Isterio said:
Honestly there isn´t much to discuss, it was just more of the same.
I´d given this chapter a 3 for FT standards, but similar to last weeks Charla and Wendy plot there were some things that actively annoyed me in this weeks chapter.
I was talking about the overall discussions, with the exception of a few members some don't bother to discuss and participate in debates.
Isterio said:
First and foremost the Erza Kagura kiss. I enjoy it when something actually comedic comes out of a situation like this, but this clearly was not the case. The intention was to appeal towards the readers Libido. And those who claim that it wasn´t clearly lie to their boners. Apparently those people watch porn for the plot!
The kiss... that caught me off guard to be honest, I was a bit shocked, but that could mean Kagura is gay or bi, she is the guild master of a guild full of women so who knows. Or it's just Hiro's troll.
Isterio said:
The other issue was Dimaria. I don´t care about this character at all and shoving her into the panels to make her say nothing is pointless. Is this foreshadowing?
Will she get freed? What´s her relationship with Brandish? Am I supposed to be aroused because her close are torn? WHY WAS SHE IN THIS CHAPTER?
Maybe he is planning something with her character and Brandish? If not I think he used the old saying "He who laughs last, laughs longest.", he even used that panel were DiMaria made fun of Brandish for getting captured by the enemy, and now she's in her position.
Isterio said:
Everything else I summed up in my prediction. The one wildcard is Irene.
She gave me heavy Reina vibes this chapter and I won´t make any predictions on her, besides that she´s somehow related to Erza which everyone knows by now.
I agree, those two girls even said she once used to live in Ishgar, maybe she lived with Erza in Rosemary village? I don't want to speculate much, just want to see how he'll handle this, hopefully much better than the Silver thing.
Isterio said:
On the plus side, it was interesting to see Sting humiliated. Yes you are a bitch!
Also I liked that Jellal kept fighting, instead of being out of comission because he´s exhausted, or what I call the Laxus trolling. A tool Hiro Mashima loves to use in order to put Natsu into the spotlight.
Hey we got Laxus. Nevermind, he´s out! Natsu pull some power up out of your ass! Alternatively it can be used on Gildarts, Mirajane and occasionally even on Erza.
This brings me to my point, Gajeel's team should not be able to defeat the ones in the North... screw it, they had Minerva, what happened to her? She's not exactly the weakest, and Sting & Rogue aren't exactly fodder either (tho after this battle...). So the enemy must be a lot stronger. Hopefully these 3 in the North, Invel, August and Brandish are what Mashima planned to use (he said his editor wanted 5 or 6 spriggans).
You know it's not really fair to compare Laxus's and Jellal's circumstances... even if you liked or disliked his fight against Wahl, Laxus was still pretty hurt, and while Neinheart (along side Jacob) was one of the weakest (really interesting abilities, but low defence? really? -_-), he still managed to damage the Fairy Tail members. When Jellal faced him, he was in good shape, as for Laxus... not so much, plus Mashima already kept Natsu out of the war for some time, and seems like he's counting something, based on the titles we got from chapter 483 onwards (possibly a E.N.D. countdown).