Fairy Tail 265 Discussion

[crimsonlink310]

Great chapter to start of 2012. From the looks of the first 2 pages the power up just barely finished in time. So we have no idea if they got to train for 1 or 2 days.

Seeing Al and Bis's kid on Makarov's shoulder was heartwarming and we seriously need a name for her. Edit: NVM Asuka is her name. lol At Happy laughing at Jet and Droy.

I was wondering what the tournament was going to be like but the 5 people limit surprised me. lol At Makarov saying they should have Gildarts, Laxus and Mirajane. Talk about an OP team lol. I think for Fairy tail's strongest team it should have been Laxus, Erza, Mirajane, Natsu and Grey. Since Gildarts is out traveling again.

It made me laugh that each year that some competition that Fairy tail would have easily won was not attended by the person needed. I imagine Droy had to do the speed competition the year it was offered lmao.

As for the rules, they sound fair enough, Makarov would stomp most competitors if he fought lol.

Now this is where the chapter got interesting. Why do the competitors have to return to their lodgings by 12 at night? It would be great if the members not participating would scout around since they are not required to be in the lodging by 12. We can get some focus on Levi and gang while team Natsu rests up.

When Natsu and Lucy left to explore it looks like they are holding hands when Erza calls out to them, I think it maybe a drawing error but it might not lol.

BTW the room looks like it only has 4 beds lol.

Erza was hilarious with her searching the place for anything suspicious. I'm surprised she didn't find anything.

Then we get to the real humor of the chapter. Juvia-Gray-Leon triangle. Leon was surprisingly aggressive in asking out Juvia.

Gray was more hilarious by saying Juvia was his. Poor Juvia thought Grey wanted Leon lol. We do know that Jura will compete now thanks to Leon. Erza vs Jura would be awesome.

The king's palace is pretty awesome looking, and I'm pretty curious about the king. Does he command the magic council? Can't wait for him to be introduced.

That evil looking Gremlin that is watching Wendy is making me wonder what else will happen during the tournament as it could be interrupted.

Now to the serious part. Well the beginning of Natsu meeting Sting and Rogue was funny thanks to Happy and Lector. Then the true nature of Sting and Rogue was revealed.

That cat Lector, I really dislike him but he did a good job explaining the different DS generations.

Anyways Sting and Rogue are evil bastards for killing the dragon that taught them DS magic.

Too bad there is only an hour till 12 as noted on the last page. I expect a whole lot of tension next chapter and Lucy probably having to hold back Natsu.

Now for some analysis:

Rogue was Gajeel's apprentice as said by Sting on the Sabertooth chapter. But it was Sting that ate the Arrowhead and threw a Breath attack against the fodder dark mage. Makes me wonder if they both can use multiple DS magic.

Both said they were taught under the same dragon. Meaning it was between the timeskip when they were kids and the core of Fairy Tail was gone.

So maybe the Dragons noticed that their kids were gone so another Dragon went out and found Sting and Rouge.

The Dragon kill must have been pretty recent because them killing the Dragon within the first couple of years wouldn't make sense as they couldn't be that powerful at that age.

Which brings me to my biggest question. What exactly is Dragon Lacrima? How is it different than normal Lacrima and how does it allow you to use DS magic? Also can any element be used since Laxus and Cobra have Lightning and Poison respectively? The last question is how do you get Dragon Lacrima?

Ivan mentioned that he wanted to take Laxus's Lacrima. Which means Dragon Lacrima can be taken by others.

One last thing is who are the other 3 members of Sabertooth that makes the guild so powerful and made them the strongest in the Fiore kingdom.

I hope Hiro answers these questions soon in the coming chapters.

[Lectro Volpi]

"We killed our Dragon Masters!"

Still, for some reason (plot reasons) I think they are not going to end up as fodder and will put up a good fight and that´s all I want.

I could be wrong as Grimoire Heart was the strongest dark guild at the era and ended up in the trash can.

http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/96807810/6

Did not saw "Dark" in Raven Tail name ¿they got legal?

[Razh]

I think I know now what I have to do. I'm gonna stop reading Fairy Tail for a couple of months. I just know that this arc is going to be so much better if I read it all at once, instead of having to suffer most of the month

Honestly, didn't expect for Sting and Rogue to be a couple of douchebags. Oh well, can't wait to see them eat their words. Later guys

[joshua019]

"We killed our Dragon Masters!"

Still, for some reason (plot reasons) I think they are not going to end up as fodder and will put up a good fight and that´s all I want.

I could be wrong as Grimoire Heart was the strongest dark guild at the era and ended up in the trash can.

http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/96807810/6

Did not saw "Dark" in Raven Tail name ¿they got legal?

It just a Master, Its also their parent so if u call it badass, I call EMO

[garcon]

I enjoyed the chapter (especially the funny part with Happy) everything has been said about the good part so I won't talk about it...

on the other hand I really dislike the 5 people thing, 5 people is ok (well at least I can accept it) but we have the ordinary five... at least, like it's said in the chapter Erza, Natsu and Gray were obvious but Wendy and Lucy...really ? I know they get a boost and they will certainly do something good ( I have big hope for Lucy) but I mean, it's not a logical choice....
even Juvia didn't make it in the 5 ? she was a candidate for s-class mage, she got the boost too, she is stronger than the other two but no no no let's choose the little girl who can't fight by herself, she is cute...

(while writing I realize that she probably won't have to fight, she will participate in a contest of protecting spell or shit like that but still...)

[joshua019]

I enjoyed the chapter (especially the funny part with Happy) everything has been said about the good part so I won't talk about it...

on the other hand I really dislike the 5 people thing, 5 people is ok (well at least I can accept it) but we have the ordinary five... at least, like it's said in the chapter Erza, Natsu and Gray were obvious but Wendy and Lucy...really ? I know they get a boost and they will certainly do something good ( I have big hope for Lucy) but I mean, it's not a logical choice....
even Juvia didn't make it in the 5 ? she was a candidate for s-class mage, she got the boost too, she is stronger than the other two but no no no let's choose the little girl who can't fight by herself, she is cute...

(while writing I realize that she probably won't have to fight, she will participate in a contest of protecting spell or shit like that but still...)

Lucy is always in every mission is the most useless among all of them, most of her victory comes from luck... if i have to choose i would have levi and max than lucy and wendy

[sarutobi_sensei]

What I didn't like was the fact that Team FT won't be having Laxus, Gajeel, Mirajane in it. Srsl, just 5 members out of an entire guild sucks.

Erza, Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel, Mirajane, that would be an epic team.

If it were a 10 member team, Gray, Lucy, Fried, Wendy and Jubia could also enter.

But this is to make things more interesting.

Oh I just thought about it. What if, now that FT is back, there will be a change to the rules, for the mysterious force to gather more Magical power. So the teams will be able to add other members.

[matzik1212]

Good chapter!
I'm getting excited now that they finally arrived in the capital.
I really don't like those guys from Sabertooth , at first i tried really hard to remember if they meet Natsu before but it results they just admired him yhere wasn't any meeting between them. They are annoying though at first i thought they seem like good people but they are just a pair of cruel and unscrupulous men i see And i can't believe they said those things about Natsu, now i can't wait and see how will Natsu deal with them in the end 'cause even though they had a Dragon as parent and have a lacryma in their bodies they still can't surpass Natsu , well maybe i give them a chance on a 2 vs 1 battle
Oh and i almost forgot , i really liked Gray this chapter. Juvia's efforts seem to finally show some results : " Don't go around taking what's mine" that phrase was priceless really way to go

[Edelheld]

Don't forget that the tournament is not just for fighting magic. It's not just a duel or group fight, it's a test of different skills and abilities. For summoning magic test Lucy is the only option(are Bickslow and Erza summoners?), and for supportive magic test Wendy's only alternative is that weird dancing guy =/ And don't forget that Lucy is the smartest one and outgunned in that only by Levy. Do you really want to see Natsu having a chess competition or Laxus winning "the cuttest mage" competition?

[joshua019]

Don't forget that the tournament is not just for fighting magic. It's not just a duel or group fight, it's a test of different skills and abilities. For summoning magic test Lucy is the only option(are Bickslow and Erza summoners?), and for supportive magic test Wendy's only alternative is that weird dancing guy =/ And don't forget that Lucy is the smartest one and outgunned in that only by Levy. Do you really want to see Natsu having a chess competition or Laxus winning "the cuttest mage" competition?

luxus knows lots of magic and fred's magic is very versatile

[Edelheld]

luxus knows lots of magic and fred's magic is very versatile

And what's Laxus' supporting or summoning magic? Yeah, Fried or Bickslow might make team more versatile, but they are not present.

[joshua019]

And what's Laxus' supporting or summoning magic? Yeah, Fried or Bickslow might make team more versatile, but they are not present.

He might have some unknown supporting ability, but the real question is that no one knows wat might come out so the best thing to do is to put the most versatile ppl in.

[Edelheld]

He might have some unknown supporting ability, but the real question is that no one knows wat might come out so the best thing to do is to put the most versatile ppl in.

He might and might not.
Yep, sticking in one team only destroyers like Mira, Erza, Natsu, Gildarts and Laxus would be wrong.

[Rarhyx]

i think gazeel and laxus got kidnapped or something

[oniichan powaa]

Awesome chapter! (MAINLY due to character development and cliffhanger conflict between Natsu and the 3rd Gen. D.Slayers)
crimsonlink310, you've already state everything that was in my mind before i post this message so I'll just say that I agree with your opinions.

Exactly like you've ask, what is the dragon lachryma?

My answer is the dragon lachryma(s) are magically enchanted crystals/ crystallize form of magic. We've seen normal lachryma used as a type of 'magic fuel' during the Tower of Heaven arc, in their Etherion device, and in Edolas. Normal humans must be able to create this thing because even people in Edolas (who don't have inner magic like Earthlanders) can use it in everyday chores.

My prediction is that lachryma is originally created by people from Edolas since they want to harness the power of magic. This idea is subsequently brought to Earthland (by alchemists from Edolas, maybe). Though it is not used widely in Earthland (again, due to them having inner magic), it still proved to be useful when large scale magic energy is needed, i.e Etherion weapon.

Now, going to the dragon lachryma issue. If the Exceeds (cat-like magical beings) can be used to create lachryma, then Dragons can be used as the 'main ingredient' for creating the dragon lachryma. Since the Dragon's enormous magical power is used, the dragon lachryma will also have great magic properties. Logic!
The recipes to make dragon lachryma might sound like this:
Poison + Dragon's d.n.a/body parts/eternano energy + 'whoknowswhat' = the main substance for poison dragon lachryma.
OR
Electricity + Dragon's d.n.a/body parts/eternano energy + 'whoknowswhat' = the main substance for thunder dragon lachryma.

*The process might be different from one lachryma to another, but it is probably alchemy.
(Mashima must reveal to us in future chapters about the origin of lachryma before jumping to the creation of said dragon lachryma)

Who helps create the dragon lachryma? Like I said before, the experts must be people from Edolas. While we still don't know their identities, it won't hurt if I give another prediction; that they might be related to the disappearance of Dragneel, Metallicana and Grandine in year 777. They're probably hunted like wild animals by these 'dragon poacher'. Not that they're weak against said hunters, but the hunters might also have dragon lachryma and/or dragon slaying techniques (like Sabertooth's Sting and Rouge, maybe they're the lab rats of the hunters) so that they are on equal strength. Fighting fire with fire would bring disaster, so they hid themselves for the time being. Hence, explain why the dragon taught dragon slaying magic to their children; so that they can protect themselves against the dragon hunters.

What do you people think? Opinion appreciated.