User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail Quick Review Double Feature - Fairy Tail 397 - Steel and Fairy Tail 398 - The Last One On One



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Fairy Tail 397 - Steel


So, this chapter, I actually enjoyed it. As surprising as that may sound, it's pretty cool to see someone other than Natsu or Erza actually do shit. With Levy restoring Gajeel's air (and remember that she has magic with which she can make air), she goes to revive everyone else while Gajeel resumes his fight with Torafusa...whilst wasting air while talking too much. However, the carbon in the water (wait till you see how convenient it is that this is the poison) starts to kick in and everyone, Gajeel included, begins to lose their energy. As his light begins to fade, Gajeel flashes back to an earlier time in his life, in particular, to an old woman who apparently tried her damndest to look out for Gajeel: Oh God, remember when he was like this?

When she was killed in the earliest Council attack, we get to see the first time we ever saw Gajeel cry. That's character development, that's for sure. Despite it — once again — being Hiro's standard friendship drivel, I do like how Gajeel has changed into someone determined to protect people he cares for, when he used to have nothing of the sort. By absorbing the trace amounts of carbon in the water, Gajeel has become carbonized iron:

Steel.

Roll credits

As Gajeel became the first to kill his opponent, he reminds Natsu not to forget his song.

Quick Review Score: ✓+. I enjoyed this chapter very much. Levy and Gajeel's interactions are always very cute, and any chapter where it isn't Natsu who handles the villain is a treat. Additionally, I loved seeing how Gajeel has changed as a character; good work Hiro.

Fairy Tail 398 - The Last One On One
Another chapter I didn't want to burn entirely. Notice I love the chapters where Natsu didn't do shit? With Torafusa defeated, Gajeel seems to be on the verge of death, and Tempesta has no problems edging him along.

"Bitch, I'm Batman!"

Arriving like a motherfucking badass, Gray is having none of this and forces Tempesta away from Gajeel. Analyzing Tempesta...somehow, his eye went weird, Gray concludes he was the one who poisoned Laxus and reveals an antidote can be made from his blood, asking Gajeel to take it to Grandeeney. Gajeel retorts that Gray should kill him first.

Grey delivers.

In awesome fashion, Gray shows Tempesta what Freezer Burn means as he cuts him down, declaring he will crush Tartaros.

It's after this point that the chapter starts to bore me immensely, and I'm also pretty tired, so let me just sum it up. Erza and Minerva and the felines find the Chairman, who is being controlled by Sayla. Mirajane blindsides Sayla, effectively knocking her out of the fight, but the Chairman activated Face anyway. Kyoko (yeah, she's there) absorbs Sayla's soul and power, and Erza activates some "I will win" armor and that's a wrap.

I loved this chapter up until the point Erza became involved.

Quick Review Score: ✓. I liked the chapter up until the halfway point; when Erza showed up, I entirely lost interest. But I absolutely loved to see Gray be a badass; well done, Ice Natsu. I finally care you exist.