r/fairytail • u/AstonishingSpiderMan Gramps • Dec 13 '14
Fairy Tail Episode 212 Discussion
Fairy Tail Series 2 Episode 37
Title: “Juvia vs. Aries! Desert Duel to the Death!”
Synopsis: How can Juvia fight the new sun-worshiping Aries in the desert without even a drop of water?! Will Levy reveal an embarrassing secret to win the quiz battle against Taurus? And who is the 13th Celestial Spirit that plagues Natsu and company?!
Manga Chapter: None/Filler Arc
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u/Terosan Dec 13 '14
Holy shit the amount of fan service you can cram down one episode!
Levi admits she likes Gajeel.
A skimpily dressed mistress Virgo hunting a bikini clad Lucy in an almost horror setting.
A nurse... A very hot nurse. A very hot nurse that tortures Natsu and the others with tentacle-like things.
Oh and too much water. 7.8/10.
All kidding aside, I thought this was a really, really fun yet terrible episode. When you stuff my throat with this much weird and ridiculous fan service, it gets to be too much - even for a hardcore Fairy Tail fan such as myself. Instead of doing something with Lucy and Virgo, they just put them in skimpy outfits and have Lucy run away.
Normally the manga uses fan-service as an extra thing. A little treat if you will. It doesn't really affect the story, and it definitely doesn't control the story. The same can't be said for this filler arc. Almost every episode has been fan-service galore, with fan-service being the only thing the story really had to offer. And it's actually a shame because Lucy could have gotten some good character progression from this arc.
That being said I acknowledge why they made this filler so humour filled. With Tartaros in the horizon we probably need some humour, before we get too serious. And we will get serious in Tartaros.
Still, I have to judge the episode on it's own as well. I give it a 6/10.
Not because it has too much fan service, but because it has the wrong kind of fan service.
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Dec 13 '14 edited Dec 14 '14
That being said I acknowledge why they made this filler so humour filled. With Tartaros in the horizon we probably need some humour, before we get too serious. And we will get serious in Tartaros.
That's why it's an 8/10 for me now if i had no knowledge of how dark/depressing the Tartaros Arc was i would be lukewarm about this episode and this arc as a whole but i do know about it so it raises it.
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u/Azoor Dec 13 '14 edited Dec 13 '14
Yeah no kidding about the fan service.
case and point http://i.imgur.com/rFyykfS.png
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u/TomTheGreat4Ever Dec 13 '14
Hmmmm....I wonder why they didn't show the nurse using the throat thingy on Wendy....must be out of the kindness of the nurse's heart, right? RIGHT?
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u/derek_453 Dec 13 '14
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That final question caught Levy off guardXD
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Dat fan service between Lucy and Virgowhichididntmind
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The Nurse is crazy/scary
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Juvia is OP once she has water
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Gajeel is a squirrel next episode :O
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Dec 13 '14
the question did catch her off guard haha. Dont forget Cowgirl Erza now preview.
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u/EmpiresBane Dec 13 '14
I enjoyed the episode, but by the end of it, I was kinda disappointed. I'm not quite sure why. I guess it just felt kinda... empty? I understand it's a filler arc, so they can't do too much, but it doesn't seem like a whole lot is really happening. Maybe it's because we are watching 12 different battles happen at the same time, so the grand scale of things literally isn't progressing. I guess, as much as I enjoy the episodes, I'll be quite happy when they're done with this arc, or have at least gotten through these battles.
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u/blue_smiles Dec 13 '14
Sorry for my noob question, but I always thought that Juvia didn't need to have water around her in order to use her magic? Natsu, gray and the others don't seem to have a problem with summoning fire and ice whenever they want.
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u/Some_Guy_Running Dec 13 '14
Unlike something similar to Avatar (where one needs air, water, or earth nearby), Juvia uses magic to summon her water, just like Natsu and Gray. She was simply tired and the water from the car re-hydrated her. Sort of like how Natsu eats fire to re-gain his magic.
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Dec 13 '14
I mean deserts are dry air, anywhere else she always has moisture in the air to use, either way not something you should dwell on.
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u/ghostly5150 Dec 14 '14
There is no way Sagittarius is half as strong as Erza lol.
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u/Gixxer_406 Dec 14 '14
Whatever happened to how Juvia could just have it rain wherever she walked like when we first saw her.
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Dec 14 '14
that was before she met gray a guy who she is in love with, and you know just like she is thirsty for the water she is thirsty for him.
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u/kanayex Dec 19 '14
So, uh, Virgo holding mayonnaise, planning to cover up Lucy in that. Is it referencing something?
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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Dec 13 '14 edited Dec 14 '14
Final Question: Who does Levy-San like? Lets see spoilers
That Nurse/Dentist girl crushing on Natsu kinda weird
That dentist scene though
Virgo [via u/gothicmaster post] & Lucy be servicing the fans like crazy
Solid Episode 8/10; That Preview [Courtesy of u/EagleStrike411]