Review_02: Fairy Tail 2014 Episode 52 (Ep.227)

This is review_02, an episode review of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail! After all of those out-of-the-blue filler episodes, especially Fairy Tail of the Dead Meeeen, we finally settle in the main storyline. The fans are very hyped up with the show's new arc, the Sun Village arc. A lot of great and epic tales are about to be unfolded, as well as brand new characters. But let's just focus on talking about one episode, okay? Ahem...

Fairy Tail 2014: Episode 52, or episode 227 if you'd like to call it, The Morning of a New Adventure!

Firstly, I'd like to comment on the new opening song: great, satisfying as always. Yumeiro Graffiti, the title of the song, is beautifully sang. The video is fantastically assembled, and it gives the viewers a preview of what will happen in the arc. I can sense that different relationships are going to be looked into a little deeper, such as Natsu and Igneel's, Gray and Ur's, Lucy and the celestial spirits, and more. Both of these components go well in harmony together. Good job! ^ - ^

Ah... Nothing like a relaxing bath with your friends is a very hot way to start a Fairy Tail episode, both physically, and mentally, for hentai-minded humans. In the beginning of the episode, Lucy, Cana, Levy, Mirajane and Lisanna are shown taking a nice bath, with a few other Fairy Tail wizards in the other side, also taking a bath. Lisanna states on how the guild has been receiving a ton of job requests just after the Grand Magic Games. Since everybody watched the tournament, people are able to recognize which wizard does which magic, so they could determine who would be well-suited for the tasks. This idea applies to what will happen in the following scenes, when Natsu and Gray are chosen for a job that will represent as the start of the Sun Village arc.

Going back to the bath, there are two moments that made me laugh-out-loud. The first one is Cana and her juicy question for Lucy:

This resulted for an interested chibi-Cana to come scoop all those information out from a blushing Lucy, who blames it for Happy. The others, who had also heard the conversation, started to blush as well, using their own imagination to visualize what happened. 

The second moment was with Freed and Laxus. As Laxus complained about the noise in the bath, Freed humbly asked him to wash his back with such a cute, squishable face! Accepting the offer, the green-haired smiled excitedly and focused on massaging HIS back ONLY. 

I can sense some fluffy Freed x Laxus fanfics coming...

Off we go to the main plot, where Natsu and Gray go on a quest to the Sun Village. But first, they have to meet up with the client, Warrod Seeken, one of the Ten-Wizard Saints. At first thought, he was seemingly frightening to me with Makarov's story. Apparently, it was the opposite. *Sweatdrop* He is a very, very untruthful character. I don't know if he is actually serious or if he is joking around. Whatever the answer is, I refuse to put my 100% trust unto this tree. However, just like Erza said, "He was modest, but an impressive wizard, after all." His magic is manipulating nature in a beautiful way.

After that, Warrod goes into a flashback when the guild, Fairy Tail, was first established more than a hundred years ago. As he and his friends looked up at its finished structure, all of a sudden, Mavis appears in the scene, telling them to take a commemorative photo. 

The episode had a pretty good way to end it. As Warrod stares at the sky, he calls out to Mavis, telling her that her hopes have been lent on to the present generation of Fairy Tail.

Additional Comments (´ฅω•ฅ｀)

+ Positive:

→Very humorous... as always! XD
→A NaLu moment, and a little GaLe moment~!
- Negative:
→Nothi~ng!! (Well, maybe Warrod Seeken; he makes me really confused whether his words are meant to be a joke or not...)

Opening Song?: I'll give it a 9/10 for its epicness
Ending Song?: Pretty illustration of Lucy-chan~! Song is also very good. An 8/10~

Overall Rating: 8/10 (*^ω^*)