User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 383 - In Which There Wasn't Much (Surfer Lucy)



"In terms of percentages, this was one in one billion. What dumb luck...no. To be left at the gates of Hell...what horrible misfortune..."

- Marde Guille about Lucy Heartfilia

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So...in all honesty, I wasn't too fond of this chapter, and I am also tried, so let's get this underway. After utterly wasting the entirety of the Fairy Tail Guild, Marde Guille announces to the remaining forces of Tartaros that the Face Plan is proceeded as intended, and that there is one remaining intruder — Lucy — and whoever kills her gets a promotion.

0 Did I mention the monster is destroying things?

He floods the entirety of the place Lucy is stranded in, causing her to wash away and into view of everyone. Naturally, she's attacked by everybody who wants a promotion. This leads to her being attacked by mooks, as well as Lamy, to whom she summons Virgo to fight, some random shark guy, who she summons Leo to fight, and then getting her ass outright handed to her by Jackal (almost called him "Leon", dear God I am tired). Ya know, here's a question. Jackal's curse makes anything he touches explode. Okay, that's nice, cute.

....how are you standing on anything? At all? Is it specifically geared to not work on your feet? Does it only work on bare skin? Okay, how are you wearing clothes? Anyway, after getting her ass more or less kicked around, Lucy summons Aquarius, despite her low magical energy and already having two gates opened to begin with.

"To protect her friends, Lucy risks her life against absolute evil." Look at that, Hiro told a funny.

Hiro, please stop trying to make us believe your series has suspense. Lucy is fighting the same opponent who, with an explosion meant to destroy a town, could not kill a cat with the defences of...a cat. You cannot expect me to believe anything he does can possibly kill Lucy, and the fact that you're trying to make this a "suspenseful" moment is downright hilarious. We all know she's not going to die; in fact, let's assume anyone in a fatal situation will survive. Laxus will be just fine. The guild will be free from paralysis. Lucy will wake up from this with a slight discomfort. In fact, Mavis will regain a flesh and blood body because death has no fucking consequence. I think this is one of those suppressed anger moments, because everytime I see Hiro trying to play a moment for "suspense", I laugh; I laugh and laugh until my throat bleeds. Hiro, if you could just give me one moment of your time, let me say, slowly, and clearly: FUCK YOU!

You've jerked us around way too long for me to believe anything that happens now. If you want me to believe someone is dead, I want to see the body destroyed. I know this seems uncalled for, and maybe it is, but I'm a tad tired, annoyed, and the fact that Hiro keeps trying to make us take his series seriously and failing to deliver 100x over pisses me off.

Score
Fairy Tail has excellent art, I will always give Hiro credit for that, but the good things end here: 10/10. The story is virtually non-existent, a chapter devoted to a fight that goes nowhere. 1/10. The fight itself is 3/10. It consisted mostly of Lucy getting her ass beat (and not in the way I'd like to see), and ended with her "risking her life" to summon Aquarius. Overall chapter is Passable.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but it should be back next week with Fairy Tail 384 - The Single Strike of the Stars. You can bet I'll be right here to bring everyone the details as they come on in!