Rogue confirmed for not being a bag of dicks.

>>74449
I dunno about that. He seems like a jackass.

Caring about someone that's constantly kissing your ass is not a great accomplishment.

>Erza always crawls into [Lucy's] bed
I can't remember, did this happened or was it reference before?

Rogue was also the only one who had some trouble with his guild mate being kicked out, he's clearly intended to be the better of the two. Him and Fro look to be more like Natsu and Happy than the other guy and... the other cat.

I don't remember Erza crawling into Lucy's bed before. It seems like the fandom would be all OVER that if it'd been mentioned in the past, so I guess it's new.

Awww sheet, here comes more Gerard Tail.

Heh, this scene put the biggest, dumbest smile on my face. I'm glad we get to catch up with one of Erza's old friends.

>realize we were joking that all the Gerard will become fused into one character and will show up every chapter
>Gerard becomes mistgun and shows up every chapter
WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT /jam/?!

>realize we were joking that all the Gerard will become fused into one character and will show up every chapter
>Gerard becomes mistgun and shows up every chapter
WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT /jam/?!

It's a good thing Gerard/Jellal friendzoned Erza, imagine how much more awkward things would be right now between her and the cat lady.
>so yeah we want to kill Gerard
>You wanna join?
>No see, I kinda have something to do tonight
>With Gerard...
>Its not killing.

Oh man, Natsu is platinum mad.
And goddamn, I love the Tengu design Sabertooth's master has going on so much.

>>74704

Would you say he's Platinum Dragon mad?

The amount of major factions and returning characters involved is starting to convince me that this might be the 2nd to last arc.

This was a good chapter!

I have to say, Mashima has really improved at writing emotional scenes. In the earlier parts of Fairy Tail, I often had a hard time sympathizing with bit characters' emotional trauma because it seemed a bit clunky to me, but I felt really, genuinely bad for Yukino and we've only known her for a few chapters.

OH MY GOD THIS CHAPTER!

OH MY GOD.

EVERYTHING. I LOVE IT.

>Oh hey, Fairy Tail, I remember you, you used to be fun.

>Those were the days, lets give your new chapter a look.

OH SHIT IT'S BEING FAIRY TAIL AGAIN!

Actual plot twist:Natsu succeeds into defeating master Monk Mage.

>>74720
I would adore it if the master gets his ass kicked by Natsu, maybe doing some dirty trick or shameful thing to escape losing. It would make sense why he obsesses over power and makes himself look spooky if he actually isn't that strong

>>73533
>Earthland counterparts of Coco, Sugarboy and Hughes
Earthland counterpart of Byro

Damn, both the manga and anime have been rather surprising.

>>74721
Inb4 Sabretooth master is the Muscle Dragon Slayer.

http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/54328975/1

Oh man I cant wait till next week now.

>>74883
Wow, Sting missed the point by a mile.

Translators, for the love of god, just translate namaka already.

I blame One Piece for encouraging this.

>>74888

Whatever, it's not like you don't immediately know it's there anyway. Same with "it can't be helped" and honorifics; after being exposed to a certain level of japan you can just sort of FEEL that they're there.

I have to agree that it's pretty awkward here. I can very much deal with it in One Piece, but elsewhere it's just... an untranslated word.

I think Sting just got a boner.

>>74888
I know what you mean.
I feel the same about translating fighting moves.

>>74906
What? You mean you don't want them translated or want them translated?
Because honestly,only a tremendous weaboo would want to hear characters screeming BATSU MATSU SHINGEN PATSU NO JUTSU.

>>74908
Eh. We're used to martial arts moves' names being left untranslated fairly often in movies and martial arts classes, so special moves/techniques/martial arts schools are actually one of the few areas I don't feel like the translator's just being lazy if they're left untranslated. So I don't need "Iaido" translated to "the way of mental presence and immediate reaction."

>>74910
>So I don't need "Iaido" translated to "the way of mental presence and immediate reaction."

Most attack names have less cumbersome translations than the word "iai" does. Generally they're pretty directly descriptive.

>>74911
Yeah, but even beyond situations like that. I don't mind "karate" being left as "karate" instead of being translated into "empty hand," either. It's a name more than it is a descriptive term. And names are cool to leave untranslated.

New debate: Should terrible english in japanese works be translated into terrible japanese to reproduce the original experience?

Well I was satisfied with that little skirmish. When that master blocked his first attack I was all set to see Natsu get beaten down, but I was pleasantly surprised that Natsu actually got a couple good hits and didnt get shit stomped.

>>74914

It wouldn't work, because while Japanese people will likely have at least a small command of english (even if it's of the learned-it-in-school-and-then-immediately-forgot-it variety) while most anglophones speak absolutely no Japanese.

>>74914
It can really go either way.

If its a random lame pun then just putting in a different pun will work because the original joke isnt the pun its "holy shit look at how lame that pun is"

But thn you get some stuff that just can never go through like stuff based on the shape of characters or rhyming in japanese with visual accompaniment (Polar Bear Cafe).

Really as long as the note is one line or so.

>>74916
If by "small command of English" you mean "taught pop cultural English loanwords" then yes.

>>74928
They're actually required to take several years of English as part of primary schooling. Admittedly, the English they're taught is terrible (to the point that school children are advised against taking English classes outside of primary school because learning how English is actually spoken hurts their chances of passing the tests), but it is actually part of their education nonetheless.

The average Japanese person's command of English is probably comparable to the average American Southerner's command of Spanish. "Enough that they probably wouldn't die if stranded in a country that spoke only that language, but would probably sound like a crazy person when talking and would have to take an hour to explain what they wanted."

>>74928

What >>74930 said. All Japanese people who aren't old as the hills have taken at least a little English at some point in their lives.

http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/11847077/1

Hell Yeah, Motherfucker

>>75050
Guys, don't expand the image Mindwipe posted, just read it.

I don't care if you haven't read Fairy Tail in ages, just read this chapter. NURSE THIS MEANS YOU.

I kind of hope the scoring system is the same for the other rounds, so we can see Erza's face when she realizes that while they get 10 points for 1st place, every other guild gets 8 because they technically tied for second, meaning Fairy Tail gained almost nothing.

>>75050
everyone make way for the best fucking character in all of fairy tail!

>>75121
Gerard?

>>75122

>>75122
Don't be stupid, it's clearly mistgun!

that might have been my favorite chapter thus far

also does she always make this face?

>>75128
Some people have the crazyeyes. Some people live them.

http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/24714326/1

Have I mentioned how much I love the First Master?

Well we just got two chapters of complete FT hype, so I expect something will go horribly wrong next time.

>>75258
Things were going by and large pretty well until the timeskip.

>>75259
I meant in the sense of "everyone just got hyped up as ludicrously strong, so now it's time for the villains to knock them down a peg."

Hmm, what? Did something happen? Sorry, didn't really pay attention...

Looks like we're going to have a lightning-on-lightning battle soon if Laxus has anything to say about it.

>>75263
Next fight is Laxus V Alexei, so maybe (probably not)

Finally Fairy Tail is coming back on top. After chapters of constantly losing.

New chapter: http://mangastream.com/read/fairy_tail/53902026/1

My guess is that either Jellel breaks the illusion, or he joins the fight.

>>75569

Wuh-oh, that's a pinch.

I figure Flare and Nullpudig wouldn't be too much trouble for Laxus to defeat but add in magic cancel guy and magic mimic guy...

>>75569
>dat Millianna

>>75571
Magic mimic guy is in a different guild.

So is Quatro Puppy like, the shittiest guild?
Even shittier than whatever guild Ichiya is from?

inb4 Laxus punched magic cancel guy and then just Fairy Laws the rest of them.

>>75579
? No, I'm talking about Kurohebi.

Though now that you mention it, we've got Kurohebi with his mimic magic and Rufus with his memory make in the same tournament.

Good thing they aren't being set against each other, that match would probably be annoying as fuck.

>The new chapter
Guys

Guys I think Raven Tail might be cheating!

I think Laxus might stand a chance to actually beat all of Raven Tail.
Think about it, it's mostly he who has anything to gain from fighting members of RT characterwise, and Sabertooth is already being touted as the big rival guild while that asshole rune knight is the big bad.
Raven Tail being soloed by Laxus would make sense and would one hell of a fuck yeah moment, maybe a even bigger one than Erza's.

>>75635
It will render Gajeel's dealings with them moot, though.

Speaking of which, why don't FT know of their plans already? What a terrible fake double agent.

>>75651
I think he stopped being their double agent when he was gone for 7 years.
Not that I blame you for forgetting about the time skip, no one important actually changed. Leon still looks like he's the same age, and so does Ichya and his crew.
Fuck, that old bastard in the council still hasn't croaked it.

>>75659
He then had three months though, didn't he?

But yeah, FT's timeskip is still a great big ball of nothing.

So I've been generally ignoring the Fairy Tail anime, but I came across some animated gifs and it looks like the animation for the fight scenes is pretty kickass, which would be enough to get me to watch it. Confirm/deny?

And after finally replaying OoE I understand why I love Erza so much and who she reminds me of.

>>75635
I don't know, it could go the other way to fuel the others' righteous anger.

http://www.mangareader.net/fairy-tail/287

Hahahahhahaha, oh wow.

That was pretty fast, now wasn't?

I was expecting a little more than that. Wonder what'll happen to Flare, seeing as how she isn't evil maybe.

But next up, Wendy Vs Blendy!

>>75774
As satisfying as that was, it also was kinda anticlimactic.

Oh well, looking forward to seeing Wendy use her powers combat-wise.

>>75774

Oh Mashima, you really dropped the ball with this chapter... And you were doing so well, too.

I kind of get the feeling that was an attempt to quickly wrap up the subplot. The final confrontation might be sooner than I figured.

>>75635
Awww yeah.
Who called it?
Didn't expect it to be in one chapter though.

So apparently the volume 33 extras have revealed that
a. The rest of the Blue Pegasus team joined Jenny in the nude shoot. Pretty nice of them to not make her do it alone.
b. Freed is bisexual or gay, surprising no one.
c. Freed has a poster of Laxus in his room, surprising no one.

They seem to be setting up Laxux vs that other lightning guy later up in the tournament but folks, I ask you this.
What possible chance could another lightning user have against Motherfucking Laxus the Dragonslayer? This guy soloed an entire Anti-Ft guild, and somehow managed not to suffer major power seep despite being a previously defeated villain.

>>75945
I'm just hoping it won't be an awful, sticky, so-dumb-it-physically-hurt-my-brain mess like Natsu vs. Zancrow.

>>75971
To be honest, Natsu vs Zancrow was all kinds of retarded.
I'm thankful no more ''god-slayers'' showed up afterwards.

>>75979
>>75971
Ha ha!

Are you fucking with me.
BLACK WIND?
SKY GOD SLAYER?

>>75979
Man, >>75979.

Wait a fucking second
doesn't the Sabretooth Lightning guy use black lightning?
oh no
Oh FUCKING no

>>76067
You're right, aren't you.

Just... goddamnit.

I always find it hilarious how you guys flip your shit over the pettiest stuff.

>>76076
welcome to fandoms

Well, this seemed less bad. I think the main problem with Zancrow was the translation. It was a rather hilarious timing given the commentary of the thread, though.

>>76082

Yeah, I haven't read the original myself, but I'd bet cash money that it was at least less stupid when not run through the terrible translations machine.

Let's assume Zeref was taught his magic by Acnologia,therefore making him the Dragon Slayer of Death. His magic is colored black right?
Now what would the God Slayer of Death's magic color be? DOUBLE BLACK?

>>76091
The Dark Fantastic. Or "Dark Light", if you prefer. You get some fancy photographs when you take them with Dark Light. Though it does make the subject feel like their head has been opened up and icicles pounded into their brains.

>>76093
-Terry Pratchett

Pretty sure Sabretooth lightning guy is in fact a God Slayer. He reacted when he saw Sheila's GS magic and used black lightning himself.
The thing that pisses me off is that now we have God Slayers when the purpose of fucking dragon slayers hasn't even yet been explained.

>>76308
God Slayer purpose killing dragon slayers

Dragon Slayer = God

>>76309
>Copy paste dragon slayer magic
>Dye that shit black(LIKE MY SOUL)
>Call yourself a god slayer

>>76309
>Copy paste dragon slayer magic
>Dye that shit black(LIKE MY SOUL)
>Call yourself a dragon slayer

Damnit Doranbolt...

>>76309
god slayer magic probably came 1st

it was mostly just a really powerful magic that "is so powerful it can kill a god"

then dragons probably came, stole it, and made it there own

You wander why only jellal can feel it but not other fairy tail member ?
the zeref that Jellal where looking obliviously a trap, set by that cat girl.

basically Doranbolt just save jellal ass

>>76381
How would cat girl know Jellal is after Zeref? He last contact with him was at the tower of paradise.
Also, isn't Gellal like, 7 years older than Erza now? I'd call Erza jailbait for the guy, except he's a wanted criminal. Tapping Titania is the least of his worries.