Fairy Tail Vol. 35: Fairy Tail 35

ISBN
9781612624129
Publisher
Kodansha
English release
Pages
208

Fairy Tail Volume 35 continues the Grand Magic Games and the guild's attempt to recover its standing. Keep the preceding tournament installments in order; the competing guilds already have relationships and grievances that a fresh reader would need to reconstruct. This standard paperback is included in Box Set 4 alongside the surrounding Games volumes. Choose the box or this single according to the books already owned, since their coverage overlaps.

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The match carries an obligation that the tournament rules alone cannot describe. Kodansha links Fairy Tail's determination to Lucy's injuries, so Natsu and Gajeel are competing as representatives of a hurt colleague as well as for their guild's placement. Calling their opponents a newer generation of dragon slayers adds a comparison of identities, but does not tell the reader who deserves to win. The premise lets anger motivate the contest without making victory an adequate remedy for what happened to Lucy. For a collector, Box Set 4 repeats this confrontation as part of its longer span, not as bonus or sequel material.

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Collected in Box Set 4: Vols. 34–43.