User blog:Phantombeast/Phantom's Ring of Hope - Fairy Tail 379

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Morning/Afternoon/Evening all and welcome to another edition of Phantom's Ring of Hope, before we begin for those who haven't yet seen the new episode of Fairy Tail yet, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riaAIP91fy8 and http://www.animehere.com/fairy-tail-2014-episode-1.html, these links should help you out, and it turned out way better than I expected. Now with these formalities out of the way, let's let the good doctor take it away:



Now when we last left the gang, Wendy had just stopped face with Dornbolt saving her and Charle from what could've been a tragic death in Fairy Tail. And we move forward towards the fight with Team Natsu who seem to be glad and happy to find out that Face was stopped. It was interesting for Hiro to show a small relaxation point, sort of like a mini-break before we got on with the story.

A touch of nostalgia before the big finale

Now we see Franmalth going basically crazy, or in cartoon terms, going a variation of Loony Tunes style, which makes me wonder if Hiro's little girl was watching it while he was drawing. With the end of Face, it seems Franmalth goes into what many call a breakdown, going after Natsu with everything he has, not wait to come up with any smart-alack jokes or responds for what happened. However, Hiro shows an interesting view point of Franmalth as he is able to use an Amaterasu spell that results in a powerful explosion.

Never mess with wacky demons

From that fight, we move forward to the match up between Erza and Kyokua, my favorite lady, who recognizes that the Face plan turned into a faliure, and knew that actions would need to be taken to make up for it, leaving the rematch that most fans have been waiting for: Erza vs the all-new Neo Minerva.... I think Hiro might have been a bit lazy with the name, but it is awesome nonetheless. It also reveals that Kyokua seems to finally be ready to bring out the main villain in this entire arc, the being someone like the Flame King Igneel couldn't defeat, E.N.D, who apparently was asleep all this time (Hey, even demons need their beauty naps).



Hiro really loves the ladies doesn't he...

And towards the ending part of the chapter, it returns to the fight between Team Natsu and Franmalth as the spell has taken it's toll on them, leaving them wide-open for Franmalth to start absorbing their bodies to make them part of his collection of souls. Now this is where it becomes interesting, the soul is the embodiment of what makes us who we are, whether good or evil, and even with it being absorbed, part of us don't want to lose who we are inside. Hiro's insight into one's humanity is the reason why Natsu was able to resist for as long as he could, same with his friends:



Natsu's testament to his life

At least until Lucy knew that if she was going to perish, then her spirits would at least be freed, and when she closed the gates, showed to actually cause Franmalth to go with both spirits. Using her powers of deduction, Lucy even made it where she lied and tried to make it where Natsu himself was a celestial spirit as well. In all honestly, this showed a really funny side to this whole chapter, especially with the reactions of Natsu, Happy, and even Franmalth:

Guess we know who Draco was all along!!

That one distraction gave Natsu the opening he needed to break free and strike at Franmalth, but realized that even if he could fight, there wasn't anything he could fight with, until he found a rock.....(wait what?) Yes, a classic feet of desperation, Natsu found the biggest rock he could find, and repedatly smash Franmalth into the ground like the cockroach he really is:

NATSU SMASH!!!!

With Franmalth crushed like a pancake, all the souls he collected over the years were set free, all seems to be at peace, right until Hades himself reconstructs himself to appear right behind them, warning them that Face was never their true objective, and that it was time for the Light of the Guild to shine... Lumio Histora will be revealed!!!

Whatever you do, don't turn around!

All in all, the chapter was truly an incredible part, especially with Natsu in the mixture, the story showed great progression as now we have E.N.D and Lumio Historia to look forward to, and we're getting to close to the questions on everyone's mind being answered, I give this weeks Chapter a Ten out of Ten. That's all we have time for today folks, if you still haven't watched the new Fairy Tail episode yet, look up at the top of the blog to click the links, I'll be back next week, on spring break, hoping to review the next upcoming chapter Fairy Tail - 379: Hell Core

Until next time, enjoy your weekend and spring break, Guild-Ace (Mmmm check plz ) 18:22, April 5, 2014 (UTC)