Recaps

Aibo grew Fairy Tail’s influence through new inventions, member benefits, and alliances while becoming an S-Class wizard. He uncovered Ultear and Jellal’s plan for the Tower of Heaven, helped Erza prepare to confront it, and welcomed Lucy Heartfilia into the guild.

• Fairy Tail’s booming businesses drew people to Magnolia, and Aibo secretly sent months of collected excrement into Edolas’s Royal Palace.
• Aibo passed the S-Class Promotion Exam by defeating all the candidates at once, then kept the details quiet with threats about embarrassing photos.
• Aibo helped Fairy Tail manage its growth by introducing membership votes, insurance, new facilities, and plans for an alliance with nearby guilds.
• Aibo installed a way to communicate with Edolas and warned Mistgun that reversing Anima could transfer the Exceed to Earth-land.
• Aibo investigated Erza’s encounter with Siegrain, learned from Ultear about Brain and the Tower of Heaven, and discovered that Jellal planned to use Erza to activate the R-System.
• Aibo told Erza the plan, and they agreed to pretend to cooperate with Jellal while avoiding danger to the hostages.
• Lucy Heartfilia joined Fairy Tail as a probationary member, and Aibo escorted her to the girls’ dormitory after discovering she had once been his marriage-alliance candidate.

Aibo aided Fairy Tail in confronting Eisenwald, then became entangled in Lyon’s plan to release Deliora on Galuna Island. The arc left Gray recognizing Lyon as the leader of the ritual to undo Ur’s Iced Shell, just as the groups prepared to clash.

• Aibo helped Erza’s team stop Erigor and destroyed Lullaby after it emerged from the Magic Flute.
• Aibo learned from Lullaby that Zeref’s Demons used Curse Arts powered by negative emotions, then began developing new Guga and created seven named after the Seven Sins.
• Aibo rejected Laxus’s invitation to join the Thunder God Tribe, then agreed to help Ultear when she revealed Deliora’s seal would soon be lifted.
• Aibo traveled to Galuna Island, defeated Lyon, and let him lead the effort to challenge Deliora while Aibo took charge of the group.
• Aibo brought Lucy, Natsu, and Gray back from the island and arranged for Lucy to register the S-Class request under her name.
• Aibo explored the island with Sherry and learned that Lyon and Ultear were using Moon Drop to melt Ur’s ice and release Deliora.
• Aibo sent Lucy back to the island while Natsu’s group searched it, then Gray found Deliora frozen inside the mountain.
• Gray and his companions followed Yuka and Toby, discovered Lyon’s group using the purple moonlight to undo Iced Shell, and recognized Lyon as the ritual’s leader.

Aibo helped Fairy Tail defeat Phantom Lord, then turned his research toward strengthening his creations and allies. The arc left Lucy confronting the Celestial Spirit King to save Leo.

• Gray and Lyon fought over Ur and Deliora while Natsu, Lucy, and Happy battled the Seven Sin Apostles, but Aibo captured them and revealed that Deliora had already died.
• Aibo passed Ur’s recovered memories of loving Ultear to her, then restored the moonlight over Demon Village and helped its villagers recover their memories.
• After Phantom Lord attacked Fairy Tail, Aibo repaired the guild hall and helped lead the guild’s counterattack against Jose and his forces.
• Aibo used Phoebe to defeat Phantom Lord’s giant weapon, coordinated Fairy Tail’s assault on Jose, and defeated him with Fairy Glitter after Mistgun and the others weakened the enemy guild.
• Fairy Tail celebrated its victory, and Aibo helped claim Phantom Lord’s assets and establish an academy before the Magic Council imprisoned Jose and disbanded the guild.
• Aibo transformed the Seven Sins Guga into humanlike S-Class Apostles, and Fairy Tail’s women took the matching Apostles away to train or teach them.
• Aibo researched God Slayer and Devil Slayer magic, upgraded Phoebe and the Apostles, gave Mira a Devil Slayer Core, and implanted a Celestial Spirit Crystal in Loke.
• Lucy learned that Leo was near death because he had been banished from the Celestial Spirit World, then forced open his gate and summoned the Celestial Spirit King.