Holy shit, that recent chapter of Fair Tail Zero made me reread the entire series for clarification.
That was pretty god damn depressing. Literally means that Mavis has been having some sort of mental problem and fabricated an image of Zeira, who had died way back in chapter one. Looking back when Mavis met Yuriy, it makes sense why he was sweating and nervous now when he was introduced to "Zeira" and just played along. Even up to the campfire scene in chapter 5, the treasure hunter trio try to stop her from looking for Zeira because of reasons.
And this page...
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Maximum sadness now.
In before Zeira is a Fairy in disguise?... just me?... maybe my dad?
The theory that Zeira was never real has been around since early on in the series. I always had a weird Sixth Sense vibe from her cause it seemed people never really reacted to her directly.
Yeah, she presumably died back when the island was attacked after she apologized to Mavis.
I guess she could still be real in the same way all the current FT members can see Mavis...but yah, she dead.
Fariy Tail Zero:
Based on Zeira not really ever being mentioned in the actual series by Mavis, I figured she would die in this series or be an illusion. So this isn't too surprising, but still really sad.
Fairy Tail:
Erza being the next guild master definitely makes the most sense, even if it is just temporary/not going to happen at all.
Unified army of guilds incoming!
Well after Natsu's performance in the last few chapters, I think they'll be fine :D
Inb4 Mario 3 ending.
looks like the guy in fairy tail zero to me
Dem Feelz
Good to know we've had Zera's name wrong this entire time..
It was a play on words.
Them feels. And them Erza on the colour page...
Yuriy is a stand up bloke.
I fuckin' love you Mashima.
"Show us your bags" eh?
Mashima is such a beast on these manga streets!
Even better... this is from ages ago, so I guess he drew the bikini on later.
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