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Fairy Tail: Season 4

25 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 2012
Previously on Fairy Tail

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Fairy Tail Season 3.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Sabertooth

Oct 6, 2012

Legion pays Fairy Tail a special visit! Fairy Tail learns of Sabertooth, the number one guild in Fiore! And what lies beneath the original Fairy Tail base of operations?!

S4·E2 Mytharc

And So We Aim for the Top

Oct 13, 2012

Natsu meets up with Max and they decide to have a showdown. Being pushed back, Natsu has to enter his Lightning Flame Dragon Mode to defeat Max. Surprised at the difference between

S4·E3 Core

Song of the Stars

Oct 20, 2012

Fairy Tail's best is back, but to rock the Grand Magic Games, they've got to make up seven years worth of time in only 3 months! It's time for some seriously hard training! But bef

S4·E4 Core

For All the Time We Missed Each Other

Oct 27, 2012

There are only five days left 'til the Grand Magic Games begin, but Natsu and company still aren't ready for it. But then they meet up with Crime Sorciere, a small, independent gui

S4·E5 Core

Crocus, the Flower-Blooming Capital

Nov 3, 2012

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Wendy are chosen to represent their guild in the Grand Magic Games, which are to be held in Fiore's capital Crocus. As they tour the city, Natsu and hi

S4·E6 Core

Sky Labyrinth

Nov 10, 2012

In the elimination round, Natsu and the others have to make their way through the Sky Labyrinth, a giant mind-bending maze full of rotating walls and vicious rivals!

S4·E7 Core

New Guild

Nov 17, 2012

Having barely qualified to continue in the Grand Magic Games, one of Fairy Tail's representatives has to be replaced. As the competing guilds are introduced, Natsu and the others s

S4·E8 Core

Night of Shooting Stars

Nov 24, 2012

The Grand Magic Games have begun! Gray represents one of Fairy Tail's teams on the first day of the competition in a magical hide-and-seek challenge carried out in a playing field

S4·E9 Core

Lucy vs. Flare

Dec 1, 2012

In the first battle of the first day of the Magic Games, Lucy is pitted against Raven Tail's Flare, whose long locks are deadly.

S4·E10 Core

Portent

Dec 8, 2012

The battles continue as wizards from the competing guilds go spell-for-spell in the stadium center. When Jellal-as-Mystogan takes on a member of Lamia Scale, will he be able to mak

S4·E11 Core

Chariots

Dec 15, 2012

After being completely annihilated on the first day of the Grand Magic Games, Fairy Tail tries to recover and keep high spirits for the remaining rounds. Elsewhere, the captain of

S4·E12 Core

Elfman vs. Bacchus

Dec 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 t

S4·E13 Core

Mirajane vs. Jenny

Jan 5, 2013

Instead of duking it out for their match, former pinup models Mirajane and Jenny go head to head in a crowd-pleasing swimsuit pageant.

S4·E14 Core

Kagura vs. Yukino

Jan 12, 2013

The last battle of the second day pits Kagura, Mermaid Heel's strongest wizard against Yukino, a young Celestial Spirit Wizard on Sabertooth's side.

S4·E15 Core

Hatred at Nightfall

Jan 19, 2013

After Yukino is expelled from Saber Tooth, she offers her two golden Gatekeys to Lucy to complete the latter's collection of the Zodiac Gatekeys, stating that when the twelve Zodia

S4·E16 Core

Pandemonium

Jan 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. Ev

S4·E17 Core

100 Against 1

Feb 2, 2013

In the event called Pandemonium, Erza has opted to take on 100 powerful magic-generated monsters by herself...

S4·E18 Core

Laxus vs. Alexei

Feb 9, 2013

The third day of the Grand Magic Games proceeds into the battle portions. The first match, Mermaid Heel's Millianna and Quatro Puppy's Semmes, results in an unexpected win. Rufus L

S4·E19 Core

Wendy vs. Shelia

Feb 16, 2013

Laxus takes on Raven Tail's elite, but they're after something more than a win! And then there's Wendy vs.

S4·E20 Core

Small Fists

Feb 23, 2013

The match between Wendy Marvell and Chelia Blendy continues, with Chelia using her ultimate move. Elsewhere, Jellal watches the match, noting the dark magic. However, as the battle

S4·E21 Core

Naval Battle

Mar 2, 2013

As Fairy Tail happily parties in a bar to celebrate their earlier victories, others all around Crocus contemplate the harsh realities of things they have witnessed on the third day

S4·E22 Core

A Parfum For You

Mar 9, 2013

Whilst Lucy is in the infirmary due to Minerva's cruel play in the Naval Battle event, Fairy Tail Team A and B are forced to merge to even out the odd number of teams. With tension

S4·E23 Core

Battle of Dragon Slayers

Mar 16, 2013

The fourth day of the X791 Grand Magic Games continue with the second match of the day, Lamia Scale against Mermaid Heel. Both sides struggle to win, only to end the battle in a dr

S4·E24 Mytharc

Four Dragons

Mar 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, b

S4·E25 Mytharc

Natsu vs. the Twin Dragons

Mar 30, 2013

The tag battle of the Dragon Slayers comes to a close, with Natsu intrepidly overpowering the combined attacks of Sting and Rogue. The Sabertooth members watch in dismay, whilst Ji