Pretty good chapter this time.
Believe it or not, but I'm a bit happy that Natsu got beaten up and not defeating Rogue with the power of friendship. Maybe it shows that Mashima hasn't gone too overboard with it. (even though he already has :). This chapter offered a couple of interesting points, which require some parsing:
First Rogues white shadow dragon mode was pretty cool, I liked the idea and design. He obviously got it by killing Sting, but somehow I would have liked that to be left in the shadows and let the readers deduce that themselves, even though it's a bit obvious. I recently watched a video where a very wise man said pretty well, that a good movie doesn't explain it's message, but rather shows it leaving the interpretation up to the watcher.
From Rogue, where he can actually become a shadow made me have some sort of an epiphany where Natsus and other Dragon Slayers where they could become the element that they represent, pretty much like Logias in One Piece.
Then we get to the good stuff which is the Eclipse Gate. I think that the dragons are in fact in another dimension and are going to come through the gate, this would explain their sudden disappearance. This is where the plot goes a little bit more complicated, but it may look a bit like this:
The first timeline: This is where the dragons appear, people are killed and Lucy escapes to the past: as she herself said, in her time she didn't close the gates.
The second timeline: It seems to me that Future Lucy and Future Rogue possibly came from different timelines + Rogue came several years later. This is where Rogue in fact wants the dragons to invade the land for one reason or another
The current timeline is where Lucy somehow senses that the dragosn are going to come through the gates and wants it to be closed. I wonder though how people are going to react to her as she said just moments earlier that she wouldn't do that.
This is pretty much how I see this plotline and it makes somewhat sense, however I recalled in the middle of writing this the moment at where we are shown the scene of chapter 101 where Igneel and Grandine meet and talk about Wendy and most likely Natsu. This contradicts pretty much with this theory, but maybe it has some truth in it so I'll leave it like that.
Recap of Fairy Tail 326: Natsu vs. Rogue
-The day has changed to July 7th, which is the same day as when the dragons disappeared
- Eclipse Gate is about to open.
-At where Natsu and Rogue are, Rogue says that Lucy will definitely close the gate.
-Natsu activates Lightning Fire Dragon mode.
-Rogue, however actiavtes white shadow dragon mode, he is possessing the properties of both light and darkness.
-Rogue then damages Natsu with White shadow dragon rough silk. He then says that it's the power he stole by killing Sting.
-He is about to deal finishing blow to Natsu, but Ultear comes and interrupts him.
-Meanwhile, the gate is opening, but then Lucy senses something and says that they have to close the door.
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