SHOUNEN SWITCH #1
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Woke up today to see that the most recent chapter of Fairy Tail had been posted up by the ever incredible people at MANGASTREAM.
We start off with two gorgeous color pages, as mentioned by the magazine last week.
Of course, this being FairyTail we can’t forget the ecchi, oh Mashima; your ecchi skills—as always—are oh so subtle.
It is now year x792 and it’s the fourth day of the magic games. Is it just me or did it feel like Mashima ran outta names for guilds, Dullahan Head. Really? It woulda sounded better as just Dullahan but sure, Dullahan Head why not? Don’t get me started on Dwarf Gear.
Look how adorbs Lucy is, working hard as an editor in training. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t want Lucy to call ya Senpai, Jason is living the dream right now. Oh but getting a position as editor in training wasn’t easy, first ya have to debut as a gravure model. I went into this series not knowing just how ecchi it was…but I’m in too deep to leave! Did anyone else love how Sabertooth, Blue Pegasus, & Lamia Scale etc… didn’t make appearances at the Games? Ugh! I felt the comradery so hard! Also that just means we get to see everyone revamped with new fan service based looks later on! gehehehe. The kokoro is not ready! Man I love time-skips!
This whole chapter is pretty much narrated by Lucy as it’s from her perspective, Mashima uses this opportunity to display Lucy’s daily routine; which oddly enough includes a lot of bathing. Cute humor is sprinkled in here and there balancing Lucy’s bittersweet commentary, then we find out she’s been researching the movements of the guild members after the guilds dissolution.
We end the chapter off with Lucy at Jason’s side at the last day of the Games, where they’re doing their reporting duties. Lucy was clearly unamused by the two guilds that made it to the final. It’s SKULL MILLIONE vs DULLAHAN HEAD, I mean I know realistically they are just ‘filler’ characters but c’mon Mashima.
Skull Millione is deemed the new champions of the game, as per Lucy’s educated guess. But wait…what or might I say who is that in the DISTANCE!?
MY KOKORO SANK. I knew who it was right away, who else but Natsu would show up to kick some ass.
AND THIS! Oh Lucy, don’t be silly, it’s just your husband Natsu. How Shounen is that line! hahaha ‘This feeling…’ It’s a beautiful cliche shounen one liner just like ‘so fast’ or aka: ‘Hayai’
Shit goes down and the heat is on, literally. As everyone’s clothes magically melt ever so strategically, the cloaked intruder reveals himself…
NNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUU!!
Look at how ungroomed you are and that magical power, GADDAMN. Where did you go train? A Volcano, the center of the earth, IGNEEL would be proud!
Also, did he always have that scar or do him and gray now have couple scars. YAOI. I ship it. It’s CANON. It’s official. More on Natsu in a bit, can we just take a moment to appreciate Happys dapper ass coat?! Guess he took a few pointers from Lector.
So Natsu ends up beating everyone up with his new OVERWHELMING power, and Mashima goes ahead and knocks me out with one final blow to the kokoro…
His smile~! Gets me EVERY time! You win again Mashima, you win. That last panel made up for all the ecchi that I didn’t need today. As long as you keep pumping out some Natsu smiles and naked Grays I’m good.
|image credit : Mangastream
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