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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. SARA, how's it looking?



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Hello hello! Welcome, everyone, back to my chambers. I know you dearly miss your shepherd, but while Fire is out, I'll be tending to the flock? Anyone for lamb chops? Anyone? So, as you know, I've been gone from the reviewing scene for quite awhile. I actually have exclusive footage as to how Fire stepped in; let's take a look at the 'Bullshit-O-Matic': This took like an entire shipment of goats to pull off I guess you'd call this a handjob

So yeah, FRBAWL had to be used to quite literally pull me together after the shit that was Fairy Tail cleaved me in half. But now — regrettably, mind you — I have returned. And while we're here, let me put something out here. If you guys don't like my reviews — if you don't like that I absolutely hate Fairy Tail and my reviews are utter tirades against the series — then you are not obligated to read them. I am not taking each and every one of you and twisting your arms behind your backs until you sit down in front of the monitor and click the link; trust me, I don't put that much stock in these reviews, nor would I want anyone who doesn't want to read my reviews to read them. So, if you don't like my style, I assure you I won't be hurt in the slightest if you stop reading them entirely. Since I can't make this any clearer, let's proceed.

Now that I've ended what has to be my 300th pre-blog warning (seriously, do you guys read those?), let's start with the chapter. We start the chapter in Sea Hare Village (because in a week the name was changed from Rainfell Village for...God knows what reason). And as always, Happy is annoying the ever loving fuck out of me.

Happy, you give me five seconds alone with you and no Sky Slayer alive will be able to fix what I do to you

Natsu calls Happy immature...and then proceeds to do the same goddamn thing. Hold onto that by the way, because it'll be part of my complaint later. So they finally meet Juvia, who, because she's a delusional wreck — an admittedly hot delusional wreck but still — she thinks its Gray, which leads to a moment that's supposed to be funny, but because Fairy Tail has run the humor well dry as a goddamn bone, I just sat there like:



So, Juvia faints, having a fever and all that (because a girl who is made entirely of water can surely get a cold from standing in water, yes), and she tells them all about how she and Gray lived in their little shack for the last year or so, more or less like a married couple. And I'll admit, this is the high point of the chapter. I, like most people I'm sure, am a Gruvia fan, so it was nice to see the moment nearly come to fruition. Then I saw this:

"I know what I am now. I am an Avenger."

To which I naturally respond:



The Sasuke jokes write themselves, my friends, I assure you. Remember when I said Gray went full on Sasuke? Well, it turns out, I WAS FUCKING RIGHT. So, just like Sasuke, Gray leaves, doesn't tell the girl who loves him where in God's name he went, and bam, that's the last anyone ever heard of him for a fucking year. Natsu says Gray is a dick for up and leaving him, to which Lucy sort of calls him out on. And that's why I said pay attention to Natsu's hypocrisy earlier. I'm not sure if Hiro finds it funny or not, but it's really just not. While I commend Lucy for calling Natsu out on it, she didn't say anything near forcefully enough to get the message through his thick skull. Natsu could commit a crime, get off scott free, and then go reprimand someone for doing the same th— oh wait he has.

No Natsu. You are not Naruto. You will never be that magnificent blonde idiot. This does not work for you.

So it seems Ichigo and Natsu are both trying to join the Naruto club of "My friend and Rival left us for his own reasons, totally unrelated to us and it's not our problem. LET'S DRAG HIM BACK AGAINST HIS WILL." New recruits can join down under the old bridge; burritos and tequila will be supplied. Cookies optional. Sorry to bust your bubble, you two; it doesn't work for you. I'd go into an explanation as to why I think so (and as to why I don't think Gray works as Sasuke) but I've had about enough of arguing with people over Naruto so I'm just gonna let it go. So while Natsu decides to go to Sabertooth. Hiro decides to introduce us to the new villains he's recycling! Good job Hiro, going green!



"We shall revive Zeref...because of his ghost tells me to...all for the sake of Grimmoire Heart...but we must kill Zeref, for we are the Books of Zeref in the Library of Zeref known as Tartaros..."

This has been literally every villain of any importance thus far (to anyone who mentions Future Rogue, I did say villains of importance) and it's getting stale. So ya know what? I'm gonna take some time later to make a Dark Guild composed entirely of insane women who want to bone Zeref. And when someone calls me out on it, I will simply direct them to every Fairy Tail villain ever. But the real rub here is who we see as the final member of this guild (named Avatar by the way, title drop).

"I've decided on revenge. That's always been my purpose of living."

I actually have a theory as to how Gray wound up with the Akatsu-I mean, Avatar. I finally know how this works. Gray went out shopping for some hair gel; he wanted to impress Juvia. He was then approached by Avatar, who told him they make the best Hair Gel this side of Crocus. So he went with them, and the hair gel had mind controlling properties so now he's with their guild.

Now let's score this thing before I ascend to Super Saiyan.

Score
Hiro's art is always his saving grace, so ✓+. The story I am giving a ✓. As much as I want to score it much much lower, there wasn't much to this chapter to begin with, and the very horrible reveal of Gray's new fashion faux paus was cancelled out by the flashback concerning Gray and Juvia (funnily, we know more about what happened to THEM in the past year now than the rest of the guild). Without the flashback, it would have been a very solid ✓-. There was no fight. Thus, the chapter scrapes by with a ✓ like someone scrapes an 'A' in Snape's Potions classroom. So, my prediction concerning Gray being Sasuke was right.

Which means Erza as a stripper can still happen.

Fairy Tail is done for today, but it should be back next week. I'll see you all next week in the review unless I put Fire up to it. Until then, stay gold.