I'm trying to find a word. An "anachronism" is a thing in the wrong time, like seeing a Roman legionary wearing a wrist watch. The word I want refers to a thing which doesn't belong in any time at all, like seeing a dragon flying over a battlefield full of main battle tanks.

Whatever that word is, Erza is it this episode. How the heck does she know what a cowboy looks like? As far as I can tell, there are no horses in the Fairy Tail world. I think I saw one, just one, early in the series but since then zip. Wagons don't get drawn by horses; they use giant pigs instead. No one rides horses; in fact, no one rides any animal. The only riding we've seen is on ships, trains, and wagons (drawn by giant pigs), and the occasional magically-powered car.

Well, I don't care; Erza the Cowgirl still looks pretty damned good.

UPDATE: There's an aspect of this story line I don't like: Yukino and Lucy are having the most trouble in their fights. Elfman defeated Taurus, Mirajane defeated Pisces, Gajeel and Lily defeated Gemini, Wendy defeated Aquarius, Kana defeated Scorpio, Levy defeated Capricorn, Gray defeated Cancer, Juvia defeated Aries, Erza defeated Sagittarius.

Which leaves Leo, Virgo, and Libra. (And Ophiuchus.) Leo has been dodging his fight with Natsu, and Lucy and Yukino, the actual celestial wizards, have been doing amazingly badly against Virgo and Libra respectively. Somehow it doesn't seem fair that celestial wizards should be so useless. But I guess it makes sense because neither of them can use their power (to summon spirits to fight for them). Everyone else's power is unaffected.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 07:48 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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