title: Fairy Tail (season 4)
text: # Fairy Tail (season 4)
  
  The fourth season of the Fairy Tail anime series was directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia of the fictional guild Fairy Tail. It continues the "Sirius Island" (天狼島編, "Tenrōjima-hen") story arc from the third season, where Fairy Tail's S-Class examination on Sirius Island is interrupted by the arrival of Grimoire Heart, who attempt to retrieve the dark wizard Zeref living on the island.
  
  The season initially ran from October 15, 2011 to April 7, 2012 on TV Tokyo in Japan. Seven DVD compilations were released, each containing four episodes, by Pony Canyon between March 7 and September 5, 2012. The season was licensed for a dubbed broadcast in English by Animax Asia, which released it as part of "Season 3". Funimation Entertainment released the episodes with their own English-dubbed version across three Blu-ray/DVD box sets, released on March 25, May 20, and July 15 in 2014 along with the first six episodes of season 5. The episodes were made available on Funimation's website as "Season 4".
  
  The season makes use of 6 pieces of theme music: three opening themes and three ending themes. The opening themes are "Towa no Kizuna" (永久のキズナ, "Everlasting Bond") performed by Daisy x Daisy until episode 111, "I Wish" performed by Milky Bunny until episode 124, and "Hajimari no Sora" (はじまりの空, "Beginning Sky") performed by +Plus for the rest of the season. The ending themes, used with the opening themes, are "Kono Te Nobashite" (この手伸ばして, "Reach Out This Hand") and "Boys Be Ambitious", both performed by Hi-Fi Camp, and "Glitter (Starving Trancer Remix)" by Another Infinity.
  
  ## Episode list
  
  | No. | Title | Original air date | English air date |
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  | 101 | "Black Wizard" Transcription: "Kuro Madōshi" (Japanese: 黒魔導士) | October 15, 2011 (2011-10-15) | November 25, 2014 |
  | Natsu Dragneel encounters the black-robed wizard, who is interrupting Fairy Tail's S-Class promotional trial on Sirius Island. However, Zeref defeats Natsu in a duel, leaving him wounded. Despite the encounter, the participants resolve to continue their exam and split up. Meanwhile, Grimoire Heart travels to Sirius Island in search of the wizard in black, who is revealed to be the infamous dark wizard Zeref. After separating from Gajeel Redfox because of an argument, Levy McGarden is attacked by Grimoire Heart members Yomazu and Kawazu. Gajeel rescues her, and the two prepare to engage in a duel. ||||
  | 102 | "Iron Soul" Transcription: "Tetsu no Tamashii" (Japanese: 鉄の魂) | October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22) | December 2, 2014 |
  | Gajeel and Levy fight Yomazu and Kawazu, who are scouting the island to kill Fairy Tail wizards. After being seriously wounded, Gajeel sends Levy to warn their guildmates of Grimoire Heart's attack. Remembering Fairy Tail master Makarov Dreyar's willingness to guide him despite his bringing harm to Fairy Tail, Gajeel gains morale and defeats the two scouts. Meanwhile, Erza Scarlet and Juvia Lockser find Levy and interrogate Yomazu, who warns them about Grimoire Heart's intentions. Erza lights a beacon signifying the exam's suspension and the enemy attack, but Yomazu tells her that one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Grimoire Heart's elite team, is already on the island. Meanwhile, Carla and Panther Lily find Wendy Marvell and her exam partner, Mest Gryder, whom Lily deduces is not a member of Fairy Tail as he claims to be. ||||
  | 103 | "Makarov Charges" Transcription: "Shingeki no Makarofu" (Japanese: 進撃のマカロフ) | October 29, 2011 (2011-10-29) | December 9, 2014 |
  | While Lily confronts him over his identity, Mest rescues Wendy from an attack by Azuma, one of the Seven Kin. Mest reveals himself to be a Magic Council agent named Doranbalt, who is searching for incriminating evidence against Fairy Tail to disband the guild. After Azuma destroys the fleet of council ships summoned by Doranbalt for support, Wendy demands Doranbalt's assistance in defeating him; however, they and Lily are overpowered and nearly killed. Makarov prepares to repel Grimoire Heart by casting his ultimate Fairy Law spell, but the dark guild's master, Hades, threatens to counter with the similar Grimoire Law spell. To his horror, Makarov recognizes Hades as Precht Gaebolg, his predecessor as Fairy Tail's master. ||||
  | 104 | "Lost Magic" Transcription: "Rosuto Majikku" (Japanese: 失われた魔法) | November 5, 2011 (2011-11-05) | December 16, 2014 |
  | Makarov is defeated and gravely wounded in his battle against Hades, which is sensed by the wandering Laxus. Meanwhile, the other members of Fairy Tail battle Grimoire Heart's army. Joining the battle are the Seven Kin of Purgatory, each of whom practices an ancient form of magic called Lost Magic. Natsu faces Zancrow, one of the Seven Kin and a god slayer who can create black flames Natsu is unable to eat. ||||
  | 105 | "Fire Dragon vs. Flame God" Transcription: "Karyū vs. Enjin" (Japanese: 火竜 vs. 炎神) | November 12, 2011 (2011-11-12) | December 23, 2014 |
  | Natsu is overwhelmed by Zancrow's god slayer magic, which proves superior to his own dragon slayer magic. Upon finding Makarov badly injured during his fight, Natsu regains his resolve and defeats Zancrow by nullifying his own magical power, allowing him to eat Zancrow's flames and combine their power with his own. Meanwhile, Lucy Heartfilia, Cana Alberona, Gray Fullbuster, and Loke fight Caprico, another member of the Seven Kin, while sisters Mirajane and Lisanna Strauss fight Azuma. ||||
  | 106 | "Grand Magic World" Transcription: "Dai Mahō Sekai" (Japanese: 大魔法世界) | November 19, 2011 (2011-11-19) | December 30, 2014 |
  | Azuma learns of Mirajane's former identity as the "Demon Woman" and straps Lisanna to a time bomb so he can fight Mirajane at full strength. Unwilling to lose Lisanna again, Mirajane sacrifices herself to defend Lisanna from the explosion. The remaining members of Fairy Tail learn from the Seven Kin their true goal: to "awaken" Zeref's full power and bring about the World of Great Magic, where only wizards would thrive while the remaining 90% of humanity would perish. Meanwhile, Seven Kin leader Ultear Milkovich finds Zeref and easily defeats him. ||||
  | 107 | "Arc of Embodiment" Transcription: "Gugen no Āku" (Japanese: 具現のアーク) | November 26, 2011 (2011-11-26) | January 6, 2015 |
  | Elfman Strauss and Evergreen are overwhelmed and defeated by Rustyrose's Arc of Incarnation, which gives him the power to create anything from his imagination. Meanwhile, Loke realizes Caprico is the celestial spirit Capricorn, and that he has the power to take control of humans. He sends Lucy, Gray, and Cana away while he fights Caprico, who recognizes Lucy as the daughter of celestial wizard Layla Heartfilia and declares that he must kill her. ||||
  | 108 | "Human Gate" Transcription: "Ningen no Tobira" (Japanese: 人間の扉) | December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03) | January 13, 2015 |
  | Caprico reveals himself to be a human named Zoldio who fused with Capricorn using his Human Subordination magic. He possesses Loke and plans to kill Lucy to regain a human form, but Loke gives his Regulus ring to the newly freed Capricorn, who uses it to free Loke and destroy Zoldio. Meanwhile, Cana suggests to Lucy and Gray that they split up to search for the Seven Kin and defeat them so they can resume the exam. After Lucy determines the location of Mavis Vermillion's grave, Cana knocks her out with a sleeping spell and abandons her to find the grave, leaving her to be found by Kain Hikaru of the Seven Kin. ||||
  | 109 | "Lucy Fire" Transcription: "Rūshii Faia" (Japanese: ルーシィファイア) | December 10, 2011 (2011-12-10) | January 20, 2015 |
  | Lucy and Hikaru's battle starts out as her celestial spirits is unable to get the best of him. As Lucy is near defeated, Natsu's battle with Ultear is interrupt which he inadvertadly kicked Hikaru's head just in time. Natsu decides to help Lucy and reform their old team while Ultear leaves with Zeref. Hikaru takes control of Lucy's body using his voodoo-like cursing magic, using her to beat up Natsu. However, Natsu and Happy turns the table once they obtain Hikaru's voodoo doll but Hikaru hits Natsu into a pile of rocks, stuck in despair. As Hikaru is about to squeeze Lucy's head, Natsu gains the upper hand once more by controlling Lucy attacking Hikaru, giving a voodoo doll's hand fire and he tells Happy to go full speed, turning her into a living flying fireball, aiming directly at Hikaru with her kick, defeating him. ||||
  | 110 | "Dead-End of Despair" Transcription: "Zetsubō no Fukurokōji" (Japanese: 絶望の袋小路) | December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17) | January 27, 2015 |
  | Doranbalt tries to help Natsu and his friends evacuate the island, warning that the Magic Council plans to fire their Etherion weapon on them, but they refuse to leave. Meanwhile, Juvia is nearly defeated during her and Erza's battle against Seven Kin member Merudy, but she regains her will to fight upon hearing Merudy say she wants to exact revenge on Gray for hurting Ultear, and dispatches Erza to search for Gray and their friends. Seeing Juvia's determination to fight for Gray leads Merudy to link both of their physical senses to Gray's to ensure that he dies no matter who is killed in their battle. ||||
  | 111 | "Tears of Love and Vitality" Transcription: "Ai to Katsuryoku no Namida" (Japanese: 愛と活力の涙) | December 24, 2011 (2011-12-24) | February 3, 2015 |
  | Refusing to kill Merudy, Juvia instead tries stopping her from committing suicide. In doing so, Juvia witnesses Merudy's happy memories with Ultear through their connected senses, and persuades her to stop fighting. Meanwhile, Gray encounters Ultear, who says that he is his ally and that her plans for Zeref are part of her mother, Ur's, will. The other members of Fairy Tail encounter Grimoire Heart's remaining forces: Erza faces off against Azuma; a weakened Levy, Lisanna, and Panther Lily against Rustyrose; and Natsu, Lucy, and Wendy against Grimoire Heart's massively powerful deputy commander, Blue Note Stinger. ||||
  | 112 | "The One Thing I Couldn't Say" Transcription: "Ienakatta Hitokoto" (Japanese: 言えなかった一言) | January 7, 2012 (2012-01-07) | February 10, 2015 |
  | Having found Mavis's grave, Cana 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 Cana to decide to become an S-Class wizard and bolster her own confidence to reveal the truth to him. Realizing that she has betrayed Lucy in her determination to become S-Class, a distraught 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 Blue Note. She unsuccessfully attempts to perform the spell on Blue Note. However, Gildarts finally arrives and strikes Blue Note to rescue Cana. ||||
  | 113 | "Tenrou Tree" Transcription: "Tenrōju" (Japanese: 天狼樹) | January 14, 2012 (2012-01-14) | February 17, 2015 |
  | Gildarts fights Blue Note while Fried and Bickslow, having returned to Tenrou Island together with him, help Levy, Lisanna, and Panther Lily to fight Rustyrose. Meanwhile, Azuma reveals to Erza that he has used his magic, the Arboreal Arc, to absorb the magic-giving energy of the island's giant Sirius Tree, destroying it and draining the strength of all the Fairy Tail members on the island except Erza. ||||
  | 114 | "Erza vs. Azuma" Transcription: "Eruza vs. Azuma" (Japanese: エルザ vs. アズマ) | January 21, 2012 (2012-01-21) | February 24, 2015 |
  | Erza makes Azuma promise to return her guild's magical power if she defeats him. She herself is nearly defeated when Azuma uses the Sirius Tree's magic, but receives her second wind upon hearing Jellal's voice and, drawing power from the tree's magic, cuts Azuma down. ||||
  | 115 | "Freezing Fighting Spirit" Transcription: "Kogoeru Tōshi" (Japanese: 凍える闘志) | January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28) | March 3, 2015 |
  | Azuma transforms into a tree as a result of overusing his Arboreal Arc, but makes good on his promise to Erza and returns the guild's magical power, giving Gildarts, Fried and Bickslow enough strength to defeat Blue Note and Rustyrose. Meanwhile, Ultear tells Gray that the only spell that can defeat Hades is Iced Shell. She then takes Zeref and returns to Merudy, revealing to her that she is actually trying to trick Gray into defeating Hades for her so she can keep Zeref for herself. However, Gray is not fooled by her deception and, catching onto her true motives, engages her in a duel. ||||
  | 116 | "Power of Life" Transcription: "Seinaru Chikara" (Japanese: 生なる力) | February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04) | March 10, 2015 |
  | As their battle continues, Ultear tells Gray that Ur took her to a magic facility, where she was cruelly experimented on. Ultear eventually escaped to return to her mother, only to find that she has seemingly replaced her with Gray and Lyon. Gray eventually overpowers Ultear and the two fall into the ocean, where Ur's ice body had drifted out from Galuna Island. Ultear experiences her past from her mother's memory: Ur had actually left Ultear at the facility to save her life, but the facility's corrupt doctors tricked Ur by telling her that her daughter had died. Realizing that her mother truly loved her, Ultear admits defeat. ||||
  | 117 | "Rolling Thunder" Transcription: "Raimei Hibiku" (Japanese: 雷鳴響く) | February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11) | March 17, 2015 |
  | Juvia chases Merudy as she carries Zeref before they run into Zancrow, who takes Zeref and cruelly reveals to Merudy that Ultear was responsible for destroying her home. Suddenly, Zeref awakens, utters the name "Acnologia", and unleashes a deadly wave of magic that kills Zancrow and knocks out Juvia and Merudy. Overhearing the commotion, Doranbalt warns the rest of the Magic Council troops, who retreat from the island. Meanwhile, Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Carla, and Lily regroup with Gray and Erza. The exceeds infiltrate the Grimoire Heart airship to destroy its power source while the others take on Hades directly. Despite them fighting at full strength, Hades is unfazed by their attacks and prepares to kill Natsu, but is stopped by the timely arrival of Laxus. ||||
  | 118 | "The Man Without an Emblem" Transcription: "Monshō o Kizamanu Otoko" (Japanese: 紋章を刻まぬ男) | February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) | March 24, 2015 |
  | Laxus furiously battles Hades to avenge Makarov. Their fight rages until Hades gravely injures Laxus, so he transfers his own lightning magic to Natsu and tells him to defeat Hades. Meanwhile, the rest of the uninjured Fairy Tail members defend their wounded master and friends from Kain Hikaru, Kawazu, and Yomazu. ||||
  | 119 | "Realm of the Abyss" Transcription: "Shin'en no Ryōiki" (Japanese: 深淵の領域) | February 25, 2012 (2012-02-25) | March 31, 2015 |
  | Despite using Laxus's lightning power to its fullest, Natsu's attacks continue to have no effect on Hades. Rather, Hades awakens the true depths of his magic power before the powerless Fairy Tail wizards, immobilizing them with fear. However, Natsu bolsters his friends with the same words of courage Gildarts had given them during the exam, and leads them in one final assault against Hades. Meanwhile, Happy, Carla, and Panther Lily stumble across a mechanical heart on the ship and try to destroy it. ||||
  | 120 | "Daybreak on Tenrou Island" Transcription: "Akatsuki no Tenrōjima" (Japanese: 暁の天狼島) | March 2, 2012 (2012-03-02) | April 7, 2015 |
  | The mechanical heart Happy and Carla destroy turns out to be giving Hades his power. Ultear uses her magic to return the Sirius Tree to its original state, allowing Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, and Laxus to finally defeat the now powerless Hades. Makarov and the other injured guildmates return and order Grimoire Heart to leave Sirius Island. As the Fairy Tail wizards celebrate and recover from their fight, Hades and the other defeated Grimoire Heart members discover Zeref on their ship. ||||
  | 121 | "The Right to Love" Transcription: "Aisuru Shikaku" (Japanese: 愛する資格) | March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09) | April 14, 2015 |
  | Zeref reveals to Hades that his power had never been sealed to begin with, making Grimoire Heart's efforts to reawaken him pointless. Accusing Hades of summoning the dragon called Acnologia through his guild's actions, Zeref kills him. Ultear, meanwhile, confesses to Merudy about destroying her hometown and attempts suicide out of guilt, but Merudy rescues and forgives her. On Sirius Island, Makarov postpones the S-Class exam because of the battle, and Cana finally tells Gildarts that she is his daughter. As this happens, Acnologia forebodingly flies towards Sirius Island as Zeref watches in alarm. ||||
  | 122 | "Let's Hold Hands" Transcription: "Te o Tsunagō" (Japanese: 手をつなごう) | March 16, 2012 (2012-03-16) | April 21, 2015 |
  | Acnologia appears on Sirius Island and begins destroying everything in sight. Makarov tries to hold Acnologia off for his guild to escape, but they refuse to let their master die and help him fight the dragon. Everyone holds hands with one another to try and cast a defensive spell against Acnologia's breath attack, which seemingly obliterates the island. With the disappearance of the Fairy Tail members on the island, they are thought to be dead. ||||
  | 123 | "Fairy Tail, Year X791" Transcription: "Nanahyaku-kyūjū-ichi-nen: Fearī Teiru" (Japanese: X791年・妖精の尻尾) | March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23) | April 28, 2015 |
  | Seven years have passed since the incident at Sirius Island and the Fairy Tail guild has become the weakest wizards' guild in Fiore, indebted to Twilight Ogre, a new local guild. The remaining Fairy Tail members are visited by Ichiya and the Tri-men of Blue Pegasus, who tell them that they have recently discovered a change in the magical energy around the waters where Sirius Island once stood. There they discover that the island was protected against Acnologia's attack by the spirit of Mavis Vermilion, who used her power to help everyone on the island cast the defensive Fairy Sphere spell that inadvertently caused them to be frozen in time for seven years. The missing members return to their guild, just in time to stop Twilight Ogre from hurting Romeo as Macao defends his son, forcing them to flee and the missing members celebrate their return from Sirius Island. ||||
  | 124 | "The Seven Year Gap" Transcription: "Kūhaku no Nana-nen" (Japanese: 空白の7年) | March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) | May 5, 2015 |
  | The members of Lamia Scale visit Fairy Tail as they celebrate their friends' return. Gray learns from Lyon what had happened to Ultear and Merudy over the past seven years, while Erza learns the same about Jellal. Makarov, Erza, and Mirajane later visit the Twilight Ogre guild and take revenge for being bullied by them. Meanwhile, Lucy is kicked out of her house for being unable to pay her rent for seven years. She decides to visit her father Jude, only to learn he had died one month before she and her friends returned from Sirius Island. She is allowed to return to her house by her landlady, who reveals to her seven years worth of birthday presents and rent money from her father, who had also left a letter detailing his unwavering hope that she was alive. Realizing her father truly loved her, Lucy admits her own love for her father. ||||
  | 125 | "The Magic Ball" Transcription: "Mahō Butōkai" (Japanese: 魔法舞踏会) | April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07) | May 12, 2015 |
  | Natsu, Lucy, and their friends take a job to capture Velveno, an escaped convict with the power to transform into other people and mimic their magic, who plans to attend a ball held by the wealthy Count Balsamico for his daughter Aceto to find a husband. It is assumed by the count that Velveno is there to steal the valuable Balsamico family ring. The Fairy Tail members fail to capture him before he obtains the ring, but he instead confesses his love for Aceto and uses it to propose to her. Aceto accepts his proposal on the condition that he turn himself in for his crimes, which he does at the cost of Fairy Tail's reward for the job. ||||
  