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(Cues: Invader - Jim Johnston)
Wiz: In ancient times the greeks believed everything to be made of four elements: Earth, Air, Water and the most difficult to control: Fire.
Boomstick: But these two combatants have mastered the art of playin' with fire.
Natsu Dragneel, the dragon slayer mage of the Fairy Tail guild.
Wiz: And Portgas D. Ace, the feared pirate known as: "Fire Fist".
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor & skill to find out who would win... A DEATH BATTLE.
In his infancy, Natsu Dragneel was a pretty normal child living in a pretty normal village.
Boomstick: And then a bunch of dragons toasted the town and killed everybody includin' him.
The End!
Wiz: Almost.
Fortunately Natsu's older brother: Zeref survived.
Horrified by the violent fate of his family, Zeref desperately sought a way to revive Natsu.
Eventually he discovered the connection between life, death and magic and became obssesed.
Boomstick: And so he became the most evil and powerful mage ever, cursed to live forever and ruin everyone's lives.
But everythin' worked out I guess because he brought Natsu back.
Just one catch: Natsu had to be revived as a demon, though this gave him the potential to become even more powerful than Zeref.
Wiz: Unfortunately Zeref had become incredibly dangerous to be around.
Fearing for his brother's safety he left Natsu in the care of his friend: Igneel who just so happens to be The Fire Dragon King.
Boomstick: Natsu got adopted by a freakin' dragon!?
Kind of weird, since a dragon killed him in the first place and his family but whatever.
Dragon dad ended up teachin' little Natsu: Dragon Slayer Magic.
A school of mystical martial arts developed specifically to kill dragons.
Wait man that's really back and forth with these dragons isn't it?
Wiz: Regardless Igneel eagerly accepted his role as adoptive father, he taught Natsu how to read, write and fight.
But then when Natsu came of age Igneel suddenly sent him through a time machine and "Poof".
Before he knew it Natsu is trapped 400 years in the future and abandoned by the only father figure he ever really knew.
Boomstick: I know that feel little buddy, I know that feel.
Wiz: Of course it was all part of Igneel's plan to save the world but at the time Natsu didn't know that.
Fortunately it wasn't long before he found a new home and family among them the mercenaries of the Fairy Tail Guild.
Boomstick: Yeah turns out bein' a demon trained by goddamn dragon made Natsu pretty effective as a bounty hunter.
Wiz: Natsu posseses superhuman speed, impressive strength and unbelivable durability.
He has superior senses such as: sight and smell; along with a mastery of hand to hand combat skills.
Boomstick: Mix all that up with his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic and you got one fiery cocktail that'll knock just about anybody on their ass.
Wiz: As the name suggests Fire Dragon Slayer Magic revolves around conjuring and manipulating fire.
A prime example would be Natsu's signature move: The Fire Dragon's Roar.
Boomstick: Where he literally shoots fire from his mouth!
Wiz: Or he can engulf his hand in flames for the devastating: Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
Boomstick: You know we're going to be sayin' "fire" a lot this episode.
Wiz: Yep! Natsu has well over 2 dozen different ways to incorporate fire into his martial arts.
But his real strength comes from a move nobody ever really expects.
Boomstick: Uhhh yeeeah. He eats fire!
Wiz: Like all mages in the Fairy Tail world, Natsu has a limited pool of magic but consuming fire actually replenish it.
Not only that he can consume different elemental magic as well including lightning.
Boomstick: Talk about a shockin' appetite.
And because this is anime, eatin' lightnin' gives Natsu access to an all new form Lightning Fire Dragon.
With this Natsu abilities are enhanced with electricity givin' him a brand new element of power.
Wiz: To increase his fire abilities Natsu can enter Dragon Force.
This greatly increases his Dragon Slayer Magic and physical prowess, bringing Natsu closer than the strength of a full grown dragon.
Boomstick: He's even startin' to look like a dragon now.
You think that's an awful traumatic reminder when he looks at himself?
Wiz: But when his Dragon Slayer abilities aren't enough, Natsu enter his strongest mode yet: Fire Dragon King Mode.
In this form Natsu has access to techniques only the most powerful dragons could wield such as the Demolition Fist and the Fire Dragon King's Roar.
Boomstick: And its strongest he could wipe out exactly 973 soldiers all at once and create massive explosions so big they could wipe out a whole town.
Wiz: Natsu's raw power is extraordinary both magically and physically.
He's strong enough to lift an enormous stone slab several times larger than himself.
Comparing this stone to Natsu's height and compensating for the density of the stone it's likely this block weighs about 135 tons.
Boomstick: Talk about never skippin' arm day; he's also fast, he's fought in multiple battles where he moved faster than the eye can see. Puttin' him well over 9,000 miles per hour.
Wiz: And when fighting opponents even faster than him, Natsu used his keen observational skills and indomitable willpower to predict their moves and defeat them.
He's pretty clever in battle which is surprising given how headstrong and stubborn he can be.
Boomstick: Like any real fighter Natsu prioritizes offense over defense runnin' in guns or I guess arms blazin'.
Wiz: Except this impulsive approach to fighting often leaves massive amounts of collateral damage in his wake.
Remember how we mentioned his fire power could wipe out a whole town?
Well sometimes that's not completely intentional in fact this hasty attitude may be his greatest weakness.
Boomstick: Now his greatest weakness is how easily he gets motion sick put him on a movin' car or boat and he'll be hurlin' in a matter of seconds.
That flyin' cat followin' him around should start carryin' vomit bags.
Wiz: Yeah that's one of the stranger downsides of Dragon Slayer Magic Natsu's dragon like senses can overload his semicircular canals creating a feeling similar to vertigo.
But more importantly Natsu has a bad habit of burning through his available magic rather quickly.
Boomstick: Yeah but who cares he can just chow down on some tasty flames or lightnin' to replenish his magic.
Wiz: Just one problem consuming any fire or lightning that Natsu has created himself will not replenish his reserves.
Boomstick: Huh. Oh well Natsu still a badass.
He really is the Fairy Tail guild trump card for whenever things go south and he continues to fulfill his own dragon dad's wish of makin' the world a safer place by settin' it on fire.
Natsu: I think it's time to stop playing around, let's get down to the real fight.
I'm going to shatter you into a million pieces.
Wiz: Wealth, fame, power.
Gol D. Roger the King of the Pirates obtained this and everything else the world had to offer.
Boomstick: And then he was brutally executed leavin' everyone to run off searchin' for the King's long lost treasure: the One Piece.
Wiz: However unknown to most; Roger left behind an heir albeit: unborn.
Terrified the Marines would execute Roger's son as well the child's mother held her pregnancy for a total of 20 months.
20 MONTHS!!!
Boomstick: HOLY MOTHER OF HELL! How does that even happen?
Wiz: Sheer inconceivable willpower though she died in childbirth, her last act was to give her newborn son his name: Portgas D. Ace.
Boomstick: Soon after Ace was adopted by an old acquaintance of his father: Monkey D. Garp.
And raised alongside Monkey D. Luffy and his childhood friend: Sabo.
Wiz: Overtime Ace, Luffy and Sabo grew very close considering themselves brothers and together forging a life long pact, they would forever live life as free as possible.
Boomstick: And for Ace that meant followin' in his father footsteps it was the pirate's life for him.
Wiz: Ace was a natural on the sea thanks to his incredible strength and combat aptitude.
He quickly learned his way around the ocean becoming the captain of his own ship in just a year's time and eventually joining the ranks of the deadliest pirates around.
He even claimed one of the world's most sought-after treasures: a Devil Fruit.
Boomstick: In the One Piece world if you eat yourself a Devil Fruit you get yourself a super power.
In Ace's case he ate the Flame Flame Fruit which guess what?
Granted him the power to create and control fire.
But with new power comes a buttload of badass new ways to kill people.
Get this? This guy's gun hands are actually hand guns.
Wiz: I mean I guess that's accurate, that would be Ace's Fire Gun ability and it's one of many attacks the Flame Flame Fruit power provides.
Boomstick: Man I love my gun leg and all, but now I think I really need some gun hands to go alon' with it.
Wiz: Boomstick sometimes I really... really wonder about where you came from?
Boomstick: The front door like every day; come on Wiz pay attention.
Wiz: (Groans)
Anyway these fire abilities are what earned him the nickname: "Fire Fist Ace".
Boomstick: Because he can turn his punch into blazin' balls of red hot fire.
Forget gun hands get me some of that.
Wiz: Manipulating fire comes easy to Ace, he can conjure up enormous pillars of flames so intensly heated they can incinerate enemy projectiles, acting as a sort of fire shield.
Boomstick: Its also got some really weird names for his attacks.
Like Firefly, Fiery Doll & Saint Elmo's Fire.
Man when did Elmo become a saint?
Wiz: No, no, no actually that's referring weather phenomenal where plasma appears to discharge atop a pointed object.
Ace's version is not like that at all; instead he conjures up 2 javelins made of pure fire and hurdles them through enemies burning them inside and out.
Boomstick: Yeah I'mma go with his version.
Wiz: Firefly and Fiery Doll is a combination attack where he creates several small balls of green plasma which surrounds a foe before detonating a massive series of explosions.
Boomstick: He does have one attack with a really cool name though.
Wiz: Oh what's that?
Boomstick: ♪ Cross Fire! You'll get caught up in the Cross Fire!♫
♪ CROSS FIRE!♫
Wiz: Of course.
However Ace's most powerful attack is undoubtedly his Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor.
Boomstick: Which is a pretty big name for what is essentially a fiery Spirit Bomb.
BUT GOOD GOD! If you see that thing comin' your way don't ever bother try to run, you dead.
Wiz: There's even more.
See the Devil Fruit Ace discovered was of a rare breed: a Logia fruit.
Because of this Ace also gained the ability to transform his entire body into fire.
Boomstick: When he's in "Flame On mode" physical attacks past right through him like he isn't even there.
And if his fire body is somehow messed up like someone dropin' a giant candle snuffer on him; his true human body will be totally unnafected.
Wiz: Actually since receiving this power Ace's only been badly hurt by other Logia users wielding an element with an inherit advantage over fire.
Such as: Magma or water.
Boomstick: Man it's like he's invincible.
Wiz: In a way but it's not an automatic defense. Ace must make the cautious decision to transform his body.
Boomstick: But thanks to his blindly quick reflexes he's able to avoid almost any attack.
He can even react quick enough to avoid a shot from a sniper.
Wiz: In this instance he was reacting to the gunman in view.
Assuming this gunman was professionally trained, Ace would've needed to react in about a quarter of a second.
Boomstick: But who needs speed when you're Fire Fist can blow apart five ships all at once.
Wiz: Considering ships like these would likely be constructed of tick wood to accomplish this Ace would need to hit each ship with a least 15,000 pounds of force per square inch.
Boomstick: So gettin' hit by Ace would be like gettin' hit with a wreckin' ball.
And when he throws more fire into the mix he can wipe out an entire town.
Wiz: Ace's last extraordinary quality actually has little to do with fire at all.
If there's anything he inherited from his mother it's his insane willpower and endurance.
Boomstick: He once fought a Karate Fishman for five straight days.
Man with that endurance he's gotta make some lucky lad or lady real happy someday or I guess he would have if he didn't...
Oh hey heads up. Huge spoiler warning in 3, 2, 1:
Yeah he's dead like totally dead.
Wiz: Like many Logia users Ace grew cocky in his ability to avoid being hit.
In fact he practically forgot what pain even felt like.
And so despite all of Ace's fantastic feats his most impressive was when for once he chose to take a hit; sacrificing himself to save his brother Luffy.
Boomstick: Damn would you do that for me Wiz?
Wiz: Hmm oh... oh sure of course.
Boomstick: You're a goddamn liar!
Ace: I can't allow that.
I'll take care of this on my own!
Wiz: All right the combatants are set!
Let's end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: But first all this talk of chowin' down on some scrumptious flames is makin' me hungry.
Now I'm a man who likes a good home cooked meal but going out to buy or hunt my own food is a hassle.
If only there was some way food can be brought straight to me.
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Like the crispy salmon and roasted potato salad with pickles mustard seeds and cream fraiche sauce.
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Boomstick: But right now... IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Restaurant Owner: Hey you thief come back here!
Natsu: Give that back.
Or you'll have to deal with me!
Ace: Nah.
(Mario 1up sound effect)
Natsu: That's it!
I'm gonna mess you up!
Announcer: FIGHT!
Ace: Cross Fire!
Natsu: Fire Dragon Sword Horn!
Wait are you seriously made of fire!?
Ace: Sun Flare!
Natsu: Time to turn up the heat.
Fire Dragon King's Roar!
Fire Dragon King Demolition Fist!
Ace: Fire Fist!
Not bad, hotshot.
But you can't even touch me.
Firefly!
Natsu: Oh no...
Ace: Fiery Doll...
Wait are you seriously eating fire!?
Try eating this!
Like I said...
You can't touch me.
Natsu: I'm not trying to!
Lightning Dragon Fire Mode!
Lightning Fire Dragon Roar!!!!
Ace: (screaming)
Natsu: Phew...
All's well that ends well.
(laughs).
Announcer: K.O.!
Boomstick: Ew...
that's a burn if I ever saw one.
Wiz: This battle was anything but clear cut, Natsu held the advantage in speed and strength, and Ace trumped him in endurance and defense.
Still, neither held an advantage so much that the other couldn't keep up.
Boomstick: Both were motionally immune each other's fire attacks.
Because fire is Ace's only real weapon, this means he really didn't have anything that could kill Natsu.
Natsu is definitely strong enough to put Ace down, but with Ace's intangible fire form, Natsu couldn't even touch him.
So, sounds like a stalemate.
Wiz: Very nearly. Luckily for Natsu, he had an Ace in the hole.
Boomstick: Hey, nice one!
Wiz: Oh, thanks! Natsu has had far more combat training than Ace and is known for using his superior senses to study his opponents and take advantage of their vulnerabilities.
Jackal: My curses can change anyone stupid enough to touch me into a living bomb!
No matter what I try, this human just consumes my curses!
He might even be stronger than he was when this fight started!
Wiz: When Ace realized Natsu could eat fire, he had to become more liberal with his true physical form to avoid being consumed.
And this is what Natsu was counting on.
Boomstick: Being faster than the eye could track, Natsu was more than quick enough to get a good hit in up close.
Wiz: A perfect opportunity to use a fast, deadly elemental weapon that Ace's body wasn't immune to: Lightning.
Boomstick: It's not like Natsu was gonna run out of magic or anythin',
I mean there's freakin' fire everywhere!
Wiz: As his speed, strength, martial arts and versatility surpassed Ace.
All Natsu needed was one good shot and he made it happen.
Boomstick: In the end, Natsu was too hot for Ace to handle.
Wiz: The winner is: Natsu Dragneel.
Chad: I'm Chad I play Boomstick.
Ben: I'm Ben I play Wiz.
Stick around we're about to announce who fights next time.
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