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* KarmicButtMonkey: After getting defeated by Erza back in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva's vengeful personality sets her up for quite a bit of comedy relief in this arc. Her skirt is inadvertently ripped off by Erza during their rematch and she later falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* KarmicButtMonkey: After getting defeated by Erza her defeat at Erza's hands back in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva's vengeful personality sets her up for quite a bit of comedy relief in this arc. Her skirt is inadvertently ripped off by Erza during their rematch and she later falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* EasilyForgiven: Despite the fact that Minerva has sadistically hurt hurting two of Erza's friends back in the past, Grand Magic Games, Erza is more concerned that only worried about Minerva hasn't bothered to tell not telling anyone in Saber Tooth of her guild that she is still alive and that she has joined a dark guild. whereabouts. It foreshadows the next arc where Erza is more concerned with helping opts to help Minerva then fighting her as an enemy.opposed to defeating her.
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* DiabolusExNihilo: The flying... thing with one eye serves little purpose other than eating Doriarte as he starts to mention Tartarus after being defeated, and ends up roasted by Natsu as he relights the Eternal Flame.
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* ToBeContinued: The last few chapters show... wait, who froze the village? Who is making Minerva of all people show [[EvilerThanThou obvious fear]] just by showing up? OhCrap, it's ''Tartarus''.
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* ToBeContinued: The last few chapters show... wait, who froze the village? Who is making Minerva of all people show [[EvilerThanThou obvious fear]] just by showing up? OhCrap, it's ''Tartarus''.''Tartaros''.
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* FreudianExcuse: Flare was [[RaisedByTheSupernatural adopted and raised by giants]] at Sun Village, but felt like a FishOutOfWater due to being so much smaller than everyone and ran away, only to go mad with fear upon meeting people the same size as her. She later fell in with the bad crowd known as Raven Tail, more or less going along with their {{Jerkass}} actions [[PeerPressureMakesYouEvil just because everyone else was doing it]].
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* KarmicButtMonkey: After fighting Lucy, Milliana, and Kagura back in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva's personality sets her up for quite a bit of comedy relief in this arc. Her skirt is inadvertently ripped off by Erza during their rematch and she later falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* KarmicButtMonkey: After fighting Lucy, Milliana, and Kagura getting defeated by Erza back in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva's vengeful personality sets her up for quite a bit of comedy relief in this arc. Her skirt is inadvertently ripped off by Erza during their rematch and she later falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* KarmicButtMonkey: After fighting Lucy, Milliana, and Kagura back in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva gets the crap kicked out of Minerva's personality sets her up for quite a bit of comedy relief in this arc. Her skirt is inadvertently ripped off by Erza during their rematch and she later falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* KarmicButtMonkey: As payback for her vile actions against Lucy, Milliana, and Kagura she's played as something of a pushover when Erza accidentally [[ClothingDamage rips off her skirt]] during their rematch, and again when she falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* KarmicButtMonkey: As payback for her vile actions against Lucy, Milliana, and Kagura she's Kagura, Minerva's played as something of a pushover when Erza accidentally [[ClothingDamage rips off her skirt]] during their rematch, and again when she falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
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* CurbStompBattle: Natsu versus the.. cyclops... bird... monster... thing.
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* {{Macguffin}}: The Eternal Flame.
** LivingMacGuffin: [[DeadAllAlong Kind of, anyway]].
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* VillainExitStageLeft: At the end of her duel with Erza, Minerva vows to fight her again and promptly flees.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: At the end of her duel with Erza, Minerva retreats but vows to fight her again and promptly flees.again.
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* {{Fanservice}}: This arc has ''quite'' a lot, even by Fairy Tail standards. The initial furo scene which lasts for half a chapter, the hot springs scene at the end which lasts for a ''whole'' chapter, and between these we have, of more obvious things: Lucy wearing very short shorts with lots of the MaleGaze on her butt, similar gaze on Flare's breasts, Erza losing her skirt and panties and fighting bottomless, characters generally losing clothing because they are turned small, naked Ultear in a mind sequence and a couple of panty shots here and there. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]...
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* {{Fanservice}}: This arc has ''quite'' a lot, even by Fairy Tail standards. The initial furo scene which lasts for half a chapter, the hot springs scene at the end which lasts for a ''whole'' chapter, and between these we have, of more obvious things: Lucy wearing very short shorts with lots of the MaleGaze on her butt, similar gaze on Flare's breasts, Erza losing her skirt and panties and fighting bottomless, characters generally losing clothing because they are turned small, naked Ultear in a mind sequence and a couple of panty shots here and there. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]...Yeah...
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* {{Fanservice}}: This arc has ''quite'' a lot, even by Fairy Tail standards. The initial furo scene which lasts for half a chapter, the hot springs scene at the end which lasts for a ''whole'' chapter, and between these we have, of more obvious things: Lucy wearing very [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] shorts with lots of the MaleGaze on her butt, similar gaze on Flare's breasts, Erza losing her skirt and panties and fighting bottomless, characters generally losing clothing because they are turned small, naked Ultear in a mind sequence and a couple of panty shots here and there. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]...
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After some years of being in Raven Tail and traveling alone in pursuit of Lucy, Flare reunites with the giants who raised her in Sun Village.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: At the end of her duel with Erza, Minerva vows to fight her again and promptly flees.
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* SacrificialLamb / TotalPartyKill: All of Succubus' Eye gets wiped out, sans Minerva, in Chapter 354 by Kyouka of Tartaros.
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* DiabolusExNihilo: The flying... thing with one eye serves little purpose other than eating Doriarte as he starts to mention Tartarus after being defeated, and ends up roasted by Natsu as he relights the Eternal Flame.
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* BittersweetEnding: The Sun Village is saved and Flare is finally reunited with the people who raised her. However, Minerva has escaped.
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Chapters: 341-355, Episodes: 227-233
!! Short Summary .
Team Natsu go on a Request for the 4th member of the Ten Wizard Saints.
!! Main Summary
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''Taiyou Village Arc'' has the following tropes:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The inhabitants of Taiyou Village are Giants.
** GentleGiant: And almost all of them are very pleasant.
* BathtubBonding: Team Natsu and Warrod all share a bath with Natsu and Gray reasoning that they've seen Lucy naked so much that the novelty has worn off.
* BigDamnHeroes: Flare turns up to save Wendy and help her and Lucy battle the treasure hunters.
* BittersweetEnding: Flare is finally reunited
* BookEnds: The arc begins and ends with Erza being accidentally punched by Natsu and a FuroScene.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The bath scene unlike the manga the anime only showed a brief moment of them in the water before putting them back in their clothing most likely due to the time of which the anime airs.
* [[BreatherEpisode Breather Arc]]: Definitely. Especially considering the dark overtones the last arc had. And then there's [[DarkerAndEdgier the]] [[CerebusSyndrome next]] [[SerialEscalation arc]], dealing with Tartarus...
* ClothingDamage: Erza rips Minerva's skirt, revealing her stripy panties.
* ContinuityNod:
** During an explanation of the Wizard Saints we see an image of Jose who hasn't been seen since the Phantom Lord arc.
** Sylph Labyrinth is using Moon Drip, not seen since Galuna Island.
** Erza imagines Doranbolt leering at her child self, referencing when he chose Wendy as his partner for the S-Class Exam.
* CurbStompBattle: Natsu versus the.. cyclops... bird... monster... thing.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Flare Corona of ''all'' characters gains a prominent role in this arc.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: What has become of Flare Corona with Raven Tail's disbandment. She sees returning to her native village as a way to atone for her misdeeds.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite the fact that Minerva has sadistically hurt two of Erza's friends in the past, Erza is more concerned that Minerva hasn't bothered to tell anyone in her guild that she is still alive and that she has joined a dark guild. It foreshadows the next arc where Erza is more concerned with helping Minerva then fighting her as an enemy.
* {{Fanservice}}: This arc has ''quite'' a lot, even by Fairy Tail standards. The initial furo scene which lasts for half a chapter, the hot springs scene at the end which lasts for a ''whole'' chapter, and between these we have, of more obvious things: Lucy wearing very [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] with lots of the MaleGaze on her butt, similar gaze on Flare's breasts, Erza losing her skirt and panties and fighting bottomless, characters generally losing clothing because they are turned small, naked Ultear in a mind sequence and a couple of panty shots here and there. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]...
* FlashbackCut: We are shown the founding of Fairy Tail in one.
* FountainOfYouth: Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Flare, Minerva and the treasure hunters revert to children.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When we see the four founding members of Fairy Tail, they are Mavis, Hades, Warrod and someone we've never seen before who will more than likely play a role in the story in the future, who eventually turns out to be Yuri Dreyar by the time ''Fairy Tail Zero'' rolls around.
* FuroScene: Several ladies of Fairy Tail and Flare appear in one.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The flying... thing with one eye serves little purpose other than eating Doriarte as he starts to mention Tartarus after being defeated, and ends up roasted by Natsu as he relights the Eternal Flame.
* HotSpringsEpisode: The arc ends with one... in a unisex hot spring...
* {{Hypocrite}}: The Fairy Tail group (minus Erza, who wasn't there), call the Sylph Labyrinth thieves for wanting to salvage the Eternal Flame, but go after the same group when they learn they possess a bottle with some of the Moon Drip, essentially intending to rob them.
** HypocriticalHumor
* {{Macguffin}}: The Eternal Flame.
** LivingMacGuffin: [[DeadAllAlong Kind of, anyway]].
* OhCrap: Everyones reaction to Natsu and Gray punching Erza. Then Natsu does it again.
** A more serious one with Minerva who finds her entire Dark Guild wiped out.
* PlantPerson: Warrod.
* PowerUp: Kyouka tries to force a power-up on Minerva.
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: Sylph Labyrinth. Unlike most squads, however, they're actually pretty good at their job, much to their surprise.
* RaisedByWolves: Or giants in this case. Flare is revealed be from Sun Village.
* SacrificialLamb / TotalPartyKill: All of Succubus' Eye gets wiped out, sans Minerva, in Chapter 354 by Kyouka of Tartaros.
* ShipperOnDeck: Cana ships Lucy X Natsu
* ShootTheBullet: Sagittarius is summoned to find the Sylph Labyrinth's sniper, and their ammo counters each other.
* ThemeNaming: FLARE CORONA is from the SUN village.
* TheReveal: The Eternal Flame is Atlas Flame, the dragon that Natsu rode in the previous arc.
* TheSlowPath: It's been a few weeks at most for the cast since the GMG but it's been 400 years for Atlas Flame
* ToBeContinued: The last few chapters show... wait, who froze the village? Who is making Minerva of all people show [[EvilerThanThou obvious fear]] just by showing up? OhCrap, it's ''Tartarus''.
* TreasureHunter: Sylph Labyrinth claims they are a guild for this purpose. The Fairy Tail gang considers them thieves.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Occurs frequently thanks to Doriarte.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Minerva to Erza.
* WouldHurtAChild: A member of Succubus Eye specifically turns his enemies into children to make them easier to deal with.
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Chapters: 341-355, Episodes: 227-233
!! Short Summary .
Team Natsu go on a Request for the 4th member of the Ten Wizard Saints.
!! Main Summary
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''Taiyou Village Arc'' has the following tropes:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The inhabitants of Taiyou Village are Giants.
** GentleGiant: And almost all of them are very pleasant.
* BathtubBonding: Team Natsu and Warrod all share a bath with Natsu and Gray reasoning that they've seen Lucy naked so much that the novelty has worn off.
* BigDamnHeroes: Flare turns up to save Wendy and help her and Lucy battle the treasure hunters.
* BittersweetEnding: Flare is finally reunited
* BookEnds: The arc begins and ends with Erza being accidentally punched by Natsu and a FuroScene.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The bath scene unlike the manga the anime only showed a brief moment of them in the water before putting them back in their clothing most likely due to the time of which the anime airs.
* [[BreatherEpisode Breather Arc]]: Definitely. Especially considering the dark overtones the last arc had. And then there's [[DarkerAndEdgier the]] [[CerebusSyndrome next]] [[SerialEscalation arc]], dealing with Tartarus...
* ClothingDamage: Erza rips Minerva's skirt, revealing her stripy panties.
* ContinuityNod:
** During an explanation of the Wizard Saints we see an image of Jose who hasn't been seen since the Phantom Lord arc.
** Sylph Labyrinth is using Moon Drip, not seen since Galuna Island.
** Erza imagines Doranbolt leering at her child self, referencing when he chose Wendy as his partner for the S-Class Exam.
* CurbStompBattle: Natsu versus the.. cyclops... bird... monster... thing.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Flare Corona of ''all'' characters gains a prominent role in this arc.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: What has become of Flare Corona with Raven Tail's disbandment. She sees returning to her native village as a way to atone for her misdeeds.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite the fact that Minerva has sadistically hurt two of Erza's friends in the past, Erza is more concerned that Minerva hasn't bothered to tell anyone in her guild that she is still alive and that she has joined a dark guild. It foreshadows the next arc where Erza is more concerned with helping Minerva then fighting her as an enemy.
* {{Fanservice}}: This arc has ''quite'' a lot, even by Fairy Tail standards. The initial furo scene which lasts for half a chapter, the hot springs scene at the end which lasts for a ''whole'' chapter, and between these we have, of more obvious things: Lucy wearing very [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] with lots of the MaleGaze on her butt, similar gaze on Flare's breasts, Erza losing her skirt and panties and fighting bottomless, characters generally losing clothing because they are turned small, naked Ultear in a mind sequence and a couple of panty shots here and there. [[UpToEleven Yeah]]...
* FlashbackCut: We are shown the founding of Fairy Tail in one.
* FountainOfYouth: Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Flare, Minerva and the treasure hunters revert to children.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When we see the four founding members of Fairy Tail, they are Mavis, Hades, Warrod and someone we've never seen before who will more than likely play a role in the story in the future, who eventually turns out to be Yuri Dreyar by the time ''Fairy Tail Zero'' rolls around.
* FuroScene: Several ladies of Fairy Tail and Flare appear in one.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The flying... thing with one eye serves little purpose other than eating Doriarte as he starts to mention Tartarus after being defeated, and ends up roasted by Natsu as he relights the Eternal Flame.
* HotSpringsEpisode: The arc ends with one... in a unisex hot spring...
* {{Hypocrite}}: The Fairy Tail group (minus Erza, who wasn't there), call the Sylph Labyrinth thieves for wanting to salvage the Eternal Flame, but go after the same group when they learn they possess a bottle with some of the Moon Drip, essentially intending to rob them.
** HypocriticalHumor
* {{Macguffin}}: The Eternal Flame.
** LivingMacGuffin: [[DeadAllAlong Kind of, anyway]].
* OhCrap: Everyones reaction to Natsu and Gray punching Erza. Then Natsu does it again.
** A more serious one with Minerva who finds her entire Dark Guild wiped out.
* PlantPerson: Warrod.
* PowerUp: Kyouka tries to force a power-up on Minerva.
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: Sylph Labyrinth. Unlike most squads, however, they're actually pretty good at their job, much to their surprise.
* RaisedByWolves: Or giants in this case. Flare is revealed be from Sun Village.
* SacrificialLamb / TotalPartyKill: All of Succubus' Eye gets wiped out, sans Minerva, in Chapter 354 by Kyouka of Tartaros.
* ShipperOnDeck: Cana ships Lucy X Natsu
* ShootTheBullet: Sagittarius is summoned to find the Sylph Labyrinth's sniper, and their ammo counters each other.
* ThemeNaming: FLARE CORONA is from the SUN village.
* TheReveal: The Eternal Flame is Atlas Flame, the dragon that Natsu rode in the previous arc.
* TheSlowPath: It's been a few weeks at most for the cast since the GMG but it's been 400 years for Atlas Flame
* ToBeContinued: The last few chapters show... wait, who froze the village? Who is making Minerva of all people show [[EvilerThanThou obvious fear]] just by showing up? OhCrap, it's ''Tartarus''.
* TreasureHunter: Sylph Labyrinth claims they are a guild for this purpose. The Fairy Tail gang considers them thieves.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Occurs frequently thanks to Doriarte.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Minerva to Erza.
* WouldHurtAChild: A member of Succubus Eye specifically turns his enemies into children to make them easier to deal with.
