A whole new world?
Why has it taken this long to publish this review? Well, I kept trying to release an article or review! And as soon as it was released, oh look, another chapter of
Fairy Tail! But here it is now, no more waiting or making excuses. You've got my apologies! We've got three chapters to look over. Let's hope they're awesome and not confusing at all in any way... Oh look, Natsu's in not-heaven. That's a great start!
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| How can you not love his monotone ass? |
Beginning our review, Mirajane and Elfman are on the offensive against Madmole and Skullion, It's some pretty fun action actually, with Mirajane easily being the most engaging, but then suddenly Lucy is attacked by a snake! No wait, it's Lisanna as a snake! And she's going to "dye Lucy white", making her join the cause.
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| Oh this one is suggestive! |
Back at the church, it's more fun action between Laxus and Kiria (what a pair! Make them get married!), while Jellal is snapping even more and captures Erza to have her dyed white too so they can be together. I'm not sure why he can't do it right there like Lisanna can... but anyway, we return to Natsu and the Ghost Dragon Slayer, Wraith! Natsu confirms that Wraith is a ghost that only he can see, and we learn Wraith can't rest in peace until he finds the one who killed him long ago. But for now, he uses his powers to rip out Natsu's soul! Le gasp!
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| Not surprised that FT loves Halloween. Have you SEEN his Twitter page? |
Natsu lies dead on the floor, Happy begging him to wake up, but Wraith ignores him and consumes Natsu's soul... And this is where it gets weird as Natsu wakes up on clouds, and comes across Zeref! Yes, the dead guy who was reincarnated as a writer. And then Mavis appears, confirming she's now Zeref's wife, and raising two kids, August and Larcade. According to them, Natsu in some sort of limbo-like heaven where the dead and near-dead can talk...
Natsu and Zeref have a short talk about his regrets for what he's done to Natsu during his life, and the other mistakes he made throughout his life. Zeref says this place is Natsu's mental heaven, and everyone has their own version of heaven, which is why Zeref and Mavis can be here despite reincarnating... Oh and now Igneel is here! He tells Natsu that everyone he cares about is living happily in this mental heaven, including Atlas Flame, Zirconis (for some reason), Lucy's parents, Simon, and even the Phoenix Priestess Éclair! Well, I guess that's canon now!
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| My head and heart hurt. |
Natsu says his goodbyes, and returns to fight back against Wraith! He's now an angry ghost, refusing to be eaten, and can use this to fight back against the Ghost Dragon Slayer finally. Technically, Natsu just learned "Thought Projection" magic, possibly from Mavis or Zeref?
The final chapter has Natsu fighting Wraith with his ghost form, so Wraith responds by possessing Happy. And just when it seems like Natsu won't be able to hurt his friend, we get one hell of a cathartic page...
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| HAHAHAHAHAHA! I found my new screensaver! |
Wraith decides to run away and find a better person to possess, while Natsu pops in and out of his body to talk to Happy for a moment, now running off after Wraith. As he runs through walls like a ghost, we see Wraith's inner monologue about the rules of a perfect possession. Find someone at least on his power level if not stronger, find someone who has seen death, and find a relative. That last one won't work for him, but the first two works perfectly when he finds his new target to fight Natsu with... Makarov!
Back to the Strauss situation, the fight is still ongoing with great difficulty. And just as Lucy is about to lose to Lisanna's eyes, she activates her Capricorn form which gives her sunglasses. Capricorn arrives too, knocking out the snake and freeing Lucy, who somehow got an idea to free everyone using Cana. Our chapter finishes with Kiria being overpowered by Laxus, but too excited by this power.
Opinion: Heaven and stuff!
Natsu's "beta heaven" is by far the most confusing part of this entire story. It's tempting to think this could be like when Natsu's soul-searching made him find the seeds, or Ichigo's Zangetsu world, or even Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet world... But August ruins that. Natsu never knew about August being Mavis' son. Nobody did, not even Mavis! It's why his story was so tragic. Natsu never smelled him. So does that mean this place is real? Because if it isn't, why is August here? But if it is, why is there another Zeref and another Mavis? I'm half-expecting this to be a story-telling mistake honestly, where the writer has made a big mistake. He's only human, after all.
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| Oh yeah, Gray exists. |
The fight between Natsu and Wraith is fun, if convoluted and super-convenient for Natsu. I'm reminded of when he fought against Gildarts, but it isn't as funny so it isn't able to get as much of a free pass. What stuck out to me most of all however, was the third rule that Wraith needs a relative to activate his perfect possession. And that's a rule that is far too important to go unused after being so blatantly mentioned. Could Wraith be related to one of the Fairy Tail members? Is he the long-lost brother of Jellal or Cana, or the son of Laxus? We don't know!
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| Fire Force. Get it? |
On the plus side, none of these fights are boring yet, like when Natsu fought the Water God Dragon. Keeping everything moving and bouncing between several fights in each chapter is definetly the best way to maintain excitement, and I'm still very engaged. It's just a shame that Natsu's shenanigans are getting in the way, making something simple overly-complicated and ultra-convenient. I'm disgruntled, to say the least.
So can Kiria and Laxus fall in love now? Please? And can we get more of Wendy-Egg too?
Final Rating: 3/5
Best Part: Natsu physically fighting Wraith.
Worst Part: Heaven but not heaven but...
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| So... is this keyhole vision? |
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