Fairy Tail: Ice Trail, Vol. 2

Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Trail #2

by Hiro Mashima, Yuusuke Shirato (Illustrator)

After a battle with an evil demon, an entire village is laid waste. All perish, except for one boy. Keeping his master’s teachings close to his heart, this lone survivor sets out on a journey westwards in search of new sights and unimaginable power. The boy’s name: Gray Fullbuster. For the first time, experience Gray’s childhood adventures, and follow him down the path that will lead him to Fairy Tail!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction, Comics Manga, Shonen

210 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 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

[Lauren Schnoebelen · Rating 5 out of 5]

My heart can’t handle all the feels this brought up

[Genesis Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aparece juvia, lucy y natsu🤣
Me encantan la personalidad de gray

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun ending to the origin story of Gray and how he joined Fairy Tail. This volume continues his journey. He has some adventures before finally arriving and there are cameos from Fairy Tail characters. Everything goes very fast since this is two volumes but it is a cute, fun sidetrack for Fairy Tail fans. Get both books, though, and read them together!

[Veronica Ika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Following Gildarts' Advice
Inspired by Gildarts' wisdom, Gray sets his sights on Magnolia, guided by the belief that creating magic is the essence of freedom.

Meeting Pause
Along the way, Gray encounters Pause, a fellow young wizard with a mysterious mission. Despite their differences, the two form a strong bond as they journey towards Magnolia together.

Fateful Encounter
Upon arriving in Magnolia, Gray's life takes a pivotal turn as he meets the members of "Fairy Tail," leading to a fateful encounter that will shape his destiny and set him on a path of adventure and camaraderie with the renowned guild.

[Diamond Keeling · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the gray's side story and more adventures for him traveling to the guild Fairy Tail ( which I proudly love and appreciate) but overall it is hilarious and nonstop comedy. Plus my favorite character is also in it aka before she become known as the rain woman. The characters are amazing even the guild master. I like the art style because it is different from the original drawing. I cannot wait to look forward to more of the Fairy Tail's side stories and favorable characters.

[Connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strides better than the first volume. Like night and day better. The story was way better paced and consistent. No jumping around like the first volume. Is this little side run necessary? No but I'm happy to have read it and add it to my collection!

[issacannafic · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have no clue what heppenes at the end.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great side side story of gray fullbuster before he joined fairy tail^.^👌😁💕💕

[Caitlin ~WordsAreMyForte~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely could have been a stronger series, but it was vaguely enjoyable. It just didn't add much to the original Fairy Tail story, which is my main gripe with side stories and prequels in general.

[Juddy Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish there were more!

[Melissa Nisbet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh, didn’t hold a candle to Fairy Tail. Felt like a prequel story that didn’t need to be told.

[runa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Edit Rasztik · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Fairy Tail újraolvasás részeként ezt a melléktörténetet is elővettem és rá kellett jönnöm, hogy annó csak az első két fejezetet olvastam ebből a történetből. A javaslat szerint a Galuna-sziget szál után érdemes olvasni, mivel Gray visszaemlékezés szálát veszi fel ez a történet és elmeséli, hogyan és milyen kalandokkal kísérve érkezett meg a kis jégvarázsló a Fairy Tailbe.

Közvetlenül Ur “halála” után vagyunk, amikor Gray nyugatra, Fiorébe vándorol, hogy még erősebb varázsló váljék belőle. A történetek maguk kreatívak, de egy kicsit tét nélkülinek éreztem őket, olyan könnyen megoldódik minden. Kicsit úgy érződik a kötetekből, hogy a szerző csak a saját történeteit akarta elmesélni, Gray utazására felfűzve.

Megjelennek egyébként szereplők a fő sorozatból: Gildartz az első kötetben, majd Wakaba és az egész Fairy Tail a második kötetben, de a rajzstílus miatt nehezen felismerhetőek – Makarov mester pedig nagyon elüt mindentől -, illetve személyiségben is szerintem kicsit eltérőek lettek. Gildartz például mindent ütésekkel old meg, miközben a mágiája egyáltalán nem így működik.

A rajzstílus önmagában sem jött be annyira, egy kicsit a Soul Eaterre emlékeztet – de rossz értelemben. Leginkább a same-face szindrómája, és a mini orrok miatt. Továbbá kábé senkiről nem tudtam megállapítani, hogy milyen idős vagy milyen nemű: például Warden Torch-ot folyamatosan nőnek néztem, hiába hivatkoztak rá a szereplők férfiként.

Összességében egyébként nem volt rossz melléktörténet, de nem is kedveltem meg annyira sem a szerző stílusát, sem a karaktereit.

[Danielle Louise]

Read on Mangastream.

[Deadgirluniverse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Huh...that’s how it happened?

[Amanda mcguire · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read : 4 stars
Reread 2023 : 3,5 stars

[kerrycat · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Magnolia . . . Fairy Tail . . . what could be waiting for me?!"

[Дени ★ Проданова · Rating 3 out of 5]

Причината, поради коятo Грей и компания напуснаха влака, беше просто уникална :D

[Mieke · Rating 5 out of 5]

😊