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Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
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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Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

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.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
342 was a really nice chapter - the art was spot on as was the characterization.

I have no clue what the mangastream guy was talking about - where's the beef?

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
I like how the Ur flashback was just an rear end shot :rolleyes:

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Cozz posted:

An cute side chapter has also been updated here.

The last few chapters have been pretty good, fanservice angles aside. I don't get why they didn't just buy back the memento if it's only worth a day's work but really even thinking that much about Fairy Tail is a mistake.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Silver2195 posted:

I liked the tournament arc; it had a bunch of weird competitions that weren't straightforward fights, Erza fighting ALL the monsters, Cana actually accomplishing something with Fairy Glitter, and some focus on characters who weren't from FT. This supports my view that tournament and rescue arcs tend to be good, while war arcs and arcs where a bunch of protagonists fight a single powerful villain tend to be bad.

The tournament arc was good. Also FT is about having fun with a bunch of dumb characters. If Lucy returned to her usefulness way back when she teamed up with Juvia to do that merged water thing, and the exploitative panty shot angles were turned down, it'd be perfect.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
Is that a third Gellal?

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/385/2387/1

Lucy not jobbing for someone else's dramatic reveal? Aquarius not returning right away? Is this really Fairy Tail!? I don't think I can remember Lucy winning a fight since the time she unioned with Juvia.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Cipher Pol 9 posted:

Igneel's back. yaaaaaay. :effort:


Isn't it more revealing than that? I thought it referred to Gray/Silver.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
I'm excited at the possibility of a 3v3 - I don't think I can remember a well-coordinated multi-person fight in shounen since Mosquito in Soul Eater.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/392/2445/1

new chapter

I really liked it, and the double reveal owns. I guess all the "demons" are just regular people like Minerva?

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
Mavis is a cool kid, but the art's starting to become inconsistent

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Serious Frolicking posted:

:siren::siren::siren:The cover page features a fully clothed Erza.:siren::siren::siren:

I suppose Mashima is dying.

It also isn't a gratuitous rear end or bust shot. Erza fights stopped being fun to read when they stopped being about how badly the best fighter was going to wreck poo poo and became an excuse to pantyshot. What is going on????

Crampy Grampaw fucked around with this message at 06:03 on Sep 30, 2014

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Comic posted:

This arc has been really gross for Ezra, and I don't care much for how sexualized she gets, but she's also a female character who is considered one of the physically strongest and is allowed to be just as dumb a the guys in a shounen manga. It's still fairly unique. Her design is fairly good too.

She hasn't had a real fight for a while though. I've already forgotten what the last arc was but I remember being similarly disappointed. Also the firepants look is boring as poo poo. When was the last time she actually made good use of her armor change?

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
After all this dragon-wanking is over I hope Mavis weaponry and non dragon slayers will still show up

Also, the inevitable Natsu vs. Gray fight set-up :rolleyes:

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

chumbler posted:

Wendy and Carla are terrible, pointless characters, so this sounds entirely true to their natures.

FT was at its best when it was basically just Lucy, Erza, Natsu, and Gray going out on adventures, and I was hoping this arc would go back to that. Sadly they had to pick up the worst characters first.

Lucy and Erza are already noncharacters - the last time Erza won a fight was after the last timeskip in the arena (and hasn't used magiquip since the parallel world arc,) and Lucy is just there to provide saturation fatigue over how much rear end she has dripping out of her booty shorts/miniskirts. Tie that in with the retconned rivalry of demon vs. demon-slayer with Natsu and Gray, and Wendy is already the least one-dimensional character. Gazeel and lightning dude are cool too

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Thunderbro posted:

Chapter 403: Erza vs Kyouka

fails to stop face

Blockhouse posted:

I have no idea how anyone could call erza and lucy one dimensional or non-characters. thus far in my reading they're the ONLY protagonists with emotional arc and development.

Erza hasn't changed as a character since Jellal was revealed
Lucy has all these supposed power-ups and developments, but turns into a sad sack as soon as Natsu pops up or disappears. She'll pull these big sacrifices for plot, but they're inconsequential when they just get written over in the next arc. See drunk girl

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Silento posted:

I definitely can't criticize the fanservice too much without being a hypocrite because Negima is my favorite manga, but yeah it's annoying. It's fine if Lucy or whoever wear dumb outfits, but let Erza be above that. :colbert:

Akamatsu learned 1/3 of the way through and dropped down to occasional panty shots (except with SA favorite Rakan who somehow never takes flak for it,) while FT has become increasingly gross with the angles and torture porn especially with Ezra, which is particularly egregious when she's supposed to be the strongest guild member but personality-wise has become a terrible female stereotype pining after Gellal and being S&Med naked twice in a row now. The highlight of FT was probably the arc that ended with a bunch of crystals and Ezra beating the crap out of a non-female opponent, and I doubt Mashima is going to reverse the trend when he's started the slow descent of even including Wendy in the fanservice menu after her being immune for the few years after she was introduced.

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Reiche posted:

If he gives into Juvia and his own feelings, how will he ever surpass Natsu?! That guy is a big meathead whose definition of love is all his guildmates

Seriously Natsu, your childhood crush who you thought was dead has been back for a while now. Get you some Lisanna.

Are you sure she didn't die again

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
http://www.mangapanda.com/fairy-tail/425

lol cat destiny

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
Omake has better Ezra characterization than main chapters

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Simoom posted:

ive been enjoying the last 2, maybe even 3 weeks of this series, so im glad Fairy Tail Zero manages to be so bad, and possibly for pedophiles so i remember not to start believing in hiro mashima

Fairy Tail Zero has been pretty good though? And it avoided the creepiness pretty well until the last chapter, which is out now http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail-zero/12/4

Zera being real is a nice touch

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

Suspicious Lump posted:

:( Makes me sad because some parts of the action are good, the pacing sometimes is excellent (when they broke into the demon stronghold) but then it just gets thrown sideways. Natsu rampaging has never actually gone to completion, it's always met by a strong enemy who overpowers him, then something happens and they fight again this time FOR MY FRIENDS.... comeon just once bring out the rear end whooping without friends bullshit. Maybe if he wasn't such a 1D character we'd actually get something.

He's not a bad writer either, some of the early fights back when fusions actually meant anything and erza didn't just nakedmiko every fight were fun to read. It's just too easy to churn out barely acceptable pulp

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
Now if only Zeref could love himself...

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
A lot of indications that this could be a good arc:
Ezra getting her armor back -> remaining relevant past the initial fight and not being locked into a sex dungeon(?)
team up with Cana -> 2v2s(?)
Lucy's mom -> PLOT(!?)

Can't wait to see how hard Mashima's going to dash those hopes

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009

tsob posted:

END better be evil dragon Natsu in the same way Acnologia is an evil dragon whoever then. And I mean evil dragon Natsu - as in an evil dragon who just loves to beat the poo poo out of stuff, always has a big grin on his face and preferably goes on about his minions or something.

Don't you mean Evil Natsu Dragon?

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
A legitimately good chapter of FT????

Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
The art stepped up again but the content is garbage. Every close up is a crotch shot, Wendy getting punching bagged, Erza still sticking with that garbage costume that doesn't do anything. Remember her early fights when she could magichange on the fly to adapt to fights? Mashima doesn't either.

Also lol at Erza not winning this fight despite supposedly being the strongest, you know the "kill" is going to Jellal.

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Crampy Grampaw
Jan 29, 2009
http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/487/3437/1?t=1&f=1&e=1

No tits, no dragons, best chapter!?

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