FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest Vol. 16

フェアリーテイル １００年クエスト [Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest] #16

by Hiro Mashima, Atsuo Ueda (artist)

After Duke's shocking attack on Athena, the Fairy Tail gang regroups and learns of both Duke's and Athena's origins from Elefseria. Duke, Athena's creator is actually dead, but also not? Athena reveals some startling information about Gold Owl and their ties to Viernes. She has a plan to defeat the Metal Dragon God, but it will require another bout with Gold Owl and their vexing alchemy, as well as acquiring an impossibly rare item!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Novels, Comics Manga, Action, Graphic Novels

Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2023

About the author

Hiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.

He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.

Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Reviews

[Savannah Marshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Jellal backstory I needed. And the stakes got interesting. Fairy tail has a special place in my heart and it’s always a fun time for me so it’s a 5. It may not meet other people’s standards but it always meets mine and I can’t wait to read the next one.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. So much is going on in this volume that I can't remember if I tagged it all. (Going page-by-page seems tedious, though. Maybe on a re-read.)

I don't remember if I tagged Athena as a robot or not... she's clearly not a living thing, but neither is she strictly speaking a "robot"/cyborg/android/etc. Mechanical golem? Hmm. I'll figure it out if it becomes relevant. Heck, there are reanimated characters (like God Serena on the cover), but they aren't as such "zombies" either.

My Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 11 review still holds for the shounen portion, though I like how it's handled in this specific series with the creative Freaky Friday attack. It's neat seeing the characters think about having to fight as different people, especially Gray as Natsu/Natsu as Gray! I kind of wish that character pulled off the attack more often, because it's funny, but I totally get why they wouldn't let him keep doing it.

A pretty good episode of the series! As per usual, not recommended for complete newcomers, who will be totally lost.

[Maé · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is what I liked to call peak Fairy Tail. We get the beginning of a new arc as different fights are being set up, which lead us to some of the best and most satisfying scenes concluding in insane character development.

As our main characters separate to find Gold Owl, defeat the duke and ultimately end Veries, they all end up with different members of the guilde of alchemists. And the different fights happening were just so fun and so original. I especially loved the Lucy/Gray fight, because it's a duo I really love and we don't see nearly often enough. I love the way they had to learn to fight in other bodies, and it was just a really fun fight.

But of course, my favorite moment of the entire volume has to be the final chapter, centering around Jellal. Jellal has been my second favorite character since I first started the anime in 2015, and since then he’s been through the slowest and most satisfying character development. And each of his scenes, each of his struggles, culminated to this final scene. He's so insanely well written, and this just proves that he's one of my all times favorite characters.

[Noëmie N · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listes des chapitres :
136 : God Gêneur
137 : Le passé d'Athéna
138 : Début de l'opération stratégique anti-bielness
139 : La menace de Gold Owl
140 : Rival bond
141 : Lutte acharnée
142 : A chacun son objectif
143 : God Battle
144 : Au-delà du crime

[Ollie · Rating 5 out of 5]

✨✨✨✨✨

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, Jellal gets some character development.

[Chelsea Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 Stars!

[Cerise Heartfilia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it, like always 😍

[ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.75

[Chantelle Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved learning more of Jellal’s story.

[ReadingFrog · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Jenna Alcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

so much fun and jellal is finally moving on and the swap of magic was cool.

[Aftersaudade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jellal finally gets over his guilt and joins Fairy Tail omg 10 year old me is screaming and gagging 🤧🤍

[Ace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't wait to read more!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gawd this one....this is the one I needed as a Jellal simp. Aside from the core group Jellal is a strong contender as my favorite. His character is everything you want in a anti-hero....hmmm yeah that might be why I fell for him hard. the story is def gaining more momentum and I honestly can not wait to see where this story leads us. Sorry Vegeta and Goku, Fairy Tail is def my fave manga.

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 4 out of 5]

reread, trying to get volume 17 from library and wanted a refresh