Fairy Tail Chapter 468 Discussion

AllenNoah said:
Darklight0303 said:
Fai said:
Darklight0303 said:


Wahl  can always just make the cannon again and fire another shot and then the guild would be vaporized. But he's busy fighting in Hargeon right now.



that kind of describes the problem with this arc.



The so called "strongest wizards of the world" COULD be causing actual damage and showing why this is a war, but majority of them just end up fucking around or even worse, barking like dogs(yes this whole trainwreck with brandish makes it incredibly  hard to take this arc seriously)



It would be "meh" if we did not have Tartaros arc where a far less powerful force actually managed to make a lot more impact than a whole continent so far.



Tartaros didn't nuke Bosco off the face of the map.



Dimaria isn't messing up and Wahl has yet to be genuinely threatened by anyone. Then there's the guy Yukino met with who has been killing her guildies left and right apparently. You are jumping to conclusions before this arc has even started in earnest.



Brandish became an uncertainty the moment she started going wobbly lipped over a destroyed stand. Doesn't matter how cool she acted after that, it was her true character at the core.

They did nuke Fairy Tail/Magnolia itself however, which is more important than a city that we've never seen and was only mentioned once.  And the only reason that didn't work is because Cana met Sho offpanel and he said "Wanna see a magic trick?"



Bosco is not a city. It's an entire kingdom

AllenNoah said:
Darklight0303 said:
AllenNoah said:
Darklight0303 said:
Fai said:
Darklight0303 said:


Wahl  can always just make the cannon again and fire another shot and then the guild would be vaporized. But he's busy fighting in Hargeon right now.



that kind of describes the problem with this arc.



The so called "strongest wizards of the world" COULD be causing actual damage and showing why this is a war, but majority of them just end up fucking around or even worse, barking like dogs(yes this whole trainwreck with brandish makes it incredibly  hard to take this arc seriously)



It would be "meh" if we did not have Tartaros arc where a far less powerful force actually managed to make a lot more impact than a whole continent so far.



Tartaros didn't nuke Bosco off the face of the map.



Dimaria isn't messing up and Wahl has yet to be genuinely threatened by anyone. Then there's the guy Yukino met with who has been killing her guildies left and right apparently. You are jumping to conclusions before this arc has even started in earnest.



Brandish became an uncertainty the moment she started going wobbly lipped over a destroyed stand. Doesn't matter how cool she acted after that, it was her true character at the core.

They did nuke Fairy Tail/Magnolia itself however, which is more important than a city that we've never seen and was only mentioned once.  And the only reason that didn't work is because Cana met Sho offpanel and he said "Wanna see a magic trick?"



Bosco is not a city. It's an entire kingdom





Interesting.  Where's that from?

Also, my point still stands that it's a place we've never seen and know nothing about besides they practice human trafficking (or a really aggressive modelling industry) over there.  Without knowledge of its military or mage calibur I can't see destroying Bosco as an impressive feat..  It was shocking, for sure, but it didn't make me think "Albareth ain't nuthin' to fuck with," know what I mean?



Kanic said:
Sooo Arakitashia is USA?

(XD) Subtle, very subtle.

I figured it was supposed to be the Middle East at first.



It's from one of the earlier Tankoubon volumes. Just someone colored it.



That is all baseless nitpicking on your part at this point.

Ok chapter. I think Zeref will team up with Natsu to defeat Acnologia in the end. Despite what has happened in the prevoius chapters I don't think Zeref is a bad guy.

Natsu probably just exerted himself. Even if it is something serious his plot armor will protect him. Overall 3/5.

AllenNoah said:
Another thought occurs: If a Aquarius, and by extension possibly every other Zodiac Spirit plus the King, know about Eclipse, Zeref and Anco...why did they say/do nothing during the GMG when Arcadios and Hisui explained their plan?



Sworn to secrecy?  It's a thing

Darklight0303 said:
AllenNoah said:
Another thought occurs: If a Aquarius, and by extension possibly every other Zodiac Spirit plus the King, know about Eclipse, Zeref and Anco...why did they say/do nothing during the GMG when Arcadios and Hisui explained their plan?



Sworn to secrecy?  It's a thing

Why?  What's the harm in saying, "Hey, this is how the gate actually works.  You're using it wrong."  If anything given the circumstances, secrecy would be the worst choice to make, because the alternative is a massive dragon invasion.

Now I wonder what'll Brandish do after know the truth. Will she stay an enemy?



What I want to know more is the Heartfilia family.



What I think what happened to Natsu can be cause Igneel power left him, his book was damaged or something happened with Zeref.

Fai said:
Darklight0303 said:
AllenNoah said:
ExtraCheeky said:
Now she's... this? Literally ever since the Lucy and Brandish plot line initiated, her character is dropping bit by bit. She's slowly losing her original charm. The Spriggan 12 are absolute trash and didn't live up to their name. Natsu is being dumb as per usual. This is a fucking war yet it feels like no one is dying. The atmosphere feels like every single other arc.

I think that's the issue I have with this "war" compared to the Tartaros Arc.  There's a distinct lack of tension and suspense here.  I mean, last chapter Badd shot Beth from Mermaid Heel dead on with a rocket, and no one even entertains the possibility of her or the nameless fodder that were also hit being dead.  Not to mention we've had three Spriggans lose already and not a single one has actually achieved anything this war.



I'll say what I said after they fended off the first wave: When you have a background character shout "What now, Zeref?" and get no repercussions for it I can't help but feel something is wrong.



Three spriggans? ARe you seriously considering Wahl's puppet as a spriggan? The only one who was actually defeated and even that is not fully certain, he might come back, is Ajeel



Brandish took a bath, got knocked out, strangled, turned into Lucy's pet doggy.

Ajeel got teamrocketed by "Because She's Erza"

Wahl's main ability got rekt by fucking Ichiya....

Another spriggan is too busy cutting clothes off people instead of doing anything that actually matters.



Now let me remind you that each of those people are supposed to rival ten wizard saints in power....



Yet, I am sorry but so far they feel more like "filler enemy guild of the week" moments in the anime adaptation than a genuine threat. Especially after how efficient and ruthless Tartaros was.  By this far into Tartaros, we already had people like Jackal blowing up the council and destroying things, etc, laxus down, Mira and Erza kidnapped, Erza tortured, etc.



Magnolia's stills standing, nothing on note has happened, yet brandish already got humiliated and turned into a joke and Lucy already lost her entire plot(should have guessed that when Lucy's "major fight" ended up being a bath and then knocking brandish out with fucking cana), not to mention her character development("let's free the person who can destroy islands and hates my guts because we took a bath!!~ Hi Aquarius!")



Dare I say, this feels no different from Avatar "arc"



Wahl's main ability? That was the puppet's main ability. Look at the freakin cannon he shot at Fairy Tail. You do not count a remote controled puppet gettign destroyed as defeating Wahl when everything he's done since has done WAY MORE DAMAGE

so Brandish may turn to the good side after all, and damn Aquarius has more to say but they are interrupted by Happy, but welp Natsu looks in danger anyway



and also glad they explain how Aquarius exist again, so her new key is just recently formed, i wonder if Lucy will look for it