Hmm.
I'm wondering who in the group will escape on their own?
Considering how sure Minerva is that Erza and Jellal will escape, I'm guessing they aren't going to be that lucky.
Chapter is out. Bread Wendy cover is cute.
LOL, Rogue just went and freed them. Points for efficiency. Kinda doubtful he'd be unable to break magic sealing cuffs but it is kinda weird they changed them to rope in the first place? Anyway at least it's a somewhat unique application to the whole Alchemy thing so far instead of just magic+.
Okay I know it's a pretty common Kabuki design but that's freaking Oden lol.
Accompanied by Ryu from Ninja Gaiden.
Anyway Alchemy fights are already looking kinda unwinnable cause, well, Material Bond still exists. Just stone them.
And Natsu just kinda finds Lucy, commits elder abuse, uh, says some questionable stuff, and they run into Athena. Woops. Guess I might be getting damsel Natsu like I wanted.
Damn. Pair Athena up with Laguna and they'd wreck everyone.
Also, I think I know why Erza and Jellal got captured the way they did (and why Minerva specifically went after them. It takes the three most powerful members of the good guys off the board, right when the seeming Big Bad of this arc steps onto the field.
One Strip! One Strip!Chapter is out.
Uh, congrats I guess, Natsu. I dunno what the tears were even meant to do but you sure end up looking good compared to everyone else there by evaporating them. Lol. Lmao.
Man all those new 100YQ powers sure end up looking convenient. Alchemy at least seems like its convenience might last a little longer in comparison. Still kinda doubt that the other alchemists will manage to remember the seemingly basic skill of transmuting people to gems and stick to personal skills.
Anyway those two are manufactured beings so their life expectancy just dropped like a brick. Fairy Tail is super cool with killing nonhumans, they're fucked when they figure out how to overcome the arbitrary NO U DONT barrier.
Presumably after they escape Duke anyway. I predict Minerva shenanigans. Partly for the Athena jokes.
Well, 4th post, what can you do. Chapter is out as usual.
So Duke can make people. Kinda odd that he only started with Athena at Elefseria's behest but I'm getting the feeling he's a construct too. I think Hiro loves that trope lol. Kinda sweet that he values his "lesser" works too, maybe. You never know with those types.
Aaand Athena keeps on being kinda random with her power uses, since tear alchemy doesn't seem to have done anything, so time for eye lasers. A common conclusion, really. Shame they're apparently white eye lasers, I guess she has to be white for a reason, so Sting can gulp it all down, oh my.
Then we cut to Minerva saving Jellal and Erza, but then the Signario sisters show up, transmuting space apparently. The perky one clearly watches too much Madoka.
Wonder if they're also artificial.
Anyway, situation wise, I think Gray/Wendy/Rogue seem the most screwed lol, unless they decide to talk it out (gasp). Next up would be Erza/Jellal/Minerva, since they at least two powerhouses around, not that they're probably escaping the round 1 loss that easily, they just aren't as outclassed as the former. Last we got Natsu/Sting/Yukino/Lucy, where Natsu is Natsu and Sting at least counters part of the arsenal and might be able to straight up eat Athena if she's white enough.
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Seeing Erza and Jellal having to be saved by that bitch really annoys me. I still haven't accepted Minerva's Heel–Face Turn, and I don't think I ever will.
Edited by JG98 on Apr 18th 2023 at 4:05:51 AM
Chapter is out.
As far as 100YQ fights goes, this went pretty well for a Round 1. They lasted at least one chap and aren't looking like total morons. By that I mean team FT. Minerva even got to do stuff before looking like an idiot.
Anyway that's some pretty mundane power overall, they're honestly kinda overreacting, they've seen weirder stuff before, makes me wonder if Brandish could get involved here lol.
Wonder if Minerva managed to remember she can teleport/swap in time.
Chapter out.
Hey Minerva's fine after all. And launched a counter attack by summoning her god thingy inside Luso. Shame it didn't work again. Then they're all turned into cute little critters. Why's Jellal naked?
Onto Duke and the others, Serena seems more aware of his current condition now but honestly he's right not to be angsting about is, he's pretty much alive now. I imagine the whole "magic from a dead man" doesn't mean he's nerfed much since Duke goes on to suck out Wendy and Rogues magic. Wonder why he didn't go for Diabolos. Gen 5s don't work? It's better to attack tourists than locals cause the Magic Council might be mad? He was scared of Georg? Who knows.
And finally we switch to Athena, where she boosts Sting's confidence only to crush it later, and then she shows she does have Whiteout after all. Wonder if Gray, Lucy and Yukino will actually manage to do anything.
It feels like there was no need to fight. Like, if they'd asked, the heroes probably would have given them what they needed
That one girl is kinda annoying. Mashima loves making his villains unfairly overpowered and smug a bit too much.
One Strip! One Strip!Chapter is out.
Hey the girls get to do stuff! Shame Lucy didn't do a Taurus mix though. Surely he'd make a good fusion, the base one's already decent! Also Yukino figures out Star Dress in a second...? Well might as well throw her a bone, that Pisces one looks funny.
I guess the tears thing was emotion alchemy too, ngl Athena's alchemy seems pretty worthless, at least it got the mandatory chapter nudity quota.
I'm getting a feeling negotiations will fail...
It is cool.
I don't even mind the joke at Lucy's expense.
I would have also liked a Taurus mix. There are still a lot of Star Dress mixes we haven't seen yet, although lucy has ten choices, so there are probably a lot of combos. It might take time to think of all of them.
One Strip! One Strip!Yeah I see other Fairy Tail fans upset at this because it made Lucy less special or something, and I just don't see how that's a good argument. Lucy still has 10 Zodiac Spirits to Yukino's 3, and one of them has never been used again so it's effectively 2. I say let Yukino have this before she goes back to being out of the story, Lucy will be fine.
Though it should be pointed out that Lucy had to give up a key in order to get her first Star Dress, so it is a little unfair that Yukino just pulled it off just by learning it could be done.
One Strip! One Strip!

Took a while before my usual place had the chapter up, but I've seen it.
Yeah, that Switching dude was being an idiot before with how he used his powers, but I think that was supposed to be a thing in universe. He flat out says he won't screw around this time.
I'm also annoyed that Natsu got the easy guys to deal with and avoided capture, but lets see how things play out.
I wonder what new tricks Sabertooth has in their arsenal.
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