User blog:LastationLover5000/Chapter 411 - In Which What The Hell Did I Read (Quid Pro Quo)



"My true name is Mard Geer Tartaros. You can call me the King of Hades. The absolute demon."

- Mard Geer to Natsu and Gray

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All systems are up and running TOM; are you ready?

Well, here it is guys. I'm fresh off of playing Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (and the Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal demo...why did I bother?) and to be honest, I'm a bit surprised to see the world didn't just...melt with me into the game. No seriously, I pretty much shut down my life for this game, with the exception of work; even my friends got neglected in exchange for this game. So why am I telling you all this?

Because you all better get out there and find my Secret Base:



Now...let's begin this chapter, and by the time I'm done with this review, I'll sink back into ORAS just to forget everything this chapter did. If you giys are expecting a good chapter, or a nice review, or fuck, both, turn away now. This chapter was utter shit, so I may as well get down to business.

Holy shit Gray, that's a big case of black face you got going there.

In short, to explain...that, half of Gray become a demon. Yeah guys, either this is unique to him, or, overuse of Demon Slayer Magic by a human corrodes your body until you become a demon. And apparently, that demon is a cross between you and Mr. Popo. Mard Geer theorizes this is how they survived the Memento Mori from the last chapter...how? That was a curse designed to kill ANYTHING, even Zeref, and Gray becoming a demon somehow stopped it. What, is the curse selective? Does it not harm demons? Come on, Hiro. Even worse is when he faints, and says he'll believe in Natsu.



Why? We see later in the chapter you can fucking stand up. Why does it have to be left up to Natsu? You're a fucking Demon Slayer, stop letting Natsu feed his ego. Either way, he falls, making me disappointed, and Mard Geer lunges at Natsu. I swear, Mard Geer is like the audience right now; he's pissed, and with good reason. However, Natsu and Mard Geer engage in battle, and we see something no one wanted to see:

So can I finally call this series a flaming pile of shit?

Natsu is invoking Dragon Force like it's his fucking Bankai. We've seen how the D-Force works, the user must first ingest a huge amount of foreign magical energy to invoke the transformation; Natsu did it twice with etherion and the flame of rebuke, and Wendy did it by consuming the Eternano around Face. This...this is just Super Saiyan. He transformed due to rage, not a surge of foreign magical energy. You're breaking your own fucking rules, Hiro. However, due to Nakama Power, Gray decides to fucking end this arc himself:

Gray: HEY, MARD GEER! Mard Geer:...don't you say it.... Gray: FREEZE!

It's only after this fight that Hiro remembers the Face activated.

After everything has been resolved.

You know, I'd put my faith in E.N.D. but then I remember the Lumen Histoire is looming in the background, ready to friendship this entire series into the fucking dirt. It's really sad when BLEACH is the lesser of two evils. I mean, both manga are polished shit, but at least BLEACH is polished enough to have a faint glimmer.

Score
Hiro's art is always his saving grace, so ✓+. We got nowhere in this chapter beyond some asspulling, the story will be ranked ✓-. The fact that Hiro used Face as an AFTERTHOUGHT now makes it worse. The fight...in any other circumstances, this would have been an awesome fight but I HATED the way Hiro pulled this off. Dragon Force is not a power-up to be invoked when you're having your man period, and HOW THE FUCK DID THEY SURVIVE THE SPELL FROM LAST CHAPTER!? ✓-. Overall, ✓-.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but the main series should be back this week with Fairy Tail 412 - Dance Unto Ishgar. You can bet I'll be right here to bring everyone the details as they come on in!