Tartaros Arc Prologue: The White Inheritance is the 236th episode of the Fairy Tail anime. It aired on June 6, 2015.
Natsu confronts Jackal and overpowers him at first; however, the Demon Gate's curse displays a formidable side effect, knocking Salamander unconscious. After he dispatches Lucy and Wendy, Jackal chases the run-away Michello and makes Lucy choose between Michello's life or a pregnant woman's, but is interrupted by Natsu again, who already knows how to deal with the Tartaros man's power.
Summary
As Natsu and Jackal glare at each other, the Fairy Tail Mages recognize the bomber as the perpetrator who took down the Magic Council single-handedly. Jackal smirks and proceeds to do several hand gestures and generate power, causing the wind to blow and several explosions to emerge from the town they are in, successfully hitting all buildings in the vicinity. Shocked, Lucy quickly remarks that the town has nothing to do with Jackal's business. Natsu, on the other hand, proceeds to charge on to the Tartaros man, who attempts to counter the Fire Dragon Slayer with his explosion. Much to Jackal's shock, Natsu, who seemingly took a direct hit, eats the explosions, with Happy explaining his partner's affinity when it comes to Magic relating to heat and explosions. Natsu overpowers Jackal with his Magic and continues to repeatedly attack him. Michello shakes at Natsu's display of power, mentally saying that it is his first time witnessing a Fairy Tail wizard's fight against somebody.
Jackal tries to say something to Natsu, but the latter still continues to physically attack him - with the people around him saying he is going overboard already. Michello, on the other hand, mentally worries about Face, Tartaros' possible goal, that anyone on the Council hardly knows about. The former councilman panics and says he needs to take his leave immediately. The others find this strange, and Natsu asks him to tell them what he knows, that of which he continues to turn down.
Hearing what they conversed about, Jackal sits up from his position and proposes that if the old man shares some useful information, he might consider his goal of killing. Moreover, the Fairy Tail members display their shock as to why the man stood up, given the intense beating he took from Natsu. Michello insistently claims that he knows nothing and orders the Mages to dispose Jackal at once. The Tartaros guy stands up once again, and tells Natsu to listen if someone is talking to him. Afterwards, Lucy exasperatedly notices Natsu's hands illuminating with strange markings. Jackal explains that his curse grants him the ability to turn anything he touches into an explosive, consequently asking Natsu how many times he has touched him already. As the markings begin to illuminate even brighter, Natsu orders the others to get away from him as far as possible. The others reluctantly obey and run away from him. Natsu tremendously explodes and gets knocked to the ground unconscious.
Michello disrespectfully remarks that the Fire Dragon Slayer is all about bark and no bite, and afterwards, scared of the possible thing Jackal will do to him. Jackal slowly approaches, demanding Michello to tell him what he knows in order for him to spare his life, only to take his granddaughter's instead. Michello refuses and runs away from the Tartaros man, who chases him. Lucy and Wendy then work together to try stop Jackal. Wendy uses her Magic but Jackal successfully stops every attack by dispersing them with his explosions. Lucy tries to help by summoning Scorpio, but Jackal counters his Magic with his powerful explosives. Scorpio continues to attack but causes the others to not see properly because of the sand, forcing Lucy to make him go back.
Carla and Happy comment and praise the power of Jackal's Magic, to which he explains as something even more powerful - a Curse, something far more superior which all members of Tartaros use instead of Magic. He states that mere Wizards can't beat them and casts a powerful explosive spell, damaging and throwing Wendy and Lucy away. Jackal says goodbye, and proceeds to jump from roof to roof to chase Michello, leaving Michelia to worry. Lucy orders Wendy to heal Natsu as she goes after Jackal. Michello is seen running around town, hopelessly asking for help from the townspeople; however, Jackal finds him, commenting on how he left his granddaughter for the sake of his own life.
Lucy appears and attempts to summon a Celestial Spirit but is interrupted at Jackal's sudden warning, that if she moves while stepping on a cursed mine, she will explode. Townspeople recognize Lucy and her participation in the Grand Magic Games. Due to the abundance of people around, Jackal thinks of an idea. Michello and a random woman from the crowd are then engulfed in a sphere. Jackal threatens everyone about a future explosion, causing them to run away in fear. The Curse user leaves Lucy with a hard choice, saying that he will only detonate only one of the two, according to the Fairy Tail Mage's decision. As the others struggle to wake Natsu up, Lucy painfully thinks of what to decide - to save Michello, their intent in the first place, or the pregnant woman. Jackal states humans are simply toys and tells Lucy that she only has ten seconds to decide and she shouldn't move, otherwise, she will explode and both of the trapped people die.
With Jackal about to demand Lucy's choice, Natsu comes from above and punches the man's face, cancelling both Jackal's landmine and spheres. Happy and Carla offer to take the pregnant woman to a safe place, and Natsu smacks Michello to sleep for pissing him off. With the others warning Salamander about the superiority of a Curse to Magic, Jackal states that Natsu touched him again, but the latter says he has the hang of it. Just as the marking from his body is about to explode, Natsu eats the explosion, barely damaging himself, much to the others joy.
Characters in Order of Appearance
Battles & Events
Magic, Curses, Spells, and Abilities used
Magic used
- Dragon Slayer Magic (滅竜魔法 Metsuryū Mahō)
- Fire Dragon Slayer Magic (炎の滅竜魔法 Honō no Metsuryū Mahō)
- Sky Dragon Slayer Magic (天の滅竜魔法 Ten no Metsuryū Mahō)
- Celestial Spirit Magic (星霊魔法 Seirei Mahō)
- Summoned the Scorpion, Scorpio
- Sand Magic (砂の魔法 Suna no Mahō)
Curses used
Spells used
- Fire Dragon's Iron Fist (火竜の鉄拳 Karyū no Tekken)
- Sky Dragon's Roar (天龍の咆哮 Tenryū no Hōkō)
- Sky Dragon's Wing Attack (天竜の翼撃 Tenryū no Yokugeki)
- Sand Buster (サンドバスター Sando Basutā)
- Exploding Spiral (爆螺旋 Bakurasen)
- Landmine Curse (地雷呪法 Jirai Jūhō)
- Bomb Orb
Items used
Manga & Anime Differences
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