User blog comment:B214/Chapter 501: Mari and Randi/@comment-7418318-20160912131422

I really liked this chapter.

Lucy was just awesome. Sure she had no chance from the beginning, but anyone other than a Spriggan would have been totally owned by her. And considering what she told Brandish about not wanting to fight, there's a good chance this wasn't her full power yet!

The chapter also answers the question of whether or not she can activate Aquarius Star Dress despite not having they key or contract anymore and the answer is Yes.

It also answers the question of whether all Spriggans know about E.N.D. and that answer is no, since Dimaria clearly has no clue who Natsu is to Zeref... and I doub that Brandish does either, or she would probably have been a bit more circumspect about putting Zeref's very own brother on death's door again.

A shame about Neinhart... but since we didn't see the Historias disappear I wonder if maybe Irene's enchantment changed the rules and let them carry on despite their summoner being knocked out. I don't expect it, but it's a possibility.

What I do expect next chapter is interference from the Celestial Spirit King to somehow insulate Lucy from Dimaria's timestop, since this is the only way (short of another interference from Ultear) how I can see anyone beating Dimaria... that or Brandish shrinking Dimaria's magic abilities... if her magic can do something like that. Manipulating already created magical water and messing with someone's ability to use magic are different things I think.