Episode 6 – Fairy Tail: 100 12 months Quest

To say that this week Fairy tail Dropping an enormous bombshell could be an understatement, however first it is time to discuss one thing fully completely different! For some purpose, the episode opens with a brief story about Lucy attempting to fulfill her editor’s deadlines (one thing I’ve fortunately by no means needed to fear about, as a result of mine are completely cheap and I am not simply saying that as a result of she’s most likely studying this) whereas struggling to determine how one can end her fantasy novel. Because it entails preventing big anteaters, Natsu and Blissful provide to take her on a mission that conveniently entails simply that – and Lucy is so busy taking notes, she does not understand she’s seconds away from being their subsequent meal. It is cute for what it’s – and I believe she’s a sauces chapter or one thing they skipped—nevertheless it’s a bit of bizarre that they put this originally of the episode. Nonetheless, contemplating how the episode truly ends, I believe it could have induced some severe tonal whiplash, so I assume it was the lesser of two evils.

Anyway, let’s transfer on to the precise episode, which is certainly lots. As Natsu and the gang start their battle towards Mercphobia, Natsu prepares to kill him. Nevertheless, since Mercphobia is a water dragon, Natsu’s flames aren’t highly effective sufficient to do a lot to him. Simply when issues are at their most dire, the struggle is interrupted by a mysterious hearth dragon named Ignia who takes a eager curiosity in seeing Natsu’s full potential. He rapidly reveals himself to be the Fireplace God Dragon, which is not all that stunning. What’s a shocker, nonetheless, is that he additionally claims to be the flesh-and-blood son of Igneel – regardless of Natsu, the one who was raised by him, by no means listening to something about Igneel having one other youngster. We be taught that it is because male dragons sometimes do not elevate their younger or have households, so Ignia has by no means truly met his father and does not have notably robust emotions for him a technique or one other. The true purpose he is desirous about Natsu is that Ignia and the opposite Dragon Gods had been the one dragons who may escape Acnologia’s wrath 400 years in the past and had spent all that point coaching to surpass him, solely to have Natsu swoop in and end the job. Ignia is not too completely satisfied about this (particularly since he appears like Natsu cheated a bit by successful with the ability of friendship), so he is made it his enterprise to have a one-on-one duel with Natsu as soon as he will get stronger, providing to let Natsu devour his flames in alternate for not burning down the town himself or killing all of Natsu’s associates.

It is undoubtedly lots to absorb, however I am right here for it as a result of it addresses a few of my earlier gripes with this sequel. Whereas I am nonetheless not an enormous fan of a number of dragons on Acnologia’s stage, it is a bit of simpler to abdomen after I understand that they principally spent all their time grinding whereas Natsu and the opposite Dragon Slayers did all of the precise preventing. Funnily sufficient, it additionally makes them come off as barely much less spectacular, as a result of for all the great shows of energy that Ignia places on right here, he largely comes off as bitter that he does not get an opportunity to indicate off – and that is a stage of hater vitality I can get behind. Talking of the person of the hour, I additionally like what his presence may probably add to the story. Whereas I praised Zeref and Acnologia on the ability scale, I believe their greatest weak point as antagonists was that neither of them felt like they’d a lot of a direct connection to Natsu (particularly since Zeref did not seem till midway by way of the unique story). It felt like he was solely preventing them out of plot necessity greater than the rest. Ignia is each Igneel’s son and somebody with a twisted curiosity in Natsu’s development, making him a a lot greater direct risk to him than both of them had been. The truth that he is somebody who values ​​solitary energy versus Natsu who finds energy in working collectively along with his associates already makes for some robust parallels between the 2. We even get to see a few of that in motion with the remainder of the Mercphobia struggle, as whereas Natsu decides to make use of Ignia’s flames for himself, he additionally acknowledges that he is not robust sufficient to defeat Mercphobia on his personal and chooses to depend on the others for assist. It additionally is useful as a result of Ignia’s energy finally turns into an excessive amount of for Natsu to deal with. And when he practically goes berserk himself, Lucy is ready to cool him down earlier than issues worsen.

In a single fell swoop, I’ve gone from being mildly detached to this sequel to genuinely enthusiastic about the place it may go subsequent. This was simply the strongest exhibiting for the reason that starting of the season, and we even bought some fairly good battle animations out of the entire deal for the struggle with Mercphobia, so it was a powerful exhibiting throughout. I am going to admit that a whole lot of my pleasure right here revolves round what Ignia may add to the story, and given Mashima’s persistently inconsistent writing abilities, it is exhausting to know whether or not that pleasure might be misplaced. However hey, it is good to have one thing probably cool to get caught into. I can already see how Ignia may make for an awesome arch-nemesis for Natsu as the remainder of this story progresses, so I am selecting to stay optimistic for now. And if it will possibly ship on even a fraction of that potential, then I believe I am going to actually be on board with this sequel.

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