User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 361 - In Which I ACTUALLY Root For Natsu (The Two Bombs)

"We at Tartaros don't use what you would consider 'magic'. It's more along the lines of top tier curses."

- Jaguar to Lucy Heartfilia



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The chapter has been released, and that means it's time to blog. To those new to my blog, welcome. To my continued readership, all I have to say is, thanks. SARA, how's it looking?



It took a minute, but we have achieved 100% asskicking.

So...wow. It's been nearly a month since I've treated the wiki to a review proper, and for that, you have my apologies. But having the chapters coincide with my work schedule generally isn't the best thing on the face of the planet (and now that I think on it, we're putting up Christmas decorations this Wednesday...looks like BLEACH gets reviewed in the middle of the night), but, here we are.

Ka...Me....Ha...Me...oh wait, wrong series

With Natsu down, the ex-councilman whose name isn't worth remembering takes this time to flee. Wendy (in all of her adorableness) and Lucy oppose Jaguar, but, with his explosion magic, he is capable of nullifying their techniques with little to no problem. Considering they can't touch him, all they can use is distance attacks, this is being made relatively easy.

I always assumed curses were magic

This is where it gets a bit interesting, kiddies. It appears no one in Tartaros uses 'Magic', but instead 'Curses' (or, as mangapanda put it, 'Enchantments', but both translations say they are something different from 'Magic' and Fairy Tail Wiki still uses 'Curse'). This could very well mean that Devil Slayer is a 'Curse' and not a 'Magic', which, when it comes to making rules and, more importantly, restrictions, on it, is a whole new can of worms entirely. Jaguar then proceeds to blow both Wendy (bastard!) and Lucy away with his magic and flee in the most comedic way ever. Lucy, angered, gets up to follow, telling Wendy to stay in the kitch-er, heal Natsu. I honestly despise this ex-councilman. He's such a coward and ungrateful, demanding random townspeople shelter him because he used to be on the Council. Attention, shorty, you saying "I used to be in the government, save me!" is more likely to get people to turn their back to you. Protip. The hilarity is even Jaguar calls this little shit out on his...well, shit.

So I guess you could say their both...the bomb.

Jaguar enevelops the ex-councilman and this random pregnant woman into those spheres, and then tells Lucy he'll only detonate one, and she has to choose who lives...and the ex-councilman begins to list all the reasons he should die. He's willing to let a pregnant woman die to save himself. Starting to see why I hate this guy? Jaguar urges Lucy to choose, and, well: I actually cheered for Natsu at this moment

I actually was glad Natsu came back, if only to keep that woman from dying unnecessarily. The explosions dissipate, and Natsu reveals (after punching the ex-councilman out, good fucking job man) that he can eat the explosions on his body as well. What the fuck is his stomach made out of?

Now, it's time to score this thing. My mood isn't at it's height either.

Score
Fairy Tail's art is always good, 10/10. There wasn't really any story here, we didn't get anywhere plotwise, but it still got us moving along, so, 1/10 at the least. The fight, 5/10, it was alright but not the best. Overall, a Very Good chapter.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but it'll be back next week with Fairy Tail 361- Natsu vs Jackal. I look forward to all of your comments, but try to behave, we don't want to have to play mediator. See you all next week.