Fairy Tail Chapter 526 Discussion

blfan said:
Quite a serve there, though a serve about half way thought the chapter. So Zeref's true son was August. That mean the top Sprriggens, August and Irene they have blood connections to some of the main characters. Natsu and Erza, and even though she is not a main character but Mavis as well.



And the truth Zeref he never knew. Larcade was just another one of Zeref's book of demons, who we have seen him treat like crap before, still doesn't make it cool.



And don't worry about Gildarts, I am sure in the few chapter it will just be a flesh wound, Wendy brought Juvia back form the dead, so I think Gildarts will be fine.



So August is defeated or close to be defeated, and they hinted Lucy could have beating him if giving the chance, because she was a bad match up for August, which I don't mind, I like sometimes it is not about power, it is about match ups.



Looking back, did August have any interaction with Mavis at all.



Have to give for Hiro for this serve that I did not see coming till very late.



i mean shounens man, villains gotta have muh connection to main character





also someone explain august's magic to me pls

Damn, I did not see that coming. Thought Larcade was the real son all this time.

It's moments like this that FT shines brightest. If only the author would give up on the plot armor & ecchi parts FT would have been a masterpiece instead of the bullshit that it currently is, especially since the war arc started

Milennin said:
Was hoping we'd see more of August's powers. If he knows all the magic in the world, you'd think he'd have some more tricks up his sleeve.



He doesn't know all the magic it the world, it just appeared that was because he was able to copy the magic people used against him.



Busti-chan said:
And by the way, Lucy is not a bad matchup for August. Sure, he can't copy her summoning of the spirits, but he can still copy the magic of the spirits themselves. Gildarts was just using Lucy as an example of how August can't emulate holder-type magic without the item, just like Lucy can't summon spirits without her keys.



Gildarts was referring to Star Dress magic where the key holder places the key into their chest gaining the powers of that celestial spirt which is a holder type magic.



Also Aquarius and Leo both use hold type magic themselves. Leo with his Ring and Aquarius with her jug of water.

Damn, best chapter in a long time. Did not expect this plottwist O_o.



Gildarts and Cana vs August is one of  the best fight thus far of this arc.



Manga is coming to an end, especially with all the FT memories in front of the chapters :(

so August is the real child of Zeref and Mavis huh

while Larcade is just another demon from the books of Zeref

gosh all of 12 spriggan are a bunch of weaklings...

i'm expecting them to be stronger than this

Very good chapter in my opinion, didn't see that plot twist coming. I just hope August isn't down, it would kinda ruin what he said about only being able to lose to his mother.



And I kinda think that people don't really get what August's magic is all about. He's not the typical "I beat you with your own moves" copy cat.

His ability copies and negates most magic that is used against him. That means that for one, it's a great defensive tool. Also, the copied magic gets added to his "collection", and since he is quite old that means (as it has been said before) that he has by now probably mastered most of the magic in the world.

Also the chapter showed us that the claims of some people that August can only fight people with the same magic that they use is wrong. He used Jellal's meteor spell against Gildarts, and if that isn't proof enough then please remember how he used a shield spell to save Ajeel from Laxus blast, neither of which use barriers.



All in all i think it is a fitting (and quite broken) ability for the King of Magic, not only did it allow him to master more magic than anyone else over time, it also aids him in case that some kind of magic that he still hasn't seen is used by negating it and adding it to his arsenal, thus making him even stronger.



And by the way, Lucy is not a bad matchup for August. Sure, he can't copy her summoning of the spirits, but he can still copy the magic of the spirits themselves. Gildarts was just using Lucy as an example of how August can't emulate holder-type magic without the item, just like Lucy can't summon spirits without her keys.