Recaps

Blanc, a transmigrator raised in Grimoire Heart, seized Hades’s order to infiltrate Fairy Tail as a chance to escape the guild. He joined Fairy Tail in Magnolia and was welcomed as its newest family member.

• Hades ordered ten-year-old Blanc to infiltrate Fairy Tail and search for Zeref.
• Blanc recalled how Grimoire Heart had taken him in as a baby after his infinite magic caused a massive magical surge, and he resolved to use the mission to escape Hades’s control.
• Blanc arrived at Fairy Tail’s guildhall in Magnolia and asked Makarov to let him join.
• Makarov welcomed Blanc into Fairy Tail and stamped a white guild emblem on the back of his right hand.
• Makarov introduced Blanc to the guild, and Blanc greeted the members as his new family.

Blanc joined Fairy Tail, defeated Gray in a sparring match with his Wood Release and revealed that he could combine Wood-Make with Nature Magic. He persuaded Makarov to let him and Gray take a wild-boar-clearing request together, and the two young mages left the guild to begin their first job.

• Cana began explaining how to take requests, but Gray challenged Blanc to a sparring match, and the guild members cleared space to watch.
• Blanc blocked Gray's Ice-Make attack with a wooden wall, then bound him with vines that drained his stamina and magic power.
• Blanc explained that the binding spell combined Wood-Make with Nature Magic, impressing Makarov and the guild; Gray accepted his defeat and promised to challenge Blanc again.
• Blanc chose a request to clear wild boars from Creekside Village and convinced Makarov that Gray counted as the experienced senior required to accompany him.
• Makarov approved the job after warning them to retreat if necessary, and Blanc and Gray left Fairy Tail to complete it.

Blanc and Gray investigated the wild boars driving animals toward Creekside Village and fought a fast magical beast deep in the forest. Blanc defeated it with a vast tree-generating spell, which also accidentally trapped Macao, who had secretly followed them as backup.

• Blanc impressed the village chief by summoning a wooden dragon and sent it to patrol Creekside Village overnight.
• Blanc sensed that something deep in the forest had driven the animals toward the village, and he and Gray entered the woods the next morning to investigate.
• Blanc and Gray followed fresh boar tracks, defeated a herd of charging boars, and continued deeper into the forest.
• A swift, armored magical beast ambushed the pair, but Blanc overwhelmed it with Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees.
• Blanc and Gray discovered Macao trapped in the trees after the Guild Master had secretly sent him to follow them as backup.

After Bailan’s first job ended safely despite his excessive damage to the forest, Makarov celebrated the team’s success and reminded them to stay cautious. Back at the guild, Bailan considered learning Card Magic and turned down Gray’s challenge before meeting Laxus, who welcomed him instead of fighting.

• Makarov accepted Bailan’s explanation that he had replanted the forest, completed the request, paid the team, and celebrated their safe return.
• Bailan went to the guild and watched Cana struggle with a tarot reading while considering how Card Magic might complement his own magic.
• Gray challenged Bailan to a spar, but Bailan refused and told him to challenge again when he was much stronger.
• Laxus arrived and offered to spar with Bailan, who declined because he was not suited to fighting him.
• Laxus accepted Bailan’s refusal, welcomed him to Fairy Tail, and left as the spectators dispersed.

Bailan asked Cana to teach him Card Magic, and she explained how its versatility depended on the user’s magic power and the cards’ capacity. After learning that magic could be inscribed into cards, Bailan decided to study card-making with Cana and expand the kinds of magic he could use.

• Bailan found no suitable jobs and asked Cana to teach him Card Magic.
• Cana explained the advantages and limitations of Card Magic, including how a card’s materials and capacity restricted its power.
• Bailan asked how Cana made her cards, and she explained that she inscribed magic circles into them.
• Cana said advanced cards containing Bailan’s magic would require materials and skills beyond her ability to provide.
• Bailan asked to learn card-making from Cana, and she agreed to study and discuss it with him.

After a year of steady work in Fairy Tail, Blanc returned to find Gray confronting the newly arrived Erza, who defeated him with one punch. Makarov asked Blanc to look after Erza, but Blanc believed Gray’s clumsy concern could help her feel at home, leaving Makarov to consider his suggestion.

• Blanc returned to Fairy Tail after a year of training Card Magic and completing commissions with an excellent record.
• Gray challenged Erza over her cold manner, and Erza knocked him down with a single punch.
• Blanc apologized to Erza and introduced himself, but she silently returned to eating her bread.
• Makarov praised Blanc’s work and asked him to spend time with Erza as she adjusted to the guild.
• Blanc told Makarov that Gray’s devotion to the guild might help break through Erza’s guardedness.

Blanc tried to help Erza feel welcome in Fairy Tail, but Gray’s daily challenges only seemed to push her further away. When Gray found Erza crying alone by the river, he reached out to her, and she began to accept him and the others as comrades.

• Blanc brought Erza cake each day, but she left it untouched while Gray continued challenging and losing to her.
• After Wakaba and Macao teased Gray, he ran from the guild to find Erza, and Blanc and Cana followed to keep him from fighting her.
• Gray found Erza crying by the river and asked why she was always alone; Erza admitted that being with others made her uneasy.
• Gray sat beside Erza instead of fighting her, and she began to soften toward him.
• Blanc and Cana joined them by the river, where Erza accepted a slice of strawberry cake from Cana and eagerly ate it.

Blanc helped Porlyusica prepare for Erza’s Artificial Eye surgery, and Erza regained her sight, though the new eye could not shed tears. Back at the guild, her friends welcomed her and promised to stand by her, letting Erza begin to embrace the life ahead of her.

• Makarov took Blanc and Erza to Porlyusica’s home so Erza could receive an Artificial Eye and Blanc could grow herbs for the treatment.
• Blanc matured the needed herbs and planted Porlyusica’s remaining seeds, then waited with Makarov while Porlyusica performed the surgery.
• Several days later, Erza opened her new eye and saw clearly, but discovered that it could not shed tears.
• Erza returned to the guild without her eye patch, where Macao, Wakaba, Cana, Gray, and the others welcomed her.
• Erza told Blanc, Gray, and Cana that her eye could not cry, and Blanc reassured her that Fairy Tail would never let its friends cry.
• Gray and Cana promised to protect Erza and urged her to enjoy her friends and future, and Erza smiled as she understood what it meant to have friends.

Blanc completed a Requip Magic card with Erza and decided to use his infinite magic power to help Layla survive the opening of the Eclipse Gate. In Crocus, he disguised himself as Night and confronted Layla’s party, revealing the gate’s true purpose and the missing Celestial Spirit Key.

• Blanc finished a Requip Magic card with Erza, then declined her offer to spar and left the guild.
• Blanc recalled that Layla would die when she supplied the magic power missing from the Eclipse Gate ritual, and planned to intervene.
• Blanc traveled to Crocus, disguised himself as an adult in black clothing, and waited for Layla’s party near the palace.
• Blanc used his magical pressure to stop Layla’s party and introduced himself as Night, a hidden watcher sent to ensure the Eclipse Gate plan succeeded.
• Blanc revealed that the Heartfilia Family was missing one of the twelve Zodiac keys, then privately told Layla that opening the gate would bring five Dragon Slayers from four hundred years ago to fight Acnologia.

Blanc convinced Layla and the Heartfilia household that forcing the Eclipse Gate open without Grammi’s key would kill Layla, then offered to help. Jude accepted his offer, and Layla allowed Blanc to accompany the procession to the Royal Palace under strict supervision.

• Blanc warned the Heartfilias that opening the Eclipse Gate without a Zodiac Key would cost Layla her life, and Layla’s silence confirmed his claim to her household.
• Zoldeo offered to sacrifice himself with Capricorn’s key, but Layla explained that only she had enough magic to compensate for the missing key and defended Grammi’s absence.
• Layla resolved to end her family’s four-hundred-year burden rather than pass it on to Lucy, while Jude pleaded for Blanc to save his wife.
• Jude entrusted Layla’s safety to Blanc, and Layla agreed to take him inside the Royal Palace while keeping him under watch.
• Blanc joined the Heartfilia procession without further protest.

Blanc entered the Fiore palace as the masked mage Night, or the “Outside Advisor,” to help Layla open the Eclipse Gate. King Toma approved his participation, with Arcadios assigned to watch him, and Blanc ended the night in his guarded guest room after using Phantom Magic to conceal his face while eating.

• Arcadios initially blocked Layla’s convoy from entering the palace until she secured permission from King Toma.
• Blanc introduced himself to King Toma as Night, the “Outside Advisor,” and Minister Darton objected to involving a stranger in the Eclipse Gate ritual.
• Layla explained that the July 7 opportunity was near and the Zodiac keys were still incomplete, so King Toma accepted Blanc’s help and took responsibility for the decision.
• Arcadios vowed to stay beside Blanc and arrest him if he acted suspiciously, and King Toma assigned Blanc a guest room in the west wing.
• Blanc used a magic card to cover his face with black mist so he could eat under Arcadios’s watch, then identified the spell as Phantom Magic.

On July 7, Layla and her allies gathered at the Eclipse Gate, but Aquarius's key had not arrived, leaving a dangerous shortage of power. Blanc promised to supply the missing magic himself, then revealed power far beyond what the gathered officials and knights had imagined.

• Zoldeo escorted Blanc toward the Eclipse Gate and threatened to kill him if anything happened to Layla.
• Layla, Jude, King Toma, Darton, Zoldeo, and the others assembled at the Eclipse Gate with the available Zodiac keys.
• Layla warned that, without Aquarius's key, opening the gate would require an enormous amount of magic power and could kill even a powerful Celestial Spirit Mage.
• Blanc told Layla that he would supply the missing power, but she and Darton doubted he could do so.
• Blanc unleashed his magic power, overwhelming everyone in the underground chamber and making the Eclipse Gate hum.
• Blanc declared that the magic power of the Ten Wizard Saints amounted to less than half a percent of his own.

As the eclipse began, Layla tried to open the Eclipse Gate with eleven Celestial Spirit keys, but the missing key caused the gate to drain the magic and life force around it. Blanc overwhelmed the gate with his immense magic and saved Layla, leaving the palace hall on the verge of collapse.

• Layla told King Toma that Blanc’s presence reminded her of the Celestial Spirit King, and a messenger announced that the eclipse had begun.
• King Toma ordered Layla to open the Eclipse Gate, and she used eleven zodiac keys while Zoldeo handed her the Capricorn Key.
• The gate’s incomplete opening triggered a violent suction that drained magic from the lamps, knights, and Layla.
• Blanc stepped forward and unleashed a torrent of magic that stopped the gate from draining Layla and forced the gate to absorb his power instead.
• Blanc’s magic shook the underground hall and pinned debris in midair as Arcadios, Darton, Layla, and King Toma reacted in shock.

Blanc and Layla forced the unstable Eclipse Gate open, sending six glowing orbs from four hundred years ago into X777 before the gate closed. Layla survived, while the witnesses agreed to keep Blanc’s power secret.

• The Eclipse Gate’s magic shook Crocus, terrifying people aboveground as birds circled the palace.
• Blanc supplied immense magic while Layla used the eleven Celestial Spirits to force the unstable gate open.
• Six glowing orbs emerged from the gate and vanished, scattering the travelers across different places.
• Blanc healed his injured hand, and Minister Darton ordered everyone to keep the events secret.
• Jude checked on Layla while Zoldeo watched Blanc with jealousy and malice.

Blanc left the palace after saving Layla and helping the travelers from four hundred years ago reach the present, while the people he left behind recorded the Eclipse Gate’s end. On the train to Magnolia, Blanc discovered his dormant system had awakened and granted him a new ability, while Anna awoke alone near the capital.

• Layla thanked Blanc and offered the Heartfilia family’s help, but he refused to reveal his identity.
• Blanc warned Jude to watch Zoldeo, then departed with Arcadios escorting him to the palace gates.
• Darton’s investigation found no record of Blanc, King Toma celebrated the end of the four-century mission, and Layla recorded that the travelers had arrived safely.
• Zoldeo secretly clutched Capricorn’s Celestial Spirit Key and craved the power Blanc had displayed.
• Anna awoke alone outside the Royal Capital and panicked when she could not find the children.
• On the train to Magnolia, Blanc learned his system had awakened and granted him Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga, despite his belief that he had not entered another world.

Blanc learned that his system had gained Mahoraga from another world and planned to use Take Over Magic to control its abilities. After returning to the Fairy Tail guild, he found Erza beating up Gray, gave out souvenirs, and brought fine liquor to the counter.

• Blanc learned that the system had copied Mahoraga from another world and considered using Take Over Magic to take its power into his own body.
• Blanc returned to the guild and found Erza beating Gray while a terrified client watched.
• Wakaba and Cana explained that Erza had attacked Gray for running around naked and supposedly ruining the guild's reputation.
• Erza apologized to the client, then welcomed Blanc back and asked for souvenirs.
• Blanc gave Erza a cake, handed souvenirs to Cana and Gray, and carried fine liquor toward the counter.

Blanc asked Makarov to teach him Take Over Magic, accepted the risks and agreed to begin with a weak creature. He instead traveled to a deserted ruin and instantly defeated Mahoraga with a massive Wood Release assault, completing the subjugation.

• Blanc gave Makarov a barrel of wine and asked where he could learn Take Over Magic.
• Makarov warned Blanc that taking over a powerful creature could overwhelm his mind, then agreed to teach him under supervision and required him to start with a weak creature.
• Blanc learned the fundamentals of Take Over Magic and decided to subdue Mahoraga before taking him over, avoiding the risk of controlling an unsubdued creature.
• Blanc traveled to a remote ruin and prepared a battlefield with four large Wood Release spells.
• Mahoraga appeared and attacked Blanc, but Blanc bound him with trees and vines before the wooden giant, dragon, and forest struck together.
• The attack left a vast crater and killed Mahoraga instantly, completing the subjugation.

Blanc returned to the guild to ask the guild master to supervise his Take Over of Mahoraga, but while he waited, the guild master brought Natsu Dragneel to join. Natsu asked the guild members about his dragon father Igneel, then fought Gray before Erza stopped them.

• Blanc decided to ask the guild master to watch over his Take Over of Mahoraga, but learned the guild master was out and waited at the guild.
• Blanc tried to sneak a look at Gray’s letter, and Gray explained that it came from an old friend.
• The guild master introduced Natsu Dragneel as the guild’s newest member.
• Natsu asked the guild members if they had seen Igneel and insisted that his father was a living fire dragon.
• Natsu and Gray argued and started fighting while the guild members watched and placed bets.
• Erza knocked Natsu and Gray down, scolded the onlookers, and caused Blanc to lose his winnings.

Blanc asked Guild Master Makarov to supervise his attempt to take over Mahoraga, and Makarov brought Laxus along to help. Blanc’s Take Over succeeded without trouble, leaving Laxus eager to test his new strength in a fight.

• Blanc asked Makarov to watch over his attempt to take over a powerful creature, and Makarov agreed to inspect it first.
• Blanc summoned Mahoraga in a forest clearing outside Magnolia and explained that he was a subdued creature from another world with the ability to adapt to magic.
• Makarov approved the attempt, while Blanc warned him and Laxus to knock him unconscious with a powerful attack if Mahoraga’s adaptation caused trouble.
• Blanc used Take Over on Mahoraga, and the magic succeeded smoothly, changing Blanc’s appearance and greatly increasing his strength.
• Laxus removed his jacket and prepared to fight Blanc.

Blanc sparred with Laxus to test his Mahoraga Take Over and adapted to ordinary lightning until it could no longer harm him. Makarov stopped the fight before Laxus could unleash his Dragon Slayer Magic.

• Makarov started the spar, and Blanc met Laxus's opening punches with Mahoraga's enhanced strength.
• Laxus outmaneuvered Blanc and struck him, exposing Blanc's lack of close-combat experience.
• Blanc's golden wheel turned as his wooden defenses contacted Laxus's lightning, and his adaptation weakened its effects.
• Blanc adapted fully to ordinary lightning, then counterpunched Laxus after his attack failed to hurt him.
• Laxus prepared to use his Dragon Slayer Magic, but Makarov separated them and ordered the spar to end.

Blanc encouraged Erza to enjoy the strawberry cake she loved, then went to choose a job at the guild and was blindsided by Natsu. Blanc retaliated with a takeover-powered punch that knocked Natsu unconscious.

• Blanc met Erza outside a cake shop and persuaded her to eat strawberry cake despite her guilt over her friends in the Tower of Heaven.
• Erza bought fifty strawberry cakes, keeping forty-nine for herself.
• Blanc went to the guild request board and selected an extermination job on Mount Hakobe.
• After Macao told Natsu that Blanc was exceptionally strong, Natsu rushed over and punched Blanc from behind.
• Blanc transformed with full-body takeover and knocked Natsu out with a punch.

Blanc accepted a Magic Council request to defeat the dark guild Pandemonium and met combat officer Lahar near Red Apple Village. After Lahar briefed him on the guild’s demon-summoning plans, Blanc and Lahar ended up bound in a cage on a cart, captured by unknown people.

• Makarov assigned Blanc a two-million-J request to help the Magic Council take down Pandemonium.
• Blanc traveled to the forest camp near Red Apple Village, where Lahar initially doubted his strength until Blanc demonstrated his magic power.
• Lahar briefed Blanc on Pandemonium’s demon worship, criminal raids, and suspected ritual magic for summoning demons.
• Blanc agreed to go with Lahar to the guild’s hideout, confident the mission would be easy.
• Blanc and Lahar were shown bound inside an iron cage being hauled through the forest, leaving Blanc frustrated with the Magic Council.

Blanc and Lahar were ambushed by Pandemonium, whose members had completed a demon transformation ritual and taken Red Apple Village’s residents hostage. Blanc intimidated the guild into agreeing to release the captives, while an unseen figure fled into the forest.

• Marduk revealed that Pandemonium had tracked Lahar and Blanc, completed its ritual, and transformed its members into demons.
• Marduk showed Blanc and Lahar that Pandemonium had captured the villagers of Red Apple Village and demanded they surrender in Anti-Magic Handcuffs.
• Blanc unleashed his magic power, terrifying Pandemonium without attacking while hostages remained in danger.
• Blanc warned Marduk to release the villagers or face his pursuit, then withdrew his magic power.
• An unnoticed shadow slipped past a tree and raced away.

Blanc and Lahar were captured by Pandemonium, but Blanc secretly broke his Anti-Magic Handcuffs while Mira confronted Marduk over the demon that had possessed her. The chapter left Marduk defeated, the villagers safe, and Pandemonium's remaining members facing Blanc.

• Blanc and Lahar were taken in a cage to Pandemonium's forest camp, where Marduk ordered his underlings to watch them while he went to release the villagers.
• Mira attacked Marduk, blaming him for summoning the demon that possessed her and drove her family from their home.
• Marduk knocked Mira down twice, but Blanc broke his Anti-Magic Handcuffs and warned Marduk to watch his back.
• Mira struck Marduk with a powerful punch, sending him crashing to the ground.
• A Pandemonium underling tried to use the villagers as hostages, but a second Blanc appeared on a mound of unconscious accomplices, revealing that the villagers were safe.

Blanc defeated the Pandemonium members with Wood Release and rescued Mirajane, who collapsed from exhaustion. After she woke in the hospital, he explained that her demon arm came from Take Over magic and invited her to join him at Fairy Tail to learn more.

• Blanc unleashed Wood Release, binding and incapacitating the Pandemonium members in a forest of massive trees.
• Mirajane collapsed after the battle, and Blanc caught her before she hit the ground.
• Lahar thanked Blanc as the Magic Council took the captured guild members away.
• Blanc explained that Mirajane's demon arm was a form of Take Over magic, not possession.
• Mirajane asked how to return her arm to normal, and Blanc invited her to Fairy Tail to ask his Guild Master.