User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 384 - In Which This Wasn't So Bad (Single Celestial Attack)



"Recompense Summoning Technique. By destroying a Golden Key, you can open the Celestial Spirit King's gate once."

- Aquarius on how to summon the King

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

So this was quite the lengthy chapter; thankfully, the majority of it was fighting, so let's get right into it because this actually was a decent chapter.

Well, the plot is certainly off to a good start. It brings up two large, undeniable points.

As you can see, Aquarius arrives to save Lucy. Let's address something real quick and then I'll move on. Hiro, please stop saying Lucy is putting her life on the line — she's absolutely fine. Nobody here is in any danger of dying if they're allied with the good guys; we've been over this, Hiro. But, before I go full Lewis Black, let's resume the chapter.

Despite bringing Aquarius out to bail her ass out, the sharkman takes her down as Jackal takes out Loke and Virgo in one go...despite being unable to kill Happy with an explosion meant to destroy a town. ...How? The sharkman decides to let Jackal have Lucy out of frustration, and, while attempting to torture the girl, Jackal blows up Lamy.

THANK YOU!

Lamy was getting annoying; I'm glad someone did it. Before any harm can come to Licy (but of course), Aquarius recovers from her wound and saves her, stalling Jackal in her water. Aquarius is quick to tell Lucy she can't properly defeat Jackal, neither can the other Celestial Spirits, as he's too strong. ...I think Happy can attest to the opposite of this, Aquarius; are you really weaker than an Exceed? Aquarius tells Lucy to literal Key to beating Jackal:

Celestial King Summoning

Yes, this is a thing; more on how we're handling it later. The way to summon him isn't with a normal Key; the mage must destroy the Key of a Golden Zodiac Spirit they have a particular bond with...because the King is a dick? Lucy naturally doesn't want to do this — even though it doesn't kill the Spirit — as Aquarius was her first Spirit and friend. Even revealing she's always hated Lucy doesn't make the girl want to do it, but she realises she has no choice, and destroys Aquarius' key to summon the Celestial Spirit King.

BEHOLD THE IRON MAW OF JUSTICE!!

The King descends in righteous fury, slicing the Plutogrim into dozens of pieces with the strength of a mustache powered by JUSTICE. Naturally, the sheer amount of JUSTICE flowing throughout the remains of the Plutogrim shocks everyone; the best thing, however, is that it looks like Marde Guille and the Celestial Spirit King are about to fight!



This will be the best thing the series has seen in awhile; the Celestial Spirit King, the strongest Celestial Spirit, the best of the best, vs Marde Guille, the effiminate King of Demons. I'd say "I wonder how this will go", but it's not like the King can die, he's a Spirit, and he's a good guy. TWO-FOLD IMMORTALITY!

So, before I score this, let me introduce one of the latest rules to the wiki:
 * 4.1: Summoning the Celestial Spirit King ― In a vein similar to Dragon Slayers, summoning the Celestial Spirit King is heavily restricted. To summon the King is an ability known only by Celestial Spirits (and those owners who have been informed), and it isn't information a Celestial Spirit would with no reason at all ― especially given that its meant to require trust between the mage and the user and involves breaking the key, they'd want to AVOID mentioning it at all costs. As such, for a character to be able to summon the Spirit King, even if it is meant for your story only, you will need to ask the admin currently in charge of Magic and Lost Magic.

I think this was expected; the Celestial Spirit King is obviously going to be limited. This is the head honcho we're talking about, and to be honest, I could see quite a lot of people going around shattering Gold Keys left and right. My knee-jerk reaction at first was to ban this, but I don't see it going out of control like Slayer Magic; to summon the King is something known only to Spirits, and I highly doubt they'd give up the information so easily given it involves breaking their key. Anyway, now you know. LET'S SCORE THIS!

Score
Fairy Tail has excellent art, and dear God was the descent of the Celestial Spirit King and his subsequent attack simply AWESOME to behold! 10/10. Story was...meh as always, we got a bit of exposition on Lucy, but not enough to garner more than a 2/10. The fight earns a 10/10. It was more or less mediocre on it's own, but the Celestial Spirit King descending like a badass out of Heaven was just too spectacular. Overall, a Good chapter.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but it should be back next week with Fairy Tail 385 - Celestial Spirit vs the Dark King. You can bet I'll be right here to bring everyone the details as they come on in!