metsujin said:
If Mashima wanted, he could let Gajeel be dead, and that 'the fact that this is FT...' bit, is dumb.
He COULD.
But so far literally everything in this arc points otherwise.
Personally I do think Gajeel will be brought back, how? Probably with Brandish's help, because it seems Gajeel's body was turned into particles, and her magic manipulates mass, so it won't be a asspull. Or he could stay dead.
Or Gildartz who can assemble and disasemble shit into particles.
Or any other randomly appearing character out of nowhere AKA how it happened with Urtear.
Also you're hyping up Tartaros too much, the fights were arguably the same as here, they followed the same patterns, and this arc had it's fair share of good moments.
Its all in the build up.
Tartaros used its build up phase to establish the Demon Gates as formidable and threatening villains and upset the status quo.
Spriggan arc spent time showing us Brandish barking like a dog, characters being oneshotted by Erza upon their introduction, One of strongest most hyped up characters getting oneshoted by acnologia seconds after appearance, one of badguys being defeated, LITERALLY, by fanservice, various consequences(from both this arc and tartaros, including one of the most emotional moments of Lucy's) being handwaved away by things coming up out of nowhere and a character literally coming back from the dead for a while via bullshit excuse to counter the enemy, while that enemy was too busy cutting people's clothes off for amusement instead of actual damage. Oh and Lucy's character storyline and mystery of her family literally ending to be an asspull for Nasu's sake.
All shonen manga use the same tropes. But how they are done and the build up is what matters.
