| Title | : | Fairy Tail, Vol. 05 (Fairy Tail, #5) |
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| ISBN | : | 0345505581 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780345505583 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 |
| Publication | : | First published July 17, 2007 |
Gray’s old training companion Reitei Lyon is trying to revive a calamity demon, but doing so will make their former master’s sacrifice meaningless! What’s the secret of Gray’s past, and why does he keep taking off his clothing? Gray is revealed (metaphorically speaking) in this pivotal volume!
Fairy Tail, Vol. 05 (Fairy Tail, #5) Reviews
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The story of Gray, Lyon, and Ur is always one that tears at your heart! looking forward to the next volume!
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Compulsory sad backstory? Check. It's a volume that is sprinkled with good moments, but doesn't have the overall pizzazz that makes the greats standout.
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The fifth volume of the Fairy Tail manga continued on with the Deliora arc. Despite the love this arc has received, I have to admit that I find it rather preposterous. I'll explain how.
In the previous volume and in this one, despite my opposition, I felt a little sorry for Lyon. Here was a guy who had his entire dream thrown away. And why? Because a stupid boy wanted to avenge his family and didn't have the necessary skill to do it. I understand why Lyon would hate him, why he would want to harm Gray. What I don't understand is how could he be so foolish as to go and try to revive Deliora? And how could all those people help him, especially when they (and he too, by the way) have seen the hell Deliora can create? It doesn't make sense. It is as if, the writer lacked ideas and wanted to write something just for the heck of it. I agree this was probably the longest arc as of now since it will continue in the next volume, too but I find it highly ridiculous. I mean, the guy (Lyon) was basically a kid throwing a tantrum.
Yet, despite all of that, this volume receives a 4 star from me because it answers a lot of questions about Grey's past. I believe soon we'll be learning about others as well, say Erza, Lucy and Natsu. And I can't wait to do that. The background added a lot more character to his character. It humanized him and explained many, many things about him. I would love to see more of these guys in the future, as long as the plots behind them are not absurd. -
I can no longer think of this series or each volume in terms of "good" or "bad", for the work of Hiro Mashima has transcended any and all labels that could possibly be comprehended by the human psyche. By which I mean ayy lmao this is a series you just gotta read for fun, man. And that's what I'm doing, I'm having a good time reading through this series. It helps a lot that these are supersonically fast reads, consistently clocking in at 1 hour and 30 minutes, even when I really take my time and look at the art.
Speaking of art: I think it's pretty good? Comparatively, I mean. A lot of times, especially with weekly/long running series like this one, the art can get pretty lazy. One series that comes to mind is Yu Yu Hakusho. The art is usually pretty decent but you definitely notice when the author starts cutting corners on certain panels. But with Fairy Tail, literally every panel is on the same level, art-wise. I appreciate that a lot. Of course, Mashima has assistants helping him out, and I don't know if the mentioned manga's author had such help. Also, Fairy Tail was still new at this time (having just reached one year) so they might not have had the chance to be lazy yet. We'll see! But at this point I'm quite satisfied with the quality of the art. As an extra note: Mashima draws a lot of good funny faces, which is not something I remember noticing in the anime, but something I notice and like a lot in the manga.
Speaking of the manga, I'll mark on something about the volumes. These volumes have the most bonus content of any series I've ever read; Comic, graphic novel, manga, novel, or otherwise. It's pretty rad. In this volume we got a fricken colouring book page (although I'd argue that the whole manga could be a colouring book), two pages of fan art with accompanying comments from the author, a Q & A section, a rad Mashima-personality-filled afterward, and a few pages preview from the next volume."FT still has a long way to go!! We'll go for at least three years!!" -Hiro Mashima
Lmao this series sure passed it's goal. Thinkin' a little small there, Mashima.
Jesus Christ that's so much extra stuff, AND THAT'S NOT ALL!!
The English edition of this adds EVEN MORE extra content, if you can believe it!! It has this whole Translation Notes section that explains some colloquialisms and other Japanese culture tidbits that a Western reader might not have understood while reading. It even teaches you about honorifics, if you don't know about those. It's just so nice and thoughtful to have, and I appreciate it a lot. Especially since I've never seen this done on any other manga, so the translator is just plain going out of their way to help out the reader. You can even get some of the translator's personality in the explanations, and it's all so very nice.
As we all know, as of the previous volume I had switched to using my library's e-book collection to read this series. And I am sure this is something you must know since of course you've been following my Fairy Tail Re-Watch-Read from the very beginning, with eyes wide and your butt perched at the edge of your seat, eagerly awaiting the next installment in this riveting saga. I finished reading volume 4 two days ago, and as of then volume 6 was signed out to someone already. I was ready to wait a couple weeks for their lending period to be up (as none of those cretins who use my library ever bother returning books early) but when I went today to put myself on the list, I saw--huzzah! It was returned! And so the saga will continue even sooner than planned. Thank you, masked and unknown fellow library-Fairy Tail reader, for not being a filthy book hogging cretin like the rest of them.
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This was an epic volume, it continues the story on Galuna Island but Erza also comes in and we have some great moments like the first fight between Lyon and Gray and we learn the backstory of what happened in their past, their master Ur and her sacrifice which was so emotional and it just shows this is a personal fight for Gray and when all hope is lost, his friend Natsu wont let him. Meanwhile other members confront lackeys of Lyon and its a fun fight seeing it. Also the art and the background and the detailing is just insane. I am loving this one. The story even though extended feels like its building to something big.
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Fairy Tail, Vol. 5 (My Kindle Review)
A group of obstacles for our guild’s continuing quest on the cursed island which include a rival guild they recently encountered, Ezra unexpectedly finding them and furious at them and Gray’s past coming to light and hitting him as well. A (100%/Outstanding) -
Ur's story is so sad omfg
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2.5🌟
Se está volviendo tediosa la cosa -
Sampai sekarang gak ngerti kenapa orang menyembunyikan fakta yang penting? Kan jadi misunderstand dan timbul perkelahian yang tidak sewajarnya 😒🤔
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I'm only just at book 5 and I'm already crying. What is this??
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What I like the most about the actual manga? I feel like it's more realistic than the anime. For example, there's more blood, whereas in the anime there's almost nothing like that. Nevertheless I'm still enjoying it as much as I enjoyed the anime.
-This is until chapter 40 -
Fun but a bit long in the tooth.
World: Solid art, especially the fights. World building is good here with a lot of the past that shows where Gray comes from.
Story: A continuation of the island story and more reveals of the reasons and past. Pacing is solid but the story is kinda running a bit long. The past is well done and has the standard motivations for Shonen books. I am looking forward for this arc to end though.
Characters: Solid and standard character work for Gray and the others. We get the past of Gray and it is exactly as you would expect it to be. So it's solid.
Solid but this arc needs to end.
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I find I can get through two of these books in a night and still have time to watch a television program before I go to bed. I am still enjoying the current arc and the continued character development which is being made in this series.
This is a great backstory for Gray. I also like the character pages which have started showing up in the books. It gives a a good idea of who the characters at the guild are and what they each do. This series will be more interesting if we can get a good look at more of the backstory behind each character with the coming adventures. -
4.5/5 The best volume yet. Kicking off where the last left off on the Demon Island. A lot of action this time around as well as Lucy’s first real one on one battle which was hilarious. Natsu has a few different battle as well.
We also get the rest of the back story on Gray which was also good.
We have our Fairy Tail team as the members of Lyon’s party on the cover of volume 5 as well as the perverted bovine Taurus.
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This volume just didn’t grab me the way that the previous ones had. I put it down for the longest time and it probably took me around a month to complete. Loved hearing about Gray’s backstory and loved both Lyon & Ur!
Curious to see what happens in the next volume because things got pretty intense! -
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Not the Gray-Lyon-Ur flashback
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Voy a llorar. El final, oh por dios...
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This is the first volume with any kind of backstory for one of the characters (and it's - kind of oddly imo - for a side character). I'm normally a sucker for the flashback trope, but this didn't really do it for me.
After five volumes, I just don't think this title is for me. -
Enfin réconciliée avec ma déception du tome précédent ! Natsu toujours aussi drôle, Lucy, ben c'est Lucy.... Et Ezra qui botte les fesses! Parfait!
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I can’t understand why villagers don’t do anything against the curse, and I have no idea why Nastu,Gray,Happy and Lucy weren’t cursed at all. Perhaps, if I keep reading, I could know the system of the curse? Anyway, I hope to know the end of story of this series.
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Natsu and the gang face off against the culprits responsible for the moon demon curse. One of Gray’s old companions is the mastermind behind a plot to resurrect a demon that defeated their master in the past. Is he seeking revenge, or something more?
Not a great volume. We get some details about Gray’s past, but it doesn’t offer much in terms of making me feel mentally or emotionally invested in the story. I also don’t care for the constant unnecessary fanservice, especially towards Lucy. I’m not enjoying the manga so far, but I’m going to give it at least a few more volumes to see if it can turn things around.
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good book just as good as the tv show
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[4.5 Stars] Not gonna lie. Ur got me a little emotional. I knew what was happening because I've seen the anime for the first season and a half, but still. So great.
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As I read this volume, I was originally going to give it two stars, but increased it to 3 stars once we got back to the story and fight between Leon and Gray.
Now, for the most part, I found this volume a bit dull. The fights between Leon's lackeys were just well, lacking. There was nothing really special or excitng I found about them. Lucy fighting is cool sure, but all she does is use Stellar Spiritis to fight for her. Not that big a deal. Wish she could have been a character that actually fights herself like Erza.
And speaking of Erza. Another typical reaction of not caring about the S-class job or its people. All she cared about was rounding up the mages that sought off to do this mission without permission. Just all of this is so tropey, sort of dull, and has been done too many times before.
Now for the good. The volume started to pick up when we learned more about Gray and Leon's past. This was also filled with tropes - beloved master who sacrfices themselves for beloved pupils; but still entertaining enough. And I really liked how rather than just straight out dying, Ur actually became the ice that entrapped that monster. That was a nice somewhat different touch.
I can't blame Gray for wanting revenge against the monster that destroyed his village and killed his parents, but my gosh was the kid so dumb going to challenge it when he was barely basically at the basic steps of learning ice magic. Also can't really blame Leon for blaning Gray, but as I said in my previous review - Leon's reasons for releasing it are so dumb. Like dude, why, just no. Well, at least he's handsome and an entertaining villain. Always more fun when it's something personal in a fight.
Also really liked that surprise ending of Leon KNOWING that Ur is 'alive' as that ice. Have to agree with him though, how does ice make Ur alive??? Like he said those are just ice particles not Ur (tho I wouldn't be surprised if her spirit speaks/stops Leon from doing his dumb motive to release the monster). And finally, loved that he just straight out stabbed Gray. Savage. Valid.
Well, until next time to see how this battle and arc ends!
