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Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 151-152

Okay so, the Buddha only forgives three times.

Brain, my condolences. 

Lmao.  Despite being the designated level headed one, Jura immediately curbstomps first, interrogates later. He even has the delinquent squat.

One of us! One of us!

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Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 151

One thing that annoys me about this scene is that no one takes the poison seriously. We see Natsu and Happy finally give in to the poison after the Cobra fight. So why, all of a sudden, is the poison suddenly nothing to worry about? Wendy later even just casually heals it, no big deal. They act like the motion sickness was worse than a poison that literally almost made Natsu die to Cobra’s retaliation, which just cheapens Cobra’s entire power level and the stakes of the Poison Dragon Slayer fight. 

Sure, Natsu can be a bit resistant to it. But he is not immune and his body does not detoxify poison naturally. The end of that battle is supposed to be the peak of it, and he shouldn’t have been able to get up until Wendy healed him.

Instead, they just ignored the poison as random trivia, and no one even bothers to explain to Gray and Lucy. Mashima even made them say such insensitive things to him and not have them realize they were wrong later on. I’m not expecting a dramatic apology, an ‘oopsie’ kind of acknowledgement would be fine. But they didn’t ever care for it even after they found out. 

Which, just. I don’t care about them being ‘mean’, don’t get me wrong. I just want Natsu to actually be in physical trouble due to the poison. If he wasn’t in any trouble at all and motion sickness was worse than whatever poison the Poison Dragon Slayer can inflict, then Cobra must be hella weak?

We put so much emphasis on curing Erza of her poison in O6 arc, and yet here, no one gave a crap about Natsu. It’s just sad that they apparently sacrifice their nakamaship for some subpar comedy. Sure, it’s kinda funny in a ‘oh, poor Natsu lmao’ kinda way, but I don’t think that’s worth literally going against the story’s theme of trust and love.

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Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 151

Was anyone gonna tell me Klodoa was an effing gun in the manga or was I supposed to find this out with this uncomfortably cool scene of Brain suavely one-handing a rifle version that he will never use again

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This dude’s hat reminds me of those random pirates from the Jango cover story

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After some silence, Xie Lian was about to speak when Pei Ming suddenly said, “What’s the meaning of this?”

Xie Lian turned his head to see, and saw Pei Ming raising his left arm, a scorpion-snake biting deeply into his left hand. Its tail was swinging, trying to sting him.

Banyue was ready to kneel again. “I’m sorry, I’ve snakes all over my body…”

Xie Lian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and held her up. “Banyue, don’t get into the habit of kneeling to apologize. General Pei, how did you get yourself bitten by her snake?”

Pei Ming raised his hand, his expression dark. “How should I know? I was only putting my arms around her, and it became like this.”

Xie Lian asked patiently, “Then, General Pei, what were you doing putting your arm around her shoulders?”

“...” It was only then that Pei Ming seemed to notice, and started to contemplate this question. A moment later, he answered, “A habit. In a dark, creepy place like this, isn’t it normal to hold women in your arms, to comfort them and calm their fears?”

“I’m sorry, but I wasn’t scared,” Banyue said.

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Sometimes, the decline of a god wasn’t caused by any mistakes they may have made and been banished for. Sometimes it was because another, more powerful god had appeared, and sometimes it was for no other reason than because people’s lives and beliefs gradually changed, and the people no longer needed them.

For example, a heavenly official who controlled horses must dwell very well. People couldn’t leave their horses and carriages alone when they were in need of transportation; who wouldn’t want their horses to be strong and healthy, their travels safe? Thus, donations would never cease.

However, what if one day mortals discovered something completely new that ran faster than horses? Then, when this new invention overtook horses, worshippers of this heavenly official who controlled horses would inevitably decrease. Such heavenly officials, flashing by like shooting stars, made up the majority of the heavens.

This way of decline was the cruelest, because the process could not be turned around. Unless that heavenly official jumped down from the heavens and returned to being mortal, to re-cultivate a new path and become a brand new god and ascend, then they would be destined to watch their own decline until they disappeared entirely. However, not everyone possessed such courage and fortune.

The gods of the previous dynasty were said to have faded thus. Some also said it was because they caused a great calamity and fought a chaotic battle, which was why they all fell from grace at the same time. But it couldn’t be proven, and it wasn’t important anymore; a few centuries later, Jun Wu was born, and created a new heavenly dynasty. Following right after him, a great number of heavenly officials of the new age ascended incessantly, filling the gaps for the worshippers, and gradually formed the stable Upper Court of today.

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Xie Lian frowned to think. “If my master knew of the crown prince of Wuyong, then he must also know that he ascended. So why did he tell me that crown prince ‘died’?”

“There are three possibilities,” Hua Cheng said. “First, he didn’t actually know; second, he was lying; third, he didn’t lie, and the crown prince of Wuyong really did die, but it wasn’t a typical death.”

“If the Emperor was here, then perhaps we could’ve asked if he knew of this kingdom; if he knew such a person,” Pei Ming said.

However, Hua Cheng said, “Maybe not. The Kingdom of Wuyong disappeared over two thousand years ago. In comparison, Jun Wu is only a young’un. They’re of completely different dynasties.”

Jun Wu ascended around one thousand five hundred years ago. He was a famed general of a warring era, who later proclaimed himself king and successfully became an immortal after ruling for some time. As the number one martial god who had ruled for a thousand years, his background was already completely out in the open. As for the “dynasties” Hua Cheng spoke of, he was referring to the dynasties of the heavens.

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Rambling about Fairies - Manga Chapter 148 +151 + Anime Episode 62

Following on the previous point about the spirit of handholding and its importance in camaraderie. The Jerza point transitions us right into Happy and Natsu, emphasizing once again their bond before we bring him to his parallelism battle with Cobra and Cubellios. 

And this parallelism continues, but what I want to emphasize here is this, specifically.

The anime-only scene where Cobra reaches out toward Cubellios. 

Natsu didn’t even need to know Happy was around for Happy to come for him in the nick of time. They proceeded to have disagreements in the battle itself, but even after being poisoned and separated so far that Happy’s just a dot in the distance, Happy continues to try and help or plead for help for Natsu.

As for Cobra and Cubellios, they’re in sync during battle, never needing words. But in this final moment, they had nothing of that sort. Cubellios isn’t shown to return his affection in this moment, which always made me so confused especially when you think of how much Kinana loves him later?? Cubellios didn’t catch him when he collapsed, didn’t lean over him when he lost, she just hovered like a decoration. 

And then the scene moves away from them so Cobra just doesn’t exist for the rest of the arc?? Can you believe this distance shot of Cubellios maybe vaguely hovering over him is the conclusion to Cobra’s prayer? Honestly none of the ‘oracions’ had a nice reveal in the manga-- the anime fixed it by adding meaningful flashbacks to give us some insight. The anime wins there. 

But it just baffles me, honestly. Why’d they do these two so dirty like that?