The BEST episodes of Fairy Tail season 1

Every episode of Fairy Tail season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Fairy Tail season 1!

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: 8/30/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
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Fantasia
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8.78
511 votes

#1 - Fantasia

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 9/27/2010

After casting Fairy Law, Laxus notices that nobody has been killed, as he in fact, never thought of any of Fairy Tail as enemies, much to his surprise. Laxus and Natsu finally clash one last time and with help of Gajeel, Natsu is able to defeat Laxus. Fantasia is postponed for 1 day, and an injured Laxus goes to Fairy Tail to have a talk with Makarov, in where he's expelled but remain in good terms. Fantasia is then hosted, just as Makarov and the rest of guild, give a sign to Laxus which was something he came up to Makarov when Laxus was a child.

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Fairy Law
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8.67
476 votes

#2 - Fairy Law

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/3/2010

Makarov regains his powers and goes to aid in the fight against Phantom. He and Jose face off in a high-level magic battle.

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Celestial Spirit King
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8.60
448 votes

#3 - Celestial Spirit King

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/31/2010

Continuing from the previous cliffhanger, Loki is found out to be celestial spirit. He's trapped on earth because he unintentionally killed his contract holder, a grand rule for celestial spirits. Lucy tried to save him, but will it work? The appearance of the Spirit King then brings more trouble!

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
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Reach the Sky Above
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8.54
486 votes

#4 - Reach the Sky Above

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/2010

Erza recruits Natsu to help her "destroy the moon" as Lucy and Gray look on with disbelief with the rest of the villagers. Afterward Erza reminds Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and Happy of their impending punishment!

Directors: Satoshi Shimizu
The Phantom Lord
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8.54
425 votes

#5 - The Phantom Lord

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/2010

Fairy Tail is attacked by Phantom Lord and at first it is just their building, but when some of the Fairy Tail members are brutally attacked, Makarov declares war. While Fairy Tail attacks Phantom Lord's Gajeel waits for Makarov to leave to fight.

The Strongest Team!
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8.41
561 votes

#6 - The Strongest Team!

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2009

Natsu caught up to Erigor after breaking through the magic wind wall, but Natsu's flames aren't able to dent Erigor's perfectly controlled wind! Happy figures out wind's weakness, however, and Natsu uses his Dragon Slayer magic to stage a sudden comeback! After Lucy and the others arrive, everything would seem to be safe, but Kage suddenly takes back the flute and heads towards the Guild Masters! It's just one setback after another; can they ever truly stop the lullaby?

Directors: Kyôhei Ishiguro
Advent of Satan
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8.38
447 votes

#7 - Advent of Satan

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/6/2010

Lucy and Loke defeat Bixlow while Cana and Juvia are forced to fight one another because of Fried's runes. Juvia, wishing to be accepted by the guild sacrifices herself by hitting a lightning lacrima, hurting herself for Cana. As Cana fights and loses to Freed, Elfman and Mirajane find them. When Elfman fights and loses to Fried, Mirajane unleashes her power, Satan Soul Take Over, and defeats Fried.

Armor of the Heart
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8.35
428 votes

#8 - Armor of the Heart

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/12/2010

The revolt continues; the three enemies prove to be excellent fighters. Lucy is forced to fight Juvia of the Deep and Natsu is eaten. The battle looks grim for team Fairy Tail. We also get to take a peak on Gray's and Erza's relationship with each other when Erza first arrived at Fairy Tail. Meanwhile, Erza is still trapped at Sho's card. Who will come out on top of this twisted game?

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
Clash at Kardia Cathedral
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8.35
472 votes

#9 - Clash at Kardia Cathedral

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 9/13/2010

With all of the Raijinshu defeated, only Laxus remains. Mystogan arrives and holds his own against Laxus, but Erza and Natsu's arrival distracts him, allowing Laxus to attack and reveal Mystogan's face is the same as Jellal's. Mystogan reveals he's not Jellal but he heard of him before departing and leaving Natsu and Erza to finish the fight. Erza, too stunned by the revelation of Mystogan's identity, is ineffective against Laxus and leaves Natsu to fight him while she disables the Thunder Palace.

Titania Falls
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8.34
458 votes

#10 - Titania Falls

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/2/2010

Natsu fights Jellal. Natsu is hardly able to scratch Jellal, having regained his true magical powers. So, deciding to just try and destroy the tower itself, he angers Jellal. Thus he launches the ultimate Heavenly Body Magic, Altairis, deciding to destroy Erza and Natsu together, not minding anymore about the destruction of the Tower. As the attack launched, Simon defended the two and died. Natsu decides to eat some of the lacrima, thinking to absorb the power of Etherion. He unleashes his true Dragon Slayer powers and continues to fight Jellal, but the Etherion, containing elements other than fire, backfired on him. But Natsu managed, and defeated Jellal. As Natsu faints, the unstable power of Etherion started to leak out of the lacrima and it will cause a huge explosion. Erza decides to fuse with the liquified lacrima to save her friends. The Etherion shot out to the sky.

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
A Flower Blooms in the Rain
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8.33
467 votes

#11 - A Flower Blooms in the Rain

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/12/2010

Elfman crushes Sol of the Land, one of the Element 4! Afterwards, the Phantom Mk II seems to slow down for some reason. That's because the giant moves using the power of the Element 4. If all of the Element 4 are defeated, they can stop Abyss Break! There are only two left! Natsu faces off against Aria of the Heavens and Gray faces off against Juvia of the Deep! There's almost no time left until Abyss Break is finished casting!

Directors: Yoshiyuki Asai
Triple Dragons
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8.31
493 votes

#12 - Triple Dragons

Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 9/20/2010

With Erza's magical power is running out, the remaining members of Fairy Tail step in to help disable the Thunder Palace, but are rendered unconscious by the effect of the Body Link Magic afterward. Natsu is overwhelmed by Laxus until Gajeel arrives to even the odds. Laxus reveals that he is also actually a Dragon Slayer and casts the Fairy Law spell. When Levy appears and tells Laxus that Makarov is dying, Laxus responds that his chances of being the Master has increased.

Home
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8.30
470 votes

#13 - Home

Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 8/9/2010

Erza is in the sky floating above what looks like her funeral, as everyone is crying and Makarov is saying some words on her behalf. The 10 Wizard saints come and say they have decided to award one of the 2 open titles of one of the 10 Wizard Saints to Erza on her behalf. Natsu comes and screams that Erza is not dead, kicking flowers off of her tomb when everyone subdues him. Erza realizes that this is not what she wanted, she wanted to sacrifice herself to make everyone happy, not to see them all sad. All of a sudden she's on the beach, Natsu holding her in the water with everyone running towards them, happy to see them safe. They go with Sho and the others to invite them to join Fairy Tail, but they end up going their own way. When they get home, Fairy Tail has been rebuilt, with a lot of new additions. Juvia has joined the guild as well, and she brought Gajeel with her. Everyone is upset but Marakov calms them saying it was his decision. Later Gajeel is called out by 2 fairy tail members to the tree where he had attacked them back during the Phantom Lord ordeal to fight. He sits there and takes it without fighting back, when Laxus comes, furious that he is in the guild, and because of what people are now saying about the guild. He bets Gajeel to a pulp when the other fairy tail members realize that he is not fighting back since he wants to accepted. Laxus shoots a bolt of lightning at the girl and Gajeel jumps in front of it taking the hit. Gajeel then walks off, now injured, saying he has work to do.

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
The Tower of Heaven
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8.27
471 votes

#14 - The Tower of Heaven

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/7/2010

While on vacation at the Kingdom's best resort, Erza seems to be haunted by glimpses from her past. Erza and Happy are abducted and taken into the Tower of Heaven, to Jellal. Will Natsu and the gang be able to save them? What is the Tower of Heaven and what does it have to do with Erza's past?

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
A Star Removed from the Sky
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8.23
443 votes

#15 - A Star Removed from the Sky

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/24/2010

Loki has been acting weird, especially around Lucy. He broke up with all his girlfriends and seems to be dying. Lucy then figures it out, the star that cannot return to the heavens. Loki is stuck on Earth?

Directors: Masaomi Ando
The Fairy Tail
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8.20
854 votes

#16 - The Fairy Tail

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2009

Natsu Dragneel, along with his cat named Happy, has traveled to the town of Hargeon in search of a wizard named Salamander. Here he runs into a young woman named Lucy Heartfilia, a Celestial Wizard, who is determined to join the famous Fairy Tail Guild.

Writer: Masashi Sogo
Destiny
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8.19
455 votes

#17 - Destiny

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/19/2010

Convinced by Siegrain's arguments the magic council prepare to fire the lethal weapon Etherion on the Tower of Heaven. Meanwhile, having beaten the leader of the assassin group Trinity Raven, Erza advances to face Jellal alone.

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
15 Minutes
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8.19
472 votes

#18 - 15 Minutes

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/2010

Fairy Tail cures its wounds, whilst Phantom Lord appears in Magnolia. Erza is defeated by one of the most powerful magic force - the magic cannon Jupiter. Jose wants to get back Lucy, but Fairy Tail's guys aren't going to just her over. Magnolia has 15 minutes before Jupiter will fire second time. Natsu rushes into the big cannon of Phantom Lord.

Directors: Kyōhei Ishiguro
Writer: Masashi Sogo
The Cursed Island
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8.16
516 votes

#19 - The Cursed Island

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2009

S class quests... Requests so dangerous only wizards that the master gives permission to go on them. And yet, Natsu, Lucy and Happy go off on one of these S class quests on their own without permission! They head out to "Galuna, the cursed island," and it turns out the people there are turning into demons from the evil spell of the moon! They learn that there is only one way to undo the curse, and that's to destroy the moon itself! But how in the world are they going to complete a request to "destroy the moon?"

Directors: Satoshi Shimizu
Burst
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8.16
509 votes

#20 - Burst

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/2010

The demon, Deliora, has been released! Natsu, Erza, Gray, and Lucy try to stop the demon but it turns out there is no need. Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy's then turn their attention to helping the villagers.

Directors: Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Writer: Masashi Sogo
Thunder Palace
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8.15
469 votes

#21 - Thunder Palace

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 8/30/2010

Erza defeats Evergreen, freeing everyone under the stone spell. Since Laxus has lost his hostages, he takes the whole city hostage with Thunder Palace: lightning lacrimas in the sky that will rain down bolts of lightning and have been enchanted with Body Link Magic, which deals equal damage to the one who attacks it. While Fried is sent to finish off the remaining members of Fairy Tail, Laxus declares he will deal with Erza and Mystogan. Meanwhile, Levy words to dispel the runes around the guildhouse as Lucy and Happy encounter Bixlow. Despite her best efforts, Lucy is overwhelmed and her keys stolen until Loke arrives by his own will to save her and continue the battle.

Eternal Magic
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8.15
492 votes

#22 - Eternal Magic

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/2010

Gray flashes back to when he first met his teacher and how she changed his life.

Directors: Masaomi Ando
Give Our Prayers to the Sacred Light
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8.15
455 votes

#23 - Give Our Prayers to the Sacred Light

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/26/2010

We will now find what is Jellal's plans and the real tower of heaven looks like. Natsu began to confront Jellal, only finding himself overpowered.Natsu starts beating up Jellal, but it was only for Jellal to see his power. Jellal uses a spell to cause him to have incredible speed and then uses another spell with the power of falling meteors.Natsu takes it,then gets up weakly reminding Jellal that the new Tower of Heaven has started to break.Natsu punches the ground and it cracks. The episode ends with Natsu telling Jellal that breaking things are Fairy Tail's specialty and that he is fired up more than ever now.

Directors: Shinji Ishihira
Writer: Masashi Sogo
The Final Showdown on Galuna Island
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8.14
509 votes

#24 - The Final Showdown on Galuna Island

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/2010

Gray is about to use the Iced Shell magic on Lyon to permanently imprison him in ice like Deliora and Natsu must face off against a mysterious foe that uses Lost Magic. Gray considers sacrificing himself to stop Lyon while Natsu battles a mysterious new foe.

Directors: Yoshiyuki Asai
Wings of Flame
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8.14
469 votes

#25 - Wings of Flame

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/19/2010

Natsu battles against the strongest member of the Element 4, Aria. Just when things are looking grim, Erza shows up. Aria gets serious and unleashes his full power by taking off his blindfold. Meanwhile Loke goes to rescue Lucy from Gajeel who has started attacking her for fun. Erza makes short work of Aria, but Jose shows up, whose evil magic is more than a match for Erza in her weakened state.

Directors: Noriaki Saito