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Feb 24, 2017 8:58 PM

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Nice Cana cover image. Oof! Acnologia stomping Irene's corpse gleefully, brutal stuff. Well, Natsu's begun his rematch against Zeref. Cana goin' all out with that Fairy Glitter, and August is after her, putting Gildarts in a...shocking situation.

Feb 24, 2017 9:36 PM

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DAMN Acnologia stomping on Irene.

Fairy Glitter did nothing to August LOL.
Gildarts pissed.

"I’ve set myself to become the King of the Pirates…and if I die trying…then at least I tried!" Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

Feb 24, 2017 9:59 PM

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It was ok...Not much of a rematch between Natsu and Zeref before the final boss comes around. What will Gildarts do?

Feb 24, 2017 10:20 PM

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Aconologia is ruthless

Feb 24, 2017 10:46 PM

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I cringed for two solid minutes on that final page. Jesus Christ, August's delcaration was beyond disgustingly shitty writing.

Sasuga Hiro.

Feb 24, 2017 11:04 PM

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Lol, SUCK IT YOU STUPID BITCH Irene, even in death she's can't catch a break, but still enjoyable because Acnologia is a total savage and badass villain.

Oh how I missed The Beast Acnologia, also Wendy, RUN, RUN AWAY FAST!

Though to me Deathwing from Warcraft is the True Black Dragon of Destruction.

Im predicting that August will get his ass handed to him next chapter.

Also im convinced, Acnologia is the Final Boss of Fairy Tail

HollowIchigo58Feb 26, 2017 11:39 PM

Feb 25, 2017 12:15 AM

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Meh chapter. I love how Acnologia stomped Irene even after she died. That stupidly hyped bitch deserves it. August is living up to his hype, I am thankful to Hiro for that. I hope Cana dies, so that Gildarts goes berserk and still lose against August. Then, August and Zeref should fight Acnologia. I couldn't care less about Natsu's fight with Zeref. Natsu would be dead by now if Zeref was fighting for real. Stupid Natsu, he lost both his demon and dragon powers goddamit. 3/5.

Feb 25, 2017 12:57 AM

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I'm really glad that August is living up to his hype. Nice to see that Fairy Glitter can't even put a scratch on him.
I don't really care for Acno all that much, but let's see what he does next.
Laxus should probably arrive at the guild hall soon, too.

Feb 25, 2017 1:14 AM

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ziggy_Z said:
I cringed for two solid minutes on that final page. Jesus Christ, August's delcaration was beyond disgustingly shitty writing.

Sasuga Hiro.

i found it to just be ok, their response to it tho, just :s

One of my favorite anituberisms was when people were saying Re:Zero was this intense deconstruction on anime tropes when it came out, and then years later when I got around to reading it it was just lolicon chuunige.

Feb 25, 2017 1:26 AM

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It was oddly satisfying seeing Acnologia stomping on Irene's body. She was a shitty villain who didn't even come close to living up to her hype.

August, however, is living up to his hype, but knowing Mashima, that could easily change out of nowhere so I need to keep my guard up. I have a feeling he'll "kill" Cana, Gildarts will go crazy and defeat him, and then Cana will somehow come back to life or it'll turn out she was never dead in the first place. Or he'll just be defeated before he can do anything to Cana.

thebrentinator24Feb 25, 2017 1:56 AM

People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime.

Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait.

Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords.

Feb 25, 2017 1:34 AM

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I have a feeling he'll "kill" Cana, Gildarts will go crazy and defeat him

But that would be the obvious route, so I doubt that is gonna happen.
Also I don't see Gildarts winning even with rage, at least let Jellal join him, that would be actually cool imo.

Feb 25, 2017 1:37 AM

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ziggy_Z said:
I cringed for two solid minutes on that final page. Jesus Christ, August's delcaration was beyond disgustingly shitty writing.

Sasuga Hiro.

i am seriously don't knwo what i expect...

"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."

Feb 25, 2017 2:05 AM

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Kuma said:

ziggy_Z said:
I cringed for two solid minutes on that final page. Jesus Christ, August's delcaration was beyond disgustingly shitty writing.

Sasuga Hiro.

i am seriously don't knwo what i expect...

you are everywhere man :s

Feb 25, 2017 2:09 AM

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damn Acnologia over killing Eileen the mother of all dragon slayers

Cana will die? i doubt it since this is fairy tail we are talking about that only villains really die and heroes always live

Feb 25, 2017 2:41 AM

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I'm honestly sick of Cana using fairy glitter and it doing nothing, like Hiro let it work for once and do some actual damage. August will probably be a disappointment as Hiro has hyped him up too much.

Feb 25, 2017 2:57 AM

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That acnologia represents fairy tail fans who just want to stomp on Irene after she turned out to be a trash character after months of hype.

Brandish said August is the most reasonable. I thought he'd be wise, less of a psychopath, and now he wants to kill Cana. I really hope she will actually die, or at least someone else. I just simply don't want the guild to be victorious in the end with only Makarov dead. That'd be too much of a happy "fairy tale"

Feb 25, 2017 3:00 AM

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Pretty meh chapter tbh

Only good parts were Acnologia's panels

4/10 or 4.5

Feb 25, 2017 3:02 AM

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Time for acnologia to get one shotted by the power of friendship :)

Decent chapter. 4/5. Also August was a nice guy hope he suddenly does not become evil out of nowhere just so we can see how op gildarts is.

Feb 25, 2017 3:03 AM

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That was very savage from Acnologia. It's what you would expect someone with his reputation to do.

Natsu VS Zeref looks to be a good fight so far.

August took basically no damage from fairy glitter. A lot of the others have been taken out easily so it's nice to see someone living up to their hype.

Now I hope he beats both Cana & Gildartz.

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Feb 25, 2017 3:11 AM

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Brandish said August is the most reasonable. I thought he'd be wise, less of a psychopath

I think he is acting in this more hateful way now because he got a totally wrong impression of the Fairy Tail members because of what Mest did, so I can actually see where August is coming from.
He thinks FT members are sneaky, backstabbing villains, and to be honest I would have a similar image of them if I was in his shoes.

Feb 25, 2017 3:42 AM

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Acnologia is still as amazing as ever. At least for now.

After tanking fairy glitter any future damage August takes is going to feel BS.

Feb 25, 2017 4:48 AM

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It's just getting started
#AcnologiaBoutToFuckTheWholeWorld

Feb 25, 2017 5:17 AM

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Well that was a good chapter, not much happened but still enjoyable.

Acnologia beat the crap out of Irene's corpse. It would be more impact full if Irene was still you know alive. What Hrio should have done is have Irene still clinging to her life, about to tell Erza some goodbye message and that is when Acnologia shows up and kills her. I am just saying, it would make him look more of a evil baster.

Natsu and Zeref exchange blows nothing happens there.

Moving on, Cana stepping up and using Fairy Glitter, just picked the wrong opponent, because August is not having that. Well at least try, which is more than I can say for other characters cough Rebeca from One Piece cough, so Gildarts is pissed, and August is acting like he is some alien or robot trying to comprehend human emotions.

Next chapter has me confused, does is mean August is another one of Zeref's sons, how many kids does this guy have?

Feb 25, 2017 7:04 AM

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Well, it would appear the prediction I made was waaay off. It's fine. Acnologia is quite brutal. Serves Eileen right though.

Feb 25, 2017 7:22 AM

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Terrible chapter 1/5. It´s just to late to bring pseudophilosophical discussions into this arc. It´s to late. What´s the meaning of being a parent?

I don´t give a shit Hiro, because you won´t answer that question and you have wasted a whole arc on fanservice and terrible paced fights, with lacking correography. Why should I care about their father daughter relationship now?

Has anyone noticed that FT fights don´t have any grace to them? No punch feels "epic". No kick looks like it has weight behind them. Even hand to hand combat is boringly drawn by Hiro Mashima and I cannot say why.

Feb 25, 2017 7:31 AM

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Gildarts didn't like that...

"At some point, I stopped hoping."

Feb 25, 2017 7:39 AM

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Isterio said:
Has anyone noticed that FT fights don´t have any grace to them? No punch feels "epic". No kick looks like it has weight behind them. Even hand to hand combat is boringly drawn by Hiro Mashima and I cannot say why.

That's one of the reason why I was never enthralled by Fairy Tail. Mashima is decent in terms of choregraphy - although he heavily rests on his laurels - but when it comes to impact and paneling it's atrociously bland. Strategy being almost always an afterthought doesn't help.

Since August in the only Spriggan Twelve left it's hard not to sigh thinking how disappointing they were, be it in power or personality. Mashima is even worse at writing villains than he is at writing main characters.

Feb 25, 2017 8:15 AM

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I hope Ezra and Wendy are alright now that Acnologia is there...

That was a waste of fairy glitter, I wish she combined it with Gildarts or something.

Feb 25, 2017 8:43 AM

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If Cana was to really get harmed in front of Gildart's eyes, then I think August is pretty done for. Who knows but I think August made a mistake with that taunt.

Nice to see Fairy Glitter this chapter, one of my favorite magic in this series.

As expected, Acnologia is a sinister bastard.

Feb 25, 2017 9:32 AM

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Meh chapter. I love how Acnologia stomped Irene even after she died. That stupidly hyped bitch deserves it. August is living up to his hype, I am thankful to Hiro for that. I hope Cana dies, so that Gildarts goes berserk and still lose against August. Then, August and Zeref should fight Acnologia. I couldn't care less about Natsu's fight with Zeref. Natsu would be dead by now if Zeref was fighting for real. Stupid Natsu, he lost both his demon and dragon powers goddamit. 3/5.

Im pretty sure he still has END powers inside him, he just pushed them back, i mean, Zeref didnt open the book of END yet and he was resurcted as END so it's impossible for him to become a normal human being, i think what zeref meant by "Natsu please die for me" is for him to turn into END or something like that

Feb 25, 2017 10:37 AM

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BobaFouette said:

That's one of the reason why I was never enthralled by Fairy Tail. Mashima is decent in terms of choregraphy - although he heavily rests on his laurels - but when it comes to impact and paneling it's atrociously bland. Strategy being almost always an afterthought doesn't help.

Since August in the only Spriggan Twelve left it's hard not to sigh thinking how disappointing they were, be it in power or personality. Mashima is even worse at writing villains than he is at writing main characters.

Strategy isn´t a deal breaker. Bleach barely had ever Strategy and One Piece also rarely utilizes it. I agree on your other points. Had to look up the definition of paneling and this is actually the answer for me.

To give an example. Oda puts alot of text into his panels and while you´re reading through them you are fed bits and pieces of sometimes valueable and sometimes enjoyable information, like comedy. Naruto on the other hand utilizes less text, but better angles. The action feels vibrant almost animated during it´s best sequences.

HxH cheats through his atrocious art by putting in a plethora of text that it´s more akin to reading a book, but nonetheless the reader is being occupied.
Strategy has nothing to do with it. It just lacks details in the backround or the characters movement you´ll notice while reading and when he takes away all the text there is nothing left. You just click through them.

I have read several Naruto chapters and had to reread the same page multiple times to actually understand the full extend of every detail of information that´s been communicated through the panels.

This on the other hand is just Character A punches character B, Character B blocks and punches Character A who blocks now and throws him. There is no flavor to be found, no creativity.

It´s like watching a boxing match between two inexperienced fighters , though I´ve gotta give them the edge due to being real and therefore animated.

Feb 25, 2017 10:40 AM

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Well, this is complete garbage. But i guess i'll stick until the end with it.

Feb 25, 2017 10:48 AM

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That was a better chapter than what we got those last few weeks. I'm still expecting a bit more from August vs Gildarts.

Cana doing no damage to August with Fairy Glitter was hilarious though, not gonna lie.

Natsu vs Zeref is starting up kinda... meh.

Feb 25, 2017 11:09 AM

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I just want to point out that, over the course of three panels, Kana goes from acknowledging the justice of Zeref's campaign, rebuking August because it is unjust, and proclaiming that she doesn't care about justice.

Feb 25, 2017 1:05 PM

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The next chapter should be interesting, I was interested in Larcade's relationship with Zeref ever since he was introduced. I'm just wondering how August fits into all this.

Feb 25, 2017 2:20 PM

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Isterio said:

I didn't outright say that the absence of strategy was a dealbreaker, rather in a manga where fights are far from captivating visually speaking such as Fairy Tail, having some depth and method to them wouldn't hurt. You can draw battles where the characters simply beat the crap out of each other and it can still be fascinating, but that would require actual paneling skills, which FT doesn't have.

Feb 25, 2017 3:00 PM

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I can't remember if Fairy Glitter works even once. :D Didn't count this whole magic-power-level-contest.

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"Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life."

Feb 25, 2017 3:03 PM

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Busti-chan said:

thebrentinator24 said:
I have a feeling he'll "kill" Cana, Gildarts will go crazy and defeat him

But that would be the obvious route, so I doubt that is gonna happen.
Also I don't see Gildarts winning even with rage, at least let Jellal join him, that would be actually cool imo.

lmao.. This isn't EIchiro ODA. Certain characters only shine at specific moments, and then there written out of the story.

Feb 25, 2017 3:19 PM

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BobaFouette said:

I didn't outright say that the absence of strategy was a dealbreaker, rather in a manga where fights are far from captivating visually speaking such as Fairy Tail, having some depth and method to them wouldn't hurt. You can draw battles where the characters simply beat the crap out of each other and it can still be fascinating, but that would require actual paneling skills, which FT doesn't have.

I didn´t mean to say, that you thought of Strategy to be a necessity. What I intended to convey was, that I considered it the weakest part of your argument, paneling on the other hand the strongest one and proceeded to explain how better authors utilize other tricks to hide their weaknesses.

Except ofc Mashima knows this too and goes for straight softcore pornography since his strength are detailed drawings of sexy women.

IsterioFeb 25, 2017 4:23 PM

Feb 25, 2017 10:50 PM

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which one is the greater danger in this series?

is it zeref?

or acno?

perhaps only erza got the answer #nakamarules

btw, i think all the little chitchat between august and cana is kinda messed up, and i'm starting to cringe everytime hiro uses the word 'nakama/friends/comrades'

Feb 26, 2017 1:13 AM

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okaka60 said:
which one is the greater danger in this series?

is it zeref?

or acno?

neither Zeref or Acno are greater danger in this series because Erza is already transcendent both of them LOL

Feb 26, 2017 1:34 AM

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somehow my old comment doesn't get displayed. w/e

Slow chapter for the past few week, hardly anything happened.
Hiro is really dragging this arc for as long as he could..

Feb 26, 2017 2:39 AM

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Please no more deadbait character please no more...

Acnologia stomping on Irene to draw pity from audience on an overhyped character? Nah. You have two fresh potential victims in your vicinity and you did nothing to them and went on a lifeless body instead. Shame on you, Acnologia!

Feb 26, 2017 10:07 AM

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Lol look at some of the FT-tards thinking that Gildarts is going to beat August when he gets upset,First off no other FT character is dying and Maybe even Makarov isn't completely dead so Cana is safe unless hiro would like to pull off some more death BS which is acceptable to the FT-tards but actual readers will complain about it again... Second No one in FT should have been able to beat any of the Spriggan 12 in the first place so August(The Strongest of the Spriggan) getting beat by Gildarts(No matter how angry he is) would be complete BS.

Feb 26, 2017 10:46 AM

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Damn Acno no mercy.
Really August? You're just asking to get REKT. I wouldn't be surprised if he got wrecked by Cana later somehow.

Feb 26, 2017 1:08 PM

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Erza could get a rage and destroy Acnologia's ass in the next chapter and I wouldn't be even surprised.

Jokes aside, I enjoyed the scene when Acnologia beats Irene's corpse. She deserves it for being such a shitty villain. I don't feel any bit of pity for her. And Acnologia laughing while he beat the body was even more awesome.

I give August two chapters at best before Gildarts anhilates him. He just hit the button every villain hits before getting his/her ass kicked in this series; threatening anyone from the guild. And he even threats Gildarts's daughter, of all people.
Also, him smiling sadistically and telling Gildarts he is going to kill her daughter seems OOC for him considering he supposedly was a reasonable guy and he spared a lot of his opponents through the arc...

And, dammit, just let Cana be awesome for some moment, even Sting defeated an Spriggan, for God's sake.

Feb 27, 2017 6:46 AM

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quite the chapter, and tbh it gave me some serious chills at the end.. ._.

and this is at its finally act..

cause MAL is doing there job for once.

Feb 27, 2017 8:24 AM

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Acnologia should just run away before Erza kills him one handed single strike

Feb 27, 2017 10:44 AM

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lequack said:
Time for acnologia to get one shotted by the power of friendship :)

Decent chapter. 4/5. Also August was a nice guy hope he suddenly does not become evil out of nowhere just so we can see how op gildarts is.

The guy never looked evil, I'm guessing he's taunting to see him getting as strong as possible, either because he feels it'll be his last fast before Acnologia kills them all, or he's trying to power up Gildarts for the following fight.

Feb 27, 2017 5:56 PM

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This chapter was a cringe worthy shit mainly for Natsu wank
How he is able to fight on par with Zeref is disgusting.
Especially when using base mode of power
how much can you wank a fucking character this bad.

Glad Irene's corpse got rekt

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