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M'kay... I'll come out and say it...

I did not like this opening!!

...the first time I saw it ;D

Granted, I still don't like it all that much, but I will admit that the song has grown on me, even if the clips in the opening haven't.

The start with the Eclipse Gate opening is INSANE!! Truly cool, but as soon as the clock and FT logo appear, I feel everything goes downhill. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a fairly nice song and this part of the arc is kinda intense... but I just do not think the song suits Fairy Tail AT ALL!!

I just kept relating this opening to other, ACTUALLY dramatic and intense animes I've seen - not that FT itself isn't dramatic and intense at times, but I don't think that's FT's purpose.

Let me make a list to demonstrate:


 * The clock ticking backwards to the heavy band - Steins;Gate anyone?
 * Motherglare's minions jumping up into the sky and falling - Shingeki no Kyojin... but with minions...
 * The diary disappearing at the end - Death Note? And not only Death Note, but that diary seriously has FUCK ALL to do with ANYTHING! Yet they're making it seem like the mystery of the century >__>

Oh! And I'm sorry but I do not see the Dragon Slayers walking in sync as being cool or badass XD I kinda just started laughing when that clip showed, because seeing people move in time to music in the same way just gets me thinking of this :P Fuckin' N Sync

And the rapping DX I can't stand it tbh T^T Sorry to the rapping guy, but he throws too many awks English words into Japanese sentences in ways that just sound clunky, don't rhyme and clash with other sounds in the words. And don't have a go at me saying I hate English/rap in Jap songs - Rock City Boy is one of my favourite openings!!

...a least Cobra looked aweshum :3

However, arg damn, this is a spoiler... Highlight away: Why the actual FUCK was Last Ages shown as a massive rainbow shooting into the sky!? Please, for the love of all things Jellal, DO NOT make it look like that! I don't want to see a depressed, sacrificial Ultear shooting rainbows! I want to see her burn alive as she screams and sacrifices her life in one of the most epic FT moments of late. Seriously... rainbows my ass >__>

Rant over :3

Hopefully the next OP impresses me more :/



I legitimately have fuck all to say about this ending. I watched it four-ish weeks ago when it was first used, thought "meh" and haven't watched it since. And seriously, I cannot be stuffed re-watching. That's how boring and dry I found it.

Dunno. From memory it was just FLucy walking around doing sweet fuck all and then she's at the golden plains, which is weird because why would they use that if it's going to come up soon in the actual story? I mean, the last ending was this weird A/U which (looking back) I liked a lot more than this, but at least that wasn't the team being lazy >__>

Oh, and the animation seemed pretty iffy and didn't catch my eye at all. Music was boring too.

So, here is an entertaining gif that is 100,000 times better than this ending :D

http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s557/LilOrangeCat/JellalDance_zps2ebd63cd.gif



And we start TMITA this month wiiiith score reca-

HOLY FUCKING SHIT o__O

No... No we don't. "There will be no stupid and redundant score recaps today!" said some animator in the studio, for we actually open TMITA this month with Hisui and Darton in Mercurius talking all cryptic. I dunno, call it manga bias, but this stuff is always a little dry for me. However, I guess anionlys probably geta hit from it.

New opening DX Nooo... bring back Masayume Chasing (__;)~ Na na na na na na na??

Looks like we're starting with Laxus and Jura. I said last month during my Raging Thunder (or w/e it's called) review that I hated this fight in the manga, though luckily so far it is keeping me entertained in the anime. Both are well animated and the spells look good.

Though, Laxus just ruined it by using Natsu's quote of "I'm all fired up" :/ Damn it Laxus! Not cool man... not cool!



http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac139/jemima98/tumblr_l71xzzRw3e1qzfqs0-1.png

Not going to mention the Rescue Team still fighting because nobody cares, so we're now heading to Erza and Minerva. Erza is pissed and Minerva's showing off her Magic and...

Wait... wait wait wait a second! Why are Risley, Beth and Araña all standing back in Domus Flau watching this and commenting on the Magic? You fools ran off like 3 episodes ago to get Kagura and Millianna first aid!! >__> Make up your minds and get choo priorities straight women! Sheesh...

Okay, whatever, back to Minerva and crew. Minerva keeps blasting but Erza somehow gets through and activates Second Origin! Whoo~ This allows her to don Nakagami Armour :D :D :D I must say, I did like how the anime portrayed this armour. It of course wasn't as detailed or as fluid-looking, but what they had was nice ;D Very nice~



Juvia and Gray in their tag battle are next, but it's just Lyon and Chelia bickering and Gray telling Juvia that they need to team up and beat them...

...because according to Gray, what he and Juvia were doing fighting together for the last god-only-knows-how-long was not them teaming up >__>

Cue awesome music and Mavis talking because you probably know what's coming next!

Yep, FT simultaneously launches their assault and...

and...

and...

Y'know how I sad I hated Laxus vs. Jura in the manga. I've just decided I hate it here as well.

There is literally NO build-up in the fight! I mean, 7 minutes ago Laxus sent up a flurry of lighting around Jura and Jura DIDN'T EVEN GUARD... and now he unleashes ONE stinkin' attack and Jura just takes it and falls??

Jura: I've lost...

NO! No you haven't! Why the hell would you say that... this makes no sense... Screw you Laxus and Jura... I'm moving on...

Back to Juvia and Gray, who just cast two separate spells but do so holding hands because that's special or something >__> I dunno... I'm over Gruvia and stuff, and the spell looked nowhere near as cool...



Like, I can't see Gray's attack there... Can you??

Hopefully Erza can save this sinking ship, aaaand save it she does, thanks to some nice animation, some kick-ass OST and some marvellous voice acting on Minerva's part :)

Oh, well, this one clip did ruin it, but I'll overlook it ;D

http://i1305.photobucket.com/albums/s557/LilOrangeCat/Handsanyone_zpsc034ff99.png Uhhhh... we need a hand for Cana- fuck it >__>

So, FT advances to 63 points! This is in the bag...

...or is it?

Hold the damn phone, because Sting is still out there ladies and gentlemen. He has been biding him time with a plan and chooses this moment to strike.







Endword

Carrot out~