The BEST episodes of Fairy Tail

Every episode of Fairy Tail ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Fairy Tail!

Lucy, an aspiring Celestial Wizard, becomes a friend and ally to powerful wizards Natsu, Gray, and Erza, who are part of the (in)famous wizard guild, Fairy Tail.

Last Updated: 3/10/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
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100 Against 1
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9.51
223 votes

#1 - 100 Against 1

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/2013

In the event called Pandemonium, Erza has opted to take on 100 powerful magic-generated monsters by herself... but what is the secret of the one S-class monster?!

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Four Dragons
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9.20
203 votes

#2 - Four Dragons

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/2013

The fourth day's final battle between Sabertooth and Fairy Tail kicks off with Natsu and Gajeel proving themselves as formidable opponents against the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth, but when push comes to shove, Sting and Rogue decide to utilize their trump card and turn the tides of the battle. Will the Fairies attain victory against their opponents or will the Tigers stay true to their title as Fiore's strongest guild?

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Hatred at Nightfall
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9.16
199 votes

#3 - Hatred at Nightfall

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2013

After being drummed out of Sabertooth, why does Yukino pay Fairy Tail a visit? And what is Erza going to do when she learns that two more people want to murder Jellal, including a dear friend?!

Tartaros Chapter - A Silver Wish
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9.16
138 votes

#4 - Tartaros Chapter - A Silver Wish

Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/3/2015

Gray knows the truth, that Silver really is his father! Juvia battles Keys, the puppet master of the dead. And petite mushroom Franmalth gives the Fairy Tail members the runaround so they can't stop the 3,000 Face devices from going off.

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
The One Thing I Couldn't Say
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9.15
248 votes

#5 - The One Thing I Couldn't Say

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/2012

Cana finds Mavis's grave and reflects on her reasons for becoming an S-Class wizard: her father is revealed to be Gildarts, who is unaware of his relationship with her, leading the younger, timid Cana to decide to become an S-Class wizard and bolster her own confidence to reveal the truth to him. However, Cana realizes that she had also betrayed Lucy in her determination. Wracked with guilt, Cana takes the Fairy Glitter spell from the grave and uses an enchanted card leading her to Lucy as she and her friends are attacked by Bluenote. She tries to perform the spell on Bluenote, but fails. However, she is saved when Gildarts arrives and attacks Bluenote.

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Freezing Fighting Spirit
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9.14
204 votes

#6 - Freezing Fighting Spirit

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/2012

Azuma transforms into a tree as a result of overusing his Great Tree Ark, but makes good on his promise to Erza and returns the guild's magical power, giving Gildarts, Fried and Bickslow enough strength to defeat Bluenote and Rustyrose. Meanwhile, Ultear tells Gray that the only spell that can defeat Hades is Iced Shell. She then takes Zeref and returns to Meldy, revealing to her that she is actually trying to manipulate Gray into defeating Hades for her so she can keep Zeref for herself. However, Gray is unfooled by her deception and, catching onto her true motives, challenges her.

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Tartaros Chapter - Drops of Fire
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9.14
148 votes

#7 - Tartaros Chapter - Drops of Fire

Season 6 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/19/2015

It's dragons to the rescue before the Face devices can siphon all magic from the continent. But even as one crisis is averted, there's still the final battle between Igneel and Acnologia, as well as the reappearance of another well-nigh omnipotent foe.

Eternal Adventure
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9.11
139 votes

#8 - Eternal Adventure

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2016

Mavis says farewell to Zera and contemplates her next move after the successful defeat of Blue Skull. The heartbreaking, hopeful final episode of this arc marks the end of the beginning of Fairy Tail.

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Challenger
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9.08
144 votes

#9 - Challenger

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2016

One year after the dissolution of Fairy Tail, Lucy has become an editorial trainee for Weekly Sorcerer. On the final day of the latest Grand Magic Games, she spots a scandal and looks on with everyone else as a spoiler appears to disrupt the proceedings after the final match!

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Tartaros Chapter, Finale - Where the Power of Life Lies
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9.06
155 votes

#10 - Tartaros Chapter, Finale - Where the Power of Life Lies

Season 6 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/26/2015

In this epilogue to the Tartaros saga, the dragons reveal a tragic secret to Fairy Tail, while Natsu makes a vow to Igneel's fading soul. In the aftermath, Makarov dissolves the guild, several members set out on their own quests, and Zeref drops a shocking revelation.

Tartaros Chapter - Wings of Despair
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9.06
146 votes

#11 - Tartaros Chapter - Wings of Despair

Season 6 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/31/2015

After more than seven years, out of nowhere, Fairy Tail's worst nightmare returns: Acnologia, the dragon that nearly slaughtered the guild's most powerful members. The timing couldn't be worse, as the Fairy Tail members are exhausted, but then Natsu somehow hears Igneel's voice...

Voice of the Flame
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9.06
133 votes

#12 - Voice of the Flame

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/2015

As Natsu battles the formidable winged cyclops monster, Gray enacts his plan to melt the mountain of ice encasing the Eternal Flame... but does he end up extinguishing that along with it? Plus: the identity of the familiar voice that called out to Natsu, bringing him to the frozen Eternal Flame!

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
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Let’s Hold Hands
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9.06
264 votes

#13 - Let’s Hold Hands

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/2012

Acnologia arrives at the island and begins to destroy it. Seeing the Black Dragon of Apocalypse, Makarov tells his guild members to run while he fights it, but the fairies wouldn't leave without their master and decide to fight alongside him. However, their efforts ended up being futile as Acnologia releases his Dragon's Roar, seemingly destroying the island and everyone on it.

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Tartaros Chapter - Soaring Above Ishgar
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9.05
142 votes

#14 - Tartaros Chapter - Soaring Above Ishgar

Season 6 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/12/2015

Gray survives Mard Geer's ultimate Curse, revealing that his recent changes have left him not altogether human. Erza defeats Kyoka, but the demon has the last laugh as Face is activated. Almost immediately, the Fairy Tail members are sapped of strength as the Face units begin to siphon magic from all over the continent.

Gloria
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9.04
233 votes

#15 - Gloria

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/2014

The Grand Magic Games are ending at last! But who will be the last wizard standing? And which guild will be crowned the strongest in Fiore?

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Time of Life
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9.00
221 votes

#16 - Time of Life

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/30/2014

As several wizards across Crocus are cornered and killed by the dragons, Ultear recalls her forbidden Last Ages spell, which is capable of reversing time at the cost of the user's life. After deciding to atone for for her lifelong misdeeds, she casts the spell in an attempt to avoid the dragons' arrival in the present. Afterward, she discovers that only one minute has been reversed and collapses. As a result of her spell, however, the wizards are able to foresee and prevent their own deaths, including Gray's. Lucy reunites with her friends at Eclipse and reveals that, according to her future self's notebook, they can return Future Rogue and the dragons to their respective time periods by destroying Eclipse once and for all.

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Fairy Tactician
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8.99
223 votes

#17 - Fairy Tactician

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2014

While everyone is focused on the last event at the Grand Magic Games, Team Natsu slips into the palace to try to spring the imprisoned Lucy. Meanwhile, Mavis, the progenitor of Fairy Tail, uses wartime strategy in a bid to lead her team to victory!

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Law
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8.99
135 votes

#18 - Law

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2016

Possessed by the Tenrou Jade and transformed into a dragon skeleton, Yuri runs amok through Magnolia. Only Mavis has a chance at saving him with a form of ancient ultra-magic, but it comes with a terrible price.

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The Man Without an Emblem
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8.98
246 votes

#19 - The Man Without an Emblem

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/2012

Laxus fights Hades with full force and manages to seemingly overpower him. Meanwhile at the camp, the uninjured Fairy Tail members try to protect the injured from the return of some members of Grimoire Heart. Can Laxus manage to take revenge for his grandfather's defeat?

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Sin and Sacrifice
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8.98
222 votes

#20 - Sin and Sacrifice

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/23/2014

Jellal and Erza are saved from Millianna's wrath when Ultear comes to their aid, explaining to the woman that she is the evil behind the Tower of Heaven incident. With the Mages of Fiore struggling against the attacking Dragons and hatchlings and neither Natsu nor Future Rogue gaining an advantage in their fight, many people begin to feel doubtful about surviving the war. Concurrently, Gray falls to one of Motherglare's minions protecting Juvia, and Ultear decides she no longer deserves to live after the darkness she has brought to those around her.

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Pandemonium
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8.98
228 votes

#21 - Pandemonium

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/2013

Confronted by the Sabertooth Guild Master himself, Jiemma, Natsu decides to fight him all-out in their lodgings. Despite his attacks, he is unable to deal even a scratch on him. Eventually, their "fight" is interrupted with the arrival of Minerva and her hostage, Happy, forcing Natsu to leave reluctantly. The following day, the Grand Magic Games resume with a new event: Pandemonium. However, the beasts within the domain of this event appear to be quite challenging for the participants.

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Fairy Tail, Year X791
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8.97
281 votes

#22 - Fairy Tail, Year X791

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/24/2012

Seven years have passed since the destruction of Tenroujima and the disappearance of everyone on the island. The guild is in a sad state of affairs, with members leaving in droves, decent work in short supply, and Fairy Tail itself supplanted by a bigger, badder guild, Twilight Ogre. But one day, the members of Blue Pegasus fly over to deliver some startling news...

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Elfman vs. Bacchus
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8.97
194 votes

#23 - Elfman vs. Bacchus

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2012

The battle portions of the second day continue with Kurohebi defeating Toby Horhorta and then showing his crueller side by ripping Toby's prized sock. Whilst everyone is watching the Games, malicious activities seem to be happening in the background, with Wendy, Porlyusica and Carla almost being kidnapped! In the midst of this chaos, an error by Arcadios sees Elfman fighting Bacchus. Does Elfman have what it takes to win, or is the outcome of this match already set in stone??

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Wendy vs. Shelia
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8.97
176 votes

#24 - Wendy vs. Shelia

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/2013

Laxus takes on Raven Tail's elite, but they're after something more than a win! And then there's Wendy vs. Cheria, a battle royale between two masters of the wind!

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Tartaros Chapter - Gray vs. Silver
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8.96
140 votes

#25 - Tartaros Chapter - Gray vs. Silver

Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/26/2015

The battle between Gray and Silver continues, although it's an uphill one for the Fairy Tail members, as Silver is an Ice Devil Slayer and therefore immune to ice attacks. Meanwhile, Wendy comes up with a desperate plan to stop the 3,000 magic pulse bombs from going off in less than an hour!

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo