Fairy Tail: My Magic is a Yu-Gi-Oh! Deck — Chapter 83

Chapter 83: Remarks on the Release

The scheduled recommendation didn’t quite go through as planned. I’ve already gotten in touch with my editor, and the premium release will officially be available tomorrow. Let’s take this opportunity to sit down and discuss some of the questions you all have been most concerned about.

1. Main Storyline.

First and foremost, remember the domain name of the first release website.

The overall pace of this book was locked in from the very beginning. It is designed as a deliberate blend of daily guild life, entirely original arcs, and the classic canon storyline. You have likely noticed this rhythm in the previous chapters.

There isn’t too much to over-analyze regarding the daily life segments; they are meant to be relaxed, humorous, and sprinkled with a little bit of fan service. As for the original content, my goal is to expand upon some of the underlying lore and settings from the original work—such as the Elma Ruins Island incident at the start of the story. How should I evaluate that original plot? Looking at the plot design itself, I haven’t seen many readers complaining. However, the climax at the end might not have been handled as ideally as I’d hoped. Mainly, as I kept writing, I realized the opening arc was dragging on a bit too long, so I ended up trimming some words. I will definitely learn from that lesson.

Then there is the canon storyline. I absolutely refuse to write a scenario where a new protagonist is just awkwardly shoved into the world, only to follow the original plot line word-for-word. For the smaller, self-contained arcs that don’t require massive overhauls (like the Lullaby arc), the narrative focus will remain tightly on Chase’s perspective, while Natsu’s canonical actions will only be briefly mentioned. But for major events like Galuna Island, I will be pouring significantly more effort into the writing. Some plot points will inevitably overlap with the original canon—that is unavoidable—but it definitely won’t be a copy-paste job. I will organically integrate the protagonist into the core of those events.

In terms of the book’s overall length, if you compare the current word count with the progression of the original manga, you can probably predict where we are heading.

2. Power Levels.

Many brothers saw that the protagonist started right out of the gate with S-Class strength and immediately concluded that this book definitely wouldn’t last long. Actually, if you carefully review the overarching plot of Fairy Tail, you will quickly realize that the major bosses introduced later in the story are completely impossible to fight without at least S-Class strength as a baseline.

Initially, my plan was to have Chase start at A-Class, run through a few minor original plots, and then have Lucy join the guild. But thinking back on it, that just didn’t feel right. Fairy Tail without Lucy always feels like it is missing its soul.

Getting back to the power scaling issue: if anyone still thinks the protagonist is too overpowered and that it is too easy to break the world’s balance, I will lay out a clear tier list. This should make things obvious at a glance:

T0: The Forbidden God Ankhseram, the God of Time, the God of Sky, etc. (Yes, the outline explicitly includes a plotline about fighting gods. After all, Yugi Muto’s deck just happens to contain several literal God cards).

T1: Acnologia, White Zeref.

T2: Igneel, the Five Dragon Gods, the Imperial Twin Walls.

T3: The Spriggan 12, ordinary dragons.

T4: The Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar, average Dark Guild Masters.

T5: The Ten Wizard Saints.

T6: S-Class Mages.

Looking at it from this perspective, the protagonist’s current positioning is actually very clear, isn’t it? Starting him off somewhere between an S-Class Mage and the Ten Wizard Saints is the most reasonable approach for the long term.

The most heavily criticized aspect of the original Fairy Tail is the massive collapse of power scaling in the later stages. Because of that, I will be making some deliberate adjustments later on so the battles don’t become completely brainless.

3. Female Lead.

The outline for the entire book is basically finished. But to be completely honest, the female lead situation is really hard to lock down because I don’t have a massive amount of confidence in writing pure romance scenes.

Actually, in my opinion, whether a story has a definitive female lead or not shouldn’t be entirely up to the author—it should be up to the readers. If the romantic chemistry is written well and naturally earns high recognition from all of you, it will happen organically. If I force it, it will just read as stiff and awkward.

However, this book will definitely have a female lead. Careful readers have likely already picked up on some of the subtle descriptions and hints dropped earlier. Although the main theme of this novel is undeniably Card Player’s Hot-Blooded Battles, sometimes we need to sprinkle in a few shy, tender moments to mix up the pacing. The only thing I can say for certain is that the total length of the romance plots won’t be overwhelming (this will heavily depend on your feedback later on), and there will absolutely not be a brainless, logic-defying harem. At the absolute most, it might end up being a double female lead dynamic.

4. Updates.

Tomorrow night at exactly eight o’clock, I will be updating five chapters. If I can finish writing them all in time, I will drop them all at once. If I can’t quite make the deadline, I might have to leave two chapters for a bit later. After all, I am a notoriously slow writer. Following that initial burst, I will be maintaining a daily update schedule of roughly 6,000 to 8,000 words.

I won’t be doing any extra bonus updates based on average subscription numbers or monetary rewards for the time being. If I write a good story, everyone will naturally be willing to support it. If the results are good, the author will naturally have more motivation to write faster and update more frequently. This mutual support is probably the true bond between us, haha.

However, if your financial conditions permit, I still sincerely hope everyone can at least drop a first subscription to help make the initial data look a bit better. Compared to massive fandoms like One Piece and Naruto, writing a Fairy Tail fanfiction is really, truly difficult to get off the ground.

If any of the big shots out there want to let the chapters pile up before reading but still trust my writing, you can always turn on the automatic subscription feature. Thank you all so very much!

Also, a massive thank you to the big shots who have been silently voting, supporting the book, and enduring my strange early plot holes to follow the story all the way up to this point. I wish you all great wealth and prosperity!

5. Promotional Exchanges.