Recaps

After spending six months learning how Mest’s Spiritual Power worked, Eleven discovered he could implant vivid, convincing memories into other people’s minds, though his pranks drove Mest away. The next morning, Makarov took Eleven to investigate a strange magical power that had landed in a forest north of Magnolia, and Eleven began searching with his Spiritual Power after Makarov lost the trail.

• Eleven struggled to learn Mest’s Memory magic but learned to alter memories through Spiritual Power, even adding sensory details that made the mind fill in the gaps.
• Eleven implanted a memory of eating a fly into Mest, whose vivid reaction amused Eleven until Mest avoided him for a month after learning the truth.
• On July 8, Makarov asked Eleven to accompany him to a forest north of Magnolia to investigate a strange magical power he had sensed the night before.
• Makarov could no longer sense the magical power in the forest, so Eleven sent out his Spiritual Power to search for it.

Eleven and Makarov found Natsu Dragneel in the forest while searching for a magical treasure, and learned that he was a Fire Dragon Slayer raised by the dragon Igneel. The chapter ended with Natsu explaining that Igneel had adopted him and disappeared that morning.

• Eleven found no trace of the treasure and suggested that the pink-haired boy might have found it, so Makarov agreed to investigate.
• Natsu searched the forest for Igneel, who had vanished after raising him since he was little.
• Natsu greeted Eleven and Makarov with flames around his fist and introduced himself as a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Makarov recognized Natsu as a possible true Dragon Slayer and realized the boy himself was a treasure.
• Natsu said Igneel was a dragon, and explained that he was human, adopted by Igneel, and taught Dragon Slayer Magic.

Makarov invited Natsu to stay at the guild while he searched for Igneel, and Eleven and Makarov escorted him toward Magnolia. They met Gildarts on the way and entered the town as it rearranged itself into Gildarts Mode.

• Makarov offered Natsu a temporary place at the guild, and Natsu accepted because he had no idea where to find Igneel.
• Eleven realized that Natsu was a Dragon Slayer like Laxus as the group traveled toward Magnolia.
• Gildarts emerged from the roadside bushes, greeted Makarov and Eleven, and teased Natsu before learning he was a dragon's child.
• Magnolia activated Gildarts Mode, rearranging its streets and buildings as Eleven and Natsu marveled at the spectacle.
• Gildarts led the group down the new avenue and hurried ahead to distance himself from the excited Eleven and Natsu.

Eleven and Gildarts talked past each other while Gildarts mistook Eleven’s remarks about growing up and Cana’s fighting ability for sexual boasting. The exchange ended with Gildarts telling Eleven to treat Cana well, while Cana remained too shy to acknowledge Gildarts as her father.

• Natsu struggled to read the Fairy Tail sign as Makarov welcomed him, while Eleven followed Gildarts into the guild hall.
• Eleven tried to act mature around Gildarts, who misunderstood his claims about growing up and asked whether he had a partner.
• Cana nervously approached Gildarts, and Eleven praised her recent growth and fighting ability.
• Gildarts misread Eleven’s praise as a sexual reference and told him to treat Cana well.

Gray and Natsu met in the guild and fought for hours, giving Gray the equal rival he had long wanted. As the fight continued into the evening, Laxus watched from the sidelines and dismissed Natsu as too weak to interest him.

• Eleven and Cana left Gildarts to check on Gray, who was arguing with the newly arrived Natsu.
• Gray and Natsu traded insults and began fighting while Makarov watched without intervening.
• Eleven sensed Gray’s happiness at finally finding an opponent who could match him and stopped Erza from breaking up the fight.
• Gray and Natsu continued fighting until evening, while Erza cheered them on and Laxus quietly watched.
• Eleven teased Laxus that Natsu was like him, and Laxus replied that Natsu was too weak to interest him.

Natsu joined Fairy Tail and learned that its members were all frighteningly strong, as Erza, Mirajane, Eleven, and Laxus caused chaos in the guild. Makarov stopped Eleven and Laxus from destroying the building, though the guild's future still worried him.

• Natsu and Gray fought to a draw, and Erza hugged them so hard that they were injured and carried to the infirmary.
• The next morning, Erza stopped Natsu and Gray from fighting, introduced herself to Natsu, and explained that the guild was their home and its members were companions.
• Mirajane teased Erza by repeating Natsu's insult, and the two started a destructive fight that frightened Natsu and the other guild members.
• Eleven tried to break up Erza and Mirajane, but they attacked him, so he slammed their heads together with Telekinesis and knocked them unconscious.
• Laxus mocked Eleven, and their Spiritual Power and electromagnetic waves clashed until Makarov struck both of them through the floor.

Eleven used a grand-prize voucher to take a group of Fairy Tail children to the hot springs with Laxus as their adult escort. The trip ended in chaos after Natsu and Gray broke through a wall into the girls’ bath, and Eleven accidentally suspended Mira with Telekinesis.

• Eleven brought the hot spring voucher to Maria, but the old priest refused permission, so Maria threw Eleven out with it.
• Eleven recruited Laxus and the children, and Laxus persuaded the inn’s proprietress to accept the voucher by declaring them all Fairy Tail family.
• Laxus went to the mixed bathing area while Eleven and the children soaked together, where Natsu and Gray started fighting and using magic.
• Natsu and Gray slid through a wall into the girls’ bath, and Erza dragged them away to apologize to the proprietress.
• Eleven stared across the hole at Mira until she attacked him, and his Telekinesis froze her in midair.

Natsu joined Fairy Tail and set out with Eleven on his first job, investigating a giant magic beast egg that he hoped might lead him to Igneel. On the way, Natsu learned the guild would feed him for free and complained that Eleven did not believe his story about being raised by a dragon.

• After a week at the guild, Natsu told Makarov he wanted to join Fairy Tail, and Makarov gave him a guild mark.
• Natsu chose a job investigating a mysterious giant magic beast egg, and Makarov assigned Eleven to guide him.
• When Natsu refused help, Eleven used his Spiritual Power to restrain him and carried him out of the guild.
• At the train station, Eleven released Natsu and bought him lunch, then told him the guild dining hall offered free meals to members without money.
• Eleven asked whether Natsu had taken the job to search for Igneel, and Natsu complained that nobody believed he had been raised by a dragon.

Eleven accompanied Natsu on a mission, enduring Natsu’s severe motion sickness before they discovered a mountain full of hatched giant magic beast eggs. They followed strange roars to the deserted, damaged town, where Eleven sensed transparent figures approaching them.

• Eleven and Natsu bragged to each other on the way to the train, but Natsu became violently motion sick as it moved.
• Eleven supported Natsu through the train and carriage journeys, and Natsu recovered enough to detect the scent of an egg.
• Natsu led Eleven to a rocky mountain covered in empty giant magic beast eggs, which Natsu identified as dragon eggs.
• Natsu heard dragon-like roars and ran toward the town, calling for Igneel, while Eleven grew uneasy.
• Eleven and Natsu reached the silent, damaged town, where Eleven spotted many transparent humanoid figures and pulled Natsu behind him.

Eleven and Natsu met the invisible residents of a town and learned that Daphne had cursed them after her artificial monsters failed to find them. Eleven accepted the job of defeating Daphne and saving the townspeople.

• Eleven sensed the invisible residents, and the mayor formed a faint shadow to speak with him.
• Eleven used Telepathy to communicate with the mayor and briefly added Natsu to the group chat before removing him.
• The mayor explained that Daphne, a magical scientist obsessed with dragons, had sent her artificial monsters to attack the town.
• After the concealed residents evaded the monsters, Daphne cursed them so they could never become visible or interact with others again.
• Eleven told the mayor that he and Natsu would take the job and defeat Daphne.

Eleven and Natsu accepted the mayor’s request to defeat Daphne and traveled to a nearby town, where Eleven quickly discovered her hidden monster laboratory. Eleven infiltrated the building while Natsu began gathering information in town, though he immediately got sidetracked by food.

• Eleven introduced Natsu to the mayor as a Dragon Slayer, and the mayor agreed to leave Daphne’s defeat to them.
• Eleven carried motion-sick Natsu through the air to a neighboring town after they decided to investigate Daphne’s laboratory.
• Eleven found a building protected by defensive magic arrays and detected a vast underground space filled with lizard-like monsters.
• Eleven left Natsu in town to gather information under the codename “S” and slipped into the building alone.
• Eleven searched the empty rooms aboveground and found the entrance to the basement.
• Natsu spent Eleven’s information-gathering money on food, then approached a group of burly men and proudly introduced himself as a Fairy Tail Dragon Slayer.

Natsu introduced himself as a Dragon Slayer in a tavern, where Daphne befriended him and asked about Igneel. Elsewhere, Eleven found Daphne’s laboratory and diary, learning that she planned to create a dragon using a Dragon Slayer’s magic power.

• Natsu claimed to be a Dragon Slayer, but the tavern patrons mocked him until he attacked them with Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
• Daphne intervened, fed Natsu a lizard-shaped sausage, and asked him about the dragon Igneel.
• Eleven fought through the monsters in the basement and reached a laboratory filled with instruments and monster embryos.
• Eleven read Daphne’s diary and learned she had seen a black dragon before deciding to create one herself.
• Eleven discovered Daphne believed a Dragon Slayer’s magic power could help her complete her giant dragon.

Eleven found Natsu trapped inside Daphne’s dragon and tried to rescue him, but Natsu’s attempts to control the beast ended in disaster. Daphne took control and began draining Natsu’s magic power, until Eleven struck the dragon and charged in to free him.

• Eleven rushed toward the dragon after it emerged beneath the town, fearing Daphne had captured Natsu.
• Natsu revealed that he was controlling the dragon, then tried to attack Eleven with Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist and toppled the beast onto the town.
• Eleven spotted Natsu trapped in a red crystal inside the dragon, but the dragon’s tail struck him and sent him flying.
• Daphne took control of the dragon with a piano and began draining Natsu’s magic power, revealing she intended to use him as nourishment for her creation.
• Eleven hit the dragon’s head with Telekinesis, knocked it down, and descended while demanding that Daphne release Natsu.

Eleven fought Daphne’s artificial dragon, rescued Natsu from the Magic Crystal, and admitted he should have explained the mission more clearly. Natsu, impressed by Eleven’s strength, asked to fight him once they returned.

• Daphne’s dragon withstood the town wizards’ attacks and burned the town with Fire Dragon’s Roar.
• Eleven disrupted the dragon’s fire attack, pierced its body with a Telekinetic Arrow, and overpowered it by tearing apart its jaws and a wing.
• Eleven brought the dragon crashing into the town, then realized Natsu was still trapped inside its Magic Crystal.
• Eleven shattered the crystal and caught Natsu as he fell, and apologized for not explaining the mission properly.
• Natsu, nearly drained of magic, told Eleven that he wanted to fight him when they got back.

Eleven and Natsu defeated Daphne and ended the dragon threat, then returned to Silent Town to find its residents freed from their curse. Though both towns hailed Eleven as a hero, he feared the Magic Council would make him pay for the destruction, even after Silent Town rewarded him generously.

• Eleven carried Natsu away, but Daphne emerged from the dragon and ran into them, so Eleven knocked her down and returned her notebook.
• Daphne mocked Natsu for believing in dragons, and Eleven knocked her unconscious with a Telekinesis hammer.
• The surviving residents of the ruined town hailed Eleven as a hero, and he panicked and offered to work off the damage before learning that compensation was still up to the Magic Council.
• Eleven left with Natsu and returned to Silent Town, where Daphne's defeat had broken the curse and restored the townspeople.
• The grateful residents gave Eleven a large reward, but he was distressed because he expected the money to go toward compensation.

Eleven and Natsu took shelter from the rain in a cave, but a blue-haired boy’s destructive magic blew apart the mountain behind them. After surviving the blast, Eleven confronted the group responsible, leaving him and Natsu face-to-face with the boy, his master, and five other children.

• Eleven and Natsu traveled toward the guild on foot after Natsu refused to ride in a carriage or train, then took shelter from heavy rain in a cave.
• While waiting out the storm, Eleven watched Natsu eat flames and wondered whether other Dragon Slayers could eat their own magic.
• A blue-haired boy used a Self-Destructing Collapse Magic Circle to destroy a mountain as his silver-haired master watched in astonishment.
• The boy said he wanted a complete collapse that left no dust, and his master approved of the madness in his eyes.
• The explosion blasted Natsu and Eleven out of the dust, and Eleven angrily accused the group of nearly killing them.

Eleven confronted Jellal and his companions after their magic destroyed a mountain, beating Jellal and Racer before Jellal unleashed a powerful attack. Eleven recognized Jellal as a serious threat, and the fight was about to escalate.

• Eleven grabbed Jellal when he tried to leave and repeatedly slammed him into the ground, while Brain watched.
• Racer challenged Eleven, but Eleven ignored his speed magic and knocked him down with one blow.
• Natsu prepared to fight Jellal's companions, but Jellal stopped them and attacked Eleven with a destructive spell.
• Eleven dodged Jellal's attack, pulled Natsu back with Telekinesis, and realized Jellal's magic power rivaled his own and Laxus's.

Eleven battled Jellal, whose dark and Celestial Magic pushed him into a fierce fight. Eleven used Spiritual Super Acceleration Mode to smash Jellal into a pit, but Jellal struck back with Binding Snake as Eleven turned away.

• Jellal attacked Eleven with dark magic, while Eleven used Telekinesis to destroy the tentacles and withstand the barrage.
• Eleven tried to catch Jellal off guard with an illusion, but Jellal evaded him with Meteor and attacked with Magic Light Bullet.
• Jellal struck Eleven with a comet-like punch, but Eleven activated Spiritual Super Acceleration Mode and seized Jellal with Telekinesis.
• Eleven slammed Jellal into the ground with three rapid attacks, leaving him bloodied at the bottom of a huge pit.
• As Eleven prepared to leave, Jellal cast Binding Snake and immobilized him with magic-rune snakes.

Eleven escaped Jellal’s Binding Snake by implanting nauseating memories that interrupted Jellal’s Seven Star Sword. Just as Eleven tried to finish the weakened Jellal, Brain intervened and said he still needed him.

• Jellal bound Eleven with Binding Snake and began preparing his Seven Star Sword attack.
• Eleven used Memory Implantation to make Jellal vomit, disrupting the spell and freeing himself.
• Eleven used Telekinesis to slam Jellal toward the ground, but Brain’s Enemy-Repelling Cotton softened the impact.
• Brain emerged, praised Eleven’s victory, and said he would not let him kill Jellal because he still had a use for him.

Eleven clashed with Brain, who rescued Jellal and tried to recruit him after learning his false name, Elizabeth. Eleven escaped with Natsu through an illusion, leaving Brain furious as Jellal woke and claimed he would kill Eleven himself.

• Brain intervened just before Eleven could finish Jellal, then checked that Jellal was alive.
• Eleven sensed Brain's powerful, sinister magic and noticed his two conflicting soul voices, while Brain demanded his name.
• Eleven lied that he was Elizabeth, and Brain offered to make his ambitions come true by joining his guild.
• Eleven stalled Brain with a false claim that they shared a surname, but Brain cast Magic Lock to capture him.
• Eleven's illusion vanished as he escaped with Natsu, and Brain's attack on Natsu struck another illusion.
• Brain failed to detect Eleven, grew furious, and vowed to make the boy his; Jellal woke and insisted Eleven was his to kill.

Eleven and Natsu returned to Fairy Tail after escaping Brain and Jellal, and Makarov learned that they had saved two towns despite causing a huge compensation claim. After hearing Eleven’s report about the two men, Makarov went to check the guild records while refusing to let Eleven onto the second floor, and considered holding an S-Class exam next year.

• Eleven carried the bound Natsu away from Brain and Jellal, then explained that retreating from a stronger opponent was a survival strategy.
• Eleven and Natsu returned to Fairy Tail, where Eleven gave Makarov the job reward and Makarov learned they had saved residents in two towns.
• Makarov burned the appeal documents and rallied the guild with a speech condemning Fairy Tail’s critics.
• Eleven told Makarov about Brain and Jellal, prompting Makarov to search the guild records for Brain’s name.
• Makarov stopped Eleven from entering the second floor and thought that Eleven and Laxus might be ready for an S-Class exam next year.

Eleven fought Natsu after Natsu challenged him, easily countering the Dragon Slayer’s attacks while letting him keep trying. Natsu was left beaten but still vowed to become the strongest mage by defeating Eleven, Erza, Gray, and Gildarts.

• Natsu challenged Eleven to a fight, and Eleven agreed to take it outside the guild.
• Eleven used Telekinesis to suspend Natsu, then tripped him as he charged with Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist.
• Natsu attacked with Fire Dragon’s Claw and Wing Attack, but Eleven dodged the kick and extinguished the flames with Telekinesis.
• Natsu circled Eleven and tried several more attacks while Eleven countered them in front of the watching guild members.
• Eleven sent Natsu crashing to the ground, but Natsu got back up and vowed to defeat Eleven, Erza, Gray, and Gildarts and become the strongest mage.

Natsu defeated Eleven with a Fire Dragon's Roar, but Eleven sensed a dragon phantom behind Natsu and discovered that an unknown presence in his own soul feared it. After a second roar showed no such effect, Eleven took Makarov aside to report what he had found.

• Natsu's declaration that he would become the strongest wizard was followed by a surge of magic power, and his Fire Dragon's Roar knocked Eleven down.
• Eleven woke and sensed a crimson fire dragon phantom behind Natsu, while an unknown presence deep in Eleven's soul trembled in fear.
• Eleven found that his Spiritual Power felt less burdened after the presence retreated, then asked Natsu to use another Fire Dragon's Roar.
• Natsu's second roar showed no dragon phantom and caused no reaction in Eleven, who decided to consult Makarov and report the abnormalities.
• Gray argued that Natsu had only won by luck, and Natsu challenged him to a fight.

Eleven returned from the hot spring to find Mira, Natsu, Gray, and Laxus all despondent over their own bathing mishaps. Meanwhile, two important guests discussed their stay at the inn, and a young green-haired girl asked her father to let her bathe with Lu-chan.

• Eleven left the bath with a handprint on his face, while Mira remained distraught and Cana and Lisanna tried to comfort her.
• Eleven found Natsu and Gray lying blankly in the room and Laxus drinking alone and crying about the women at the mixed bath.
• Erza criticized the others, and Natsu and Gray recounted how Erza had dragged them into a bath and scrubbed their backs.
• Eleven sympathized with Natsu and Gray, saying he had suffered an unfortunate tragedy too, which left Mira staring at him in disbelief.
• In a private room, a tall blond middle-aged man spoke deferentially with a king who had secretly traveled to the inn.
• Hisui-chan asked her father for permission to soak in the hot spring with Lu-chan, and he agreed.

Eleven and Makarov investigated the strange presence in Eleven’s soul, then turned to studying Natsu and uncovered a clue about the dragon within him. As X778 began, Levy, Jet, and Droy arrived to join Fairy Tail, and Natsu and Gray quickly defeated Jet and Droy after mistaking their challenge for part of their own fight.

• Eleven and Makarov searched for answers about Eleven’s soul with help from Makarov’s acquaintances and Porlyusica, but found nothing useful.
• Eleven and Makarov repeatedly examined and trained Natsu, and Makarov discovered a clue about the dragon inside him before ordering Eleven to keep it secret.
• After autumn passed and Magnolia entered X778, Levy, Jet, and Droy arrived at Fairy Tail and said they wanted to join.
• Jet mocked the guild and attacked Natsu with his Godspeed magic, while Droy used plant magic against Gray.
• Natsu knocked Jet down with Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist, and Gray destroyed Droy’s plants with Ice-Make and pinned him with ice spears.