might add) has taken him down after he begged to be spared... (?????????????)

Uhhh... *takes a second to pause* ... What the hell was that!? I mean, good on you Laxus, that was bad-ass, but wasn't that just a little too convenient?? A little too easy for a guild that is meant to specialise in taking Fairy Tail down...

You know what, this is FT... I am past trying to justify such things now...

So, the illusion is broken and Ivan and his team revealed. Everyone goes :O because they don't seem to be able to pull other expressions in this episode, and then Laxus wins the battle. Due to their cheating ways, Raven Tail are arrested, but not before Obra pulls some freaky crap and has his little imp-like creature run away, promising to get FT back. Even now with the manga, I am excited to see where this little imp creature and the RT plot goes :) Also, we get the drop from Ivan about how Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness. Again, another seemingly interesting plot point that I look forward too ^__^

With the match over, everything just continues like nothing happened, leading to the last battle of the day. Prepare yourself Rem with tissues, because it's Wendy vs. Chelia... aka: Battle of the Lolis :)

I loled when they announced Wendy as Fairy Tail A's participant, and all she could think to say was "I changed outfits" in a very determined voice XD XD XD Silly Wendy :P

Anyways, both girls run to the field with epic music... and both fall flat on their faces XD Loved how this was done, the cutting of the music added to the hilarity ;D

However, in the background scary things are happening:

Mavis questions Chelia's Magic. Scary! Chapati starts using words like "pyon" and shaking his behind at the thought of the battle to come. SCARY!! But, most importantly, Crime Sorciere suddenly pick up the evil Magic presence they have been feeling!!

Jellal (<3) begins to run to the arena to check things out. Jellal: Ultear, Meredy, stand by. Don't move! Ultear & Meredy: We can't move... WE'RE ON A FUCKING STATUE!!

^ Stupidity...

The battle begins and after a while it becomes pretty obvious that Chelia is a God Slayer... with the same element as Wendy (convenience much?). I know a lot of people complained about how Chelia's Magic was animated, but I actually liked it quite a bit, as it reminded me instantly of Zancrow's Magic and linked them as God Slayers. Now, if only they could catch on with Orga... >___>

Wendy and Chelia unleash an array of pretty nice spells and abilities, and the whole thing was pretty fluid, which was nice. They then discuss Chelia's abilities and Wendy's lack of getting enjoyment out of fighting before both girls consume the air (breathe??) and continue...

...to Wendy using one of her secret arts! Yeah! >:D You go girl~! Use that art and own your opponent. So, Wendy unleashes Light Sky Drill or whatever it's called (lazy Carrot can't be stuffed looking it up) and Chelia seems to fall.

The Light Drill was animated okay... I mean... Maybe it's just because I pictured it differently or something, but after the animation standard in this ep (which is, thankfully, high like the last episode) I guess I was expecting more. Plus, I wanted to see Chelia flung up into the air. She was just sort of flopped to the side (very badly animated that too).

But whatever... Chelia is down and Wendy had done it! Everyone is happy because Wendy has pulled through and won for her team and-

... No ( .__.) Wait... Chelia's getting up again >:) Turns out she can heal her own wounds... unlike Wendy. Muahahaha!! That's evil though! Wendy pulls a sad face as Pumpkin declares that the match will continue and Chelia wants to go all out.

Meanwhile, my love walks around in the arena above, looking out for Wendy (isn't he just the nicest guy!?) because Chelia seems to be the connection to Zeref!! :O

Well, with the battle being done so nicely up until this point I really hope the animation remains great and we get to see some awesome stuff next week! FUOH!! ONWARDS!!

sent from: Mbabane, Swaziland. This review of episode 170 is based off the flash movie "Dot Dot Dot", which has to be one of the most hilarious reviews ever. It's 10 times shorter than episode 170, and worth 100% more of your time. I would very much recommend it :)

Dot... dot... dot...  A review by TheCarrotSaysYumYum. Date: February 23rd, 2013. Score: 1. i reley dont wan to say this... but i have to now...

THIS EPISODE WAS SO BAD!!

I mean, did it need to have such poor animation?? Did Laxus' face need to look like it was sliding off the whole time?? Did even Jellal need to have his magnificence ruined? T^T

I couldn't even bare to look at the screen! Wendy, Chelia, Erza, Doranbolt... everyone! RUINED!!

I have nothing to say about this crap. It can be summed up in pictures only:

No! I can't put any pictures here because you will die >___>

I didn't care that Chelia and Wendy were friends in the end. I didn't care about Lumen Histoire and Laxus... hell, I didn't even care about Jellal. I just wanted it to end!! D:

In a message on his Twitter, Mashima said the following (thank you Chaos for translation): "I don't get involved in the TV Anime's artwork, and the OADs on the Tankobons is a different story. But at least check over the key animations as much as you guys can. To the production staffs, if it's possible, please do your best on making it as close to the original, or making it as beautiful as possible. Thank you."

Let me put that into proper, non-forcing-myself-to-be-polite English: "Please don't hate me! I have nothing to do with the anime at all! I can't believe fans have pointed out how badly the episodes are being animated. That's appalling and ridiculous and shouldn't be happening! To you noobs on the production staff, STOP RUINING MY AMAZING ART!! Is it really that hard to even make it look similar?! If you can't do that, at least make it so I want to look at it without crying, throwing up or rolling on the floor laughing. Thank you, though you don't deserve it."

I hope this proves my point about the animation. If even Mashima is saying things, you can no longer deny that nothing is wrong.

pepole think this comment is worthles...

go ahead! '''say it! i dont care!''' im just trying to make a point here!

blam this piece of crap!!!!

P.S: the only reson im giving this a 1 is beacuase  the music was pretty good... but thats it!