Fanboy replies make me laugh.
Let's say this war has not been "dark enough" until this chapter, would that invalidate the argument that the war wasn't dark enough until this chapter? Seriously, fanboyism is a plague that only infects the simple-minded. Ugh.
Personally, I don't care, I read Fairy Tail for what it is; A pretty and inconsistent entertaining mess.
I can't even focus on this, my mind is still wrapped around the season finale that is my one true love, The Walking Dead. Fairy Tail who?