Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest | |
![]() Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest | |
Manga | |
Written by | Hiro Mashima[a] |
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Illustrated by | Atsuo Ueda |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Magazine Pocket |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 25, 2018 – present |
Volumes | 9 |
Anime television series |
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest is a Japanese manga series written and storyboarded by Hiro Mashima, and illustrated by Atsuo Ueda. It is a sequel to Mashima's Fairy Tail series, focusing on Natsu Dragneel and his team from the titular wizard guild as they aim to complete an unfinished, century-old mission. The manga was launched in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga app in July 2018, and is licensed by Kodansha USA for an English release in North America. As of July 2021, nine tankōbon volumes have been released in Japan. An anime television series adaptation has been announced.
Plot[]
One year following the demise of Zeref and Acnologia, Natsu Dragneel and his team from the Fairy Tail wizard guild embark on the 100 Years Quest, a mission that has been unaccomplished for over a century, on the northern continent of Guiltina. There the team learns that their mission is to seal the Five Dragon Gods, a group of dragons whose power threatens to cause worldwide destruction. Meanwhile, Fairy Tail recruits a new member named Touka, who is possessed by a witch that aims to seize the dragons' powers for her own purposes.
Characters[]
- Touka (トウカ, Tōka) and Faris (ファリス, Farisu)
Touka is a pure-hearted Exceed girl who is possessed by Faris,Ch. 17, 67 a human girl who pretends to be the White Mage (白魔導士, Shiro Madōshi, "White Wizard") – the missing leader of the white magic cult Rebellious[Jp. 1] – with her ability to steal others' magic and erase it or control their minds,Ch. 15 for which she is thought to be as dangerous as Zeref, the Black Wizard.Ch. 9 Both Touka and Faris are originally from a parallel universe called Elentir,Ch. 64, 66 which Faris attempts to save from the dragon god Selene by erasing powerful sources of magic in Earth-land, including Fairy Tail and the Five Dragon Gods, using Touka's "Aqua Aera" magic to travel between worlds.Ch. 67 Touka appears to be enamored with Natsu, who unknowingly saved her from bandits during his training journey,Ch. 1 but is later revealed to be in love with Happy, having mistaken Natsu's name as his.Ch. 43
- Elefseria (エレフセリア, Erefuseria)
Elefseria is the founding master of Magia Dragon,[Jp. 2] Earth-land's first wizard guild, located on the northern continent of Guiltina.Ch. 1 He serves as Fairy Tail's client for the 100 Years Quest, which he issued following a failed attempt at defeating the Five Dragon Gods by teaching himself Dragon Slayer magic, resulting in his transformation into a dragon. As such, he has remained alive for the 160 years since making his request, using magic to assume his original human appearance.Ch. 2
- Five Dragon Gods
The Five Dragon Gods[Jp. 3] are a group of dragons who survived the Dragon King Festival by fleeing to Guiltina to hide from Acnologia.Ch. 20 Since then, they are each considered to have become as strong as Acnologia,Ch. 1 and are viewed as deities by Guiltina's citizens.Ch. 24 Several of the dragons have the ability to assume humanoid forms.Ch. 20 To prevent them from causing a potential catastrophe, the object of the 100 Years Quest is for wizards to seal the dragons away.Ch. 3
- Mercphobia (メルクフォビア, Merukufobia) is the Water Dragon God,[Jp. 4] worshiped by the people of the seaside town Ermina for his power over the ocean.Ch. 3 He is a peaceful dragon who abandoned his cruel and violent nature after befriending a human girl named Karameel (カラミール, Karamīru), whom he lives with. However, his diminishing control over his magic causes the tide to submerge Ermina at night, leading him to transform its citizens into fish to help them survive.Ch. 8 After falling under the White Mage's control, he goes on a mindless rampage in his dragon form until he is defeated by Natsu, which permanently turns him into a powerless human.Ch. 17-23
- Ignia (イグニア, Igunia) is the Fire Dragon God[Jp. 5] and Igneel's biological son,Ch. 20 who is notorious in Guiltina for burning down countless countries.Ch. 24 He is indifferent to his father's death due to being raised by his mother, and has trained himself to defeat Acnologia to test his own strength. Upon learning of Natsu's victory over Acnologia, Ignia becomes determined to turn his foster brother into a worthy opponent for himself, disappointed by Natsu's reliance on his friends' power.Ch. 20
- Aldoron (アルドロン, Arudoron) is the Wood Dragon God,[Jp. 6] whose gargantuan body serves as the foundation of Drasil,[b] Guiltina's largest city.Ch. 27 Each of Drasil's five towns houses an orb that seals his destructive power, with the White Mage and Diabolos being misled by false claims that destroying the orbs would weaken him.Ch. 50 He is protected by humanoid trees called "God Seeds" that possess various powers, with the strongest serving as Aldoron's brain and avatar.Ch. 53
- Selene (セレーネ, Serēne), the Moon Dragon God,[Jp. 7] is a female dragon from Elentir who possesses power over the stars,Ch. 24 as well as the ability to freely travel between different parallel worlds.Ch. 66 She manipulates Faris into helping her ravage Earth-land with the Five Dragon Gods for her own entertainment.Ch. 50
- Viernes (ビエルネス, Bierunesu) is the Metal Dragon God,[Jp. 8] whose powers are unknown.Ch. 24
- Diabolos
Diabolos[Jp. 9] is a guild of "fifth-generation" Dragon Slayers called Dragon Eaters who gain their abilities by consuming dragons.Ch. 6 Led by Georg Reizen (ゲオルグ・ライゼン, Georugu Raizen),Ch. 23 the guild comes into conflict with Fairy Tail over the Five Dragon Gods, whose power is desired by the Dragon Eaters.Ch. 6 Diabolos includes a team led by Skullion Raider (スカリオン・レイダー, Sukarion Reidā), who uses ash-based magic to create and disintegrate objects;Ch. 10 its other members are Kiria (キリア), who creates magical blades that cut through anything;Ch. 6 Madmole (マッドモール, Maddomōru), an armored man with an indestructible body;Ch. 7 Nebaru (ネバル), a bestial man with spider-like abilities;Ch. 34 and Wraith (レイス, Reisu, also "Reiss"), a spirit who is imperceptible to anyone except other Dragon Slayers.Ch. 34 Ranked above Skullion's team are the Dark Dragon Slayer Knights,[Jp. 10] the guild's strongest force.Ch. 46
Production[]
Following the conclusion of Fairy Tail on July 26, 2017, Hiro Mashima posted a tweet on April 5, 2018 announcing that sequel to the series was being developed as a spin-off manga, although he did not specify that he would be returning as the illustrator.[2] On June 27, Mashima announced that the manga was tentatively titled Fairy Tail Zokuhen (FAIRY TAIL続編, lit. "Fairy Tail Sequel"),[3] which was confirmed on July 4 to be drawn by Atsuo Ueda with original storyboards provided by Mashima.[1]
Media[]
Manga[]
The manga was launched with two chapters in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga app on July 25, 2018 under the title Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, while the first chapter was simultaneously published in the 34th issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[1][4] On August 28, 2018, Ueda tweeted that chapters would be released every two weeks beginning on September 5, 2018.[5] The manga was published for an English language release by Kodansha USA in August 2019.[6][7]
Volume list[]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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1 | November 9, 2018[8] | 978-4-06-513398-9 | August 20, 2019[9] | 978-1-63-236892-8 | ||
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Natsu Dragneel's team embarks on the 100 Years Quest issued by the Magia Dragon guild on the northern continent of Guiltina. The guild's master, a formerly human Dragon Slayer named Elefseria, instructs the team to subdue the Five Dragon Gods, who are each rumored to rival Acnologia in power. The team travels to the city of Ermina in search of Mercphobia, the Water Dragon God; in the process, they encounter a trio of Dragon Eaters from the Diabolos guild, who intend to gain Mercphobia's magic by devouring him. Mercphobia appears in a humanoid form to end the teams' fighting, revealing that a century-old witch called the White Mage has already stolen much of his power, which he requests Natsu's team to recover before he loses control of his remaining magic. Meanwhile, Fairy Tail recruits a new member named Touka, whom Jellal Fernandes suspects is the White Mage. | ||||||
2 | March 8, 2019[10] | 978-4-06-514119-9 | November 19, 2019[11] | 978-1-63-236893-5 | ||
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The Diabolos trio decide to target the White Mage for Mercphobia's power, defeating Natsu's team and injuring Mercphobia. Lucy Heartfilia escapes and encounters Brandish μ, who, like Lucy, is searching Guiltina for Aquarius's key. Brandish helps Fairy Tail by beaching Diabolos's ship atop a hill, allowing Lucy's imprisoned friends to force the trio into retreat. Shortly afterward, Mercphobia loses control of himself and mindlessly attacks Ermina in his dragon form; Natsu's team reluctantly attempts to kill Mercphobia, but they are overwhelmed by his power. Meanwhile, Jellal accuses Touka of being the White Mage and founder of Rebellious, a malevolent white magic cult that steals others' magic, but Laxus Dreyar defends her. When Fairy Tail begins to question Touka's background, the White Mage reveals herself to be another personality within Touka and attacks Jellal, only to be suppressed by Touka, who is captured by Gajeel Redfox. While Touka is interrogated at Fairy Tail's guildhall, the White Mage takes over again and steals the magic of everyone in the building. | ||||||
3 | July 9, 2019[12] | 978-4-06-515724-4 | February 18, 2020[13] | 978-1-63-236947-5 | ||
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Natsu is rescued from Mercphobia by Ignia, the Fire Dragon God and Igneel's biological son. Intending to strengthen Natsu for a future confrontation, Ignia coaxes Natsu into eating flames imbued with the Fire Dragon God's power and flies away. Natsu's temporary power allows him to defeat Mercphobia, but also nearly sends Natsu on a rampage until Lucy calms him down. Regaining his senses, Mercphobia survives and is rendered permanently powerless by his defeat, which fulfills part of Fairy Tail's mission. Out of gratitude, Mercphobia directs Fairy Tail to the city of Drasil to find Aldoron, the Wood Dragon God. There, the team reunites with Juvia Lockser, who has escaped from the White Mage and warns them about her shortly before they discover the town to be built on top of the gargantuan Aldoron's right hand. | ||||||
4 | November 8, 2019[14] | 978-4-06-517305-3 | May 19, 2020[15] August 11, 2020 (print)[15][16] | (digital)978-1-63-236948-2 | ||
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Natsu's team encounters their guildmates and Jellal, who have been brainwashed by the White Mage. Seeking to control Aldoron, the White Mage sends the brainwashed wizards to destroy five orbs across Drasil that maintain the sleeping dragon's power, destroying the orb on Aldoron's right hand; Juvia, whom Touka has freed from the White Mage's control, warns her friends of the plan. Natsu's team splits up to protect the remaining orbs and defeat their friends for Wendy Marvell to return to normal. However, the situation is complicated by the presence of Diabolos's members, who join the battle against Fairy Tail and the White Mage's forces to eat Aldoron for themselves; one of the Dragon Eaters, a spirit named Wraith who is impervious to physical attacks, defeats Natsu and steals his soul. | ||||||
5 | March 9, 2020[17] | 978-4-06-518450-9 | October 27, 2020[18] | 978-1-63-236984-0 | ||
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Receiving guidance from the deceased Zeref Dragneel, Mavis Vermillion, and Igneel during a near-death experience, Natsu fights back against Wraith by turning his soul into a thought projection. Wraith possesses Makarov Dreyar to overpower Natsu, but surrenders and ascends to the afterlife upon regaining his lost memories as Makarov's friend from Fairy Tail. When the second orb is destroyed by the Dragon Eater Nebaru, Natsu and Happy fly towards the orb on Aldoron's backside and meet Touka, who reveals herself to be an Exceed possessed by the human White Mage, before the White Mage takes control again. Meanwhile, Lucy recruits Cana Alberona – whom she discovers is drunk rather than brainwashed – to seal their defeated friends within her cards, while Erza Scarlet captures Jellal and duels Laxus to a draw, which allows the Dragon Eater Kiria to destroy the third orb. | ||||||
6 | June 9, 2020[19] | 978-4-06-519429-4 | December 15, 2020[20] | 978-1-64-651039-9 | ||
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Happy helps Natsu escape from the White Mage by immobilizing her with one of the orbs, which he realizes she cannot touch. Meanwhile, Nebaru ignores his orders to retreat and activates his Dragon Force, which begins rapidly transforming him into a dragon as he assails Wendy. Enchanting herself with Irene Belserion's residual power to fight back, Wendy unwittingly awakens a mental copy of Irene herself, who returns Nebaru to normal by separating his magic power from him. After Irene teaches Wendy the same spell to use on the White Mage, Mest Gryder destroys the remaining orbs. Instead of losing power, Aldoron absorbs the willing townsfolk into his body and awakens at full strength, while the White Mage – who realizes that Selene, the Moon Dragon God, has deceived her about the orbs – loses her own magic and her control over the wizards, allowing Wendy to separate her from Touka. Aldoron sprouts powerful God Seeds across his body to eliminate the wizards, with Aldoron himself confronting Natsu through a God Seed avatar. | ||||||
7 | October 9, 2020[21] | 978-4-06-521026-0 | May 18, 2021[22] | 978-1-64-651152-5 | ||
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Aldoron's avatar is gradually weakened as the other God Seeds are destroyed by the wizards; during their respective battles, Gray Fullbuster confesses his feelings for Juvia to her, while Jellal is aided by Ultear Milkovich's phantom in overcoming his past guilt and accepting his own feelings for Erza. After Aldoron is distracted when the visiting Brandish briefly turns Gajeel into a giant large enough to battle the dragon's body, Natsu gains an advantage and eventually destroys the avatar, which kills Aldoron. Moving to the neighboring city of Dramil, Natsu's team celebrates their reunion with their friends while waiting for Touka and the White Mage to recover from their separation over the next three days. | ||||||
8 | February 9, 2021[23] | 978-4-06-522350-5 | September 28, 2021[24] | 978-1-64-651233-1 | ||
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9 | July 9, 2021[25] | 978-4-06-524017-5 | December 14, 2021[26] | 978-1-64-651306-2 | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format[]
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in Magazine Pocket app from May to September 2021.
- Ribenji Matchi (リベンジマッチ)
- Fudō no Mimi (不動のミミ)
- Kōri no Mugen (氷の夢幻)
- Kōri no Kyojin (氷の巨人)
- Shin'en (深淵)
- Minikuki Sekai (醜き世界)
- Aruta Feisu (アルタ・フェイス)
- Erentia no Yoi (エレンティアの宵)
- Kikan (帰還)
Anime[]
An anime television series adaptation was announced during the "Hiro Mashima Fan Meeting" livestream on September 11, 2021.[27]
Works cited[]
- ^ "Ch." and "Vol." are a shortened forms for chapter and volume of the Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest manga
Notes[]
- ^ Credited as storyboarder.[1]
- ^ The name is derived from "Draseal", a portmanteau of "dragon" and "seal".Ch. 50
- ^ The Japanese term 悪魔, meaning "devil", is glossed in hiragana as ディアボロス, meaning "Diabolos".
- ^ The Japanese term 白滅, meaning "white destruction", is glossed in hiragana as ホワイトアウト, meaning "Whiteout".
- ^ The Japanese term 星霊衣合成, meaning "Celestial Spirit clothes synthesis", is glossed in hiragana as スタードレスミックス, meaning "Star Dress Mix".
- ^ "Reiss" is an alternative spelling of "Wraith" used in Volume 4's English translation.
- ^ The Japanese term 天国 is glossed in hiragana as ヘヴン, both meaning "heaven".
- ^ The Japanese term 水の翼, meaning "water wings", is glossed in hiragana as アクアエーラ.
- Japanese
References[]
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- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 5, 2018). "Hiro Mashima Launches New Manga on June 27, Also Plans Fairy Tail Sequel & Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Sherman, Jennifer (June 27, 2018). "Hiro Mashima Reveals Fairy Tail City Hero Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (July 25, 2018). "Fairy Tail's Happy Spinoff Manga Launches". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
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