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I heard this is the slowest arc of the series. x_x

ERINA! <3 Healing... ability? Crystals... or... flowers? I'm a bit distracted with something else at the moment. Will have to re-watch this.

And? She could quit her job if she had any morals. Doesn't change the fact she laughed and bragged about getting the pedophile off. And my source isn't Trump hahaha.

If they can't afford to pay non-slave wages they deserve to fail and go out of business. Those employers should be thrown in jail for their horrible treatment of migrant workers. Have you read about the conditions on farms? Americans will do the jobs if they want food on their plate and money in their pocket. Pay them enough and Americans will do the jobs. End some of the degrading regulation and taxes on farmers and they will be fine.

Also no one has talked about Hillary's seven year lesbian Woodstock tryst before she met Bill...

Don't try to talk logic to Mochi. He's the Alex Jones of SJWs.

We don't know everything yet. This possibility can't be ruled out, however unlikely it is. They did have something to do with what happened to Vince Foster, though. Also Hillary got off a pedophile when she was a defense lawyer decades ago and was laughing and bragging about it. She supports families and loves kids, huh?

Lul at liberals going into convulsions over this result. Trump will be an isolationist. You are fine. All Trump is worried about are foreign nationals who shouldn't be here. I hope he closes all international bases and recalls the entire American Navy to the Gulf of Mexico to watch for illegal immigrants coming by port and to assist with stopping incoming invaders from Mexico. The full force of our entire military might should deter illegals from entering our great nation.

Shooter was paid off by the Clintons to make Trump and his supporters look bad. Just like they had Vince Foster killed. Typical Clinton tactics.

Vegeta is about to give birth. ROFL WHERE'S YOUR MICROPHONE DUDE? Shut UP, Hercule. Rofl Cell is losing it. Starting to sound like Cell 2 LOL. End of the world? Nah... Can't wait for Cell rape next week. Oh well. ON TO JOJO!

ChiChi calm down before you give yourself a heart attack. Gohan more like God-han. God this is so fucking epic. Heh, is that some Vegeta we're seeing in you now, Cell? =3 You've been surpassed. :-\

ChiChi calm down before you give yourself a heart attack. Gohan more like God-han. God this is so fucking epic. Heh, is that some Vegeta we're seeing in you now, Cell? =3 You've been surpassed. :-\

Lagging board is lagging.

I don't remember Gohan having a dust cloud for this transformation? So awesome. SS2 my favorite. Gohan is even cooler than his dad was when he went SS1. That was tingle and chill inducing. I feel the hairs standing up on my body. Vegeta about to bust a vein, lol. That GODLIKE SPEED! So epic! And the "forcefulness" of the super-dash sound effect of SS2 Gohan is scary. Cell is going to get more of a fight than he bargained for. But Piccolo... Cell Juniors dead and buried. You're next, Cell.

Yup his transformation killed the camera. I don't remember Gohan having a dust cloud for this transformation? So awesome. SS2 my favorite. Gohan is even cooler than his dad was when he went SS1. That was tingle and chill inducing. I feel the hairs standing up on my body. Vegeta about to bust a vein, lol. That GODLIKE SPEED! So epic! And the "forcefulness" of the super-dash sound effect of SS2 Gohan is scary. Cell is going to get more of a fight than he bargained for. But Piccolo... Cell Juniors dead and buried. You're next, Cell.

Laxus is a fucking asshole! Why is he a member of Fairy Tail again? Oh, he's Makarov's grandson? That doesn't mean you can't still kick him out! Mystogan is... not an asshole? I'm surprised. He defeated all the Phantom Lord branches and got back Makarov's magical power. Seems he has some control over the elements himself. I can see why that old lady hates people. Erza realizes their a team finally, haha. The Strongest Team! But how strong is Lucy? Either way, while she might be weaker, or at least seems that she is, the other members don't fault her for that and appreciate her being on the team. So that's nice. I have a feeling Lucy is going to progress quite a bit, though. Lol, Juvia is still hanging around, and sent Gray a gross lunch. Hmm, this play is surprisingly mostly canon. I guess Mashima wanted some levity after the heaviness of the Phantom Lord Arc. Loke looks kind of like Ichigo. Haha, without the glasses and the different hairstyle, he looks like a totally different character! ;D Hairstyle really does make the character. We've been over before that the reason anime characters have such wacky, different hairstyles and hair colors is to make it easier to tell them apart. This definitely proves that. Oh, and all this time I thought Loke just had a bad relationship or two with Celestial Wizards. Had no idea he was a Spirit with an abusive master! That explains a lot! And that's why he's disappearing! Lul, all those girls are mad that Loke presumably dumped them for Lucy, but not that Loke was dating them all at the same time. ;D Pillow fights? These three are a bunch of big kids! Okay, obviously Loke didn't want Karen to die, but who is really crying when an abusive parent or ex or something dies? Not sure on that reaction. And it's obvious she got herself killed on purpose to make Loke feel guilty. Karen was a psycho. Ares is cute. I hope we see more of her some day. Wow, Lucy got the King of Celestial Spirits to change his mind. Nicely done. Now Loke is one of her spirits! King of Celestial Spirits looks a bit like Alpha Trion, heh. Loke carried her off... Hoo boy this is going to be good. ;D

Alright, just finished the Phantom Lord Arc and the Loke mini-arc. Aw, Lisanna and Natsu are adorable together! Puppy love! But I have a feeling something horrible happened to Lisanna. She's just too precious to live. I wouldn't be surprised if Happy started off as a dragon, but the explanation is the guy just painted him that way, heh. Sure, he made everyone happy when he was born, but he's a snarky little ass now! Gajeel reminds me of Kenpachi. Kenpachi just wants to have a good fight, though. Gajeel is a sadistic jerk. I'm surprised that the guild hall would be destroyed this early on in the series. Shaking things up early! And I thought the guild was bristling with cannons in the OP, not skewered by steel pillars! ;D Okay, so we don't exactly know Levy much less her two fanboys very well, so I'm not sure of the choice to use them as victims, but on the other hand we know the other characters care about them and are affected, so I suppose it still works to a certain extent. Point is, Phantom Lord crossed a line! Okay, I can't understand a lot of what that French guy is saying. Unsure what his mind powers have to do with being the element of Earth, either, but I suppose that's part of the "soul" thing. Man, this guy is a bastard, though. We're learning more about Elfman, and getting his backstory. Development for him, it's appreciated. So that's what happened. His magic involves having monsters take over his body to use their attributes in battle, and when he attempted a full body take over, he lost control and killed Lisanna. "As you are now?" "A former S Class Wizard?" What happened to Mirajane? We may not have seen everything, but I don't think her issue stems from the Lisanna incident, unless it's a mental/emotional thing stopping her from fighting at full power. Makarov is looking pretty badass. Guess that is his Saint outfit. Makarov taken out by a cheap shot, and had his magical energy drained. Not cool. I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone kidnapped and rescued so fast! You don't see that very often. So instead of a rescue arc, this will be Fairy Tail trying to protect Lucy and prevent her from getting captured again. Whoa... the guild is walking! This is crazy! And that cannon! Holy hell, Erza managed to block the blast! But... she's down and out. Wait, is that guy so fat really just so he can use his own body as a canvas? o_O Anyway, painting magic, that's cool. We've got some other creative powers, here, too. Magic bullets! Awesome! It's not your fault Lucy. Don't cry. T__T Eh? This guy can control other people's bodies? No, he has control over the element of fire. Natsu got really unlucky today. Wait, how did Natsu stop him from controlling the fire? I can see how he tricked him into thinking he was going to hit the glass power core thingy instead of him, but how did he block his control before that? Anyway, yay, cannon destroyed! Aria... the strongest member, and he's beating Natsu. Not good. Natsu is about to have his magic energy drained! Erza! She's back up! And she beat him in one hit! Don't mess with her! Well, now Natsu can move on to the next enemy. Still impressed that Erza was able to do that in the state she's in, though. Stop beating up Lucy you sadistic freak! Eh a giant steampunk robot?! No, this is more of a magically empowered golem that happens to look like a transforming robot. This is still pretty cool, though. Nooo a giant magic circle of death! Jose looks better without his hat and wings, or whatever those were. He's a bastard, though. And I don't for a second believe this is just about doing a job for Lucy's asshole dad, or their guild's ranking. There's something personal about this with Makarov. But what? Wait, so I get how Natsu is a Dragonslayer, but how is Gajeel a Dragonslayer? Natsu eats fire and uses it to fight, which is obviously what we think of with dragons, but steel? Oh, I see, so there's different types of dragons in this world. Gajeel learned from an Iron Dragon. Oh? Those piercings are actually supposed to be rivets? Clever. And I see with Gajeel, Loke, and others, that Mashima still likes drawing characters with piercings. There were lots of them in Rave Master. Breath attack! Just like Breath of Fire. Hmm, more effort was put into this Natsu vs. Gajeel fight than probably anything else so far, but the animation is still really bad. Who the hell animated this show anyway? Why didn't Lucy make a contract with Sagittarius before this? Man, this guy is lame, too, though. He's wearing a horse costume. x_x And he can't shoot fire. Does he have any fire arrows? =3 No to that, to, but he can start fires with his arrows! I'm guessing there was fuel in that area he shot. Natsu is all fired up! Getting motivation from the destruction of the guild and making a comeback, too. Ah, so that's why it's called Fairy Tail. Gajeel is defeated! Water vs. Ice. Only time I have seen this matchup outside of Bleach. How can her body be made out of water, though? Eh, what the hell is this girl's deal? She's gloomy, but, also... we've got a bit of a female Miroku/Sanji on our hands? ;D This girl is crazy! Instead of trying to hit her with ice, he needs to try to freeze her. Just like that! Rofl it wasn't on purpose! Hahaha "blush". <3 Oh, that's why she's so gloomy. Eh? The sky has cleared? The first time Juvia has ever been happy! That was a quick but good fight. I have to give this show credit for not having the fights drag on forever. "Wanna go at it?" ;D What else could that mean?! But anyway, I love Juvia already. She's hilarious. Why does Jose hate Makarov so much? What went down between them in their past? An early recovery for Makarov. He's heading to the battlefield? That light... it would seem that in addition to his Giant Magic, Makarov is a Light/Holy Magic user. He's got some White Mage skills, too! alt text He healed Erza's injuries and armor! Finally those stupid shadow things are killed! Fairy Law! Equally matched, huh? Doesn't look that way, Jose. Hm, both their dragons disappeared on the same day. The mystery deepens. Jose was stripped of his Saint title and Phantom Lord was disbanded. I'm kind of surprised nobody got thrown in jail, though. I don't think Jose is going to be causing any trouble any time soon, though. Good to hear Fairy Tail was found innocent since they weren't the aggressors. We've also learned that there are bad guilds that aren't Dark Guilds. If they can do some evil shit without breaking the law, or at least not getting caught, they will. Lucy just left to say goodbye to her father for good. So much for your business' growth and your heir, asshole! Aww, even Happy missed Lucy. He should still tease her less, though. >=[ Her mother is dead. So that's why she never sent the letters, and why she internally monologued "mom" while looking at that case. Anyway I'm glad that Lucy knows she shouldn't blame herself for the situation, since Phantom Lord would've used any excuse to attack Fairy Tail, and knows how much a member of the family she is.

What is this thing with Natsu telling us to keep the light on and not sit too close? I agree with the latter but f**k the light, it's too bright. That some psa safety thing for kids or what? Weird. This show changes themes fast! We get rid of the diabeetus ED but now we have a new cutesy OP! Why do they give this show such cutesy themes? Wait, did this same group do one of the Rave Master OPs? The new ED is pretty decent. Nice and chill. Mystogan and that other S Class dude are assholes! They're hardly ever around and don't seem to want much to with the other members. And when they are around they act like jerks. Why does Makarov let them be part of the guild? I thought everyone in the guild was supposed to be friends or at least be amicable towards each other. Kinda weird how Mystogan doesn't want to show his face, either. I like how the narrator feels the need to unnecessarily explain and call attention to so many things. "The dreaded keep out sign." ;D I love this harp playing summon. And her VA can sing! Hmm, this is another good emotional moment with the song and Gray thinking back to his past. So, Lucy's melee weapon is a whip. Nice. Wait, Colleen Clinkenbeard plays Erza?! She doesn't sound anything like her other voices! Will a magic-powered motorboat really suffice to get them to the island? A ghost? Well, it's no more fantastical than anything else in this world. Eyebrow Man tries to look cool with his hair, outfit, stances, and how he uses his powers, but the eyebrows ruin it. ;D I thought the ways Natsu used his powers against Eyebrow Man and Lyon were pretty clever and creative, such as forcing his way part-way inside the barrier and using his flame magic outside it to propel his punch, and using his flames to dodge in midair. Hahaha Natsu made Dog Boy paralyze himself. Also think it's really funny how he's a dog but he has hair and an overly-humanoid body. That loss to Lyon was rough. Good fight, though. Poor Gray. Why would you use static Ice Make when Active Ice Make Magic is available? Or is it that you have to master one before being able to use the other and Gray hasn't gotten that far yet? Lucy beat Love Girl in a legit, hard-won fight. Good for her! I'm sure she'll be up there with the others in no time. Is Aquarius ever cooperative, though? Heh, some good ole stereotypical pirates. Erza got them to take her to the island. There's some random weird creepy creatures that appear like easter eggs, at times. One was in the water behind the boatman. I thought Ur was also Gray's mother, since they look very alike. I suppose she was like a mother. Like that backstory though. So that's why he strips. It was originally to get in touch with the cold, but now he just unconsciously does it out of habit. ;D Gray has definitely had it rough. Explains why he's so broody. Lyon wants to revive a giant deadly demon capable of destroying cities just so he can kill it and say he surpassed Ur. Dude definitely lost it and did not take Ur's death well. Lyon looks like Toshiro with that hair, but not in the face. He's got weird reptile eyes. I would've thought Zalty leveled out the temple by melting the pillars on the other side. Thought he had some acid melting power, not time magic. He must have advanced the age of the stone to make Natsu fall, then. So one-handed Ice Make Magic really is unbalanced, like Ur said. What is the advantage of using just one hand anyway? It's not like Lyon was using a weapon with his free hand. Was he just trying to show off? Ur turned her body into the ice, but I'm not really sure that counts as being "alive". I know the show was just trying to say she's still around in spirit and memory, but still, ice = not alive. I've always liked Mashima's style and the concepts he comes up with. I just like the feel of his series. Melting unmeltable ice with "Moon Drip" from moonlight that then ends up causing demons to lose their memory (like that twist, by the way) by creating a toxic shell over the island is pretty creative and original. Does Erza really care more about the rules than these poor villagers? Betrayed Makarov, really? Heh, it's the first armor that gave Erza more coverage! ;D The Moon was destroyed! Not quite... So, these may be demons and creatures of Darkness, but they aren't necessarily evil. I like that interpretation. Pretty sure that's not the kind of attention Gray wants, though, haha. If there are really only 12 Zodiac Keys then how did Lucy already get 5 of them? Does nobody else give a shit about these things? Also for one of a kind summons most of them are pretty lame and weak. Is an apology really enough to smooth all this over? They tried to kill the villagers and the Fairy Tail wizards! Lyon is thinking about joining a guild. Eh? Zalty was really that girl from the Council? And she's Ur's daughter, alive! What's this? Signs of a larger story, and a conspiracy within the government. Okay, I take it back, Siegrain is evil as fuck. What is the punishment?!

Okay, so that's what the deal is with Dark Guilds. They're outside of the official guild structure and don't follow the law. The army will confront them as will Legal Guilds. They aren't arrested because this seems to be less of a law and order issue and more of a war situation, given what the Council talked about with tons of Dark Guilds popping up. Well it makes sense that Eisenwald would be angry at the Guild Masters and want to take them out. So it wasn't just mass slaughter for the sake of being evil, then. Why don't they take turns driving the magicmobile? Okay this Kage guy has to be a reference to Shikamaru. He has the same power and similar appearance. Doesn't seem to have the same personality though. I did like how a henchman was the last one standing instead of the boss, though, and I liked how he had a change of heart, which I wasn't sure was going to happen after he turned on them the first time. Characters have magic energy that they have to recharge, just like MP, heh. Didn't expect the Virgo character to come back. The sarcastic use of the cheesecake "wow" for ugly Virgo was funny. But she can change appearance to look nice! Yay. I do enjoy how she treats Lucy, haha. Using her to dig under the wind barrier was a clever solution to that problem. But what is the deal with Virgo's eyes? "Fairy Tail flies" is not a good insult! I thought wind would just make fire stronger? I suppose it would smother it if it was too much wind. I did like the scientific and logical explanation for Natsu's fire drawing away Eragor's wind. He never really used that scythe though. Then again Natsu never really gave him a chance. Is Makarov a dwarf? Why is he so short? He seems to have some sort of giant magic, able to grow his body or parts of it to giant size. Was kinda surprised most of the other Guild Masters didn't have very cool designs. They didn't try to help fight, either. Thought they would be old wise badasses, but I guess not. At least Makarov knew what the flute was. I'm sure our resident activist went into convulsions over Bob. But, at least he's a flamboyant pervy bi guy instead of just being gay? That's different, right? Why does the Lullaby have a cute girl's voice interlaced with a man's voice and the monster effect? It's not often that there are repercussions for destruction caused by anime heroes. So that was a nice bit of unexpected realism, even if it was just a show trial. Natsu showing up as "Erza" was funny, too. We're already seeing signs of corruption in the government, as well. That Natsu vs. Erza fight was a total tease, though. Hope we see more.

Giving the population of the country doesn't seem very medieval/fantasy. So, the first OP is alright. You will die from diabetes from the ED, though. I wonder if all these people in the OP are actually important. This show looks very digital. It looks very flat. It kinda' doesn't look all that great. D: Hopefully the show's visuals will improve as it goes along. I like Lucy. She's fun, sweet, and cute. I suppose she is the main character. Or at least, the story is being told from her point of view, like Kagome. She's the greenhorn Wizard and as Lucy learns more about the world, so does the audience. Lucy is a summoner, basically, so that's pretty cool. Plue was introduced. Summoned from another dimension? Well played, Mashima. And he still doesn't look like a dog! I always thought he was kind of creepy and cute at the same time. Natsu's fire magic is pretty cool. I like how he can eat the flames and also uses flaming strikes instead of just breathing fire and throwing fireballs. Natsu is a s***ky little shit. I like him. His stunt stealing the S Class quest was an example of that. Natsu's fire-based one-liners and catchphrases are cheesy but they have their charm. His backstory of being raised by a dragon is a little like Ryu's from Breath of Fire II, so I appreciated that. Not sure if it was a reference or not and I'm sure that's been done before but I just always liked that. The Magic Council is pretty cool. Running the world atop that magic circle. That one guy looks like Sieg Hart. Evil? I'm not so sure. The Council is like the Dean from an 80s movie getting mad at those troublemaking Fairy Tail hooligans, hahaha. I actually like the world that's been created here in general, with the Council, guilds, and all the magic powered devices, like the car and the pen. It's pretty creative. Erza? I thought it was Ezra this whole time. Have I really been reading it wrong this entire time? She's a right badass. I like her. Her requip magic is pretty creative. Of course her alternate outfits put her in scantily clad rpg female battle armor, haha. That first one though. Her boobs aren't even that big, come on! See, in another anime, Erza would mash people against her boobs to console them, resulting in a fan service moment that freaks out the character, but she's wearing armor, so it hurts them. That's funny! Eh, is Erza really Queen of the Fairies? Or wait, is that some kind of title? Tatiana Erza... Erza Scarlett. Natsu is called Salamander. Gray has a boring character design. Most of the other characters look cool, though. He hasn't seemed that interesting so far, but I'm liking his backstory we're getting in this Cursed Island Arc. Surely something less Engrishy than Ice Make could've been come up with? Hell, ice users often form their ice into shapes. Not sure why that needs to be specified or considered a different type of magic. His necklace looks just like the Rave Stone. Not sure what the story is there. Unsure if intentional but one of the notes on the bulletin board has what looks just like the Moon and Death Academy from Soul Eater. Could be a shoutout! Mirajane seems nice, and she's cute. Her hair is weird, though. And I hope she does more than serve drinks. The show has some stock animation sequences a la Sailor Moon and Digimon. That's fine for transformations but I hope it doesn't continue for attacks. This series definitely has Mashima's odd sense of humor, as exemplified by the ugly maids, haha. Daybreak = Dear Kaby was pretty well done. Mashima does emotional stuff like that well and it reminded me of something that might happen in Rave Master. Of course, kinda cheating on the anagram since he made up a nonsense name to make it work, heh. I thought the "wow" thing was just for cheesecake and fan service moments and whenever one of the guys was stripped down (why does Gray do that by the way?), but it's also been used for random comedy moments. I guess Mashima is having way too much fun with that sound effect, heh. Unsure what true use the clock man has but the joke where Lucy sits inside it and he repeats what she says and describes her tone, like in a book, is hilarious. Was pretty great when Natsu was doing the same thing back, heh. Most of Lucy's summons, like the crab man and cow man, seem pretty lame. I assume she'll get better ones as she goes along. Virgo at least seems to be a good start and the mermaid was powerful, though only useful in aquatic situations. Plue had some power in Rave Master, so we'll see if that carries through here. Happy is an asshole! He seems to have it out for Lucy, too! >=[ That cat needs to learn some respect! And man, if you thought Chopper had a cutesy voice, Happy takes the cake! What is that noise Happy keeps making? Any explanation as to what he is? He can talk and grow wings. Guess this world is just full of mystical creatures. Unsure why the show is called Fairy Tail, aside from what we see in the OP. Do fairies have tails in this world and will any ever appear? Obviously it's the name of the guild and a play on Fairy Tale, this show being in the fantasy genre, but the guild has to have a namesake, right? Not sure about Todd Haberkorn playing Natsu. He has a very distinctive voice and it can get annoying. Not the voice I would've imagined for Natsu. We'll see how it goes. I love Cherami Leigh as Lucy, though. She surprised me with her range when Lucy was trying to decide how to introduce herself to Fairy Tail. Lucy in general seems to be a more colorful character than Asuna so I'm sure she'll get to show off more in this role. I'm looking forward to it. The other VAs I don't have any issues with. I like these previews or whatever they are with the cute Final Fantasy-style versions of the characters. Why do Gray and Natsu always fight? I suppose they just have clashing personalities. Oh, aww, they're tsundere for each other. I loved how they were fighting and would stop as soon as Erza glanced at them, haha.

Fairy Tail Anime Discussion I noticed that the anime is currently on break right now, so I suppose this won't be usable for weekly discussion at the moment, but at the very least, it will be up for when the anime does come back. I just started watching the series, so I wanted to have a place to talk about it, as there doesn't seem to be a general anime discussion thread of sorts or anything like that, and the What Are You Watching Thread is mainly just used as a log with little actual discussion. So, I'll just be watching through the show at my own pace and posting my thoughts here as I progress through it. Anybody else is welcome to talk about old episodes or the show in general, and as I said, the thread can be used for weekly discussion when the anime returns. Seems kind of silly for me to ask people to mark spoilers, since there's no TV airing and most people will be current, and not having to do that is one of the reasons I made a dedicated thread. Marking spoilers for multi-paragraph posts is a pain. I wouldn't mind if you give a heads up if you want to discuss some spoilery content, though, and I can just scroll past those posts until I'm caught up. Can't really think of any rules that need to be given besides the general board rules, which everyone already knows. Without further ado...

I liked that Toonami played something not super-well-known, too.

It did sound familiar. Who else has Hilary Haag played?

So anyway I have decided I will be rejoining the thread, if that's okay with everyone else. New board seems as good a time as any to jump back in! Plus you guys are the last of the O.G. ADer's.