#ft chapter 520

“Hang on tight!”

Thank you Hiro-sensei for the amazingly adorable back to back chapter covers

Nalu with Natsu’s scarf around Lucy’s pretty neck

GrayLu brotp maaaann i ship this brotp so much

Oh and we have Happy being cute af in the middle of it all

Fairy tail chapter 520 Gajevy moment

Alright guys here’s chapter 520: Dragon or Demon

So our cover page is actually pretty cute. I like the caption of “the reason to travel…” and hey we have lucy wearing Natsu’s scarf.

So we start off where we ended the last chapter, with dead Irene. We should probably leave this scene before readers remember last chapter and come at Mashima with ruthless aggression.

Umm Bull crap Erza. You are not okay, you happen to have all the bones in your body broken and a sword wound. If any other character was in this situation they’d probably be screming at wendy to heal them. Oh wait she’s not any other character no she’s Erza.

Actually now that I realize it, does any member of team Natsu aside Erza know he died. Kinda crappy to not tell every one that but then again you were dragged into a fight with an extremely powerful character so probably not the best time to bring it up.

So we get to what this chapter is all about and we have Igneel talking to Natsu about the demon and dragon seed.

Honestly I like Igneel doing this. Whenever natsu is getting too self centered have Igneel smack him out of it. Honestly its one of the things I like about this chapter. Also Igneel explains it’s the fusion of the seeds that causes this death flag, so he should just choose one.

Okay here’s a scene I honestly like. The idea is just choose one path to take and decide what power he wants. It’s honestly not bad.

And I like his answer. The idea of him only being a human is one that I really like. Now here’s problem, pacing. All of this feels way too fast. We’ve had this whole time for Natsu to learn something for himselfand at that point he should start thinking toward all that. I don’t mind the answer but I mind that Natsu answered way too fast. It’s not hard and we’ll see that not that much else happens in this chapter so play up the drama and have Natsu contemplate everything then have this be the end of the chapter.

Umm Igneel as a father there really shouldn’t be a right answer for you to determine. It should be natsu confidence in his choice that you should appreciate.

Another scene I like but a problem I have is this feels too fast. Have more emotional bonding time with Igneel then this departure will mean a lot more.

Um He’s awake but here’s my probem, is his death cured? I know the whole point was to find the cause of his death but all that build up around it and we get another fake out. I know it’s FT and no main character actually dies but you already had the magic tumor thing going, doing that again is really dumb and kills more interest.

And here we have the whole reason why some will say this chapter is great. Okay apparently Hiro doesn’t seem to remember the shit he got from GMG when he had naked lucy and people raised some hell on his twitter for it. Well apparently this is totally different cause she got to keep her underwear. Okay only the bottom half.

Again my problem with this chapter right here. This conversation of how he’s END but how he chose being human should not take one panel. Lucy is your best friend, talk to her like a friend would in this situation. Lucy What reasoning? At most Natsu gave you a summary.

And here’s another problem with this chapter, these universe one pages are a waste. I get they are trying to establish that Irene is dead and the world is going back to normal but with a chapter about Natsu’s choice there really shouldn’t be 7 pages dedicated to other stuff.

Okay I’m including this panel because damn that’s some nice artwork.

Our chapter ends with natsu proclaiming he’ll make it to Fairy Tail. Okay first off was the “strongest bond” your friends or your dad. Again here’s the issue of going to fast, I can’t tell if there is actual growth on screen or just reaffirmation pf already learned lessons.

And with the next chapter called the strongest mage, all I can hope and pray for is Gildart vs August.

So post chapter follow up: This was a rushed and lazy chapter. I felt like this was a lot of stuff Hiro wanted to cover but didn’t want to work on it for very long because then he couldn’t get closer to the end as fast.

So pros of the chapter all the ideas are nice. I came into this chapter really excited because the Natsu plot is one I was very interested to see resolved. A lot of the ideas of being human triumphing over others is a little cheesy but one I find very endearing.

But on to the cons, this chapter was too damn fast. I like these ideas but the reason they are effective is you devote time to them. Rushing past them is not going to have the same effect as immersing yourself in the same drama your character is going through. So through out this chapter I given very hollow versions of conversations that I would really want to see. Another thing is this chapter just reminded me how pointless Universe one was. I said I’ll make a “10 things that ruined this arc” list or some variation of that and you sure as hell better believe that’ll be on there. And another thing is the death fake out. I’m not against it being solve and Natsu is the MC so of course he won’t die but don’t throw away this moment as if it means nothing, please play up the drama give us big imagery and revelations of why this is happening. Don’t zoom past it.

Final Verdict: 4/10

Just lazy

Too Rushed

IT WASN’T HORRIBLE?????????????? THERE WAS ONLY ONE GROSS SCENE???????? AND ACTUAL CUTE MOMENT?????? ERZA NOT FORGIVING IRENE????????? MAKAROV’S DEATH BEING ACKNOWLEDGED???????