Fairy Tail Chapter 388 Discussion

Yeah, I think it's lame for a girl to cut her hair to show her determination.

Sting and Rogue saved lame Minerva.

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                        Yesssssssss, and one of my favorite guilds shows up in this chapter <3



Prepare yourself King of Hades.

Just a note to everyone- The mangapanda scans are screwed up, the last page and second to last page got mixed up.



That said, FANTASTIC chapter. I will REALLY miss Wendy's lovely hair though, I do not like those straight short cuts like that. I think it would look cuter a bit messy.

Wendy cuting her hair was a good thing, it shows that she's growing up!

Erza vs Minerva was nice to be a short fight, but i wasn't expeting that kind of resolution from Minerva.



I wonder how many long it would take to Sting and Rouge to show up, i had the felling that it would happen, and it did.



Now i want to see how Wendy is going to destroy the remaining Faces, maybe she will get help from somebody... just wondering.

I wasn't expecting Minerva to be "redeemed" so to speak that's probably not the best word and I'm a bit torn on that as it seemed both rushed and too easy. The arrival of Sting and Rogue surprised me in a good way though and I like Wendy's new hair style.

Short hair Wendy-tan... Hnnng!!! I'm also pleasantly surprised Minerva wasn't trolling when she said she was weak. nice character development.

I honestly didn't giving two damns about Minerva or her back story. I have seen or read worst both in manga and in anime. But, this chapter with further proves my point of Wendy being the only character who actually goes though a character development and doesn't drop it after the arc. And this chapter alone shows me what Hiro can do if he sat down and worked on it.

Jiemma 100% confirmed hentai.



Damn it Wendy.. Gotta miss that long hair.



Don't understand why female love cutting their hair when they find their resolve.. To get attention? To psychologically set themselves free?

Woot, Sting and Rogue show up in epic fashion! And Wendy cut her half-long hair completely now. :[ It makes sense, but I'll miss her long hair look. Nice resolve there though for sure.

I miss Erza's re-equipping abilities. Don't even remember the last time she used a different armour.

Well, this arc so far has been incredibly strong in character development - both Wendy and Lucy got some very life-altering experiences that will influence their characters a lot, making them into stronger and more self-assured people.



I laugh even more at the people who claim FT has no character development. THis shit RUNS ON IT.





Great to see Sting And Rogue there again.

Part of me fears that this is the time and place when Future-Rogue's prophecy of about his past/rogue'sfuture will come into play

antonn said:
Oh look I changed, time to cut my hair. Dumbest cliche in the history of mankind.



Asian cultures have a LOT of beliefs connected to specifically eyes and hair. If eyes are soul, then hair, for lack of better comparison is personal qualities. The importance of Hair stems from both the local folklore AND from Buddhist mythology, namely Siddhartha.



Hair is synonimous with status in society - samurai would wear their hair in a pony tail - and if they were to decide to change their path, they would have to cut it.



Cutting one's hair means  changing one's direction.



Hair and its length, in japan represents "feminine" qualities.  A yamato nadeshiko stereotype is always depicted with long, straight black  hair, as definition of it representing the top of feminine nature - "kami wa onna no inochi" - woman's hair represents her life and its associations.



Thus a woman cutting her hair has the double as strong meaning - not only she is changing her path, she is also rejecting the feminine canotations of weakness an inherent medieval sexism brings to her "role".



Saying its "cliche" is like saying "samurai carrying swords is cliche", saying that "actors wearing masks/make-up in kabuki is cliche" or laughing at the fact that chinese wuxia genre has parkour-like floating.  Its the core element of eastern narrative fiction.





Mod Edit: Removed baiting.

Fuck yeah the twin dragons!!!!



Poor Minerva... I guess Sting still wouldn't mind to tap that.



Short hair Wendy gets my MOE stamp of approval!!!!