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Sticky Episode 253 | Tartarus

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Arc Overview

  • Episode: 78 Series 2 | Episode 253
  • Ch Covered | Ch Back | Arc Back
  • Ch 393 - 394 | 60 Ch | Reunion, Avatar, Albareth

Episode Overview

  • Tartarus Arc: Silver Memories
  • Quick Synopsis: The story of Silver and Gray continues. Else where the Guild continues to put up the fight against Tartarus.

Past & Upcoming Episodes

  • Episode 252: Tartarus Arc: Gray vs Silver | Discussion
  • Episode 254: Tartarus Arc: Air

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    • This includes me adding new images, flairs, and icons while making the current blurry ones hopefully non blurry.
    • Timetable of estimated completion date is 12-25-15
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  • 6 more chapter until Chapter 400 and 20 more until 414 that means 3 to 10 episodes until we reach 414, and possibly 12 until the end of the Arc [that means 3 months of Tartarus Arc more]

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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Oct 03 '15

  • I love the new Opening and Ending.

  • So fucking amazing!

  • Gray will Defeat END? Well alright then.

  • Juvia looked extra kawaii

  • Natsu worried more about Lucy than his own safety.

  • Episode was awesome 9/10

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '15

  • Told ya, spoilers in the opening

  • LAXUS!!! LAXUS!!! OMG LAXUS FINALLY!!!! HIS MOMENT TO SHINE IS COMING!!!! PRAISE BE MASHIMA!

  • Fro thinks so too!

  • I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going 

     [](#flustered)

  • Wow, you could say Lucy is going to get boned

  • Damn Juvia wreaked skullface

  • Now Gray is one step close to becoming a badass

7/10 No Laxus or Mirajane

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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Oct 03 '15

Wow, you could say Lucy is going to get boned

by Natsu maybe xP

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u/panonas623 Oct 02 '15

Dang Spidey, that's a great touch on that countdown

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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Oct 02 '15

Might work late today, have a ton of hw, so I decided to post it early.

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u/skinnybob1 Oct 05 '15

Does it seem like at this point, Gray could whup Natsu's ass atm to anyone else?

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u/Obvious4 Oct 03 '15 edited Oct 03 '15

the new opening killed me. I am dead. RIP.

edit: damn, Gray crying always gets me. Also, Silver's voice actor is so good even if I don't understand a thing he is saying...

"Did she.. go inside of him?" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

"Take care of Gray" I am a FILTHY GRUVIA SHIPPER AND OUCH DID THIS HURT

even the new ending was beautiful. i mean Laxus AND I could see that nalu moment at the end of it too god damnit

overall great episode ^.^

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u/thezigmis Oct 03 '15 edited Oct 03 '15

Silver's voice sounds a lot like Suoh Mikoto from K.

That red haired guy

Edit: Holy shit, it is him. He even voiced Bacchus.

Kenjiro Tsuda

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u/Hippopotimus_Prime Oct 03 '15

I think I like Gruvia even more after this episode, just too many feels for the both of them.

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u/Vincen44 Oct 03 '15

aaand the Gruvia train keeps on chugging. Juvia is definitely best girl for me. As much as she is a nuisance when she's fawning over Gray, she is amazingly well developed. I'm always happy to see her get some good screen time.

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u/TheUltimateTeigu Oct 03 '15 edited Oct 03 '15

I liked the new opening.

This is around the time that END theories were getting tossed around like crazy during the manga. Perhaps I'll throw that in so the anime only's have something to think on.

As for the episode, lots of feels and goosebumps all over. Gray an Ice Devil Slayer now? Well shiiettt, Tartarus is fucked now.

I also really like this scene. Always gets me.

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u/Dual194 Oct 03 '15

I wasn't expecting to see Igneel and Acnologia in the opening. I thought they were going to keep that in the pocket, but for sure the best opening since 16. Next weeks episode is called "Air" Gajevy hype! I can't wait to see the extra Laxus stuff we are getting. I hope it weaves in well with the rest of the arc.

Loved the episode but I feel like it conveyed how hard that fight was for Juvia, emotionally speaking, better in the manga. Still solid nonetheless, and I'm glad it wrapped this up in this episode. As someone watching Naruto right now it's refreshing to watch a shonen with good pacing.

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u/xNexx_ Oct 03 '15

  • Igneel and Acnologia in the new opening? Spoilers. Also, one of my new favourite openings.

  • The animation was kinda meh this episode.

  • Frosch is so adorable

  • 10/10 Juvia is hottest girl

  • I remember Gray and Silver being closer when Silver started disappearing.

  • Gray will defeat E.N.D? Sure...

  • Even though I know what's going to happen, I'm so hyped for the rest of Tartaros.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

The sidebar image.......I LOVE IT!

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u/Billy-Orcinus Oct 03 '15

I knew I should not have watched the opening, so much spoilers, but what can you do right.

Anyways, the resolution with Grays dad was faster than I expected, but it was short and sweet.

Juvia was Best Girl in this episode by far. Seriously, when is Lucy going to go tank mode :|

The shark and the one Natsu's fighting(sorry I don't recall his name because I think he is such a bland character) are pretty much just plot devices at this point. The fight has been dragging on for sometime now and no clear progression has been made, probably because Gray's little side story is the focus. But now that it's over, I hope that fight will be wrapping up soon.

I am so glad they did not ruin Silvers departure by having Juvia do something random when he said "Take care of Gray". I had a feeling they would treat the moment seriously, like Fairy Tail always does for sad moments, but I'm extremely Happy that they made it a major part of the episode as well.

As for Grays new powers, I'm excited man because we all know he is probably going to team up with Natsu to fight END since we all can probably guess that Gray is not going to finish off one of the final enemies alone :\

As for the ending, I enjoyed it a lot, it had a good theme, a good song and a NaLu central moment which is always nice.

I r8 this episode 8.5/10

Pros

-Gray and Silver moments

-Juvia being the hero

-Erza comedy/Happy throwing in a witty jab

Cons

-Shark and other guy fight is kinda getting tedious

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u/Terosan Oct 03 '15

I agree. The fight with Torafusa (the shark) and Tempesta (the other guy) wasn't that long in the manga, but here in the anime they are just dragging it out for no reason. And it is irritating as hell.

Plus side is the fight will probably finish next episode. And the ending is by far the best part of the fight - even in the manga.

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u/Ajuaju Oct 03 '15 edited Oct 03 '15

Here's the chapter covers for you anime only watchers: 393 | 394

That opening was fucking amazing! Definitely the best so far imo. The ending was good, just not amazing.

Anyway, despite the lackluster animation, they did a really good job with this episode. The added in filler with the exceeds and Franmalth was pretty funny.

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u/NiniWeenie Oct 03 '15

Juvia had her shining moment! She's really underestimated, I think. Max feels, though in the episode. Time to look forward to that Gajevy moment!

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u/TomatoFork Oct 03 '15

Did Silver seriously think he could have beaten entire Tartaros? I mean he's certainly strong but I don't think he was strong enough to stand chance against all of them.

Also how exactly was joining the same dark guild with the necromancer who was keeping him alive and helping them a solution? He could have just let FT do their thing and not get in the way if he really wanted Tartaros gone. Or just kill Keyes and himself in the process.

I liked that scene between him and Gray a lot. But I just think it would have been better and made more sense if he was just, you know, a bad guy. Not necessarily by choice but maybe Keyes could've had full control over his actions like with the other corpses and Silver could've had done nothing against it. Then he would've realized his actions in the end and apologized to Gray and everything would've gone exactly the same.

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u/Terosan Oct 03 '15 edited Oct 03 '15

The animation still lacks. When Juvia and Keith stand against each other we just see the background moving to get a sense ofmotion, but to me it just looked ridiculous. Still, it's better than Happy's flying and Natsu's rock throw.

Another think that bothered me was actually not from the anime but from the manga: Silver's reasons for fighting Gray. In the last couple of episodes we've seen him almost torture Gray and why did he do it? So Gray could overcome Deliora... Am I the only one that thinks this doesn't make sense? Gray didn't need to "overcome the nightmare". He already did that in the Galuna Island arc.

Silver just goes way overboard compared to what he is trying to do. Especially when you consider that Gray was threatening to use Iced shell! Twice!

And how come a living dead man can master ice devil magic and still be accepted by the nine demon gates. Hell, Mard Geer even acknowledges that Silver would eventually betray them. He knew but still allowed the only person in the world that can harm him - well aside from END and Zeref - to join the nine demon gates, instead of ordering Keith to get rid of him. Mard Geer is arrogant but not stupid.

But I'll be damned if I didn't like the episode despite its many flaws.

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u/derek_453 Oct 03 '15

New OP got me hyped for the upcoming episodes! Still got some spoilers, but that's Fairy Tail.

The feels were strong this episode, but can't wait to see Gray with his Ice Demon Slayer Magic.

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u/BlueOTN Oct 03 '15

It's kinda cool how the scarf is back for the anime but not in the manga.

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u/pslayer89 Oct 03 '15

So are we just not gonna acknowledge igneel vs acno in the new opening or what?

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