Is there ever a good chapter of Fairy Tail and in spite of you being well aware of Mashima's ways, you unconsciously hype yourself for the upcoming chapter, hoping it will be about as nice? Well, here goes Fairy Tail Chapter 508: Pleasure and Pain, guilty of this syndrome. Also, this is another case of spoilers giving off a slightly different vibe than the chapter itself, but that's not exactly relevant. So let's start!
First, we go back to our lovely Foddertooth. This is probably one of the worst things to happen to them. They don't even know if they defeated their opponents. The cause seems to be a combination Neinhart getting KO'd and Makarov's Fairy Law. But well, at least it was nice seeing you again, guys...
And... let me get this straight. Zeref's secret plan to defeat Acnologia... is to orgasm him to death. Yup, Larcade finally appears and showcases his powers of causing orgasms to people who have already had them. You think I'm joking? Mashima isn't even subtle about this. Zeref fucked Mavis, welp, they are down. Laxus clearly had a lot of fun at Blue Pegasus or otherwise, down. Macao and Wakaba have kids, down. And we all know that Gajeel and Levy are experiencing that as well. ;) However, this is THE most effective magic against Gildarts. RIP.
As expected, the relation between Erza and Irene is not revealed right away. However, what I really like is that Wendy is joining the fray! I've been playing with the idea of Wendy getting involved with Irene ever since it's been revealed that they both use enchantments. Also, we all remember the little scene from the start of the arc, with Wendy promising to protect Erza. Looks like the time has come! Me likey.
The single most annoying thing in this chapter is the goddamn Jellal lying on the ground, defeated. Mother of off-screens. Mother of disappointments. I truly hope this is temporary and he gets up soon, or I will be greatly unamused.
Finally, out of all the match-ups we could've possible gotten, it's... Kagura vs. Larcade! I pretty much like Kagura and I always wanted to see her go all out in a proper way, however, I'm very skeptic right now, looking at the treatment that Jellal is getting. Plus, Sting is still mysteriously missing, so either he is getting raped by Acnologia or he will have to save Kagura from Larcade. And as for the final 'plot twist'? I doubt we should take the father thing too literally... He's probably just Zeref's creation, except this time around, he isn't programmed to kill Zeref, but Acnologia.
Oh well.