Fairy Tail Chapter 527: August Was Really a...
Okay, okay, so the latest chapter of Fairy Tail has just been released, and there’s been an uproar over it. Mostly around the fact that August just disappeared.
Okay, from what we know, August is the strongest Spriggan of the Alvarez Empire, and the child of Zeref and Mavis. As such, he’s suppose to hold immense power. And in this latest chapter, he we about to destroy Magnolia, but was stopped when he saw Mavis. The moment he saw Mavis, he disappeared.
Now, this made me stop and think about why that would happened. I doubt it was just a “Get Out of Plot Free” card.
In fact, I have reason to believe that it isn’t.
It was after I finished the chapter that I remembered something. Something that August himself had stated shortly after Larcade was introduced, and we all assumed that he was Zeref and Mavis’s child.
Now, we all assumed at the time when Mashima made us believe that Larcade was Zeref and Mavis’s child that Mavis would have to face off against Arcade at some point.
However, we thought it was going to be a fight, or an act of love that would calm Larcade down. That is until we discovered that Larcade was actually one of Zeref’s Demons, and was destroyed by his creator.
When the truth of August came out, we assumed that Mavis and August would face off, or Mavis would show August love to calm him down.
However, that was not the case in this chapter.
August was defeated by Mavis, but here is where I believe that it is not a “Get Out of Plot Free” card that Mavis defeated August just by looking at him. There’s something else going on right here.
When August was about to make Magnolia disappear, Mavis looked up to see what was causing this disaster.
She looked up and saw August. And the moment she did, August stopped. Look at the second to last panel.
Now look at the very next page.
August sees that Mavis is looking at him. She sees him. She’s aware of him. The moment he started disappearing was when she saw him.
Now why is this important?
To answer that question, we need to remember this character:
That’s right. Zera from “Fairy Tail Zero”.
Now, why do we need to remember Zera? Well, I’ll tell you, because she’s very important right now.
Or rather, we need to remember what Zera was.
As revealed at the end of Fairy Tail Zero, the Zera that we knew going on the adventures with Mavis was an illusion that Mavis’s subconscious created. The real Zera died during Blue Skull’s raid on Red Lizard, but Mavis’s subconscious conjured up an illusion of Zera that only she could see and hear.
Now, normally, Mavis’s illusions could not be touched when she conjured them up consciously.
Zera was a special illusion in that Mavis could see, hear and she could touch, because she was created from Mavis’s subconscious.
Now, what does all this have to do with August? Well, I’ll tell you.
Remember that Zera couldn’t remain with Mavis after she had discovered that she was an illusion she had created? Well, the moment that happened, Zera disappeared.
The moment Mavis saw August up in the sky, he disappeared. And as she was making her way to the guild hall again, he appeared behind her as a little boy, only to disappear again as she turned around.
I have reason to believe that August is actually an illusion conjured up by Mavis’s subconscious.
There are several things I can point to that would support this theory: August having memories of his mother and father even as a baby, being smart for his age, and even being born with a lot of Magic Power. All of that does not sound like a typical wizard in the Fairy Tail series. I understand that Mavis and Zeref are powerful, but I don’t think even an offspring of their’s (if they did have one) would have the same traits listed above that August does.
Of course, you could say that this poetic license. A little something to give intrigue to the character.
But the biggest piece of evidence to support the theory that August is an illusion is none other than Zeref himself, and here’s why.
For one, he himself claimed that he has no children. August never told him when they met, so Zeref doesn’t know that August is his child.
He also said this with certainty.
This also tells me something else.
Zeref says that he has no children, and from what we saw with Mavis and Zeref’s first kiss, is that that’s all they did. They just kissed, nothing more. They couldn’t have had any further relation with each other because Mavis died the moment they kissed.
And from what we’ve seen, Mavis is unaware of August up until the moment she see him. That was their first and only interaction.
But here’s the biggest piece of evidence.
Zeref’s Curse kills anything that touches him or comes close to him.
Everything except ILLUSIONS that is. Illusions are immune to Zeref’s Curse.
And the proof is right in Fairy Tail Zero.
Now the reason that Zeref couldn’t touch these illusions is because they were consciously created by Mavis.
However, as seen with Zera, she could be touched because she was a subconscious illusion.
What does this have to do with August?
This panel is the final piece of evidence.
Zeref and August are holding hands, and Zeref’s Curse has no effect on August whatsoever. And August could walk close to Zeref and not be effected by his Curse. AND this is all before Zeref had gained control over his Curse of Contradictory.
If August was flesh and blood, regardless of how powerful he was, Zeref’s Curse would’ve killed him instantly. Or at the very least, Zeref would’ve told him to stay away from him.
But neither happened to him. He was able to get close to Zeref and not succumb to his Curse.
Only illusions are immune to Zeref’s Curse.
Which is why I believe that August is actually an illusion that Mavis’s subconscious conjured up.
This is why only Mavis could defeat him. He was an illusion created from her subconscious, and she had to become aware of him in order for him to disappear. Just like with Zera.
At least, that’s what I theorize.
We’ll just have to wait and see if this is indeed the case.
Have a Good Day, Everyone! :D
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