Fairy Tail 397: This Is Why I Keep Sticking Around

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Personally speaking, I'm rather impressed with Fairy Tail this week all things considered. 

You'll recall how I came off rather peeved saying "Mashima will never kill a character" and a lot of you took that as "Fuck Fairy Tail". I regret to inform all of you are jumping to hastily to conclusions. 

The point of my pointing out that Mashima will "never kill a character" was simply that. My believing that that was the last nail in the proverbial coffin that he won't kill people in this day and age doesn't reflect on me choosing to quit Fairy Tail or hate it in the slightest. 
Yes, okay, a few of you pointed out that I should've seen that trend a lot sooner. BITE ME! 
I give the benefit of the doubt to people more than I should and let me just say that when you write your narration to reflect total death, don't then backpedal on it.

If I want to read a series where people die, I can always read Attack on Titan, Freezing or any Seinen of my choosing. I KNOW that Fairy Tail is idealistic as all balls and I am PERFECTLY OKAY WITH THAT!


But let's move on to this week's chapter shall we?


For starters, last week, Levy gave Gajeel "Air" through liplock, thus making every Gajeel/Levy fanboy and fangirl squee their little heads off.

:iconbrickbreaker2222: :iconsaysplz: But Alex, shouldn't she just write "AIR"? She's a solid script mage. 


Cue this week's chapter:

Fairy Tail 397 - Page 4


It's like I told you last week, my friend: Levy panicked XD

But the point of me pointing this out is thus: Mashima already thought of this. Levy didn't have to kiss Gajeel, but she DID. Thanks for confirming a pairing and being nice to your fans. 


But wait, that's not all:

Fairy Tail 397 - Page 11

You're shitting me? Actual back history and character development for Gajeel Mashima I don't know what you're doing differently in your daily routine, but KEEP doing it. 

Some might say this point has already been hammered home and Mashima's revisiting a point he made back on Tenrou Island. I say, once again, BITE ME!



But, let's look at what most people are going to complain about

Fairy Tail 397 - Page 17

Gajeel's Iron couldn't break through Fish Boy's steel, but he uses the Carbon particles in the air to create Steel out of his Iron. 

By the laws of natural chemistry, this is actually true. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 

As much as this is Deus Ex Machina or whatever (I will not call it that, but I know many of you will), at least it's something that makes logical sense. 


This is why I stick around folks. This is why I keep reading Fairy Tail. Chapters like this make it worth any price. 
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iluvmj4everrr's avatar
I'm glad to see someone praising mashima for his work and not criticizing the latest chapters. to be honest I love it the way it is and it's turning out far better than any of the other top manga's. like seriously it may be predictable in some area's but he throws us off into a whole different direction with other areas of the plot. I agree with everything you said and I'm glad to see you speaking up about it since I've seen so many people pile their shit onto fairy tail on bag mashima. like serious do these people have nothing else to do with their lives than to bag the shit out of fictional characters.