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P.S. I was going to ask if Fairy Tail Zero was required watching, but it seems my question was answered for me. It plays automatically next on Funimation's site, it's numbered as the next episode in the series. Wasn't sure if it it was spin-off series or just a flashback arc in the manga, like the Turn Back The Pendulum arcs showing the history of the Soul Society in Bleach. Those did get weird chapter numbering, but they were still part of the regular manga, and were part of the anime seasons. So, probably best not to skip Zero, then.

Well, I decided to not make a post on that mini-arc with the town of the giants because, it was flowing right into Tartaros Chapter. Didn't realize how long the arc would be though! Wasn't about to take notes while I watched, and it's pointless to post in the middle of an arc when questions I have could be answered by the end of it. Comments in no particular order - This other side to Flare is funny and kind of cute, when she isn't always acting so psycho all the time. Was funny when she joked about stalking Lucy. She is definitely a lesbian though, haha. I kind of wish an individual giant or two were developed. Seems like a lot of effort went into their character designs to make them unique. I'm guessing Mashima must have written up stuff for them but didn't feel it was worth including in the series. Why did Erza look down there to confirm she de-aged? Wait a minute, Erza isn't bald down there is canon confirmed! And I thought it was hilarious she noticed she spell wore off when her boobs came back. I wish the de-aging came more into play than it did though. Was mostly just an issue for Erza. Ok, I don't think I'm remembering wrong here, but I don't recall Minerva ever showing any redeeming qualities whatsoever, or any remorse for her actions. So why is Erza pitying her and wanting to her change her ways? Hell, before Erza wanted put in her the fuckin' ground! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM? And ok, now we're learning that Minerva was abused by her father. Ok, fine. Jiemma does it to everyone else, guess it wouldn't be a surprise that he did it to her. I had always saw her and Jiemma as the 2 ruthless hardasses in charge, but he made her this way apparently. That works well enough on its own. But still, it makes no sense for anyone else to feel sorry for her. Minerva being gone forever was the selling point to get Yukino to rejoin the guild! It makes no sense whatsoever! That said, it's not just Jiemma that looks like a Street Fighter character, but Minerva too. I really noticed it when we saw the flashbacks to her childhood. So yeah I guess Yukino did just rejoin Sabretooth then. It's a shame. I was hoping she'd join Fairy Tail. We may not see her as much depending on how the future story goes. No that in matters much because FAIRY TAIL IS DISBANDED FOREVER! T___T That damn revival chamber to bring back the demons is a ridiculous troll. Glad it got destroyed before some of them could revive. Jackal is supposed to be well, a Jackal. But looks like a catboy in his regular form! So yeah, Vic is Mard Geer. Ugh. Not the voice I would have imagined. Don't know what his Japanese voice sounds like (all the Youtube videos are fucking AMVs,) but since he looks Naraku, I wouldn't have minded Paul Dobson. Looking it up though the last anime he did was Roberta's Blood Trail in 2013, which was right after Final Act. D: And holy hell I can't believe Final Act was in 2012! Maybe I could have enjoyed the character more if not for that. But maybe it's fitting that Vic plays THE UNDERWORLD KING. Nevermind, found a video. Yep, Vic had no business getting this role! He must have weaseled his way into it! https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Toshiyuki-Morikawa/ Oh, just going by that quick clip, that sounds like JP Naraku! It is! DAMN YOU TO HELL VIIIIIIC! So, I made the foolish decision to look up Silver's VA, not thinking of the spoily consequences. Though it should have been obvious, given his name is SILVER, and how he looked. I thought he was going to be Ur's husband/Ultear's father. I still think it's weird that Ur looks just like Gray, but she's not his real mom. But I thought I didn't get spoiled AFTER ALL when he revealed he was really Deliora! But that turned out to be bullshit lol. I did think it was odd that a Demonslayer was a part of a guild with demons. But that was explained too. Did make sense he was going to betray them all along too. Deliora using Silver's body would have been some convoluted Inuyasha-level shenanigans. Though the whole arc reminded me of Inuyasha anyway, what with the demons created by someone else and the boss-not-boss looking like Naraku, even uses roots as an attack, Silver being back to life, and whatnot. The stuff with Silver and Juvia's involvement in it was so sad, though. Ok Mashima you can have Kyoka's ass and tits hang out as much as you want, but she's not doing anything for me. I think the mask and weird bird appendages probably don't help. Also the fact she's an sadistic psycho. Is it my imagination or were Erza's boobs drawn bigger during that interrogation scene? There's too many cats per for how many people are here, just Erza and Minerva. Erza, your Fairy Tail speeches are not going to work on fucking demons! Ok, the way 259 and 260 were done was fucking confusing. Erza beats Kyoka, and the Face counter reaches 0, then next episode they are fighting again and counter is running again??? I actually had to look this up. Apparently the events are running concurrently. It's not always clear in most shonens that this is the case when you cut away to multiple fights and events, but if you err on this side it means things aren't taking AS long as they appear to be, and it's forgiving in cases like this, things seeming to take too long for the stated time limit. But, there isn't even a narration or text onscreen that gives any indication what the deal is. A simple 1 hour earlier or whatever would have sufficed. Either that or show things in a more logical order. Pretty sure the counter reaching 0 is a bigger deal than the Mard Geer stuff anyway. I think this is a case where you don't 1:1 adapt the manga, guys. The dragons were inside the dragonslayers all along and giving them anti-bodies so they don't turn into dragons like Acnologia? Can't say I saw that coming. I also thought them returning would be more like an end of series thing. Either way, the dragons in general, in all their appearances, have definitely lived up to the hype. And Acnologia ripped their souls from their bodies? So they were more like ghosts this whole time? Didn't quite get that. Igneel coming back only to die really got to me though. Poor Natsu. So, I never really thought about Mirajane's demon takeover power too much. Figured that was just the magic she chose to use? But she was born with it? Every other mage picked a magic type and learned it. Her siblings even learned takeover magic to be like her. And it's not genetic, either. Makarov and Laxus don't use the same magic, nor do Ur and Ultear. So that makes me think Mirajane really is cursed or infected or something. I don't think she has demon parentage because the other two don't have it. Unless they're just half-siblings? I did notice the parents weren't shown. Hmm. Don't really get why everyone needed to have their memory erased of Lumen Histoire. And it's Mavis nude in a crystal, heh. But whoa, Doranbolt was a member of Fairy Tail all along hahaha. Ok, I'm sorry, but if Mashima is expecting tears for mermaid lady, that just isn't going to happen. She didn't even seem tsundere, she seemed to genuinely not care for Lucy. She acted like a cunt every time she was summoned. Maybe if Loke or Virgo were sacrificed it would be one thing. One of the silly minor zodiacs wouldn't have worked either. Ah well. Celestial King was badass. And everyone perving on Lucy (even more than usual) was hilarious. Although... we already have a water user in Fairy Tail? The abilities are different, but still. And Lucy did use some other spell that I think seemed familiar. Was it her finisher from Grand Magic Games that got canceled out? #FlatEarthDebunked #GlobeEarthDebunked #CubeEarthTRUTH Two of those Demon Gates are basically Fishmen from One Piece lol. Loved Wendy's progress in this arc. Thought it was silly they made a big deal of cutting her hair just to grow it back. It's funny that the crab guy can make hair longer though haha. And Wendy losing one of her twin tails was clearly her most serious injury yet. Umm Jiemma, isn't the fact that you got one-shotted by Sting and had to stoop to demon powers make YOU weak? Why did the dragon twins fall down? They didn't seem that injured. Is there a lot of violence censorship of what happened in the manga in this anime? Nice power up for Gray, and nice team up against Mard Geer. Looks like Gray might have some demonic affliction now though. How did Gray and Natsu survive the abstract concept of purgatory by burying themselves?? Did the spell just not extend under the ground? Or was it something to do with Gray's demonslayer magic? That is when his skin got all messed up. Seems like he blocked/absorbed the attack? By the way, that Dragonification reminds me of Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter. Ryu (not that one) has a counter that increases the entire game, as you use your dragon abilities, and if you use too much and it reaches 100%, you turn into a dragon and go on a rampage and it's game over. So you have to manage it over the course of the game. It's a cool mechanic. I wonder if Mashima has played it. So, Acnologia just wants to kill every human and dragon? Is that what he said? Interesting to learn that while he is a major evil power, he's not aligned with Zeref at all. I'm not sure if Mard Geer is correct about Zeref just wanting to die. Either way, I wonder why he doesn't take more direct action. Maybe he just likes to watch the clusterfuck for the lulz? Somebody needs to smack that smug-ass expression off his face, though. Did, did he just say ETHERIOUS NATSU DRAGNEEL?! Did Zeref create Natsu?! Is that why he asked why Natsu didn't remember him?! But, he's clearly human?! Natsu leaving for a year long training mission. Poor Lucy left behind. D: And Makarov is disbanding the guild so the members can "spread their wings." In other words go on soul searching journeys and training and blah blah blah. Timeskip incoming. Then after it's over the guild probably gets back together and on to future adventures together.

Well that doesn't sound good. So back to first anime-level "animation?" So it was farmed out to a lesser studio?

Ep 18 - Time cutting sword. Interesting. Shouldn't Eugeo be more concerned with how he was healed and not what Bercoli did? That happened so fast. Is the water like a healing spring? Did he use some spell or potion on himself? Wow, that was really clever what Eugeo did. Good fight. At least Bercoli has the sense to realize the Integrity Knight concept is some bullshit. Okay, I could have really done without this Prime Senator character existing. He's annoying as fuck. I guess Administrator needs someone to do her dirty work, but still, damn, fuck this guy. Also the fact he seems completely off model? People in SAO usually look fairly realistic, and this guy has weird cartoon proportions and flies all over the place. Odd to say the least. He can't be human, can he? He just really doesn't seem to fit into SAO. Turned to stone. Damn. Can't remember if Cardinal said something about reprocessing, but doesn't sound good. AND GOD DAMN IT DON'T TELL ME EUGEO IS GOING GO BECOME AN INTEGRITY KNIGHT?! Wow, that was a really good use of elemental spells/crafting by Alice. She made like, a convection oven. You can erase someone's memories, but not their talents and skills. Not sure if Kirito mentioned the sister on accident or not, but that is sure to trigger something.

Ep 17 - Lmao I can't wait for Bryce to do his reading and call Alice an idiot like 8 times for trying to fall to her to death. Generating a metallic element seems convenient. Light, fire, ice... not sure there were any where you could just generate objects like that before. At least Alice being able to change the shape of her gauntlets makes enough sense. Alice remembers going to that festival... or thinks she does. Hmm. So memories weren't COMPLETELY wiped after all. Yeah those fucking creepy ass gargoyle abominations should NOT be here. Very suspicious. Alice is scared of heights? Really? She rides on a freaking dragon! I mean, I guess climbing and balancing on those metal things is different, but still. So Kirito wants to work with the Integrity Knights to stop the Dark Territory invasion? Good luck with that. A bath. But it's not Administrator. Oh crap, it's Bercoli! Okay, I could have done without a whole episode of them climbing the tower. I thought they'd get back in way sooner. Still, Eugeo one on one vs Bercoli should be interesting.

What sucks is we'll never know what Hagakure looks like. I'm also surprised no one was able to maker her a costume that can turn invisible so she doesn't have to run around naked.

Snaggleupagus!

They said he made the app, right? Not the monitoring implant. Still seems kind of odd that it wouldn't have an app already, unless it had just been used in medical situations? The doctors probably wouldn't use a smart phone app to monitor a patient. I mean, I guess Kirito knows his programming and gadgets and stuff, but eh. Oh well, it's not that big a deal.

JoJo and MegaloBox will end before then.

EPISODE 2 DISCUSSION Last time, on the special one hour premiere of Sword Art Online: Alicization, we find a young Kirito working in a medieval village as a lumberjack trying to chop down the Gigas Cedar, a tree that's taken hundreds of years just to make a small indentation in the side. It seems Kirito and Eugeo will at this for quite a while. Along with their friend Alice, they decide to collect some ice from a cave to preserve food in the village. Things go sour when Alice touches the Dark Territory and is arrested by an Integrity Knight for violating the Taboo Index, to be carried off and seemingly executed. Kirito and Eugeo are both helpless to do anything, as Kirito is held down by fellow villagers, and Eugeo seemingly paralyzed as a strange warning symbol appears in his eye. We then see Kirito wake up from what we can presume is a full dive machine. But this one is different. Kirito can't remember anything he does in the virtual world, and it's impossible to distinguish from the real world. Kirito wants to see where the technology is going and find out what Kayaba was planning. Just after Asuna says she will move to America with Kirito to join him on his quest, they are attacked by the last member of Laughing Coffin and the other half of the Death Gun Duo, Johnny Black. What happens next?! Find out tonight, on Toonami, on Sword Art Online: Alicization! This jammin OP was cut by Toonami last time, where it plays at the end of the first episode. Hopefully we'll get to see it in full at least once on Toonami tonight. The ED should be premiering as well.

You can still pander without going full-on, heh.

So that's what was going on with Shino's bugs in the hot spring LOL.

Oh, well you're safe then lol. I think Kiba was shown without the hood way later in part 1 somewhere, but yeah. For the longest time it seemed like his hair lol. Would have been fitting! And no one would fault you for that hahaha.

So that's why he insulted his insects. He's a spider user. Ninjas should try to stop opponents from doing hand signs more often. Didn't get to see the insects fight the spiders though. So Kurenai's face markings are just paint and not tattoos? Can't really go by that though since it's filler.

Sometimes it feels like the filler writers are making up for characters that got neglected.

ALL FOURS JUTSU LOL.

I would he would have looked cooler if that was his hair. But, they were kids then, Mochi.

He was just wondering if he would be covered with bugs when he stripped down. I thought it was funny.

I remember for the longest time I thought the fringe of Kiba's coat was his hair, then he was finally shown without the hood and I was like WUT.

This show did a bad job of showing the other team's relationships with their senseis. How much did Kurenai even appear. Naked and covered in bugs. LOL what happened?

Is that Todd Haberkorn playing that ninja? Why are we flashing back to when they were kids? It's filler within filler! FILLER-CEPTION!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll Hmm, doesn't sound like Lewis Carroll is actually a pedo, going by the info here.

Who remind you of Vivi?

Noelle set Muriel straight. Not that she cares what she thinks. Enough with the naked thing. LAND OF WITCHES. Carried in by a bunch of crows... wtf.

Luck acts so creepy I guess I didn't notice haha.