| Title | : | Fairy Tail, Vol. 08 (Fairy Tail, #8) |
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| ISBN | : | 0345510402 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780345510402 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 |
| Publication | : | First published January 17, 2008 |
Fairy Tail, Vol. 08 (Fairy Tail, #8) Reviews
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[4.5 Stars] Cliff hanger! Again, I love it.
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It's getting better and better every volumen!
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"You have a... power... that still... sleeps inside of you... Trust yourself... Pierce the veil... and call it forth... The time is now! Go, Natsu! You can do it!!!! You can surpass even my power!!!!!" Erza told Natsu, while she was half-dead from her wounds and Natsu had just been defeated by the opponent she saved him from.
So Natsu got up and fought like a beast. And, incidentally, Erza got up and fought like a beast, too. Then the master of the guild, who'd been lying on a bed far away, on the brink of death, also got up and fought like a beast.
...Man, I wish I could power up just because somebody told me to. I can imagine it: a late day at work, dragging myself through a project that seems never-ending. And then, somebody jumping in on Skype:
"You have a power that still sleeps inside you! Trust yourself! Pierce the veil! Call it forth, the time is now!!!"
And then, wham! I instantly translate 20 pages and realize I speak Japanese perfectly. POWER UP, ROXANA!
https://youtu.be/qur-BpsdxAs?t=1m35s
Unfortunately, I doubt this will ever happen in real life, but it became a pattern in this Fairy Tale volume. What, does it look like the main characters are in trouble? They will KICK ASS! What, are they exhausted?! RISE UP AND KICK ASS! Are they half-dead because of their wounds?! KICK EVEN MORE ASS! Are they in super-big trouble and nearly defeated? KICK ASS GODDAMMIT, YOU WILL WIN THIS!
Not much else happened, except some discussions about how they need to go and kick ass. Hiro Mashima still doesn't have a plot for this thing. It's fun, I suppose, if you're into this sort of thing - it's way better than random American comics I've read. But I have no idea how this series got so big. It must be the anime - I think it's better paced. -
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Another fantastic action packed volume, and ....cliffhanger!!
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Fairy Tail, Vol. 8 (My Kindle Review)
Our guild has managed to overcome members of Phantom Lord but they are no match for their leader and despite some of them knocked down to the ground, their flames still burn strong and won’t die down. A (100%/Outstanding) -
I feel like I would’ve liked this book more if I hadn’t watched the anime but 🤷🏻♀️ it’s still good
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Yep, it's a battle manga. All the main characters have a henchman to fight, then , the end.
Coming back to this volume after accidentally skipping it, it's actually a little troubling how often Mashima relies on Lucy being tied up or otherwise helpless (or having her top torn off, sigh). Hint to wizard's guild teams and other adventurers: keep your summoner on the back line. -
Wow another fighting book.
World: The art is great, that battle between iron and fire was spectacular. The world building is small and limited, this is a battle arc. There are some character moments that build the world but that's about it.
Story: Fight fight and fight. That's this arc. There are some nice little Shonen style emotions that have been done before for the genre but overall it was enjoyable. The battle that's about it. There are very little emotions here that are satisfying but it's still there, highlight being the Lucy monologue.
Characters: Solid character moments but few and far between. The Lucy emotions and moments were nice. The Juvia was simple but also nice.
It was a battle book.
Onward to the next book! -
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"You have a power that still sleeps inside you! Trust yourself! Pierce the veil! Call it forth, the time is now!"
It's surprising how Hiro Mashima made such a huge arc that comprised of almost three volumes. And yet, that is exactly what happened. The eighth volume in the Fairy Tail series started at the exact moment where the seventh volume ended. In fact, it showed us of the few final fights—Grey and the Element 4 Wizard, Juvia, Natsu and the Element 4 Wizard, , Natsu and Gajeel (finally) and lastly, Makarov and Jose. We don't see much of that last fight but man, I can imagine how amazing that would have been!
I agree, I didn't quite like the huge number of battles in this one either, but it felt good to see the fairies win. What's more, it felt particularly good when in the end, we find out about Lucy's past. More of it, that is. And it feels amazing to see that she isn't interested in returning back home but instead wants to continue with the guild. Lucy is, quite literally, my favourite character in the entire guild and it felt good to see more of her than her boobs. It helped a lot and I hope to see a similar (or even much better story arc) for the others as well. -
•J’ai adoré ce volume comme les précédents. Je trouve que c’est une série de manga très original qui vaut le coup d’être lu.
Je pense regarder l’anime après avoir lus tout les tomes.
•keşke bütün sayıları türkçeye çabucak çevrilse dediğim bir manga serisi.
Yazarın yarattığı dünya ve karakterler çok orijinal ve özgün. Okuduğum mangalar arasında en kalitelisi bu seri. Sanırsam ilk yedi mangası türkçeye çevrilmiş.
Okumanızı mutlaka tavsiye ederim. -
4/5 A fun wrap up to the Phantom Lord Arc. Starts with a cute little battle between Gray and Juvia. The highlight is the big blowout fight between the Fire Dragon Slayer Natsu and the Iron Dragon Slayer Dragneel. We also get a little more Erza action. This was a fun story arc I enjoyed it.
Erza, Gajeel, Natsu, and Jose on the cover this time. With a goofy Sagittarius and Cana in the corner.
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The battle scenes between the two dragons were awesome, Iron and Fire going after each other with as much as they could muster. Then the end of the guild war and the aftermath. This is one of the best so far.
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¡Omg! Lo ame de principio a fin.
He estado shippeando a Natsu y Lucy desde el primer volumen, y por fin en este aparecen indicios. Estoy saltando de alegría. -
One extra star for Gajeel only :P.
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Oh my goodness!!!!! I love and respect you so much, Erza!! Your strength of heart and physical is amazing. I want to be a great person like you. Then, I also like a relationship between Gray and Julbia. I hope Jubia’s favor reached Gray someday.
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Yes team!
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This volume was just what I needed to hang on. For the past couple of volumes I felt that the story was pretty "meh," but was trudging through it because I have been recommended the series multiple times. This book made all that trudging worth it. This volume highlighted some new antagonists and brought great elements to the existing characters. I appreciated the deeper storyline that revolved around the guild and the sense of friendship these guys have.
Overall I look forward to sticking with this series! -
The nice thing about this volume is that not only is it more or less the end of an arc so I can discuss the storyline as a whole, but it’s also clearly divided into several different fights, which allows me to separate my review into digestible pieces. Say what you will about shonen action series, they can make for some pretty easy reviews. Unless of course one wants to actually sound intelligent during the discussion of said manga. Which is what I hope to do, so please, let me know in the comments how well I succeed in that aspect.
First off, the finale to Gray and Juvia’s fight. The first time I read this part of the story, this was the moment that I decided I was a fan of Fairy Tail. I had never seen anything quite like this fight. It was action, comedy, and romantic drama all rolled into one. Initially I just really enjoyed the humor of the fight, and the younger, less wise me got a chuckle out of the accidental grope. Now that I am a total of five years older, and have read through the series multiple times by this point, I can appreciate this moment for what it really is.
It’s a character moment for someone that at the time I didn’t realize would be important later on down the line. In a matter of just a couple of pages Mashima set up Juvia’s backstory, he manages to invest the readers in his plight, and then he solves the problem in a way that it’s little wonder Juvia would later become so obsessed with Gray. Reading through the fight this time allowed me to appreciate exactly how much Gray changed her life, just by clearing the skies for her. Though, how exactly that happened is a bit unclear, and never explained, but Mashima writes for emotional impact, not logical impact, so I for one can let it pass.
The fight between Erza and Aria, and later Erza and Jose, are both pretty much unremarkable. The first is to show how powerful Erza really is, and the second is to show how powerful Jose is. And in conjunction the two are able to pull that off pretty well. But the fights themselves aren’t the best in the series, and it’s a shame that Erza, who normally is treated so well by Mashima, didn’t get a bigger role this volume.
Makarov and Jose’s fight is interesting in that we get our first glimpse at what two master wizards can really do. But their true powers are kept more or less mysterious so as to allow Mashima not to show his hand where the ultimate power levels are concerned for his series. And while having clear boundaries are needed for fights in shonen series to really make the climax of an arc satisfying, I once again refer back to Mashima’s writing style focusing a great deal on style rather than substance. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s just not as filling as some series can get.
Jose has always bugged me. On the one hand there’s elegance in simplicity, but on the other hand Jose goes past simple elegance into just plain simple. Jealousy and greed work perfectly fine as motivations, but I’m supposed to believe that Jose didn’t consider what would happen to him after this war? Did her really think the country wouldn’t intervene? Did he think he could fight against an entire country? How is someone so clearly evil the head of an official guild? It feels like Phantom Lord should have been one of the dark guilds that come into the series later on, but Mashima didn’t want to reveal those yet. Or at least he didn’t want to bring them back so soon after Eisenwald.
Still, we don’t know enough about Jose to really draw any real conclusions about what exactly he was thinking about the deeper issues of the war he instigated. Did he really think he could get away with it? We don’t know, nor can we know because that information is never delved into. On a surface level it works just fine, but one of Mashima’s biggest weaknesses is the fact that he rarely goes deeper than the surface level. All it would have taken was maybe one page or less of someone in the guild asking Jose if he really thinks the country will let them get away with this. Maybe show that he’s too far gone to consider that, or at least something.
Mashima’s villains in general feel very disposable, and in this arc especially we could have benefited from a few more scenes of Phantom Lord interacting with each other.
But, it’s time for the final battle between Natsu and Gajeel. What really struck me about this battle is that not only is this the first time we get to see two dragonslayers fight, this is the first time that we get to compare two different elements of the same type of magic. Most of the time Natsu’s ability to eat fire has been a major advantage, almost entirely because of the convenience of most of his opponents having some kind of fire ability. This time, however, Natsu’s ability is negated by the fact that, when you get down to it, fire really isn’t all that common. Sure it can easily be made, but think of it like this, in the real world how often would you actually come across fire in a life or death battle?
Seeing Natsu at a disadvantage in this way was a first for this series, and it really helps to drama of the fight to see Natsu so clearly outclassed. Though the way that he finally overpowers Gajeel is a bit contrived, but I don’t really come to Fairy Tail fights for anything more than a well rendered fight scene. It’s satisfying overall, but could be a lot more satisfying. But, for what it is, it’s quite good. -
I just feel like the series is starting to get boring....and it's not like I hate the art, but every time there is an action sequence, I'm like "What the fuck is going on? It's just scribbles and lots of wind."
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Este manga pasa de momentos sumamente delirantes e impredecibles a otros menos delirantes y más predecibles. Pero el nivel medio sigue siendo muy bueno, y la diversión está asegurada.
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natsu beat up Gajeel
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I can't believe Natsu beat Gajeel. This is a really good book because it is very interesting.
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Still loving it! Time to purchase the next volume!
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Another volume filled with pure action packed fighting. The beginning, I found alright since this volume really is pure fighting. However, seeing the intense, loyal, and family like bonds within Fairy Tail; it's just really emotional and powerful. This really is the strongest ties of friendship that I have ever seen in a manga, and while it is sort of in your face 'NAKAMA', it doesn't feel overrated or really pushing it, you know? Like with other manga and anime, the whole friendship is power, can be annoying and whatever; while this is still true to an extent in this series, I feel; It does a really great job at getting you attached to the overall guild and sheer bonds everyone holds.
Not to mention how the Master of Fairy Tail calls its members his children. In the beginning, I sort of eye rolled at it all, but seeing everything progress. Again it's powerful, heartwarming, and I feel, pretty well done.
These last two volumes are also really starting to make me ship Lucy and Natsu. Like, Erza and Natsu have some great moments and I have been stuck between the two ships; but there is just something special between Lucy and Natsu. Which is why I absolutley find so cute how Natsu is always protecting Lucy. And while Lucy may be no physical or overpowered fighter, she isn't useless either. She really shined in helping Natsu regain back his full power so he wouldn't lose and ultimatley was the key in helping Natsu defeat that iron eating dragon slayer.
Now, the fight between Natsu and that guy was simply pretty damn good. Natsu was really getting his butt handed to him, but like any true protagonist, he kept getting back up. Always fighting for his friends and guild. Pretty intense and inspiring.
And finally - Erza. What a girl! And that same intense fighting spirit just as Natsu has. Amazing. Love it.
Oh, and I also liked the Phantom's guild reasons for hating and fighting Fairy Tail - to prove their superiority as the best and strongest guild. And also to stop the Heartfilia Famiky from possibly funding their guild as the family seems to be very rich and powerful. Now, these reasons are simple, yes, but sometimes the simplest reasons are what work best. And well, I just really liked the Master of the Phantom's guilds explanation.
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Otro tomo que es mucha pelea y un poco de conversación, pero sobre todo pelea pelea pelea... No tiene nada de malo y es un tomo muy entretenido, pero como ya dije antes siento que Mashima se salteó toda la parte en la que los magos adquirieron el poder que tienen ahora, para pasar directamente a las peleas entre "los magos más poderosos" sin escalas, sin desarrollo, sin prácticamente nada. Entonces, cosas como Erza diciendole a Natsu "hey loco vos sos re poderoso pero todavía no lo sabés saca todo el poder que tenés" se sienten un poco baratos.
Lo que digo, es que me hubiera gustado leer el "Fairy Tail" antes de este "Fairy Tail Z", la parte de las aventuras sin demasiado riesgo, la parte del crecimiento. Si no, los flashbacks nostálgicos a la época en la que todos son niños no tienen realmente fuerza, no generan nada, es una emoción completamente sintética.
Y como última queja: ¿Por qué usar ese recurso tan choto de que Lucy pierde las llaves a cada rato y entonces no puede luchar? Quiero ver a Lucy ser tan cool como todo el resto y no sentirse una inútil, espero que eso pase pronto. -
This will be my full review for this entire series. I already read this comic from volume 1-30. Suppose there 50 volume more of this series but I prefer not to finish it as I don't really like the time-skip idea in this series.
To clarify, I love the idea of time-skip. But, in this series, I really hate it. It make Natsu and other main member weaker. Why make them weaker? I want to see MC progress throughout the series. Then, suddenly become weaker. Not to mention when MC want to win each battle, power of friendship keep coming back each battle.
Furthermore, there are a lot of un-explained things happened in this series. The dots are not connected rather than scattered throughout the series. It just there to fill the plot-hole. Rather than explaining, Mr Hiro keep continuing the series and keep adding new characters each volume.
So, after the time-skip, I determine to stop reading this series. I don't want to ruin my memories of this awesome series. For most part, this series actually had huge potential because of interesting and lovable character, but the plot is keep on damaging this series slowly. -
The war between the Fairy Tail Guild and the Phantom Lord Guild continues as Natsu fights the last of the Element 4 and then goes after Gajeel. Gajeel also uses dragon slaying magic but his is based on iron dragons, so will Natsu's fire dragon power have a chance? More big, long battles are told in this volume and still the war is not resolved!
I like the action a lot, there's some intelligent strategy and fun banter along with all the bashing. But this vollume is mostly battles with occasional monologues about motivation. Readers finally find out Phantom Lord's ultimate purpose in picking the fight, which is a rather shallow one, so readers are even more inclined to root for Fairy Tail.
Great light fun. -
I literally gasped out loud for the majority of Chapters 64 & 65 in the volume. I can’t even explain how warm my heart feels to see how hard all of Fairytail is fighting to try and rescue Lucy. Can we take a moment to acknowledge how much Erza believes in Natsu and all the potential strength he has inside of him? I mean seriously! Flame Lotus: Fire Dragon Fist 🤯🤯🤯 I can not wait to see how powerful he gets in the coming volumes.
It was great to get a little more detail about the reason behind the guild’s name! Seeing young Natsu and Gray is the cutest things 🥰 So unbelievably mad that my hold for volume 9 at the library isn’t in yet. I need to find out what happened! The volume ended in a 3, 2, 1, 🌋🌋🌋 and I’m stuck waiting to find out what happens next!
