#ch157

I miss the greasy rat bastard vibe of Ace's original character design

In the manga, Christina only lasted just enough to hit one leg, and then they immediately crashed. 

In the anime, they remained in the air long enough to finish all communication. I think because they didn’t wanna animate the crash or something? But I adore the implication that Sherry’s magic was most crucial to keeping the ship moving, because it started crashing the panel right before she gave in first.

(Also, I adore the way Mashima kept Ren’s face scar.)

The conversation continues from the ground. I think this makes more sense to emphasize that they’re really completely out, and just lifting it was pushing the limits, they didn’t have time for a motivational speech in the middle of it all. 

Also, this makes it clear from the start that all of them survived the crash, and there was no doubt or tragedy before they all went to the six different spots. 

Okay, these two scenes are so powerful to me. 

Natsu doesn’t have this moment because his Galuna opponents aren’t here, so only Erza and Wendy called out to him, but these two are beautiful, especially because the arc initially sets these four up as parallels of each other. 

Lyon is calling Gray out for not disgracing the name of Ur. 

Sherry, who couldn’t have cared less if the entire village on Galuna died horrible, acidic deaths for her benefit, can now admit that she doesn’t want Lucy to die. 

I love that these two’s character redemption arcs actually properly concluded.

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Here’re their release months, too:

Ch151: April 2019

Ch152: May 2019

Ch153: June 2019

Ch154: July 2019

Ch155: August 2019

Ch156:September 2019

Ch157: October 2019

Ch158: November 2019

Ch159: December 2019

Ch160: January 2020

Ch161: February 2020

Ch162: March 2020

Ch163: April 2020

Ch164: May 2020

Ch165: June 2020

Ch166: July 2020

Ch167: August 2020

Ch168: September 2020

Ch169: October 2020

Ch170: November 2020

Ch171: December 2020

Ch172: January 2021

Ch173: February 2021

Ch174: March 2021

Ch175: April 2021

Ch176: May 2021

Ch177: June 2021

Ch178: July 2021

Ch179: August 2021