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Gray Uchiha vs Natsu Uzumaki for a moment right there.. another dragons appearing, Igneel better explain everything..
Darklight0303 said:
Aaand the devil slayer tattoo is gone! So celebrations all around.
Cheers!!!
It's not gone...for the last time it's just deactivated for now. Look back at chapter 398 specifically. Gray turns the power on and off whenever he needs to.
Why deactivate it when he's about to destroy END? Makes no sense. And once again TATTOO POWERS ARE NEVER PERMANENT in Fairy Tail. This has been the precedent thus far.
A much as I want that to be true, Lucy still had the tattoos and obviously will still have that power.
Sadly Gray's asspull will stay.
On bright side, Gray will be fodderized by End so rejoice.
Huh? Lucy lost her tattoo ages ago @@
And yeah that's true. That's some consolation
With Lucy its probably the same thing as Gray, the tattoo just deactivates when not in use. Lucy is the most deserving of a powerup since she sacrificed something to gain it, I don't see why she would lose said power up after losing one of her celestial spirits for good.
There's no guarantee it's lost for good. Hell the new filler in the anime has the princess making keys. There could be an arc dedicated to finding the new key or making one for all we know. Lucy's spirits are too important for her to lose one for good especially one as precious to her as Aquarius
Filler arcs in the anime don't determine what is possible in the source manga (Also those are not regular celestial spirit keys used for making contracts and summoning. They're just keys for closing the gates). Also why do you think Lucy should get her spirit back? losing Aquarius was important character development for Lucy and can lead to future growth. Just because its sad doesn't mean the author should try to deus ex machina the situation just to make the character happy.
Key of the Starry sky arc was confirmed as canon though. cobra's new look matched that of the one he had in the filler arc. As well as Yukino mentioning it as the Zentopia incident. It's not about it being sad it's about taking away from a summoner's summoning pool thus cutting down on their power.
Besides remember how Loke's key APPEARED in Lucy's hand after she talked and convinced the spirit king to take him back? There's no reason why Aquarius can't do the same.
Plus the 12 celestial spirits are ONE of a kind. They are unique and it's not like Aquarius is dead. Taking out one of them permanently makes no sense
I know it was confirmed canon but those events still did little to effect the main plot of the manga, like at all. Also it was just a generally badly written filler arc, as is the current Celestial Spirit filler arc which seems aimed at being pure comedy for whatever reason. I don't take either seriously in the grand schemes of things and I don't think either lives up to the standards of Mashima's writing style. Also who cares if the Celestial Spirits of the 12 Zodiac Gates are one of a kind? Permanently writing one of them out is great drama!
No it isn't. Not when the emphases of a celestial spirit mage is to own ALL of them at some point for some legendary reason. There are only 12 golden keys in the entire world. They are not mass produced like the silver ones. That puts them at far greater importance than your average magic
Lucy can't get all of them, unless Yukino gets killed off for whatever reason which would be equally as dumb. Lucy now has acquired Aquarius' power directly, making her far more powerful. If I would have to guess, she's going to have to do this systematically one by one with all her spirits just to have a chance at survival.
Maybe the whole point of the keys in the first place was to destroy them to gain true power rather than just collecting them all? It's quite possible actually. Most of the celestial spirits have proven extremely weak in comparison with most of the main villains of the series, their truth worth might be in combining their power directly with that of a wizard.
Except that goes against the very concept of the bond between mage and spirit. And what did Lucy actually gain from destroying Aquarius. A barrier of some sorts. Wow that truly makes up for a giant tsunami that Aquarius could make if she was near enough water. Your concept is ludicrous.
We don't know the full extent of what she received, she was already near her absolute limits with magic power. Aquarius' power was to create a giant tsunami that has been utterly useless in every major conflict, and most of the time Aquarius didn't listen to Lucy. I just don't see it as some big loss, I mean I feel sorry for Lucy emotionally but she would be better off with keeping the power directly instead of having an indirect summoning.
Also again, yes it would be against a wizard and spirit bond to break the keys, but there might be that kind of sacrifice in this story. It's not like the spirits are dead, they just can't be summoned ever again. Before calling my claims ludicrous maybe you should actually think on what I'm suggesting, because they're not more silly than half the theories out there. If Hiro Mashima plans to truly deus ex machina back Aquarius' key, then that's just bad writing after all the build up and sacrifice at that moment in the arc.
