User blog:Mangetsu20/The Countdown's End (FT - 489)

Fairy Tail Chapter 489 - Universe One
"I Am Called Eileen. I Hope We'll Meet Again Someday, O Great Acnologia." The Scarlet Despair, Eileen of the Spriggan 12

I mean it too, despite what may happen in the chapter to follow, this was a stellar way to end the countdown with a great cover page. Kudos to you!

Let us not waste anytime. I'll be trying something new and instead of meandering through each section followed by the page topic, I'll be splitting up them into different categories so I can talk in greater length with an assortment of pages of this chapter. This way I can cover what I found interesting and trim the fat on such I didn't want to go into great detail with.

Now, with that said, let's open up with the worst decision made yet...by Mest, that is

The Embodiment of Terror
Yeah, gonna need a heavy dose of AP Deus Ex Machina to save them from total oblivion

-coughs- Like later this chapter, ahem!

So, what else is there to talk about? I mean, it's pretty straightforward. Brandish is knocked out by August who I assume spared her from the attack he unleashed. Otherwise, Mest looked like he was paralyzed just because of his own paranoid driven fears. Natsu was the sensible person in that he tried to use his body as a shield for Lucy. Which means, the likelihood of Happy being atomized is up...but given his penchant for surviving large explosions (who am I kidding? No one in Fairy Tail has died from an EXPLOSION). But everything else is just awesome to behold. Great artwork and sight of him just revealing just how mighty he is. Too bad the other Spriggans weren't shown to be as hype as this.

The First Awakens
Am I missing a memo as to how any of this is logical by this world's standards?

I mean, all that happens after this is that Mavis wakes up, nude and all, just commenting on how her body has developed atrophy from staying inside the crystal for so long. This begs the question. Why didn't Precht think of this ages ago? Why was he an asshole and just left her inside? What, did it never occur under the battery of unexplain and unseen tests that created "Infinite Magic," he was never able to put two and two together that her astral body needed to get damaged in order for her to be revived?

AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE?!

It's fine, doesn't matter, we need to move forward past this...irrelevancy.

The High Enchanter vs the Black Dragon
This fight wasn't as long as it should have been. It was merely a parry of blows before Eileen revealed her big guns. I mean, it's cool to look at and gives emphasis on her abilities, but like I said, it could have been longer.

Then we get into speculation corner.

Eileen pretty much shares compliments with Acnologia who himself is very impressed to have this much power and control. They talk about how Zeref is aiming to reach a stronger level of power if he acquires Fairy Heart and possibly wipe Acnologia out. What we point out is that yes, the Black Dragon is human who is in denial and likes to think of himself as a Dragon in general. But despite all of that banter, Eileen has something else planned that is most likely going to throw everyone through a loop...

Universe One
We get a few nice panels showcasing everyone across Fiore seeing the same light that is flowing out across Fiore. Whatever she's got planned is specifically enchanting the ENTIRE land. Not like Hiro gives a damn about the rest of the world he never established or created, no-no-no, THIS is always about this little country. And what does she have planned? I...don't understand why the name of Hiro's Prequel Series, Fairy Tail Zero, has anything to do with the countdown but I am just genuinely confuzzled. Just, what is Eileen's objective? Is this time travel? WHAT?!