Fairy Tail Chapter 488 Discussion

Aiyen said:
Female readers cried to the melodramatic bullshit in this chapter lol

Lol ikr, now we need juvia to die xD; she was always a trash character. Still wish it was Levi who died, gajeel was a much better character

Acnologia said that there are on 6 left now, which either means he is dead for good, or he actually is in the underworld dimension.



I really liked the first half of the chapter, it was one of the best emotional parts so far in the manga.

Hmm, It feels 50/50 at this point , having read this manga for so long a MC death doesn't seem apparent, especially when there have been deaths before in the series and they magically returned. Also the author does have a tendency of letting people think his characters are dead but then eventually they return. I see ppl compare him to musica from race master but musica didn't die, his lover did, also the lover was initially part of the bad guys so her death was more so fodder to make him stronger. No MC has died in this man's series, and I doubt that at he'll start doing it now, heck, I cant even see natsu being killed off and he's basically  connected to main villian. It was touching to see gajeel x levy moments. Basically confirmed Canon now. So I actually hope he returns since I'm a sucker for romance.

Chaos_Harbinger said:
Cejara said:
Crazy chapter. So Gajeel died, but we all know he will come back somehow. Maybe the Celestial Spirit King goes to the underworld to save him (considering his former beef with the underworld) and transfers him to the spirit world where he becomes a key for Lucy; we all know some stupid loophole like this is going to happen lol.



I have to give it to Mest actually doing the right thing. I mean its a freaking war and now Brandish is team Fairy Tail through the power of friendship and she was going to do the same thing to August. Mest was smart on not taking ANY chances whatsoever. August could have been bluffing for all they know. Also they are all pissed at him for making a smart move, but when they do some dumb shit all the time its because they did it for their nakama's and no one can question it. Double standard much?



Either way I can't wait for this countdown to be over to see if END really does show up. I want to see Irene and Acno fight too, but we all know she is going to get killed by him. The rightful fight will between Zeref, Natsu/END, and Acno at the end.



Again, I'll repeat it -.-. Gajeel didn't go to any underworld, his body was literally grind to particles.





Doesn't matter either way, Hiro will find a way. One magic = love, levy loves Gajeel so much and the particles are made up of magic that somehow he rematerializes through one magic lol. You know something dumb like this is going to happen whatever the means of it will be.

Ahoy_NATO said:
Also wanted to throw in for all the people out there doubting Gajeel's death, I have a strong, STRONG feeling he really is dead since Achnologia said sensed his death and removed him from the count of remaining dragon slayers. Also if the rest of FT doesn't get animated I'm going to be so depressed because GaLe deserves nothing less than a fully animated, full soundtracked farewell. Also think it's SUPER important to note the Achnologia refers to them as "Dragons" and not dragon slayers, which probably means they have the power to turn into dragons like him. The Japanese are so articulate with word choice and what they say, so when Achnologia uses dragon to describe them it must mean something. I also would like to say I'm a bit disappointed that the next chapter isn't "The One Magic" because I was really hoping we were going to learn what "The One Magic" was from August/Eileen.



Not the first time someone senses somebody "dying" when it did not happen.

Not the first time an actual death is undone either.

SKP138 said:
frostmourn said:
SKP138 said:
Chaos_Harbinger said:
SKP138 said:
I won't believe Gajeel is dead until I see a corpse. I'm sure he will some how be alive again. That's what I thought when a certain someone dies in Rave Master and comes back in dumb way. Regardless, that whole scene with Gajeel and Levy was heart breaking none the less.



Except that we can't see a body because Gajeel's body broke down into particles.



5/5 out of this chapter :D.



That's why I said I don't believe he is actually dead. Unless there is a body out there that isn't breathing and moving anymore, I don't believe he's actually dead. He's probably still alive somehow knowing how Hiro works.

Reina's body want shown either, either way I'm just hoping he stays dead even though he is one of my favourites



Well you got me there but she wasn't really a major character to begin with. Also Gajeel still has no idea that he's from the past, he simply can't die without knowing that.



So wasn't Gajeel. He was an important side character, not a main/major character. But anyways, let's see :).

apollo13z said:
Hmm, It feels 50/50 at this point , having read this manga for so long a MC death doesn't seem apparent, especially when there have been deaths before in the series and they magically returned. Also the author does have a tendency of letting people think his characters are dead but then eventually they return. I see ppl compare him to musica from race master but musica didn't die, his lover did, also the lover was initially part of the bad guys so her death was more so fodder to make him stronger. No MC has died in this man's series, and I doubt that at he'll start doing it now, heck, I cant even see natsu being killed off and he's basically  connected to main villian. It was touching to see gajeel x levy moments. Basically confirmed Canon now. So I actually hope he returns since I'm a sucker for romance.



Also Rave master had actually competent writing in terms of threat level. And the situations of threat were not preceded by 50 chapters of everyone and their  mother getting asspull saved.





Its narrative 101 - if you shit on consequences of death or harm, nobody will take possible death or harm seriously. The only way Mashima can shit on consequences more is to go DBZ level and introduce an actual afterlife people can port in and out of, thus reducing consequence of harm or death to literally "does this character have a halo now or not?!"

Pretty decent chapter. A bit too much cheesy drama for my liking. Good death for a character that I don't care much about in Gajeel. Hopefully he stays dead.