7.8/10793 votes#1 - The Fairy Tail
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2009
Lucy wants nothing more than to join Fairy Tail, the most rambunctious wizard’s guild in Fiore. When a phony lures her onto his ship with the promise of getting into the guild of her dreams, her newest friends arrive to bail her out!
Director: Yukihiro Matsushita
Writer: Masashi Sogo
7.3/10389 votes#2 - Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2009
Lucy’s dream comes true when Natsu and Happy take her to their headquarters in Magnolia to meet the rowdy members of Fairy Tail. For her first job, Lucy braves Mt. Hakobe with her new friends to find a missing wizard.
Director: Kiichi Suzuno
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
7.3/10358 votes#3 - Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/2009
Natsu picks up a job that could pay big money, but he needs a certain type of girl to complete his plan—and Lucy fits the description perfectly!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10333 votes#4 - Dear Kaby
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2009
Natsu, Lucy and Happy will have to do more than just read between the lines to defeat the twisted Duke Everlue and his monstrous maid, Virgo.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10311 votes#5 - The Wizard in Armor
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2009
Erza asks Gray and Natsu to form a team with her to stop a corrupt guild from using a dark magic that has the power to sap the lives of everyone in Fiore!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10290 votes#6 - Fairies in the Wind
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2009
Erza’s team chases Erigor and his villainous guild to Oshibana station. Can Fairy Tail’s strongest team snuff the death flute before the Lullaby spell hits the airwaves, or will they find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble?
Director: N/A
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7.8/10289 votes#7 - Flame and Wind
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2009
The wizards are sitting ducks behind Erigor’s impenetrable wind wall until Happy hatches a plan with a little service from the stars!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10289 votes#8 - The Strongest Team
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2009
Natsu finally knocks the wind out of Erigor’s sails in a scorcher of a battle—but Fairy Tail’s strongest team still has a war to fight when the death flute’s dark magic plays an evil scale of epic proportions.
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Writer: N/A
6.6/10260 votes#9 - Natsu Devours a Village
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2009
While traveling home with grumbling bellies, the team stumbles upon a deserted village with lots of yummy grub lying around, but Erza’s gut tells her something’s up. While she investigates, the boys chow on a forest full of odd fungus.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10267 votes#10 - Natsu vs. Erza
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2009
Now that they’ve made it back to Fairy Tail headquarters, it’s time for Erza to answer Natsu’s challenge! Before things really get heated, the Guild Council stops by to arrest Erza, but Natsu’s not about to let her get away that easily!
Director: Hiroyuki Fukushima
Writer: N/A
7.5/10259 votes#11 - The Cursed Island
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2009
Natsu, Happy and Lucy tread some seriously troubled waters when they break guild rules to take an S-class job request and end up shipwrecked on the cursed Galuna Island!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10318 votes#12 - Moon Drip
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/2010
When the team stumbles upon the infamous demon Deliora frozen in magic ice, cold memories—and a familiar face—are resurrected from Gray’s dark past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10254 votes#13 - Natsu vs. Yuka the Wave User
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/2010
Natsu races Lyon’s pawns back to the village with a defeated Gray in tow, making it just in time to fend off a bucket-load of poisonous goo delivered by a giant flying rodent!
Director: N/A
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7.6/10255 votes#14 - Just Do Whatever!!
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/2010
Lucy boils up a plan to defeat a doll master wizard who’s on a mighty power-trip and one or both of them will be all washed up! Another Fairy Tail wizard arrives to pull the plug on the mission just as Natsu launches his attack on the island ruins!
Director: N/A
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8.2/10326 votes#15 - Eternal Magic
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/2010
Ul sacrificed her own body to end Deliora’s reign with the Iced Shell technique. Gray cuts a path to the ruins to put the freeze on Lyon—who plans to release the indomitable monster just to see if he can best their mentor!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10262 votes#16 - The Final Showdown on Galuna Island
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/2010
Face to face with his childhood rival, Gray is willing to do anything—even use Iced Shell—to stop Lyon from melting the ice to free Deliora!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10249 votes#17 - Burst
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/2010
Natsu puts the heat on the masked wizard and crumbles his plans to use Deliora for himself. The mystery of the village’s curse is yet to be solved—Erza prepares to take down the purple moon looming over the island!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10237 votes#18 - Reach the Sky Above
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/2010
In full gear, Erza—with the help of Natsu’s firepower—launches her lance at the sky to shatter the spell and restore the villagers’ true forms—and their memories!
Director: N/A
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7.2/10231 votes#19 - Changeling
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/2010
Natsu absent-mindedly reads a spell that switches the minds and magic of everyone nearby! If they don’t figure out how to reverse the spell, they’ll be the most pathetic team of Fairy Tail—forever!
Director: N/A
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7.6/10245 votes#20 - Natsu and the Dragon Egg
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/2010
Six years ago, Natsu stumbled upon an egg with strange markings all over it. He fought tooth and nail to hatch the egg so he could raise his own dragon, but along the way he got a little help from his friends, a lesson on love and a very happy surprise!
Director: N/A
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7.9/10287 votes#21 - The Phantom Lord
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/2010
A metal-headed member of the Phantom Lord guild wrecks the Fairy Tail headquarters, but Makarov turns the other cheek. It’s another story when someone attacks his own wizard children—he takes the whole guild to war!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10293 votes#22 - Lucy Heartfilia
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/2010
The powers of the Dragon Slayers clash when Natsu goes head to head with Gajeel! The destruction is interrupted when a guild master takes a critical blow and word that Lucy has been kidnapped sends Natsu over the edge!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10244 votes#23 - 15 Minutes
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/2010
While a healing mage watches over Makarov, Fairy Tail regroups to plan their next move. But when Jose returns with a giant cannon capable of blasting the entire guild to bits, their time to act ticks away!
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Writer: N/A
8.0/10249 votes#24 - To Keep From Seeing Those Tears
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/2010
Natsu’s own fiery fists are used against him in a face-off with a fellow fire wizard blocking his path to destroy Jupiter! Meanwhile, a very creepy member of Phantom Lord’s Element 4 puts Elfman in a bind that only the might of a beast can break!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10248 votes#25 - A Flower Blooms in the Rain
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/12/2010
Elfman unleashes the dangerous full body beast mode to pummel Sol. Two of the Element 4 remain, and they must be taken down to stop the Abyss Break spell. Natsu wages war against the wind wizard and the drippy Juvia melts over Gray.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Fairy Tail Season 1
Every episode of Fairy Tail Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fairy Tail Season 1!
Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Fairy Tail" is the best rated episode of "Fairy Tail" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 793 votes. Directed by Yukihiro Matsushita and written by Masashi Sogo, it aired on 10/12/2009. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull".