<p>As per the <a href="http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Dragon_Slayer_Magic" rel="nofollow">Fairy Tail Wiki</a></p>

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  <p>In addition, the user can consume external sources of fire to restore their body to a healthy state and regain their reserves of strength, something that also makes them immune to most types of fire, due to their capability of nullifying fire-based attacks by sucking them in and eating them; the consumed fire also seems to possess a different “taste” according to its “quality”. <strong>However, the user can’t eat their own flames, or things set on fire by them, to reinvigorate themselves.</strong> </p>
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2015-10-17T19:32:58.833Z
2015-10-17T19:32:58.833Z
Ashishgup
<p>I have been thinking that if Natsu can't eat his own fire, can he set some object on fire using his magic and then eat that fire??</p>

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2015-10-12T05:53:53.090Z
wouldn't that still be his fire since it's his magic which starts the fire
Memor-X
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2015-10-12T05:55:28.973Z
But the object is burning and kind of producing new flames?
NARENDRA SINGH
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2015-10-12T05:57:25.650Z
that might be true but i don't know enough about fires and physics to know
Memor-X
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2015-10-12T06:39:01.373Z
In the end, that will be his fire. As stated in one of the chapters (Finding), he cannot eat his own flames. It was even said by gray when he was fighting silvers. 
I think the only possibility of him eating flames started by himself is by taking a match stick and burning some wood,etc. XD
votelessbubble
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Can Natsu eat fire from objects he burns?
# Can Natsu eat fire from objects he burns?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-10-12
I have been thinking that if Natsu can't eat his own fire, can he set some object on fire using his magic and then eat that fire??
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: wouldn't that still be his fire since it's his magic which starts the fire  
> **username_0**: But the object is burning and kind of producing new flames?  
> **username_1**: that might be true but i don't know enough about fires and physics to know  
> **username_2**: In the end, that will be his fire. As stated in one of the chapters (Finding), he cannot eat his own flames. It was even said by gray when he was fighting silvers. 
I think the only possibility of him eating flames started by himself is by taking a match stick and burning some wood,etc. XD  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-10-17. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
As per the [Fairy Tail Wiki](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Dragon_Slayer_Magic)

> In addition, the user can consume external sources of fire to restore their body to a healthy state and regain their reserves of strength, something that also makes them immune to most types of fire, due to their capability of nullifying fire-based attacks by sucking them in and eating them; the consumed fire also seems to possess a different “taste” according to its “quality”. **However, the user can’t eat their own flames, or things set on fire by them, to reinvigorate themselves.**
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