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[Dragunov]

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How bout that cover page....it needs more...suggestive ideas;)

[redragon88]

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It's cover pages like this that let us know that Hiro has already made his decision on who gets paired of with who. Probably because he wants to avoid the pairing wars, like that one from a certain manga about ninjas.

It's pretty clear that whether they remain suggestive or become canon the official couples are:
Natsu/Lucy, Gray/Juvia, Levi/Gajeel, Elfman/Evergreen and Erza/Jellal (which is already canon)

[Codus N]

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Suggestive cover page. I like. Kagura Mikazuchi. I shall remember that name. Mashima sure knows how to create badass female characters. A certain mangaka *cough*kish*cough should learn from him. Its cool that a swordsman appears in a magic manga. I've always like swords.

Extra info: Mikazuchi is a deity borne from the blood of Izanagi's sword when he slayed Kagatsuchi, his own son who caused his mom's death by burning since he's a fire god. Mikazuchi is known to be a good swordsman so its nice a character is named after him.

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So.... can we expect the 4th MS technique granted by EMS is Mikazuchi??

Edited by Codus N, 21 April 2012 - 06:02 AM.

[Darth Krypt]

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So.... can we expect the 4th MS technique granted by EMS is Mikazuchi??

I don't think so. 8 dieties were borne from that dripping blood and they're all minor ones. I don't think they will be a part of the Sharingan's arsenal. Some of them are probably already named techniques in the manga. The Sharingan only take the major Shinto gods like Izanagi, Izanami, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and even Kagatsuchi.

[Codus N]

BTW: the new Vol. 32 contains some stats for the participants:

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Sabretooth --Click here to view--

Raven Tail --Click here to view--

Guide to reading:

Top: Attack power
Top left: Defense power
Top right: Speed
Lower left: Intelligence
Lower right: (varies)

The lower right is just something random or more or less the characters' special characteristics.

Natsu ~ Explosive power; destructiveness
Lucy ~ Boobs
Gray ~ Nudity
Laxus ~ Brotherhood/Comradeship
Juvia ~ Fantasy/Imagination; romantic crush
Jura ~ Hair
Lyon ~ Triangle relationship
Celia: Dojikko
Toby ~ Dog-like
Yuka ~ Eyebrows
Rogue ~ Shadow
Rufus ~ Masquerade
Erza: swordswoman
Mirajane: gravure
Gazille, Orga: singing power
Yuka: eyebrows
Ichiya: kirameki (shininess?)
Hibiki: ikemen(?) (handsome guy)
Eve: snow man
Ren: tsundere
Arania: pittari suits (perfect suits?)
Beth: country
Risley: mama?
Everyone in Quatro Cerberus: wild
Sting: white (whatever that means)

[redragon88]

I heard that Hiro made those stats according to Jason's (weekly sorcerer reporter) point of view so they may not be completely accurate. I wouldn't take them so seriously because according to the stats Ichiya is the weakest in the Blue Pegasus Team and yet some chapters ago Erza stated that he was that guild's strongest member (despite how ridiculous he looks).

[Codus N]

Yeah, pretty much what I figured, but Kagura's stats definitely speak for themselves so it does have some weight if we want to debate power levels.

[Super Boom]

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Ha ha I love the cover image. Lucy straddling Natsu and drawing on their faces is just hilarious. When I first saw it, I thought they were supposed to look like Gildarts and Happy's dad, but I guess that's based solely on the beards.

So Kagura was the Ace of MH, and Yukino was from Sabertooth? I'm glad Mermaid Heel won, it evens the points out a bit. Even if it does get interrupted, having the points spread out among the guilds makes it seem it a lot more interesting, IMO. I wonder how Yukino's keys are going to end up in Lucy's arsenal, and, if they do, if something will happen to her. I was thinking a while back that it'd be interesting if she was somehow able to summon the Spirit King, but I don't know how likely that is.

That cover --Click here to view--

It's cover pages like this that let us know that Hiro has already made his decision on who gets paired of with who. Probably because he wants to avoid the pairing wars, like that one from a certain manga about ninjas.

It's pretty clear that whether they remain suggestive or become canon the official couples are:
Natsu/Lucy, Gray/Juvia, Levi/Gajeel, Elfman/Evergreen and Erza/Jellal (which is already canon)

Yeah I noticed that too. It seemed like he ship-teased quite a bit at the beginning, but Mashima's been pretty consistently shipping Na/Lu since the Edolas Arc. There's been a few Lucy/Loke scenes here and there, and there was also that Gray/Lucy thing a couple chapters ago, even though it turned out to just be trolling (I felt like Gray and Lucy were even pointing that out ), but it seems like he's more focusing on multiple 'close-to-canon' ships than love triangles. Well...at least with the main characters (I don't know how big a contender Lyon/Juvia is).

I guess it's a good thing though. Maybe Mashima noticed how rabid the Naruto shipping fandom was, and decided to steer clear of that after awhile. I mean, he had a perfect opportunity to stoke the flames with Lisanna's return, but there's been close to nothing between Natsu and Lisanna since she came back. It's sad, but I feel like the only thing her re-entrance accomplished was giving Juvia a partner for the S-Class Exam (and a touching moment with her siblings, of course).

Edited by Boom...Winning, 21 April 2012 - 04:52 PM.

[Darth Krypt]

Yeah I noticed that too. It seemed like he ship-teased quite a bit at the beginning, but Mashima's been pretty consistently shipping Na/Lu since the Edolas Arc. There's been a few Lucy/Loke scenes here and there, and there was also that Gray/Lucy thing a couple chapters ago, even though it turned out to just be trolling (I felt like Gray and Lucy were even pointing that out ).

I guess it's a good thing though. Maybe Mashima noticed how rabid the Naruto shipping fandom was, and decided to steer clear of that after awhile. I mean, he had a perfect opportunity to stoke the flames with Lisanna's return, but there's been close to nothing between Natsu and Lisanna since she came back. It's sad, but I feel like the only thing her re-entrance accomplished was giving Juvia a partner for the S-Class Exam (other than a touching moment with her siblings, of course).

Oh man I was ready to ship Natsu/Lisanna when she made a dramatic return from Eidolas but alas, not a single F was given in developing those pair so I'll just go with the canon ones. Next I was trying to ship Gray/Ultear but Mashima decides to have a yuri Ultear/Meredy pair. Gray/Juvia is still a bit one sided though Gray has shown to be jealous when Lyon hits on Juvia.

[Super Boom]

Oh man I was ready to ship Natsu/Lisanna when she made a dramatic return from Eidolas but alas, not a single F was given in developing those pair so I'll just go with the canon ones. Next I was trying to ship Gray/Ultear but Mashima decides to have a yuri Ultear/Meredy pair. Gray/Juvia is still a bit one sided though Gray has shown to be jealous when Lyon hits on Juvia.

I still sort of ship Gray/Ultear, even if it probably won't happen. Gray/Juvia just kind of bores me. I also like Gray/Erza, despite all the Erza/Jellal stuff.

I sort of wish Jellal somehow made in to Tenrou Island before the Acnologia thing. It obviously doesn't affect the pairing at all, since Erza and Jellal are the closest the series has to a canon couple so far, but there's now a pretty significant age difference between the two. *shrug*

Edited by Boom...Winning, 21 April 2012 - 05:09 PM.

[Ani]

I also like Gray/Erza, despite all the Erza/Jellal stuff.

My brother!

[Darth Krypt]

I still sort of ship Gray/Ultear, even if it probably won't happen. Gray/Juvia just kind of bores me. I also like Gray/Erza, despite all the Erza/Jellal stuff.

I sort of wish Jellal somehow made in to Tenrou Island before the Acnologia thing. It obviously doesn't affect the pairing at all, since Erza and Jellal are the closest the series has to a canon couple so far, but there's now a pretty significant age difference between the two. *shrug*

I too ship Gray/Erza. I mean if Natsu and Lucy gets paired together, then why not the other two? They went through so much together being in the same team and all. To me Gray and Erza are still vague pairing wise. I don't regard Jellal/Erza as a canon pair.

Edited by Darth Krypt, 21 April 2012 - 05:55 PM.

[KoolKat]

I too ship Gray/Erza. I mean if Natsu and Lucy gets paired together, then why not the other two? They went through so much together being in the same team and all. To me Gray and Erza are still vague pairing wise. I don't regard Jellal/Erza as a canon pair.

i used to ship them as well, but then jellal/erza became canon. but, why are they not canon to you yet?

[Darth Krypt]

i used to ship them as well, but then jellal/erza became canon. but, why are they not canon to you yet?

Because they're not. Jellal pushed her away before they can kiss. He lied about having a fiancee because he doesn't think he deserves her. She knows its a lie but accepts it. So they're not together. Maybe not yet, but definitely not now. But to me that chapter looked more like a conclusion of that pairing with them deciding to go their separate ways. Even Happy knows she's a bit heartbroken at the end.

Edited by Darth Krypt, 21 April 2012 - 06:32 PM.

[KoolKat]

Because they're not. Jellal pushed her away before they can kiss. He lied about having a fiancee because he doesn't think he deserves her. She knows its a lie but accepts it. So they're not together. Maybe not yet, but definitely not now.

they actually did kiss he just quickly pushed her away afterwards. im pretty sure they will be canon as much as i would like it more if erza/gray happened. not a big fan of gray/juvia, but the way things look, it looks like gray will end up with juvia. its become pretty obvious of who will end up with who.

[Darth Krypt]

they actually did kiss he just quickly pushed her away afterwards. im pretty sure they will be canon as much as i would like it more if erza/gray happened. not a big fan of gray/juvia, but the way things look, it looks like gray will end up with juvia. its become pretty obvious of who will end up with who.

Even if they did kiss, my point still stands. They didn't end up together after that and agreed not to be together. Hence they are not canon like everybody claims it is.

Edited by Darth Krypt, 21 April 2012 - 06:45 PM.

[alexander]

I would apreciate Erza/Jellal much more if it wasn't for all that angst between them. I think Mashima just set the path for most of the couples and will keep that direction. But Natsu/Lucy is an hard one, since dense characters like Natsu are really hard to develop romance wise. For example, could you think of Luffy ending up with anyone in an convincing way?

[Super Boom]

My brother!

Because they're not. Jellal pushed her away before they can kiss. He lied about having a fiancee because he doesn't think he deserves her. She knows its a lie but accepts it. So they're not together. Maybe not yet, but definitely not now. But to me that chapter looked more like a conclusion of that pairing with them deciding to go their separate ways. Even Happy knows she's a bit heartbroken at the end.

Even if they did kiss, my point still stands. They didn't end up together after that and agreed not to be together. Hence they are not canon like everybody claims it is.

I guess, the way the scene was drawn, with the big panel of a silhouetted embrace after pages of their lips getting closer, I assumed that they did kiss, at least for a moment or two. I suppose there's no way to know for sure (perhaps Mashima wanted it that way), but I think I'd be more willing to believe that they didn't kiss if Jellal pushed her away before the big cheesy romantic sunset panel.
Anyways, when I think 'canon couple' I don't think they necessarily have to be together in the end, just that they seem to have reached a point where there's so much between them they can't really be shipped with anyone else, at least canonically. I totally agree that they might just go their separate ways (even if Jellal's entrance in the Magic Games puts a question mark over that), but I guess it's tough for me to imagine either of them ending up with anyone else at this point. I think they're basically 'canon' in the same sense that, say, Gin/Ran (Bleach), or Simon/Nia (TTGL) were, if that makes any sense.

In any case, if I were to pick my favorite Erza pairing, regardless of how the story's progressed, I think I'd ship Simon/Erza. Even if he wasn't around that long, I feel like he would be more devoted to her than Jellal, Natsu, Gray, or whoever else Erza tends to get shipped with. But that's just my opinion, anyway.

I would apreciate Erza/Jellal much more if it wasn't for all that angst between them. I think Mashima just set the path for most of the couples and will keep that direction. But Natsu/Lucy is an hard one, since dense characters like Natsu are really hard to develop romance wise. For example, could you think of Luffy ending up with anyone in an convincing way?

Yeah, it is kind of tricky, but I feel like a lot more emphasis is placed on their relationship than most of the others (other than Natsu/Happy maybe). But I guess that might be sort of ambiguous too, since it seems like everyone in Fairy Tail already loves everyone in Fairy Tail. I do think that Na/Lu will happen somehow, though, but it might take some big event to get them there. Maybe whatever's going to happen to Lucy this arc will bring that out somehow? *shrugs*

Edited by Boom...Winning, 21 April 2012 - 07:39 PM.

[Darth Krypt]

I would apreciate Erza/Jellal much more if it wasn't for all that angst between them. I think Mashima just set the path for most of the couples and will keep that direction. But Natsu/Lucy is an hard one, since dense characters like Natsu are really hard to develop romance wise. For example, could you think of Luffy ending up with anyone in an convincing way?

Natsu is definitely similar to Luffy in terms of personality. However in OP, Nami doesn't show potential feelings to Luffy like how Lucy showed to Natsu. So at least there's something to build on for Natsu/Lucy.

Anyways, when I think 'canon couple' I don't think they necessarily have to be together in the end, just that they seem to have reached a point where there's so much between them they can't really be shipped with anyone else, at least canonically. I totally agree that they might just go their separate ways (even if Jellal's entrance in the Magic Games puts a question mark over that), but I guess it's tough for me to imagine either of them ending up with anyone else at this point. I think they're basically 'canon' in the same sense that, say, Gin/Ran (Bleach), or Simon/Nia (TTGL) were, if that makes any sense.

To me it looks like they're moving on so yes, I can see Erza with someone else. However there are no clear candidates now she has no pairing to go on unless Mashima decides otherwise. Anyway why Simon/Nia? Kamina/Yoko would be more appropriate. But you would think after that certain event, she won't fall for anyone else but she still had that kiss with Kittan.

[Super Boom]

Anyway why Simon/Nia? Kamina/Yoko would be more appropriate. But you would think after that certain event, she won't fall for anyone else but she still had that kiss with Kittan.

Hmm, that example might have bitten me in the bum.

I guess, maybe because that event took place fairly early on in the series, I feel like we were able to see more instances of Yoko moving on, at least to some extent. But I suppose we don't know how long FT will go on for, so I suppose it's certainly possible that Erza will end up with someone else, if Jellal disappears after this arc. For some reason, though, I get the impression that Crime Sorciere, or at least just New Mystogan, will join the guild after this arc is done. But I guess we'll see.

Edited by Boom...Winning, 21 April 2012 - 08:50 PM.