User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 416 - In Which We're Back To Bullshit (Tartaros Arc - Final Chapter)



"Fairy Tail will now disband."

- Makarov to Doranbolt

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Oh boy. After praising the previous chapter, more or less, we're taken to the final chapter of the Tartaros Arc. And I am not amused. I really am not. Let's just get to it; we're treated to a timeskip of a week, yeah, a week, where apparently the entirely Tartaros issue is already reserved. No one's bothered to look for Zeref, Acnologia left to lick his wounds, despite only losing an arm and being fully capable of destroying the entire goddamn cast. The Guild has been utterly destroyed, but at least Laxus woke up...after not doing a goddamn thing this entire arc. At least he had a REASON to be absent, unlike Gildarts. This is essentially a where are there now chapter, so make this quick. Wendy gets her hair done, Laxus wake sup from his coma, Gajeel is moping and he and Levy has STILL not shacked up, Natsu is planning a journey, Gray and Juvia might finally shack up, and Erza and Jellal have STILL not shacked up. Also, Minerva is back in Sabertooth, Doranbolt was SOMEHOW ALWAYS A FAIRY TAIL MEMBER, Fairy Tail is disbanding, and E.N.D. is Natsu.

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I'm not even kidding, but before I dissolve into manly rage, let me highlight some of the good points of the chapter, because there actually are some.

1.



Yeah, anyone out there who knows me knows I ship Gruvia and loathe Gray's general ignorance of girl's affection as much as I hated Naruto's ignorance of Hinata's affections. This one has been a long time coming, ever since Gray more or less saved Juvia from her intense depression and melancholy; stopping the incessant rain that occurred everytime she was anywhere. Ever since then, Juvia has been following Gray like an adorable little puppy. And she's been willing to do anything for Gray; harm one hair on his head and you'll find out why God told Noah to build an ark.

So in this scene, Juvia was finally about to release her love for Gray, as she admits to having killed Keith, which killed his father, Silver. Gray looks like he's going to be furious, but collapses into Juvia's arms, crying, and thanks her for freeing his father. Their scene closes on this moment, and to me, it's just a very nice moment, even if they don't get any relationship closure. His father had to go, even if he didn't want to accept it, and Juvia was the one who set him free.

'''2.



Everyone knows I utterly loathe this guild. I hate most of the members, their friendship motto, etc. Hell, in Fairy Tail, Knightwalker fucking killed the majority of them; spoiler alert. So yeah, to see Makarov finally say "we're disbanding the guild" brought a very large smile to my face. Now just because I'm malicious, but because this can finally be an opportunity for everyone to grow up. Not just physically, but mentally. Given how the series doesn't look like it's ending yet, everyone, even NATSU, can have a chance to grow from here. Even Makarov is thinking that, telling his guild members to 'flap their wings'. So, if Hiro can do this right, who knows, this may be a good thing for the series as a whole.

Beyond the rest of that, the series was shit to me. Even Erza's little moment irritated me because she was finally gonna stop believing in the good in people because Jellal put a quick stop to that little change in her mentality. The new additions to Crime Sorcière? Did nothing for me. Doranbolt being a member of Fairy Tail all along? Ginjō and Light did the Memory Gambit much better. Now let's talk about some true bullshit:

E.N.D.

So, we all know E.N.D. was going to be Natsu. Everyone and their mother called this shit from here to Desierto and Hiro disappointed us by proving we were right.



...Uh....



...'Called that shit' Dance?

Seriously, this isn't even a plot twist, and to me, that's what makes it annoying. It's alright when there's a plot twist that a few people predict, but when almost every person reading the manga predicted E.N.D. was Natsu, there's a problem with your ability to keep us in suspense and surprise us with twists and turns, Hiro. An avid Fairy Tail fan would be praising Hiro right now, calling him a genius or something. And to anyone who does say that...you're easily entertained and that's all I can say. There's literally no reason to find this to be a good twist.

The one thing this explains is why Natsu couldn't get through that barrier for people 80 years old or older. And probably why he could consume the explosion curse. ...Hiro just connected bullshit with bullshit and it made sense...which is bullshit.

On the plus side, maybe if he destroy the Book, Natsu dies. Someone burn the book dammit.

Now to score this, I don't have all day:

Score
Hiro's art is always his saving grace, so ✓+. The story I am giving a ✓-. There are some good points, but the bad heavily outweighs the good in this scenario; Hiro tried to connect bullshit with bullshit to make sense as more bullshit and that just doesn't sit with me. To make matters worse, this isn't the end. The Tartarus Arc was called the Final Arc and yet we've got more coming. Oh boy... There was no fight so N/A. Overall, the chapter is ✓.



Fairy Tail is done for today, but it should be back next week. If it comes back next week, I'll see you all then with another review. Until then, stay gold.