* The title of this Fairy Tail episode of Fairy Tail 116 is "Power of Life". Ultear fights her own blood. Watch the final fight of 7 Kin of Purgatory, the rotten daughter. Enjoy this Fairy Tail episode and see us in TailedFox Anime Forum for discussions.
The highlight of this episode's story is about Ultear's past. It's a typical story about a mother who was separated from her daughter. When Ultear lost her mother, she was tortured but managed to escape. She later saw her mother again talking to a couple of boys, and she seems happy and smiling. Ultear is a strange child, instead of approaching her mother, she left with no word and carried revenge on her heart. She felt that her mother abandoned her, and seeing her happy really made Ultear disgusted. Ultear was just a child, and without proper guidance, a child full of pure hate can only give hate to the world.
We later found out that that Ul was given the wrong idea that her daughter was dead already. It was very painful for Ul to lose a child, but she was able to recover. She was deeply grieving, so it's not Ul's fault if she had chosen to be strong and move on without her daughter.
I wanted to compare this episode to Cana's story. They both grew up without their parents, but unlike Ultear, Cana wasn't tortured. So I understand more of Ultear's sentiments than of Cana's.
There's also a great scene where Ultear saw the memories of her mother in the sea. The scenarios were from the Deliora Arc so there's really a connection going on between Ulter, Ul and Gray from the start.
Gray played a big role in this episode. Gray freezes his blood to defeat Ultear. He never thought that someday he will become an instrument to take down the daughter of his master. Gray has been trained by Ul, not knowing that this student of hers will bring back peace to her daughter.
On the next episode, let's all watch the battle between Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, Wendy and Hades! See you all next week!
Thanks to Mino for this review and setsuken for the pics!