Fairy Tail Chapter 471 Discussion

-ZET- said:
AllenNoah said:


Plus we got the situation with Laxus (though to be fair, I do like how he's showing some consequence from previous actions that aren't immediately dealt with.  I feel a lot of ire against the Avatar Arc would be alleviated if Gray had to constantly take medication from Poryluscia to hold off the corruption), which basically tells me that Laxus is still so far above everyone in the arc that he needs a health condition to give a sense of tension rather than just giving him an opponent on his level.  May as well've sent him to fight Serena instead of Acnologia.

I heard about Mashima saying once in an interview that it's hard for him to give Laxus a fair fight since he's too strong, hence the reason Laxus always gets quickly out of the scene and now a handicap, that already says that Laxus is indeed way above everyone else but I just can't understand that right now with the Spriggans being as powerfull as they are and not to mention, Acnologia.



I would've preferred if Laxus was the only one capable of solo a Spriggan and everyone else needs a party of 3 or 4, and that leaves Gildarts to fight August since both of them are hyped to be the strongest of each side, but oh well...

I agree.  I thought that's what Mashima was building to when he showed up and attacked Azir.  I mean, I figured Natsu would fight Azir (he normally gets those types) and Laxus would fight August or Serena and Jellal would fight the other (probably August since they both have a wide variety of magics).  I figured Gildarts would make a Big Damn Heroes against Acno, but I'm not sure anymore.

That little bit of Nalu made my heart warm~



Serena discarded like the gimicky trash he was. Gotta love Gajeel's schtick with arresting XD



So it seems sucking up all those particles from Tempesta did have a lasting effect on Laxus after all.

Kanic said:
samisnotok said:
cloud8100 said:
samisnotok said:
cloud8100 said:
ah, Dimaria, I thought you might be kind of cool before you started tearing clothes off women. Now you're just annoying.



Still, looking forward to seeing some of the battles.



Ok so one problem i have with this is that it has been explicitly stated that Dimaria is a very seasoned war veteran. She knows what shes doing. I don't think she does this just to get a rise out of it. I think she does it to degrade the opponent and embarrass them i.e. lowering their guard and making them an easier target. Dimaria does this for a reason.



Ya, I can understand that. It just stopped making her look cool in my opinion though lol.



I like Dimaria's character honestly. That sadistic and strange desire to humiliate her opponents only killing them if she believes they'll be a pain. But she'll never kill them without toying with them. Her overconfidence will be her downfall though as she needs to start taking FT seriously or she will be defeated. Of course we have no idea what the limits of each of our beloved FT members are after the time skip but I'm sure a combo of Wendy, Chelia, Gray and Juvia would be enough. Erza could help out too considering that she alone nearly defeated one of the 12.



Seriously? You guys are interpreting it as "war tactics"? Hmmm, showing their bewbs, Sun tzu's missing chapter to perfect war.....



Ok, Let me take you seriously for a moment and ask you  a couple of questions.

If she can deliver such detailed attacks why deliver such tactic and not a finishing blow? Killing people and lowering the morale of the troops instead of giving them nosebleeds? Who's to say that said women would be embarassed anyway?



And if she really is a seasoned war veteran then why doesn't she show any other strategy..a bit more smart and plot-provoking and instead opts for something so reminiscent of Hiro's....tactics?



all I can say for sure is that Dimaria wants to play around for a little bit she'll get serious soon enough

Evarinya said:
Darklight0303 said:
omeg4 said:
Darklight0303 said:
omeg4 said:
I think acnologia will be the final boss of FT and Zeref, Natsu and the other dragon slayers will have to defeat him together.



I don't think Zeref is evil he is probably doing all this just to kill acnologia for some reason. I think it was mentioned a few chapters earlier that he helped open that gate to try and defeat acnologia. Idk why acnologia is such big a threat though. He would have been a threat if dragons were alive but now that the dragons are all dead they should just leave him alone because he has no interest in humans. Moreover the only person he killed was serena. He let the other humans live.



The reasoning for that last bit is simple. He wants to eliminate all Dragon slayers. Everyone else is as relevant as specks of dust to him.

Yes but why start a war and risk the lives of millions to save 8 dragon slayers? It is a bit stupid imo



Acnologia didn't start the war though. He decided to butt in cause he can.

Actually, Zeref went and challenged him. Talk about not letting sleeping dragons lie....



Pretty sure Zeref told Acnologia to wait for the strong opponent. Zeref was still gonna go to war for Lumen Histoire even before that

Aiyen said:
Wendy with the Dragon Force kick.



I guess Mashima won't be taking this war seriously. The enemy just allows their oppressors to regather themselves for another round the following day. Well since Mashima don't care and clearly wants to end this manga, I'll just go with the motions.



-ZET- said:
Hiro please, show us already how OP Dimaria is, if even Ajeel can have a sand attack on the size of the city, there's no way Dimaria's magic is only ripping things apart, hopefully that kick from Wendy will make her take things more serious.



Dimaria vs Erza,Kagura,Wendy and Chelia?

Pretty much my thoughts, though I think it's clear from the last few chapters the only ones that are gonna matter are Zeref and Acnologia, which is a shame because now the Spriggan seem like filler.

Laxus vs Wahl sounds cool..



Besides that, I don't expect much from Dimaria's fights, but I'm curious to see Neinhart..maybe he'll join this fight later?

[quote=Evarinya message=44551733][quote=samisnotok message=44546483]Dimaria is a very seasoned war veteran. She knows what shes doing. I don't think she does this just to get a rise out of it.making





It's because she's a seasoned veteran that she shouldn't need such cheap tricks to get the upper hand on her opponents. I think she just enjoys humiliating her female opponents like that.



More like she takes sadistic and perverted pleasure in the suffering of her foes. But I still like her for some reason lol.

Fai said:
-ZET- said:


I mean last week if we ignore the Acnologia effect, it literally was a chapter of one Spriggan taking the TOP4 WS like it was nothing, and I doubt God Serena was that stronger compared to other Spriggans if his fate was only to be destroyed by Acnologia 5 pages later, we already knew that no one can stand against Acnologia even Zeref stated that.



God Serena was strongest man on Ishgar. He was built up as THE strongest character on Spriggan side. And the only reason he got to trash around others was to hype it up when Acnologia oneshots him for no reason.



God Serana definitely wasn't the strongest in the Spriggans. I would say he was in the middle, I think.



As for this week's chapter, it was like any other. At this point of time, every Spriggan or new antagonist Mashima will introduce will feel insignificant in front of Zeref and Acnologia. But I'm still hoping the Spriggans will somehow redeem themselves.