Since this anime is really long, I decided to just post whenever and I will combine them all later. For now, there are just multiple posts.
Problem: the only thing consistent about powers is that they are totally inconsistent in this show!!! Come on. Spirits have popped out of their own free will when Lucy was in trouble before, but only when the writer wants them too. Basically, there is no set of rules that decides when they will choose to do this, it's just completely random. Loki was all protective and stuff and now Lucy is about to be executed and he is no where to be found, wtf? The clock appeared to keep her from being sucked in to the Anima thingy, but when she is going to be executed, no one shows up? Why are things so inconsistent in this show!
And like ooo Mistogen and Lauxus are so powerful, oh wait, no nvm, there is this guy who has been gone three years but who is actually the most powerful. Make up your mind! There was like no mention of this guy before. When the master was considering who could take over, this guy never even came up. Seriously, I know the writer isn't some street poor amateur so can we please get some consistency in here! Sometimes it feels like that game where a bunch of people sit in a circle and one person starts making up a story then passes it on to the next person who makes up the next part, etc. Would we like to introduce something else totally random. Perhaps we can make a new ability that only shows up at complete randomness.
Okay, so perhaps not the best start to this new tale of an adventure the Fairy Tail wizards have, but it does get better, sorta. The beginning kind of went over my head. I'm not sure if it was just too much to make sense of, or if I just wasn't interested enough to bother. I'll sort of sum up the events for you. Basically, the characters get sucked into another world, Edous, where magic is limited and only exists within items, not ones body. Most of the guild is trapped inside a giant rock, with the exception of the dragon slayers and Lucy who was saved by one of her spirits. Mistogen gives Gajeel and Lucy a special pill before throwing them into this other world. The pill allows them to use their magic in Edos. Wendy and Natsu don't meet with Mistogen before traveling to Edos by flying cats, and therefor cannot use their magic when they get there. (Typical, two of the strongest characters are the ones who can't use their strength. ) Carla, Wendys cat, reveals that she and Happy are actually from Edos, and they were sent to Earth-Land on a mission. Happy has no memory of any of this. Carla decides to abandon her mission and take Natsu and Wendy to Edos to find their guild friends. While searching for their guild, they stumble on a guild with the same name and people as their Fairy Tail. Turns out, Edos is kind of like an opposite world to Earth-Land (where Natsu and the others are from). In Edos, many of the characters are simply opposites of their Earth-Land lookalikes. Others, however, are much the same. In Edos, due to lack of magic supply, all the magic guilds have been disbanded, except Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail remains as an illegal dark guild. After realizing this Fairy Tail isn't the one they are looking for, Natsu, Wendy, and the two cats leave for the Royal city to save their friends who have become Lacrama. They have to hurry though because it won't be long before their friends get turned into magic energy. They meet up with Lucy on their way and find out she can use her celestial spirits still, but not why.
After arriving in the Royal city, Carla starts "remembering" how the castle is set up, even though she has never been there before. She comes up with a plan to sneak into the castle. Unfortunately, it was a trick, and without meaning to, Carla accomplishes her mission and the two dragon slayers and Lucy are captured. Carla and Happy are brought to a place where their kind, called Exceeds, exists. Supposedly, the Exceeds are above the humans. Rumor is, they decide which humans live and which humans die. Here, The two cats are congratulated on completing their mission. When it is understood that Carla and Happy don't really understand what their mission was, it is explained to them. Apparently, a hundred Exceed eggs were sent to Earth-Land to kill the dragon slayers. Happy was supposed to kill Natsu and Carla was supposed to kill Wendy. However, plans were changed and the cats were supposed to be "reprogrammed" to capture the dragon slayers instead. Apparently, changing the plans from such a distance had unforeseen effects, including Happy's loss of all knowledge of the mission. Because the plans changed from kill to capture, it caused the cats to desire to protect the dragon slayers, which at least in Carla and Happy's case, bonded them to the dragon slayers. After learning their true purpose, Carla and Happy flee the Exceeds kingdom.
Meanwhile, Gajeel is also on Edos and finds the Edos version of himself. Working together they manage to free Grey and Erza from the Lacrama. The cats, Erza, and Grey meet up inside the castle and help free Natsu, Wendy, and Lucy. Afterwards they give Natsu and Wendy the pills so the two can use their powers. Unfortunately for them, time is running out. A dragon chain cannon is about to be fired at the lacrama that is their friends, to send the thing into the Exceeds kingdom and destroy both. In doing so, the power of the Earth-Land people and the power of the Exceeds is supposed to increase. After several battles and a clever trick, Erza, Natsu, and Grey end up in the control room. Unfortunately, they are not able to change the direction of the cannon and it hits the lacrama driving it towards the Exceeds. In a desperate attempt to save their friends and the Exceeds, Natsu, Erza, and Grey try to stop the Lacrama by pushing with their bare hands. Go figure, it doesn't really work. Fortunately, Wendy has gone to warn the Exceeds and when the Exceeds find out the humans are trying to destroy them, the Queen reveals the truth about herself and her abilities. The Exceeds band together and help push the Lacrama and eventually suceed. Then there is a bunch of fighting. The Edos Fairy Tail shows up to help, Erza fights the other Erza for a second time, etc. The three dragon slayers end up fighting a fake dragon (how many fake dragons are they going to fight in this series?) that is controled by the king.
Then everything goes Code Geass. Well the idea is basically the same. Mystogen, who is actually an Edos prince who was in hiding, decided that he will use the same method that took Earth-Lands Fairy Tail in reverse to drain all the power from Edos. His hope is that without the magic in Edos, the fighting can end. Why I say it goes Code Geass is because Mystogen (whos real name is Jellal by the way) decides he will sacrafice himself for peace basically the same way Lelouch does in Code Geass. His plan is for an old friend to take him out in front of the public, point him out as the reason for their loss of magic, and execute him. Basically, make him the bad guy and take the blame for all the bad, then kill him so everyone can have peace. Sound familiar? Well, in this case, his friend doesn't go along and offers to revearse the roles. Before they can make a decision, Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy come to the rescue.
Now how the hell they figured out what was going on and what needed to be done, I don't know.
((((Side note- it took me this long, till episode 94, to realize the connection between Mystogen and Jellal was that Mystogen was the Edos version of Earth-land Jellal, only he had taken on the name Mystogen when he came to Earth-land to hide and close the Anima. It seriously took me this long to figure out how the hell two people who looked a like and had the same name were not the same person. Mystogen was originally from Edos, we found this out episodes ago. We also know that everyone from Earth-land has a lookalike in Edos quite a while ago. So where was my brain?)))))) Back to before, how they knew what was going on, I don't know. Natsu decided he would make himself the "sacrifice". He stood on a roof and told the people of Edos that he was a demon. He wore a costume to help convince them and breathed fire. Wendy and Gajeel were on the street saying they were demons too. The three told everyone that they were the cause of the magic being drained from Edos and set it up so that Mystogen/Jellal and his friend wouldn't have to sacrifice anything and Mystogen/Jellal could be the hero. Jellal "beat" Natsu in a fist fight. We don't really know what happened to them after that because the reverse Anima sucked all the Earth Land people up and back to Earth Land. It also took the Exceeds since they were magical and the Anima was taking everything magical. After that, we learned the Exceeds lied.....again. There was never a mission to destroy dragon slayers; it was an attempt to save the children because the queen prophesied the fall of the Exceed kingdom.
Everyone arrives safely back on Earth-Land. The guild members who were in the Lacrama have no memory of it. Gajeel gets a cat of his own, turns out the dude is a major softy. Well, he is when it comes to jealousy and cats anyway. His cat found a strange person though which turns out to be none other than Lasala. I'm sure I spelled that wrong along with a lot of other things too. I'm not going to look up how to spell every little thing. Anyway, turns out Lasala never died. She got sucked into a random Anima and replaced the one in Edolas who did die. The reverse Anime brought her back to Earth-Land and we have a happy ending.
Only parts of the story were interesting to me. The plot twists weren't very smooth, and honestly, you can only put a certain amount in before it starts getting old. Basically, being unpredictable becomes predictable. Not only did it feel like there were a few too many, but like I said, they weren't smooth. They felt somewhat confusing or they required a lot of explaining. It was kind of like the first bit was already written then the writer decides to try to pull off a plot twist. It isn't set up for the plot twist and it means a lot of explaining. I think a few less surprises would have been more effective.
There were several cliche bits in my opinnion. Note, I'm not saying cliches are bad, especially since they are nearly unavoidable, just saying they exist. You have the guy who says he's trying to make the world a better place but in reality he is an insane guy whos power hungry and bent on changing the world all the wrong ways. You also have the guy who realizes a sacrifice on which all the blame for the bad things is placed is the way to fix things. It's a less common one but I've seen it done enough times.
It's not the most amazing story of the series, but it's okay. It has it's share of touching, sad, comical, and memorable moments. Even though it's not the most exciting story in my opinion, it does further the development of the characters in an important way. Of course, that's only after you sort out everything that is revealed.
On a side note, I GET IT!! Wait, nvm, I forgot what I got.
Problem: the only thing consistent about powers is that they are totally inconsistent in this show!!! Come on. Spirits have popped out of their own free will when Lucy was in trouble before, but only when the writer wants them too. Basically, there is no set of rules that decides when they will choose to do this, it's just completely random. Loki was all protective and stuff and now Lucy is about to be executed and he is no where to be found, wtf? The clock appeared to keep her from being sucked in to the Anima thingy, but when she is going to be executed, no one shows up? Why are things so inconsistent in this show!
And like ooo Mistogen and Lauxus are so powerful, oh wait, no nvm, there is this guy who has been gone three years but who is actually the most powerful. Make up your mind! There was like no mention of this guy before. When the master was considering who could take over, this guy never even came up. Seriously, I know the writer isn't some street poor amateur so can we please get some consistency in here! Sometimes it feels like that game where a bunch of people sit in a circle and one person starts making up a story then passes it on to the next person who makes up the next part, etc. Would we like to introduce something else totally random. Perhaps we can make a new ability that only shows up at complete randomness.
Okay, so perhaps not the best start to this new tale of an adventure the Fairy Tail wizards have, but it does get better, sorta. The beginning kind of went over my head. I'm not sure if it was just too much to make sense of, or if I just wasn't interested enough to bother. I'll sort of sum up the events for you. Basically, the characters get sucked into another world, Edous, where magic is limited and only exists within items, not ones body. Most of the guild is trapped inside a giant rock, with the exception of the dragon slayers and Lucy who was saved by one of her spirits. Mistogen gives Gajeel and Lucy a special pill before throwing them into this other world. The pill allows them to use their magic in Edos. Wendy and Natsu don't meet with Mistogen before traveling to Edos by flying cats, and therefor cannot use their magic when they get there. (Typical, two of the strongest characters are the ones who can't use their strength. ) Carla, Wendys cat, reveals that she and Happy are actually from Edos, and they were sent to Earth-Land on a mission. Happy has no memory of any of this. Carla decides to abandon her mission and take Natsu and Wendy to Edos to find their guild friends. While searching for their guild, they stumble on a guild with the same name and people as their Fairy Tail. Turns out, Edos is kind of like an opposite world to Earth-Land (where Natsu and the others are from). In Edos, many of the characters are simply opposites of their Earth-Land lookalikes. Others, however, are much the same. In Edos, due to lack of magic supply, all the magic guilds have been disbanded, except Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail remains as an illegal dark guild. After realizing this Fairy Tail isn't the one they are looking for, Natsu, Wendy, and the two cats leave for the Royal city to save their friends who have become Lacrama. They have to hurry though because it won't be long before their friends get turned into magic energy. They meet up with Lucy on their way and find out she can use her celestial spirits still, but not why.
After arriving in the Royal city, Carla starts "remembering" how the castle is set up, even though she has never been there before. She comes up with a plan to sneak into the castle. Unfortunately, it was a trick, and without meaning to, Carla accomplishes her mission and the two dragon slayers and Lucy are captured. Carla and Happy are brought to a place where their kind, called Exceeds, exists. Supposedly, the Exceeds are above the humans. Rumor is, they decide which humans live and which humans die. Here, The two cats are congratulated on completing their mission. When it is understood that Carla and Happy don't really understand what their mission was, it is explained to them. Apparently, a hundred Exceed eggs were sent to Earth-Land to kill the dragon slayers. Happy was supposed to kill Natsu and Carla was supposed to kill Wendy. However, plans were changed and the cats were supposed to be "reprogrammed" to capture the dragon slayers instead. Apparently, changing the plans from such a distance had unforeseen effects, including Happy's loss of all knowledge of the mission. Because the plans changed from kill to capture, it caused the cats to desire to protect the dragon slayers, which at least in Carla and Happy's case, bonded them to the dragon slayers. After learning their true purpose, Carla and Happy flee the Exceeds kingdom.
Meanwhile, Gajeel is also on Edos and finds the Edos version of himself. Working together they manage to free Grey and Erza from the Lacrama. The cats, Erza, and Grey meet up inside the castle and help free Natsu, Wendy, and Lucy. Afterwards they give Natsu and Wendy the pills so the two can use their powers. Unfortunately for them, time is running out. A dragon chain cannon is about to be fired at the lacrama that is their friends, to send the thing into the Exceeds kingdom and destroy both. In doing so, the power of the Earth-Land people and the power of the Exceeds is supposed to increase. After several battles and a clever trick, Erza, Natsu, and Grey end up in the control room. Unfortunately, they are not able to change the direction of the cannon and it hits the lacrama driving it towards the Exceeds. In a desperate attempt to save their friends and the Exceeds, Natsu, Erza, and Grey try to stop the Lacrama by pushing with their bare hands. Go figure, it doesn't really work. Fortunately, Wendy has gone to warn the Exceeds and when the Exceeds find out the humans are trying to destroy them, the Queen reveals the truth about herself and her abilities. The Exceeds band together and help push the Lacrama and eventually suceed. Then there is a bunch of fighting. The Edos Fairy Tail shows up to help, Erza fights the other Erza for a second time, etc. The three dragon slayers end up fighting a fake dragon (how many fake dragons are they going to fight in this series?) that is controled by the king.
Then everything goes Code Geass. Well the idea is basically the same. Mystogen, who is actually an Edos prince who was in hiding, decided that he will use the same method that took Earth-Lands Fairy Tail in reverse to drain all the power from Edos. His hope is that without the magic in Edos, the fighting can end. Why I say it goes Code Geass is because Mystogen (whos real name is Jellal by the way) decides he will sacrafice himself for peace basically the same way Lelouch does in Code Geass. His plan is for an old friend to take him out in front of the public, point him out as the reason for their loss of magic, and execute him. Basically, make him the bad guy and take the blame for all the bad, then kill him so everyone can have peace. Sound familiar? Well, in this case, his friend doesn't go along and offers to revearse the roles. Before they can make a decision, Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy come to the rescue.
Now how the hell they figured out what was going on and what needed to be done, I don't know.
((((Side note- it took me this long, till episode 94, to realize the connection between Mystogen and Jellal was that Mystogen was the Edos version of Earth-land Jellal, only he had taken on the name Mystogen when he came to Earth-land to hide and close the Anima. It seriously took me this long to figure out how the hell two people who looked a like and had the same name were not the same person. Mystogen was originally from Edos, we found this out episodes ago. We also know that everyone from Earth-land has a lookalike in Edos quite a while ago. So where was my brain?)))))) Back to before, how they knew what was going on, I don't know. Natsu decided he would make himself the "sacrifice". He stood on a roof and told the people of Edos that he was a demon. He wore a costume to help convince them and breathed fire. Wendy and Gajeel were on the street saying they were demons too. The three told everyone that they were the cause of the magic being drained from Edos and set it up so that Mystogen/Jellal and his friend wouldn't have to sacrifice anything and Mystogen/Jellal could be the hero. Jellal "beat" Natsu in a fist fight. We don't really know what happened to them after that because the reverse Anima sucked all the Earth Land people up and back to Earth Land. It also took the Exceeds since they were magical and the Anima was taking everything magical. After that, we learned the Exceeds lied.....again. There was never a mission to destroy dragon slayers; it was an attempt to save the children because the queen prophesied the fall of the Exceed kingdom.
Everyone arrives safely back on Earth-Land. The guild members who were in the Lacrama have no memory of it. Gajeel gets a cat of his own, turns out the dude is a major softy. Well, he is when it comes to jealousy and cats anyway. His cat found a strange person though which turns out to be none other than Lasala. I'm sure I spelled that wrong along with a lot of other things too. I'm not going to look up how to spell every little thing. Anyway, turns out Lasala never died. She got sucked into a random Anima and replaced the one in Edolas who did die. The reverse Anime brought her back to Earth-Land and we have a happy ending.
Only parts of the story were interesting to me. The plot twists weren't very smooth, and honestly, you can only put a certain amount in before it starts getting old. Basically, being unpredictable becomes predictable. Not only did it feel like there were a few too many, but like I said, they weren't smooth. They felt somewhat confusing or they required a lot of explaining. It was kind of like the first bit was already written then the writer decides to try to pull off a plot twist. It isn't set up for the plot twist and it means a lot of explaining. I think a few less surprises would have been more effective.
There were several cliche bits in my opinnion. Note, I'm not saying cliches are bad, especially since they are nearly unavoidable, just saying they exist. You have the guy who says he's trying to make the world a better place but in reality he is an insane guy whos power hungry and bent on changing the world all the wrong ways. You also have the guy who realizes a sacrifice on which all the blame for the bad things is placed is the way to fix things. It's a less common one but I've seen it done enough times.
It's not the most amazing story of the series, but it's okay. It has it's share of touching, sad, comical, and memorable moments. Even though it's not the most exciting story in my opinion, it does further the development of the characters in an important way. Of course, that's only after you sort out everything that is revealed.
On a side note, I GET IT!! Wait, nvm, I forgot what I got.
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