Fairy Tail, Vol. 52

Fairy Tail [フェアリーテイル] #52

by Hiro Mashima

FAIRY TAIL’S DEEPEST SECRET
After Fairy Tail’s revival, Natsu and his friends learn the reason behind the guild’s disbandment and Makarov’s disappearance. In order to protect this beloved family of his, Makarov had set out on a journey to the Albareth Empire, where mighty magical forces rule and where he vanished without a trace. Now, Erza must call together a group of special wizards for a secret mission­ to rescue Makarov! However, their path is blocked by the Twelve Shields guarding its emperor: A terrifying unit of super-powered wizards called Spriggan 12. What’s more, in the heart of it all lays Fairy Tail’s most hidden secret…!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Shonen, Magic, Comics, Adventure, Young Adult

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2015

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

[Paige Bookdragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay, so I actually finished reading the latest installment of FT manga and

[Emi.acg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Asumo que este es el ultimo arco, una batalla contra un reino en occidente. Donde, sorpresa, zeref es el rey y fundador.
Makarov, cuando disolvió el gremio hace un año fue a negociar para evitar una guerra, invasión, etc que pusiera en riesgo el gremio ya que lo que buscan apropiarse es el corazón de Mavis. Una de las tres magias de fairy tail.
Y pues ahora vamos conociendo a los nuevos enemigos, pero bueno ese año de entrenamiento es que haya servido mucho porque ahora se tienen que enfrentar a tipos rotisimos jajaja no es novedad. Y se viene una guerra, acnologia, zeref y Natsu.

[Yuli Atta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do I count all of the manga I'll read as cheating to my reading challenge? XD

[j thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find it funny how they follow Erza everywhere even though she scares them. Like they just casually stalk her down to the basement and to Fairy Heart/Lumen Histoire without questioning where Doranbolt is taking her. Gajeel just thinks it's a good idea to follow them without pondering on it. They could be jumping into the fiery pits of doom and Gajeel would think, "Well Natsu's doing it so meh."

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

And just like that, I'm disappointed again. Ugh.
The last volume was so great and this one was so... not.

More fan service and fighting in skimpy bikinis.

[Lauren Schnoebelen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don’t know if I’m in a funk or what but this was only just ok.

The secrets of the Fairy Tail masters are revealed to our gang and the hunt is on to try and find the Master. We learn more and more about the growing threat in the West and the leader behind it. With some good twists and turns, the power a wizard can accomplish is shown on a level never before seen. Definitely interested to see where it goes.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 This volume a lot is revealed. Including why the guild was disbanded to begin with. We later find out that a country across the see, Albareth, has been potentially plotting war for years and Makaroth has went there to negotiate peace.

We find out who the emperor of the land is, Spriggan. Spriggan turns out to be Zereff and he commands 12 more insanely powerful wizards, the Spriggan 12.

Our gang, Zereff, and half of the Spriggan 12 on the cover of volume 52.

Read 1/13/2023

[Kanna Ogihara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ummmm🤔 The setting of Zeref is unstable. According to my memory..., Nobody can get close to him because he destroys everything. However, he is surrounded by many people and comrades now. There are so many mysteries about him.

[Doremili · Rating 5 out of 5]

OH MY GOOOOD!!!! COMO AMO ESTA SERIE!!! 446

[WendyTheOwl · Rating 3 out of 5]

FR
Mon avis (sans spoilers) concernant les tomes 46 jusqu'au 55.
Je dois avouer que j'ai beaucoup aimé ce qu'il se passe dans ces tomes. Certains passages/moments m'ont surprises, et ça fait du bien !
On a une certaine maturité qui s'est installée, les personnages ont grandis, ça se ressent et ça fait du bien. Et tout ça, sans qu'ils perdent leur personnalité, c'est à noter.
Je suis sur la dernière ligne droite, il ne me reste plus beaucoup de tomes. Je suis excitée et stressée à la fois !

ENG
My opinion (without spoilers) concerning volumes 46 to 55.
I must admit that I really liked what happens in these volumes. Certain passages/moments surprised me, and it feels good !
We have a certain maturity that has set in, the characters have grown, it's felt and it feels good. And all this, without losing their personality, it should be noted.
I'm on the home stretch, I don't have many books left. I'm excited and stressed at the same time !

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The guild known as Fairy Tail is BACK! The seventh guild master of Fairy Tail has been named too….and it’s Erza! (Don’t worry all this happened at the end of volume 51 so these are spoilers as much as reminders of where you last left off. We are getting more and more revelations by the volume…we find out about Lumen Histoire. We find out about Albareth (country) invading to try to acquire Lumen Histoire a decade ago. We find out so many little story secrets. There are so many little pieces you may miss it if you aren’t paying attention. When you find out who the countries leader is…YOU WILL BE SHOCKED!!! Serious movement on the story takes place in this issue and I truly believe for the second time in this series the story is winding down towards a point in which Fairy Tail would end. I am not saying 5 volumes…but soon (the way One Piece is ending…soon). That said, each and every issue since volume 49/50 seems to have some serious revelations and heavy impact moments!

[Marianna Rainolter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si avverte che ci stiamo avvicinando alla fine, che si vuole chiudere del tutto questa nuova saga e l'intera serie. Scopriamo infatti che la meta dei nostri eroi è il pericoloso impero di Alvarez e abbiamo un assaggio dei futuri avversari per la Gilda di Fairy Tail che sono davvero temibili, ma questa volta per davvero e si preannunciano sfide e battaglie molto interessanti. Mi sta giungendo una forte malinconia, mi piace che c'è una sorta di ritorno alle origini, ai primi volumi della serie e che si stanno spiegando tutte le cose rimaste fino ad allora nascoste, in particolare Zeref sta avendo lo spazio che merita perché è rimasto davvero troppo misterioso e nell'ombra e mi sta piacendo molto la sua storia e il suo personaggio.

[Ciara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fairy Tail was always been one of my favorite anime series to watch and read. I really enjoy it! (Make sure you read and watch the chapters before to understand this part of the story.) I love how the author includes a new plot twist and some kind of funny aspect in almost every chapter. The characters are like family; they never leave each other behind. I recommend this fiction book to anyone who likes reading adventurous and magic-filled books.

[Genesis Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusta que ahora la mayoría ha entrenado y su magia es más poderosa, sentía que siempre eran los mismos que hacían todo y que eran más increíbles... ahora participan más integrantes del gremio.
Juvia es muy paciente y ama muchísimo a gray, cualquiera ya hubiese huido de ese hielo jajaaj
Por otro lado, Charle es insoportable jaja
Siento que aunque hay muchos cambios y cosas positivas, desde la separación no hay nada emocionante...

[Jeni · Rating 4 out of 5]

I understand he's a main character, but why would you ever bring Natsu on an infiltration mission? Also, I agree with Erza being master, but that means she shouldn't be going out on dangerous missions. Though I'm glad to see Team B getting back together. I kind of liked their part better.

This next threat seems like a real challenge and the twist on the Emperor (and his motivations) was neat.

[Citybones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pues si que leyera bastante más de lo que tenía apuntado. Lo bueno es que ya me acostumbré al estilo y me está entreteniendo. Empiezan a aparecer el nuevo grupo de malos poderosísimos, sinceramente ya era de esperarse la fórmula repetitiva hasta decir basta. Por lo menos entra en juego por fin Zeref y Achnologia.

[Sanyukta Thakare · Rating 3 out of 5]

So the actual story is finally starting here. I have always loved the manga art and even though there is a bit of weird stuff in there I am ok with it. Or rather got used to it.

It makes some sense at times with the story so I am going to let it go.

As for the story, excited!!

[Meakuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das erste Mal seit langem habe ich das Gefühl, es werden nicht die immer gleichen Muster wiederholt. Zumindest gibt es etwas Variation. Die Identität und die Ziele des Herrschers lassen mir die Wertung für diesen Band zumindest nicht trüben. Auch wenn es eine Wiederholung prophezeit.

[A Broken Zebra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's frustrating that there aren't truly any consequences. Like, I don't bother taking any death hints seriously since they've yet to follow through. Still has moments I love, but I've also begun to tire of others.

P.S. ? You can only humanize so many villains, you know?

[Léna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good volume, I loved the introductions of the first few spriggans. I thought the moment in the Blue Pegasus thermal place was a nice comic relief to the tension in all the volume. I will start the next volume asap

[Daniel Sepúlveda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luego de un Volumen 51 muy pasivo, este volúmen simplemente estalló.
Por fin nos presentan a los antagonistas de este nuevo arco argumental y son INCREIBLES!

[Dimitri · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many surpriseees.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good volume.

[Monse · Rating 5 out of 5]

No me pude aguantar la ganas y terminé aquí XD
OMG!! Estoy que no puedo con todo esto.

[eric magnifico · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book

I choose this rating because it is good and I like the book they should continue with the series great book

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok.

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Grotesque Devil" "Close.....Grotesque Fairy"

I think he idolizes or envies Fairy Tail

[Jenna Alcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

And so the war with zeref and the spriggan 12 has begun, everyone showing the strength they have gained over the whole series.

[Blue · Rating 1 out of 5]

Chapters 439-446

[Rodri · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5: new villains