

In Fairy Tail, can you end up with a different magic than you’ve been taught?

e.g: You’re trained by a fire dragon but ends up with Ice Dragon Slayer Magic.

e.g: You’re trained by an Ice-Make wizard but ends up with Fire-Make magic.
Stuff like that. Because in Fairy Tail, I’m not sure, but does each person
have its element like in Naruto? Like they only have ice as element and things
like that...?


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Can you end up with a different type of magic than taught?


**Yes, it seems so.**

Natsu wanted to be taught to use transformation magic by Mira in one episode,
while he specifies on fire magic, he could manage the transformation.
Acnologia for example can use any kind of magic after swallowing. August has
the magic of instant cloning which allowed him to achieve many kinds of magic.

So the answer is yes, you can achieve any magical element, based on those
three examples.

The only unmentioned gray zone is Slayer Magic, as - as far as the show
mentions

  * Dragon Slayers (1st/3rd Generation) were either taught by dragons or had a dragon crystal (2nd/3rd Generation)
  * Devil Slayer Magic was given to Grey by his father Silver

**You can teach yourself any magic element, but not "Slayer magic version" of
the given element.**


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In Fairy Tail, there are many types of magic, not just elemental or dragon
slayer magic. If you read/watch the arcs dealing with the history of the world
and the Fairy Tale guild, you'll see Mavis and the founders/masters of the
various guilds and many others discovering, inventing or developing new magic.
In the various other arcs, you'll also see things like Natsu learning
transformation magic or being able to absorb lightning, not just fire. So
while someone may show affinity for a certain type of magic, that doesn't mean
they can't do/learn others.

( **BTW** even in Naruto, all they had were _affinities_ for certain elements.
They could still learn techniques/jutsu from other elements, it was just
easier to learn jutsu falling under their own affinities and less of a power
drain to use. Kakashi even mentioned that while most shinobi only had one or
two affinities, by the time you were a jounin you should be able to use jutsu
from all the elements.)

However, if you need certain types of training to perform certain types of
magic, you are not likely to suddenly be able to do it without that training.
Also, in the Fairy Tale world, you could only get dragon slayer magic by
training under a dragon of that element or artificially (like Laxus in the
beginning) from a dragon crystal.


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