User blog comment:CNBA3/Chapter 403 Review/Chapter 404 Prediction/@comment-25111584-20141006171728

Hmmm, looks like I'm the only person not disappointed by this chapter's content, but, of course, that's because I always have 0 expectations of a chapter revolving around Erza. I just treat any week revolving around Erza as a waste and look forward to the week after that, so no Erza chapter can be negative for me, all neutral or positive. Only thing disappointing might be that next week's chapter will also sorta revolve around Erza.

That said, it is understandable that the audience wants something new, but one of Erza's most noticable traits is that she never backs down from a bad situation. Also, she can use her most offensively powerful weapon wearing only those flame-pants (though Mashima might've taken it too far this time by having her punch Kyouka rather using Benizakura). This makes it boring for the audience, but is completely consistent.

Also, many people think depriving Erza of her tactile senses will backfire on Kyouka. Why? Removing tactile senses means she cannot feel an object against her body, it doesn't mean she can't feel the pain. The confusion here might be that people might be considering this too scientifically. It has never been stated how Kyouka's curse works. It just says that her sensations are enhanced, not that it affects the nerves, etc. Which means that she can't feel an object touching her, but does feel the pain the impact causes. The basic problem here is that nerves conduct all the sensations, so most people assume, understandably, that no tactile sense means she can also feel no pain. Please realize that this is magic, it doesn't have to make scientific sense, and that Kyouka is not stupid. Also, the curse might affect the brain receptors rather than the nerves. Considering the number of senses and the different ways they work, it would be a much better way for the curse to work, more ... unifying? Think Congenital insensitivity to pain, just exchange the tactile sense with the sensation of pain.

Erza has in no way won this battle; actually, next week's title suggests that she'll either lose or be unable to kill Kyouka, either a draw or because she is incapable of killing somebody she has defeated.

A bit OOT now: Many people suggest that she can see because of her artificial eye. This is extremely plausible considering we don't know how Kyouka's Sensation Curse works yet. At the same time, I find it a bit frustrating that Mashima likes to use her eye so much, yet sidelines Juvia's Water Body so casually. Also, Mashima has once shown her using her Eye when it can't be applied. The Midnight battle, the only battle of hers that I actually liked, where he states that his illusions are created using his magic to bend light, etc. In no way is this magic used on the eyes, yet her Eye can dispel it, which is a complete logicfail. It is sad that the one battle she showed some strategy with ended in a logicfail, but that's something I've come to expect from her. Main point is that the Eye is overused, which is not always a bad thing, but also used in situations it is not applicable in. Unless, by some bizarre logic, Midnight's magic taints the light he bends in such a way that it becomes magical itself and the Eye not only realizes it, but also, though extremely unlikely, reverts the path of the light to its original condition and allows Erza to see stuff as it is. ... Which would make the Eye much more useful than many of her armours ...

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