That's a weak argument. Since Gray cannot stop time, Natsu being able to move through Age Seal isn't evidence he'd be too strong for Gray.
Don't worry dude, i expected that people would disagree with me, either in this thread or the other one =)
I know that Gray wants to fulfill his father's wish. What i'm saying is: this wish is pointless. Silver had no reason to target END especially, he could target Zeref or every demon, but only END at all cost is silly since END hasn't done anything the whole series.You shouldn't be delivered with hate messages, that would be pathetic on the receiver to do so.
Okay let's get this straight, it was not pointless for Gray to attempt to kill END before he knew about Natsu. His perishing father delivered a message, and as a good son, Gray wanted to fullfill it.
one thing that tends to get overlooked is that Gray is in his corrupted stated is thinking that Natsu lied to him all of this years. He thinks Natsu is aware of being a demon from long time ago etc.When you are corrupted or literally not sane, you tend to believe or think or do things that you normally would not do. That's the case with Gray here.
Gray didn't receive any development after Ul (and hints of Invel) You are confusing development with progression of plot for a character to renact.
. What Gray did against END wasn't development or regression, but in fact staying in the same spot. Meaning Gray wasn't the same Gray against END. Basically he wasn't himself. So I'm not sure why we have to ignite as if it's regular Gray that was attempting to fight END. because that wasn't really Gray at all. I chalk it to an alternative messed up Gray.
It was a simply a corrupted guy who was corrupted with demon slaying magic. So really not fair to pin point that all on Gray Put anyone in Gray's shoes, and they would act the same way he did. Invel practically manipulated Gray around mainly because of his corruption to his magic wearing thin on him, and the fact that Gray just lost another love of his life made him to and things that were out of character.
Basically TLDR, it's unfair to categorize Gray for development in the context against END, because it wasn't him at all that was attacking his friend. It was the magic, corruption and trauma that was making him stay.
Compare Gray's mentality against Ul, and Gray against END, and tell me which one is the gray. Hint: It's the former.
The Gray I know and accustomed from years, would question Natsu on everything he knows.
The Gray I know and accustomed from years, would attempt to protect Natsu from going berserk, or atleast try to demonize the demon in Natsu.
Basically Mashima is making a point, that when you are corrupted with magic, and have shown to be in so much trauma after years of losing so many people in your life that too at young age, you basically become an alternatively different person. Gotta learn from that.
If you watch Supernatural (witnessing Dean and Sam's life), you would perfectly understand Gray even more.
Regardless, people change their minds on characters all the time. So I'm sure he'll be in your tops when he works over overcoming his demon slaying magic corruption and now that he knows Juvia is alive, he'll be acting sane again. Happy smiling and calm Gray is the best Gray btw
GOD DAMN REALLY?? That('s also exactly what i thought when i discovered FT !!
I think that's just a result of starting with the anime. If you started watching on the Galuna Island arc, I can see why you might think Gray is the male lead. Likewise, if you started during the ToH arc, you might think Erza was the female lead. This problem probably doesn't exists for manga readers though, as chapter 1 establishes Natsu and Lucy as the main characters.
People really thought gray was the MC? that's actually really interesting. That should be a poll here to see who thought gray was the MC.
I always thought that when you see a idiotic character and a big breasted blonde prostitute character that everyone would know that's the MC's cause for a lot of manga's/anime's those are the type of MC's you get lol plus they was the first characters shown.
Also welcome to mangahelpers and hype you have fun
Exactly, what Axiomus The Wise said. I randomly watched an episode of FT during the Galuna arc, and with everything circling around Gray, i genuinely thought he was the MC. Natsu ws just an annoying dude that was just... Around.
THis is/was one great thing about FT - each arc usually had a different focal character, even though the main character (Natsu) almost always faced the boss character. I enjoyed getting more insight into Gray's past and what made him into a cool, stripping dude he is.
Let's be honest here, Mashima only made Gray sacrifice himself so Natsu would look like a hero to protect him/stop him. It was a drawback to the previous arcs, that Mashima wanted to add the flavour to. The good intentions does redeem him in some capacity after all even if it's wreck-less, it's still honorable and noble in a way that he wanted to save his best friend this much to this extent. After all he did say he felt that he didn't deserve to be in the guild after what he did in the END incident, (also it may have not been stated by Gray himself but IMO his magic also played a very crucial part in destroying his mental capacity) which really explains his actions, especially when he most likely overheard Happy stating that killing Zeref would kill Natsu.
