User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail Zero 006 - In Which Hiro Made A Good Chapter (Blue Skull)



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So, after a very angry last review (seriously, it's been pretty much a MONTH, I did not give a shit when it came to these latest chapters), I am back and ready to review again. And this time, I'm finally getting around to a Fairy Tail Zero review. About. Damn. Time.

Bounty and I have come to the same conclusion when we read this chapter: there are two Hiros. The bad one, who has damned Fairy Tail beyond any sort of repair and just isn't trying anymore. And the good one, whose trying to escape and wrote this chapter. Why do we think that, you ask?

Because this chapter is actually good.

Yeah, you guys aren't high. I actually said that. Compared to the shit he's pumped out in his actual series, I'm compelled to believe Hiro actually put some effort into this chapter of Fairy Tail Zero.

This reminds me of a pun: "Not appreciating my puns when I was alive was a grave mistake." I want that on my tombstone

Mavis sees the GIANT BLUE SKELETON OF A DRAGON (I do hope this is explained later) and she naturally comes to the conclusion it must be Blue Skull. Your powers of observation continue to astound, Mavis. Before everyone's favorite Fairy can deduce that the buildings around her are made of wood, an old man (woman?) approaches them, warning them that the town is a 'dead' town, and they best leave.

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART

HOLY SHIT A DEATH IN THE FIRST FEW PAGES AND RIGHT THE FUCK OUT OF NOWHERE! Hiro, bro, you in there? You know you don't believe in death, what the heck? This guy's gonna get back up, right? Right? Someone say right!!! Not a fucking chance in hell, he's actually dead and it was the grunts of Blue Skull. Fairy Tail (let's just call them that) gets into a scuffle with Blue Skull, and handles themselves pretty fine, before the reinforcements arrive. This leads to Mavis pulling out the big guns.

This is literally the cutest thing to ever lead an army

Mavis uses her bluff to lure out the enemy leader, trying to get back the Tenrou Jade. Unluckily for HER, the leader of Blue Skull calls her bluff, quickly realizing the soldiers are naught but illusions. This utterly crushes Mavis...but not as badly as Blue Skull crushes them. Yeah, you read that right. Fairy Tail lost outright; Yuriy got his ass kicked, Mavis' spirit is broken, and did I mention Precht lost an EYE!?

Sorry Precht, did I hit an optic nerve?

Yep, this is how he lost his eye. All in all, Fairy Tail actually had to retreat. This is what I liked best about this chapter, Hiro, for a moment at least, dropped his sunshine and rainbows bullshit. They didn't just nakama their way through this, they lost, and badly at that. With their asses soundly kicked, Fairy Tail retreats, and the narration courtesy of Mavis, this is when they met a 'certain person'.

....10 bucks says it's Zeref.

Score
Hiro's art is always his saving grace, so ✓+. The story, I have to say, was pretty good. Let's look at it for a moment. We just saw Magnolia, before Fairy Tail actually created their guild there. THis is Magnolia when it was a lawless den of thieves, and we're finally getting some history. Not only this, we've learned HOW Precht lost his eye, and as of the last page, something dramatic seems to be about to happen in the next chapter. I think it's worth a ✓+. The fight, I give a ✓+. Not because of any effects, but because Fairy Tail lost, and for Hiro to do that, it takes balls on his part. Besides, Mavis' bluff was kind of smart, and PRECHT LOST A FUCKING EYE. Overall, a ✓+ for the chapter.



Fairy Tail Zero is done for the month, but I'll be back when the next chapter is out to bring you the details as they come!