Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest 01
フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト
Since Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest Having just done a recap episode, marking the end of the first season (in this case, summer 2024), I thought I'd take stock of what we've seen so far.
The story, so far
Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Happy, Wendy, Charle (Carla) and Gray decide to go on the “Impossible” 100 Year Mission. They meet a dragon who was once human named Elefseria, who set the quest 100 years ago. He wants them to defeat the five dragon gods that are as strong or stronger than the Acnologia dragon that Fairy Tail defeated earlier.
Meanwhile back at Fairy Tail, a new member named Touka joins. She seems to love “Natsu-sama”. However, Jellal suspects that she is the dangerous White Mage. Across the ocean, Team Naruto deals with the Water Dragon god. At the same time, they are forced to deal with a magician guild called Diabolos. Its members are dragon eaters, gaining the power of the dragons they consume. Furthermore, its members are sometimes stronger than Team Naruto.
After successfully dealing with the Water Dragon god, Team Naruto begins to deal with the Earth Dragon god. After learning the shocking truth about the Earth Dragon god, Team Naruto is suddenly faced with their guildmates. It seemed like Touka immediately charmed them to deal with the dragon gods. However, she did it for other reasons, seemingly needing to control the magicians.
At the same time, Diabolos returned to the fight for freedom. Juvia regains consciousness and explains that Touka has been possessed by the White Mage. Cana appeared without being hypnotized thanks to the intoxicant in her body. Now Team Naruto must fight their former teammates and Diabolos while dealing with the Earth Dragon god.
Mostly typical Fairy Tail fare
If you read the original Fairy Tail manga or have watched the anime adaptations and enjoyed them, you will definitely like them Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest in 01. The formula remains pretty much the same. Naruto is strong but stupid and wants to defeat the entities. Lucy's “vast lands” are emphasized, while she frequently changes her “powerful” outfits. Wendy is still the team's accompaniment. Gray wants to be worthy of Juvia but is still a bit foolish at times. Erza is Erza. And cats are still cats.
I think my first problem with this series is the actual missions. Gildarts from Fairy Tail tried it. In the OG series Fairy Tailthe quest seems to be about Acnologia. However, in order to get the reconnaissance information, the actual 100 Year Quest came with a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), so Gildarts couldn't tell them what the REAL mission was. That was rubbish, but oh well.
Team Natsu dealt with the water dragon god quite easily, thanks to a deus ex machina moment that I won't spoil here. (You can read the episode reviews to learn more.) I’m not a fan of this “get out of jail free” style of writing. Naruto's team's dealings with the Earth Dragon God have become more complicated. We'll see how that problem is solved in the next section.
Diabolos
Probably the only unique thing about Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest Court 01 is Diabolos. Certainly, Fairy Tail has dealt with strong guilds in the past. The members of Fairy Tail, often using “Nakama Power™”, take advantage of the opportunity in guild wars. After defeating the other guild, the two guilds became allies. Indeed, we already see cameos from previously defeated enemies in this new anime.
Besides, Fairy Tail has never had any guild wars with Diabolos. Instead, they had skirmishes. The first three members of Diabolos we see easily defeat Team Naruto, although Naruto and friends defeat Acnologia and Zeref. However, as the plot required, Team Naruto later easily defeated Team Skullion. Diabolos members withdrew.
Ah, but then they came back, again because of the “conspiracy”. Team Skullion brought back two more members, but now had to deal with the additional members of Fairy Tail. Again, the plot requires Skullion and Madmole to be OP, preventing OP Mirajane from doing anything. The only battle of interest is Laxus fighting the insane Kiria, who has become infatuated with Laxus after being beaten by him.
The end of the first battle sees Wraith killed. Kiria was defeated, but since Laxus used all his power to defeat Erza, Kiria was ready to destroy him. Obviously, Mashima-sensei won't allow that to happen. I will laugh if Diabolos retreats again.
Final thoughts and conclusions
Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest lock 01 is good for what it is. We have typical shounen battles done in Fairy Tail style. We get the usual fanservice and ecchi jokes. And while there's a lot of silliness and an attempt to maintain the status quo most of the time, there's still a level of fun and entertainment. So I'll watch the second season when it drops.
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