Just felt the need to strangle someone after reading the latest chapter of Fairy Tail that came out today. Not that it's bad. (IMO)

-Spoiler alert-


Brief summary of last week's chapter:

Ultear was having a small monologue about how she hasn't changed at all and that she's still a "witch" who's willing to kill an innocent human being without a second thought. (Poor Ultear >.<)
Meanwhile, near the end of the chapter, Gray died while trying to save Juvia from the small dragon's attack (He was shot several times by their beams/lazer)

Many people were raging in the forums over that "pitiful death" of Gray's by putting the blame on Juvia. Here's how the scenario goes: Gray saved Juvia from a lazer/beam/attack from a small dragon/small monster thingy and tells her that he has something to say to her. Juvia misinterpreted (as usual) and was thinking about what could Gray possibly want to tell her. In that time, another beam was shot out and Gray shoved Juvia aside to protect her, only to get shot through the heart. And then a few more beams were shot through his body. You'd think things couldn't possibly get worse but a final beam shot through his head.

And yep, Juvia, Lyon and Meredy saw the traumatic scene. I'd say it wasn't fair to blame Juvia for Gray's death since it's probably a reflex thing to Gray that he had to save her. He'd probably save Lyon or Meredy if they were in Juvia's place. (Just saying.)  People argue that Juvia's body is made up of water and it wouldn't hurt her but I suppose the small dragon's beams were magic induced, so her water body wouldn't work here. I really have no idea what Mashima (the author) is trying to pull in this chapter but nonetheless I still like this chapter. Mostly liking  how his death was depicted. Reminds me of Musica's apparent death in Rave Master.

Brief Summary of today's chapter:

Ultear decides to sacrifice her life to perform "Last Ages" using her Time's Ark, to reverse time, to take the world back in time before the Dragons attacked. However, she was only able to reverse a minute. She dies in regret, thinking that she wasn't able to save anyone, thinking that her life is only "worth a minute". However, during that one minute, everyone had a pre-motion of what's gonna happen and so were able to predict the enemies' move, thus saving the lives of those who were supposedly dead or were going to die.

Macao who was on the brink of death, Droy and Gray who died were "brought back alive"

Once again, we were "trolled" by Mashima. Many were unhappy/disappointed by this chapter since they feel that its "predictable". Some stopped reading after this blah blah blah. I mean, this is the author's creation, he has the right to do whatever he wants. So far, he has done an awesome job with the series. Who are we to complain that the chapter was ridiculous? I'm fine with the chapter, though not overly surprised by the outcome. Just one minute. In one minute, Ultear has saved a few lives. :) And she dies without knowing that. How sad is that? Her death was a noble one. Just like Siegrain (from Rave Master) who died while protecting Elie's grave back in time. I think this is more realistic than her actually saving the whole damn world by going back to before when the gates open. It gives the whole "going back into time thing" more value since time is precious and knowing the "outcome" might change the whole course of history. 

Though i hope the dead stays dead now. Then it'd have some meaning in it. In any case, Ultear's death was...expected? I guess. Given the sins that she has committed the past years and her mini monologue the past last chapter and this as well...Though i'm quite saddened by her death. I find her character rather interesting though she could be a typical "bad girl turn good but not so good after all". 

 

I wonder what happened to her body. Did it got burnt from the magic she used?

 

Anyways, back to work. 

Maybe I'll post a review on Arisa, a manga that i finished reading today (took me two days to finish 44.5 chapters - 12 volumes) :D