So after Natsulucy's post, I dont really see where this says that we're half way. I vaguely remember something to that effect in one of the notes in the GMG arc (or perhaps it was an interview). However, the GMG arc was in the 280s-340s. It's now almost chapter 500, and I imagine this arc will take us close to chapter 550 by the time we're done with all the Spriggans.
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So Zeref who is actually a good person, had he not been cursed he would not have lost his mind and caused trouble. The monsters he made were meant to kill himself. Why doesn't he have a chance for a real life? Mavis too? Who said you have to know every antagonists for the show to go on? Acnologia wasn't born the strongest. He was just a normal human at first also. Trained hard to be where he is. Who's to say that isn't happening with others right now? A lot of real fans want the manga to go on, and not just go on while turning into crappy manga. If it ends it ends. Life goes on. But it all depends on Mashima whether he can still be creative. The details do matter. Why Lucy had a scene with Aquarius was to give a new opening for more things to come if Mashima decides to do so. Dealing with the bigger picture of things usually end in failure as many things in life aren't that simple. It takes focus and attention to detail for something or someone to be successful. If it was that simple and many factors are not needed, than that was a simple task to begin with. Same way you went overboard in the power ranking thread and didn't bother to understand what some of us were saying.
I don't mind if Zeref and Mavis have a happy ending. However, that can easily happen by the end of this arc. Lucy going off to find Aquarius can easily be saved for an epilogue, and Natsu going off for surgery might not even be something that is necessary.
If Acnologia is his own kind and no one can attain his power, then explain why he sees the dragon slayers as threats going after them if it's dragons they need to get stronger. i don't know much about future rogue as I never gave a damn about him. He's the weakest ds and forgot almost everything about him. Yes you answered my Dimaria question more than once, pushing it. And you did not get the point why I asked. That's why I mentioned this because the details do matter. It's called mindfulness. But you did educate me on Future Rogue and reminded me that Acno's soul stealing is a form of his dsm.
Who says Acnologia sees the dragon slayers as threats? Acnologia wants to wipe out the dragons, and dragon slayers wield the power of a dragon. Acnologia didn't even believe that Igneel could pose a threat, and he oneshotted Serena. Just because Acnologia wants to destroy something doesn't mean he sees them as threats. As it happens to be, Acnologia wants to destroy everything. As for how they are going to destroy Acnologia. Couldn't they just use Fairy Heart?
Acnologia didn't see Igneel as a threat? He was strong enough to rip off his arm, had Acnologia pinned down. Sure Acno ripped Igneel in half, but if any ft member had their arm ripped off in a fight, that shows the opponent was formidable. He himself is a ds, and told Igneel he is only driven to kill dragons. Zeref or Igneel one of them said Acnologia was after END and the ds due to their potential. Acno's motives are still unknown. Sorry, but there's nothing trivial about Lucy reuniting with Aquarius. Trivial would be finding food to eat or changing clothes. With Natsu, the tumor was either to save him for a bigger fight later on in the war or to get it out which was stated that no doctor can get it done within the continent. Thereby showing more possibility of exploring other continents.
Acnologia says Igneel wouldn't even put up a fight and that he wants to destroy everything. Both times to Igneel.
What makes you think the tumor will grow again? Brandish said she had the power to shrink Natsu's tumor to the point where it basically doesn't exist. Brandish is not from Ishgar, and she dealt with the tumor. So what reason is there to assume that it's going to a big deal after this?
This tumor only grows when you overuse magic, which was something Natsu did over the course of the past year trying to use Igneel's power.
Dont you see all this is pointing in the direction of what Aquarius called a vast world? It's all giving clues as to where the next place will be in arcs to come if any. It's Mashima's way of leaving a door from being trapped, from ending the story if he chooses for it to go on. I viewed this like Toriko anime where there are so much unexplored places for them to continue.
I'm sure Aquarius would say that their world is vast. After-all, it's a planet. We say that about our own world, even though it's practically mapped. That doesn't mean there is a list of ever powerful opponents in that world. It just means Lucy has to search everywhere. Is there a potential for Mashima to write an arc about Lucy going to find Aquarius' key? Sure. Of course you can always imagine a scenario in which increasingly powerful opponents are introduced. However, this doesn't change the fact that the story so far has been building up towards Zeref and Acnologia. The history of the Fairy Tail world has been, more or less, shaped by these two characters. They make fitting final villains because of that, and an arc that deals with them both is likely to be the last one.
You should take it to heart also what Aquarius said, that the world is vast, a planet. So searching for Aquiarius keys is not likey gonna be easy. But if you think going around searching for it will be as simple as that, without finding challengers, youre wrong. Yeah it doesn't mean that there are powerful foes, but it doesn't mean there isn't either. This is not the same outcome as Future Rogue's time. It's different. In his time Gray killed that cat. In that time Rogue went to the past and changed history. He lost and you can argue that he didn't do much except get his ass whopped, but their future has shifted after meeting him. You talk like it's so obvious new powerful chllengers can come about, yet go about it like it can't happen. Zeref and Acnologia were introduced during the Tenrou arc. Before that ft had obstacles and challenges without them. Tenrou, Tartaros, and now Alvarez are the three arcs Zeref and Acno are in. The rest they were not. Yes they seem like the final enemies, the strongest so I won't deny the possibilities of it ending. That's if Acno is defeated, which you yourself said seems very difficult or almost impossible in their current state. Then mentioned that Fairy Heart could change all that. There is a big risk to using Fairy Heart if Mavis chose to send ft mages out risking their lives in battle instead of using it right away. Makarov also was afraid to release Fairy Heart when he thought magic would disappear due to the faces.
Except Aquarius said so herself that it could very well be in Ishgar or Alakitasia. You're the only one whose trying to push a very specific interpretation of what Aquarius said. All she really means is that the key will pop up somewhere on the planet and she has no idea where. Lucy will eventually try to find it. Is Aquarius somehow implying that she'll have to fight someone for the key? Not really.
