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In Fairy Tail, Natsu is prone to getting sick whilst on modern transport. I am
asking this question because it kind of annoys me when he gets motion sickness
while fighting someone on board train or other forms of transport. These are
the known forms of transport that he gets sick on such as...

  1. Cars
  2. Trains
  3. Vehicles
  4. ... And many and all forms of transport that moves.

I think an exception to his motion sickness is when he is flying on Happy, but
can't really think of anything else that he doesn't get motion sickness on.

  5. And waves, just discovered in Episode 133 (quite strange).

Generally, he gets motion sickness from all non organic transportation. He
also gets motion sickness when riding on other people. He is also known to get
sick from looking or thinking about all different forms of transport, e.g.
looking or thinking about trains.

Was it ever explained in the anime or manga why Natsu suffered from motion
sickness? And why did Wendy's motion sickness spell not work at all? Did
something happen to Natsu in his life that made him suffer from motion
sickness? If _yes_ , please include it in the answer! Also, please refrain
from using the reason **"Natsu built up immunity to Wendy's motion sickness
spell"** in your answer, unless that's all you can possibly give me.

Answers are kindly appreciated.


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Is there an explanation for Natsu's motion sickness?


Not only Natsu, but every wizard having Dragon Slayer Magic is prone to motion
sickness. During the Grand Magic Tournament, all four Dragon Slayers suffered
from motion sickness, i.e. Natsu, Gajeel, Rouge, and Sting. It is also
confirmed in the anime that, Laxus suffers from motion sickness as well. The
only exception is Wendy, but considering that she has Magic to counter motion
sickness, it might not be affecting her.

It has not been explained, but it is likely due to a side effect of the Dragon
Slayer Magic.

Wendy's Magic does not affect Natsu because he built up immunity. This was
specifically stated by Wendy herself.

Also, Happy doesn't affect Natsu because Natsu doesn't consider Happy as a
vehicle. This was also specifically mentioned by Natsu.

**Edit as per the latest chapter:** The motion sickness is caused due to
inability of dragon slayer magic holder to adjust with the dragon's enhanced
visual acuity which affects their semicircular canals.

> [![enter image description
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As an addition to [Sp0T's
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7959/is-there-a-explanation-
for-natsus-motion-sickness/7960#7960), it seems like they have to be in a more
advanced level of Dragon Slayer Magic to experience motion sickness. Just like
Gajeel in Phantom Lord arc with their moving guild, and in Tenrou Island arc
when they get to the Island by ship, he doesn't seems to have problem with
motion sickness. However, just after his three month training for Grand Magic
Tournament, he gets motion sickness.


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Sting said that when you become a real dragon slayer, you start to suffer the
motion sickness. Maybe Wendy doesn't have it because she's not at that level
yet, which means that Natsu has been a strong dragon slayer since the
beginning and was stronger than Gajeel up until the episode 161 _Chariot_.


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In real life, motion sickness is caused by mixed signals from your senses,
i.e. your eyes tell you the train isn't moving, as you are moving with it,
however, your sense of balance feels all the bumps and swaying and tells you
that you are moving. The result is confusion leading to nausea.

Putting that into the context of Fairy Tail, Dragon Slayers are shown to have
heightened senses, Natsu more so than the others, probably because he is
strong. So my guess is, stronger senses means stronger mixed signals and
stronger motion sickness.


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