User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 379 - Tartaros Arc: Part 3 - King of Hades



"Tartaros' true goal was not face. Tell Makarov...this time, I shall release the light."

- Hades

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Only face I see is yours and damn is it ugly.

No, not it has not. Much to the joy of Natsu, Lucy, and Happy, and the dismay of Franmalth, Face was thwarted, and everyone thus retained their magic. This immensely pisses off the demon, causing him to go into a rage-induced assault on Fairy Tail, revealing he still has Hades' Magic, and introducing us once again to the Amaterasu seals. Kyouka, on the other hand, bails the moment the Face Project failed, leaving Erza to none other than Minerva Orlando.

You know, from anyone else, this look would be hot.

That's right, it's the Vietnamese hooker you love to hate. I'm starting to see a recurring theme of her being unable to fighter Erza on common ground. Let's see...broken angle...regressed to child...now, worn and beaten by fighting Kyouka. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; as big as she talks, Minerva is just a coward. Put her in a room with Erza at full health and she'd be on her knees begging for mercy within about five seconds. Something else of note...she named herself "Neo Minerva". She literally took her forename, made it her surname, and her forename is now "Neo".



I know what "Neo" means but just...why? Meanwhile, Kyouka believes stopping Face should have been impossible, and if it was stopped, then this means that something has happened to their Master, E.N.D. Franmalth's attack was successful, and Natsu, Lucy, and Happy are beaten enough that they cannot move. Franmalth takes this moment to connect his tendrils to each of them, and begin draining their souls. Natsu, being Natsu, refuses to give up his soul, and urges Happy and Lucy to keep in their thoughts everything important to them, to keep their souls locked in their body.

This isn't even relevant to the paragraph

When Lucy realises the things most important to her include the Celestial Spirits, she resolves to send Aries and Taurus back to the Celestial World, and closes the doors (or contracts, depends on translation), which forces Franmalth to eject them so he isn't sent to the Celestial World as well. But the comedy comes in here:



Yes, you read that right; she pretended Natsu was a Celestial Spirit in order to freak Franmalth (while shocking Natsu and Happy at the same time), causing him to release his hold on Natsu in a panic. Natsu unleashes a beat down on Franmalth, and, even though magic doesn't work, picks up a large ass boulder, which, as Happy says, "doesn't have a soul". If anyone was planning on making a magic based on Fullbring...well, Hiro just ruined that for you, now didn't he? Repeatedly beating Franmalth down, this seems to have killed him, as the souls are released from his body. Let's look for a moment, at how many souls he's absorbed. This man is a monster. And, to end the chapter, we see a familiar face.

Yeah, if there's something strange In your neighborhood, Guess who it is? GHOST HADES

If there's something weird And it don't look good Guess who it is? GHOST HADES

He tells Natsu, Lucy, and Happy that Tartaros' true goal is not Face, and to tell Makarov that he shall release the light, more than likely referring to the Lumen Histoire. This is what I liked about the chapter. I was on and off about it, mainly because Fairy Tail got away again with only some scratches, but then Hades (ya know, the villain from the last good arc of the series...like...two years ago now? Maybe three?) returns with a message: "I will release the light." And what is the biggest source of "light" we know in Fairy Tail?



This...thing we all just kind of forgot about until right about now. To get any expansion on what the Lumen Histoire is, or can do, has me excited, and that to me was the high point of this chapter.

Score
Fairy Tail's art is always good, and the bonuses with Lucy fanservice as welcome. 10/10. The story was 5/10. While this was devoted mostly to battle, the final page is what sold me here; Hades is back, kind of, and he's going to release the Lumen Histoire? You have my attention, Hiro. 4/10 for the battle, there was much to be said besides Lucy fanservice, and Franmalth getting bitchsmacked by a large boulder. Overall, a Very Good chapter.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but it should be back next week with Fairy Tail 380 - Hell's Core. You can bet I'll be right here to bring everyone the details as they come on in!