Recaps

Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord after Jose targeted Lucy, then faced a Magic Council investigation and began rebuilding its guildhall. As Laxus challenged the guild’s weak members, Ultear revealed her deception to Jellal and escaped after he turned on her, leaving her fearing his coming clash with Blanc.

• Blanc caught Gajeel spying on Levy, Jet, and Troy, and Fairy Tail learned Phantom Lord had targeted Lucy because of her family name before Makarov declared war.
• Fairy Tail stormed Phantom Lord, but Jose escaped the first confrontation and brought his weaponized headquarters to Oak Town, where Blanc’s Wooden Human shielded the town from Jupiter.
• Jose transformed the fortress into Phantom MK II and threatened to destroy the land unless Fairy Tail surrendered Lucy, but Blanc’s summoned gods defeated the giant and Makarov defeated Jose.
• Fairy Tail returned to Magnolia and found Gajeel had escaped and damaged the guildhall, so Makarov chose to build a new hall while reassuring Lucy that she belonged to the guild.
• The Magic Council investigated Fairy Tail, sentenced Jose to life imprisonment, stripped his Wizard Saint title, and ordered Blanc to clear the forests his magic had left behind.
• Laxus mocked Fairy Tail and promised to expel its weak members when he became Guild Master, while Mira showed that Jose had used a Phantom Soldier disguised as Laxus to lure Makarov into danger.
• Ultear confessed to Jellal that she had impersonated Zeref’s ghost and manipulated him, but Jellal revealed he had used her and attacked her before Ur rescued her.
• As Ur carried Ultear across the sea, Ultear feared Jellal would clash with Blanc because his pursuit of Zeref had become his own desire.

Jellal captured Erza and used Blanc as a sacrifice in an attempt to resurrect Zeref, but Fairy Tail rescued Blanc and Erza defeated Jellal before destroying the tower. Trinity Raven’s attack on the Magic Council was stopped when Gildarts broke out of prison and demolished its headquarters, leaving Fairy Tail eager for his return.

• Jellal sent Hughes, Wally, Millianna, and Simon to kidnap Erza so he could use her to lure Blanc to the Tower of Heaven.
• Hughes sealed Erza in a card, but Simon secretly left her bracelet for Juvia, who brought Fairy Tail to the tower.
• Fairy Tail freed Erza, learned that Jellal planned to sacrifice Blanc to resurrect Zeref, and charged toward the rooftop to save him.
• Lucy freed Mirror Blanc from the draining device, and Erza defeated Jellal after Blanc disrupted his spell by shouting that he was Zeref.
• Mirror Girl revealed that the Blanc who had been captured was a decoy and that the real Blanc was Jellal, then Blanc explained Jellal’s plans to Makarov.
• Blanc took the tower’s prisoners toward the Magic Council, and Erza used the Giant Soldier to demolish the Tower of Heaven.
• Trinity Raven attacked the Magic Council, freed the prisoners, and discovered Gildarts in the deepest cell, where he broke through the barrier and wrecked the headquarters.
• Ogre explained that Gildarts had stopped Trinity Raven from forcing the Council to fire Etherion, while Makarov and Blanc recounted the Tower of Heaven crisis.
• Macao showed Fairy Tail a newspaper describing Gildarts’s supposed undercover mission, and Lucy realized she had never met him.

Fairy Tail welcomed Juvia, Gajeel, and Loke, said farewell to Erza’s friends, and rebuilt its guildhall while Blanc helped Loke return to the Celestial Spirit World. The guild’s chaotic public image drew attention, and Laxus began moving against Phantom Soul before announcing his plan to take over Fairy Tail.

• Lucy learned that Gildarts was Cana’s father, and the guild welcomed him back before returning to its usual routines.
• Hughes, Simon, Wally, and Millianna chose to leave Magnolia and live independently, and Erza and the guild gave them a farewell party.
• Blanc asked Lucy to find a hidden Zodiac key, and Lucy discovered that Loke was Leo, who had been banished after Karen’s death.
• Lucy and her Celestial Spirits persuaded the Celestial Spirit King to absolve Loke, who returned to the Spirit World with a new promise to protect Lucy.
• Juvia and Gajeel joined Fairy Tail, and Blanc put Gajeel to work rebuilding the guildhall while the others went on vacation.
• The guild returned to its completed new hall, but its members soon wrecked it again, and a Sorcerer Weekly interview featured Gajeel and Blanc’s band instead of Mira’s performance.
• After the magazine’s special worsened Fairy Tail’s reputation, Laxus defeated Zat and ordered the Thunder God Tribe to destroy Phantom Soul.
• Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow followed Laxus’s orders against Phantom Soul as Laxus declared that he would take over Fairy Tail and eliminate anyone who resisted.