Fairy Tail Chapter 468 Discussion

From the start, it was stated that Layla died by being ill. So why you guys will expect for something bigger? Opening that gate alone with one missing key was a sad and unlucky story for Layla.



It lack of panels. As you can see, they are just flashbacks. And flashbacks do not tell the whole story. So chill. Maybe for someday, we can still have new stories for Layla. Specially she is one of the mages that opened the "one magic" thing in this series (the other one was purehito). Specially her ending. If she is alive, if she met Zeref in the end, or something bigger.



Well for me, I still expect that somehow Layla is alive. Or something like that. (this is my own expectation k? haha)

why layla opened the door without the key ?

can't she waited for brandish's mother to return ?

they didn't say there is a time limit for that.

metsujin said:
So read the translation... and its nice, wonder what did Aquarius wanted to say before she was intrerupted by Happy... Zoldeo later becomes 'bad' so Layla's death was the cause of that huh.



Indeed,



After what I just saw and remember about Zoldeo, it came to me. His action in this chapter, the chapter cover, and how he seemed to actually care for Layla (stabbing Brandish's mother because of it) hints that Zoldeo probably wasn't really a bad person. This event (Layla's death and what he did) was what probably got Zoldeo to become corrupt and twisted, and eventually join Grimiore Heart.



Quite a sad character if you think about it. He's still a dick, but a sad one.



It's like Sasuke in Naruto or Daemon Spade from Reborn. They were good individuals, but because someone they loved/cared for died, they become corrupted and antagonistic.

So looks like the happy moment was ruined by Happy's moment. Oh well

I really hope Aquarius tells us what she was about to say.. and i didn't see that coming at the end with natsu, is it because Zeref damaged the book or both power and the book.

That wound shouldn't have healed so easily it was a pretty big hole for a book :p



Does Natsu even function normally when zeref erased some rules about natsu himself with his shot 0.0 (Probably healed the book, or just damaged natsu only, don't think he would go so far as to say because this rule is erased natsu can/can't use:.... that would be even more random as that shot to the arm: you are a member of Fairy Tail! ;O shoots at arm> see i just put this emblem on your shoulder but i tell you you always where a member.. no really!

Fai said:
AllenNoah said:
Fai said:
MCAL said:
There's no point in trying to figure out anything from the Eclipse gate, because Mashima has shown consistently he has had zero idea what to do with any plot elements from the grand magic games arc. Minerva, Jiemma, Gray killing Frosch, the Eclipse gate. Has any of these had some sort of satisfactory explanation or resolution?



Minerva conclusion was okay. Otherwise trainwreck.



Its more like Mashima lost control of the plot after Tartaros.

Even the part where Porlyusica cured her demonization?  I figured that'd be an issue with you.



That's an issue with Avatar arc.

I fully expected Gray to freak out at her(come on - devilslayer magic going wonky and a half demon in presence) or something.

That's not what I meant.  According to a Q&A, Porlyusica cured her deminozation at the end of the Tartaros Arc.  That's why she was normal when she got back to Sabertooth.

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?

metsujin said:
Fai said:
- The  most predictable outcome to Brandish story. Yay for face heel turn that feels completely undeserved. Well I guess Brandish was treated like trash the whole arc so oh well.

- Completely and utterly disappointing Layla backstory. What the hell was that? Seriously Mashima? You made us wait 468 chapters for crappy reason of death like that?

- Completely troll ending. Natsu's just hungry ain't he? I Fully expect shit like this now. Thanks Mashima.



Annnd the manga rating gets droped one more point for me.



This arc is such a massive disappointing mess so far. Such a contrast with Tartaros arc quality writing. Everything feels forced and completely and utterly random. What the hell happened, Mashima? Even Grand Magic Games did not feel this awful.



How is Layla giving up her life for the greater good lame?



Its completely and utterly predictable.

Her death was one of THE biggest mysteries of fairy tail ever since it was first brought up. Its something fans wondered and specualted about. Layla was a figure shrouded in mystery. An enigma.

And yet in the end, 400 chapters latter, that became nothing but a pisspoor plot device for Natsu plotline. There's no mystery in the end. No pay off. She literally died as an afterthought to explain Natsu  being from 400 years ago. It does ZIP for Lucy's development, which is complete and utter contrast with how Natsu's search for Igneel impacted the story.  It literally feels like "Oh I forgot to write about this" afterthought.