User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 318 - In Which Holy Crap, This Is Awesome (Gajeel vs Rogue)

"I'll help you remember that fear."

- Gajeel Redfox to Riaos

Welcome to the Chapter Review Corner

Every time I walk through that door...it feels like the first time. To those new to the blog, welcome, to my continued readership, all I have to say is thanks.



Let's get things started...with a bang.

Hey guys. So, if you look to your immediate right. You will see Cana. On days that I cannot find decent pictures of Wendy (this is often, the 'booru aren't doing their jobs and several pictures I find, Zico would slit my throat if I used for the image on the right), I will upload official art from Hiro Mashima's Twitter. In other news, on this month's edition of Sorcerer Magazine, Wendy was voted Sexiest Mage (Loli) Alive. And Minerva was voted Ugliest Mage Alive. Naturally, I was thrilled. And if one doesn't believe me, go check out pages four and five. Now, strap yourselves in, because this chapter's gonna kick a little ass.

Despite the rather interesting end to the last chapter, we're now looking at the...er....boring adventures of Future!Lucy and Fairy Tail. Future!Lucy said she was taking them through the lower levels to avoid meeting the Royal Army...and yet they conveniently run right into them. Does anyone see something suspicious with this? On another note, Arcadios and Yukino are gone...where did they go? Not that it matters, as Mira worries about Yukino and goes off to search for her...and Natsu and Loki proceeds to beat down the army. |This isn't even action, this is just...expected.

Then, however, we cut to the main attraction. Rogue vs Gajeel. This is where it gets interesting guys. Rogue seems to be losing it a bit, and Gajeel is painfully attacked by the possessed boy. And honestly, it looks epic.

"I...am an avenger."

His name is Shadow. Shadow.. Must have taken ages to come up with a name as unique as that, Hiro. But, here, he shall be known as Melvin. So Melvin starts to utterly trounce Gajeel, who is unable to keep up because Melvin keeps reducing himself to shadow form, and thus is intangible. I feel bad, for both Frosch, and Levy, since they have to watch their best friend and they love succumb to evil and get their asses handed to them, respectively. (GajeelxLevy is canon, just look over all of their interactions up to and including this.) Mavis thinks he's possessed by something...no shit...and it's a magic she's never seen before. And then we cut to Jellal noticing the magic they've been seeking, and it's coming from the town. It's either Melvin, or the Magic Unit that Natsu is about to beat the everloving crap out of. Back where the story matters, Gajeel has been utterly defeated and left to die in the shadows by Melvin...until he consumes them. We find out Rogue's true name is "Raios", and Gajeel used to be his teacher. Then...the best thing in a long time happens. "I'MMA RAPE YA BITCH!"

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Gajeel get this power-up. I know I hated it when Natsu got it, but he has so much asspull attributed to him anyway, Fire Lightning Dragon Slayer was just too much. And, now, for the Public Service Announcement.

'''ATTENTION USERBASE! PER WILL BE VIGILANT IN MONITORING DRAGON SLAYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT DUAL ELEMENT SLAYERS ARE NOT SPAMMED BECAUSE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND TRUST ME, I WILL BE HELPING HER. THERE'S A THING CALLED "AN IRON FIST". YEAH, WE HAVE THAT NOW. SO, DO AVOID SPAMMING DUAL-ELEMENT SLAYERS OR YOU WILL GET A VISIT FROM ONE OF US. AND IT WON'T BE FUN.'''

Poll
Who do you think will win this match? Gajeel, both will live. Rogue, Gajeel will die. Rogue, both will live. A draw, both will live. A draw, both will die.

Now, let's bring up the scoreboard.

Score
Fairy Tail's art style is always good, so, 10/10. Especially with the final page and Gajeel's transformation. The story, I can't truly say there was too much of it. We got a tad bit of Rogue's backstory, and something is happening, however, this chapter was focused more on fighting (and not an entirely large amount of it), so, 5.5/10. The fight, will Gajeel vs Rogue was good, it split off to Team Natsu doing absolutely no fighting worth viewing, and I have to give it the low rating of 6.5 because of that. Overall, this chapter is "Good". While I loved it, I don't think Hiro could decide quite what to do with it. Had it been focused on Team Natsu solely, with the story progressing, or Gajeel vs Rogue solely (it was the chapter name), with a much more awesome fight, it would have ranked higher.

Fairy Tail is all done for today, but I it'll be back next week with Fairy Tail 319 - The White Knight. Perhaps something on Yukino and Arcadios? Anyway, comment as you please, I enjoy them, go wild, I don't care if you keep it clean.