Fairy Tail Chapter 471 Discussion

I don't think Wendy's at any risk of being 'stripped' by Dimaria. Mashima has been pretty good about keeping Wendy fanservice to a minimum. So either Wendy isn't her 'type', or she'll start fighting seriously.



It was kind of left up in the air during the Avatar arc regarding whether or not she could go full Dragon Force at will, and this chapter more or less proves she can -- she was only pulling on a little of it's power during Avatar as evident by the fact that she didn't grow the wing pieces she has now and had during the Ezel battle.



But we probably won't see more of that battle for a couple of chapters. There are a lot of FT members on that front and only two Spriggan, so it's possible the Sky Sisters won't fight alone against Dimaria. So for now lets just see what happens with Laxus.

All you people who are bothered by Wendy being able to punch Dimaria mustn't have noticed that even using Dragon Force there she did little more than just annoy her. Dimaria was too focused on killing Sherria and in her pride, made the rookie mistake of not paying attention to her surroundings. But it's true that "Valkyrie" hasn't done much more than offer us some unwanted fanservice.

  We haven't seen enough of the Spriggans to start saying "Ugh. They were overhyped. They're actually all weak as hell." In fact, from what little we have seen, they are far from weak.

  Although, with Acnologia now in the picture, everyone and everything else seem like sideshows.

Bluazing said:
Poor Chelia. That Dragon Force kick though!



And Laxus's condition is gonna be his undoing.



Someone jog my memory. Who's Beth again?



Farm girl looking girl in Kagura's guild

-ZET- said:
Maybe we're just getting impatient...



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.



Right now both Dimaria and Wahl are in the same position as Ajeel was in the last page of chapter 446 when Natsu punched his face, everyone freaked out and said that Ajeel was already done and the Spriggans are just a bunch of overrated, yet the guy easily recovered and almost killed Erza and just by that "almost" some people actually think he had delivered his hype.



"This is war, we need some deaths"

Sure but this is also "Fairy Tail" where good guys win fights only by shouting "FRIENDSHIP", so please wake up and noticed that already, there's no way the author will suddenly change the manga and start killing people left and right, what he can do is kill some side characters like Makarov simply because right now the guy is just useless and since Phantom Lord arc Makarov has always been on the verge of death.



In my opinion, I don't believe the Spriggans need to kill in order to deliver their hype but just like what Serena did to the WS, just show how powerful you really are to the point the other characters get hopeless, I still have faith in both Dimaria and Wahl, but that surely has a limit since this is FT we're talking about.

I will say that Serena was a step in the right direction once we got to see him fight (actually showing a character in action generates hype, how 'bout that?) although that right step ended up being on a landmine in the end (I know he's Acnologia, but that's the problem.  He didn't need any extra hype and all it did was show just how little the Twelve matter in the scheme of things).  



I think the main issue with Badd and DiMaria is that there was an opportunity to fight against legitimate opponents (Kagura and Lyon, two swordswomen and two mages that build things to fight), but instead DiMaria opted for fanservice and Badd crouched on a roof like he was Spider-Man casting magic missiles of dubious effectiveness (Seriously is Beth dead or not?  If she isn't, then I lose faith in Badd as a mage, since that means he couldn't kill her with a direct hit that she showed no ability to defend against.  But if she isn't then I lose faith in Mashima as a writer, since that means he decided that the post-battle camp scene would be better served focusing on fanservice than the guild's reaction to a dead member).

gajeel cheesy line was embarrassing I almost cried, but Wendy's last appearance sure came in handy.

AllenNoah said:
MartintheDragon said:
parallelzero said:
I don't think Wendy's at any risk of being 'stripped' by Dimaria. Mashima has been pretty good about keeping Wendy fanservice to a minimum. So either Wendy isn't her 'type', or she'll start fighting seriously.



It was kind of left up in the air during the Avatar arc regarding whether or not she could go full Dragon Force at will, and this chapter more or less proves she can -- she was only pulling on a little of it's power during Avatar as evident by the fact that she didn't grow the wing pieces she has now and had during the Ezel battle.



But we probably won't see more of that battle for a couple of chapters. There are a lot of FT members on that front and only two Spriggan, so it's possible the Sky Sisters won't fight alone against Dimaria. So for now lets just see what happens with Laxus.



Please, for the love of God. Don't employ fanservice of Wendy or Chelia. I'm begging you, Mashima.

Um...a bit late for that?  Remember Natsu melting Chelia's clothes two arcs ago?  Wendy's bdsm outfit from the omake?  Wendy's ass shot from the ova?



What OVA? If it's the Ryuuzetsu Land one, that's all on the anime staff, since in the chapter it wasn't like that. And what omake? The punishment one?



I noticed that when it comes to fanservice for girls, those who are aged 15/16+ usually are the victims in most anime & manga.

AllenNoah said:
(Seriously is Beth dead or not?  If she isn't, then I lose faith in Badd as a mage, since that means he couldn't kill her with a direct hit that she showed no ability to defend against.  But if she isn't then I lose faith in Mashima as a writer, since that means he decided that the post-battle camp scene would be better served focusing on fanservice than the guild's reaction to a dead member).



Beth  ( and few other ppl from LS as well)  should take a direct hit from it attack . and as you say if they survive it will be really show Badd as one of the 12 strongest wizards that he's attack can be stop by average mage that isn't even defend from it .. if they dead well i agree as well because it shows MH and LS that they don't even care about fallen members ...

i Can see a DeathFlag on Laxus, i hope he doesnt die, he is just so badass, he's like the big bro caractère, protecting everyone from behind the scenes, still waiting gor Gildartz appearence and Natsu's waking up :D and Nalu's moment was great eventho it was short xd