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It wasn't clear before if they would hit the reset button or work with the consequences of what has happened in this arc. Now it is. Mashima couldn't even leave Lisanna alone, and her being dead was the only point her character ever had. Anyone who thinks that Gray is staying dead is more than a little dim.
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Serious Frolicking posted:It wasn't clear before if they would hit the reset button or work with the consequences of what has happened in this arc. Now it is. Mashima couldn't even leave Lisanna alone, and her being dead was the only point her character ever had. Anyone who thinks that Gray is staying dead is more than a little dim. But Mashima has had a lot of trouble with one particular character not staying dead, despite the guy being stabbed, firepunched, broken down into constituent atoms and shot into the sky, and I don't see him being any less attached to Gray. The guy could easily just wake up in the hospital tomorrow covered in bandages.
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Jun 8, 2013 11:16
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SatansBestBuddy posted:"Came out of nowhere" basically describes half the major events of this manga. Time jump, anyone? I forgot the time jump had happened until now 
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Jun 8, 2013 23:57
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attackbunny posted:I've heard that Lisanna's resurrection was due to meddling from the editor. Does anyone know if that's right? I wouldn't doubt it. She had no particular character development after she returned alive back to Earthland. It would have made more sense if she stayed dead. I'd be pretty bummed too if the editor had me bring back a character from the dead. It really kills the impact it has on the story.
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Jun 9, 2013 00:32
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Serious Frolicking posted:It wasn't clear before if they would hit the reset button or work with the consequences of what has happened in this arc. Now it is. Mashima couldn't even leave Lisanna alone, and her being dead was the only point her character ever had. Anyone who thinks that Gray is staying dead is more than a little dim.
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Jun 9, 2013 08:35
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Spiderdrake posted:Yeah, it was running in that direction more and more, sort of swerving a little to keep you from fully reaching that conclusion. Then this happens and honestly, I just broke out laughing, it's a total "you've got to be loving kidding me" moment. It's just too violent and horrible to actually stick after such a random moment - that last panel is way too grim. I'll admit, I was a little surpised when Gray first got shot in the chest. But by the time I got to the headshot, I knew it wasn't going to stick.
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http://www.mangapanda.com/fairy-tail/335/3 Well it's not like anyone didn't predict it, but I kinda liked Ultear as a character.
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Jun 14, 2013 13:15
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pinegala posted:http://www.mangapanda.com/fairy-tail/335/3 There is no way she's actually dead, btw.
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Jun 14, 2013 15:50
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pinegala posted:http://www.mangapanda.com/fairy-tail/335/3 I actually sort of liked that. Purely because the entire world got to see a minute ahead, and that amuses me. Still would have preferred him to stay dead for a few chapters, so that Juvia could try to actually be useful for once.
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Jun 14, 2013 16:06
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it was pretty goddamn convienent that everyone who died fighting the dragons just happened to die/get seriously injured in the span that one minute.
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Jun 14, 2013 16:53
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That was more novel of an event than I would've predicted. Instead of just reviving Grey/reversing his wounds on the spot, Ultear reversed time enough so that a whole group of wizards could survive. That's pretty cool. It's also kind of depressing to see Ultear think about how she has this amazing rear end magic saved up that she's going to use to reverse time so that none of this dragon stuff would happen, and she's ready to sacrifice her life doing it. Then she only sees the clock go back a minute, falling way flat of her expectations, as well as not knowing how helpful that actually was 
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Jun 14, 2013 17:25
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It's stuff like this that makes me absolutely love Fairy Tail. We all knew it was coming but the actual resolution was both hilarious, terrible and an interesting execution. The transition from 18 to 19 especially just makes me laugh DID SOMEONE WARN US? next page - Ultear just face down in the dirt. Grey going 'Someone?' and then yep, she's still in the dirt.
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Jun 14, 2013 23:11
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seizure later posted:There is no way she's actually dead, btw. I hope not, the Grey storyline with his mentor/Ultear is probably the most interesting of the big 3 main char's backstories.
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Jun 15, 2013 03:15
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pinegala posted:I hope not, the Grey storyline with his mentor/Ultear is probably the most interesting of the big 3 main char's backstories. Uh, it doesn't have dragons or Gerard. It's empirically the worst backstory.
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Jun 15, 2013 04:10
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Mangastream 336 It's always nice to see Natsu punch things with fire
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Jun 21, 2013 18:46
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And here we see, again, why this manga is fun to read.
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Jun 21, 2013 21:29
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Cozz posted:Mangastream 336 Yay he did it 
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Jun 21, 2013 22:06
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The set it up and more or less spelled out exactly what was going to happen, and I still laughed pretty good at destroying the nigh unbreakable gate by punching a dragon into it.
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Gyges posted:The set it up and more or less spelled out exactly what was going to happen, and I still laughed pretty good at destroying the nigh unbreakable gate by punching a dragon into it. I was kind of disappointed even though I was expecting to see someone crash a dragon through it after the first few pages, because (a) I expected someone to say that property damage was Fairy Tail's forte and breaking a gate would be nothing and (b) that none of the others helped in any way - just Natsu. That last one is kind of par for the course though so I can't be too upset, but I'm still a little disappointed no-one said anything. tsob fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Jun 22, 2013 02:09
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I thought they were doing the whole split timestreams thing. If the recent event changes the future, then wouldn't everything else that's happening already have changed the future? Fairy Tail just trippin all over the Paradoxes
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Well, to be fair, their plan right now was to destroy the way Rogue goes back in the future because none of this will happen or something? Why do I feel like they're going to accidentally summon Acnologia with time paradoxes?
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Jun 22, 2013 03:59
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Rainbow Pony Deluxe posted:Well, to be fair, their plan right now was to destroy the way Rogue goes back in the future because none of this will happen or something? Why do I feel like they're going to accidentally summon Acnologia with time paradoxes? Nothing a good fire punch wouldn't handle.
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Thoren posted:I thought they were doing the whole split timestreams thing. If the recent event changes the future, then wouldn't everything else that's happening already have changed the future? Maybe the gate has a high concentration of chronotons and sits astride all time streams.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:25
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Gyges posted:Maybe the gate has a high concentration of chronotons and sits astride all time streams. Th...Then all they need to do is reverse the polarity of the chronotron emitter and reroute the resulting tachyon pulse wave through the main deflector dish!! 
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Jun 22, 2013 19:00
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New Chapter's up. 3 chapters a week for the next two weeks?
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Jun 28, 2013 13:07
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In the end the dragon slayers found out that punches were good, but not good enough. And at least 6 chapters for July? Wonder why.
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Jun 28, 2013 15:16
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:In the end the dragon slayers found out that punches were good, but not good enough. Gray's funeral!
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Jun 28, 2013 16:28
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Natsu punched poo poo hard with a new powerup and everything turned out okay. Never change, Fairy Tail 
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So wait, what happened at the end? Was that supposed to be a different version of Lucy or something to say that they were suddenly outside the city? Future her? I'm honestly kind of lost on that point. Also, they say not one of them managed to defeat a dragon, but Natsu did. It was unconscious on the ground last I checked, which sounds like defeat to me.
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tsob posted:So wait, what happened at the end? Was that supposed to be a different version of Lucy or something to say that they were suddenly outside the city? Future her? I'm honestly kind of lost on that point. Also, they say not one of them managed to defeat a dragon, but Natsu did. It was unconscious on the ground last I checked, which sounds like defeat to me. I think you're talking about Future Lucy returning to her timeline since Eclipse was destroyed. Instead of her being one of a few survivors in a wasteland she was greeted by a now alive Natsu and Happy. And you're kind of right about Natsu, but dragon Slayers should be able to slay dragons which none of them managed to do. Even if you do count it that means the dragon slayers were 1 wins and 6 losses from the seven battles. Natsu has only so many fists. Insert Chrono Trigger 'But... the future refused to change.' ending here. e: I just noticed future Lucy has two arms again. A happy ending after all. 
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Jun 28, 2013 16:54
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I'm taking a somewhat more pessimistic happy ending for Future Lucy here actually. I think she's still dead. It's just that she's re-united with the rest of the Fairy Tail which is kinda like heaven for her at least. That future is definitely going to change though.
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:I think you're talking about Future Lucy returning to her timeline since Eclipse was destroyed. Instead of her being one of a few survivors in a wasteland she was greeted by a now alive Natsu and Happy. It's more like Dragonslayers went 2 and 4. Natsu beat one with his fists and one with the power of friendship/shared culinary interests.
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So what happened to Ultear? 
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Zogundar posted:So what happened to Ultear? Dead. Even less meaning to her sacrifice now.
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pointlessone posted:Dead. Even less meaning to her sacrifice now. How is there any less meaning to her sacrifice? The dragons got time bounced, but all the destruction and death they caused up to this point still happened. It's just that the future is no longer distopian
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pointlessone posted:Dead. Even less meaning to her sacrifice now.  ?I guess they could skip to at her grave
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Gyges posted:How is there any less meaning to her sacrifice? The dragons got time bounced, but all the destruction and death they caused up to this point still happened. It's just that the future is no longer distopian She killed herself for a minute of reversed time, when Natsu was already in range for punching a dragon into the gate. I don't think for a second she's going to stay dead though.
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pointlessone posted:She killed herself for a minute of reversed time, when Natsu was already in range for punching a dragon into the gate. I don't think for a second she's going to stay dead though. She killed herself to save Gray, who still would have died without that extra minute. Natsu's fire punching of the dragon happened after that.
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Well, if the dragons never came back in the first place then they never fought everyone and she never had to use those powers.
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Time only changes from the point of the dragon being punched into the gate forward. Future Lucy and Future Rogue dematerialize but their actions carried out to this point remain. The city is still wrecked, people are dead, and the mages are all beat up. Everyone who died in the attack isn't coming back and if Ultear hadn't given her life for one minute of time then Gray and several other people would still be dead.
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