Fairy Tail Vol. 20: Fairy Tail 20
- ISBN
- 9781612620572
- Publisher
- Kodansha
- English release
- Pages
- 208
- Chapters
- 161–169
Fairy Tail Vol. 20 opens during Natsu's fight with Zero, rather than at the start of a new adventure. Its printed contents list chapters 161–169. The analysis here examines the opening fight excerpt, pages 2–17, without treating it as a review of the whole book. Readers continuing the paperbacks can stay with this volume; Master's Edition 4 and Box Set 2 also contain it. Those larger purchases repeat the same story segment instead of extending a collection that already includes this paperback.
Spoilers — why this volume matters. Tap to reveal.
Zero announces a new era of nothingness, and his attack is described as consuming memories, existence and soul. Natsu's answer in the opening pages is spectacular resistance. The sequence gives destruction two different jobs: Zero wants to erase what exists, while Natsu directs his attack at the person making that threat. The distinction matters more than the names of their techniques. Both fill the pages with force, so the artwork alone cannot make one attack moral and the other immoral; Zero's demand for erasure supplies the reason to oppose him. The excerpt stops during the confrontation. It supports an argument about resistance to erasure, not a claim that the volume has already settled every question about the consequences of Natsu's strength.
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Lines from this volume
Spoiler — from the ending. Tap to reveal.
“You can't let yourself get taken from Erza!!!! She's gotta be with you!!!! For Erza's sake!!!! So come here!!!!”
Natsu argues for Erza while the guards are taking Jellal away, and his plea makes her need the reason the arrest should stop. That is generous only if he has read her wishes correctly. The scene supplies a harder test: Erza takes responsibility for her guild's interference and tells the guards to take Jellal, bringing the confrontation to an end. Her decision does not make the separation painless. Afterward, the chapter recalls Jellal giving her the name Scarlet, then leaves her alone while Natsu says to give her time. His concern survives the failure of his demand. The line's weakness is the authority it assumes: friendship has made him willing to fight for her, but it has not entitled him to decide what being with Jellal must mean for her.