User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 315: Rosemary, Review./@comment-4866818-20130118225234

Sigh...

Well, I'm glad that I'm not the only one annoyed with Erza's fire kimono. As Jakuho already pointed out, every time she is seen wearing it in a battle, she always wins, or just ends up more victorious than her opponent. It's just getting repetitive. To be honest, since first using it with Ikaruga, I can't really remember some good one-on-one fights (except with Erza Knightwalker, perhaps) where Erza's opponent is taken down without that non-armor being used. Seriously, we already saw that in Pandemonium where 100 monsters got heir asses kicked. Do we really need to see it again just so she can use it in 2 panels to just block Kagura? I don't think so.

Also, that part where Erza is revealed to be from Rosemary Village or whatever, same village as Simon and Kagura, was just crap. We didn't know anything about Erza's past before Tower of Heaven except that she was taken by some cult and made a slave. 200 chapters later, in the one instance where we actually learn something from before that time, it just had to be conveniently made to mix in with Kagura's and Simon's own histories. Like, seriously? The Kagura and Simon are siblings revelation was already disappointing as it is, in my opinion, because frankly I'm not the kind of person who likes "revenge for family members" characters. It's annoying. But now... so Erza actually knew them before she was made a slave. Sigh.

I would have liked this fight more if: Anything from one of those possibilities would make me like this fight better. It really would have. All these new revelations since Chapter 300 have just disappointed me to no end. Not like anything from before in this same arc didn't, though. I'm only interesting in Erza Scarlet vs. Minerva right now. I'm sure Erza will win like she always has to but if Minerva won and put up a good fight, I think I'll be very pleased. Minerva's antagonist role has been making me like the arc a little more lately now that I think about it.
 * 1) This fight was had more action then just 3 panels.
 * 2) There weren't so many references back to the Tower of Heaven.
 * 3) Kagura's reason for getting vengeance on Jellal was different.
 * 4) Archenemy's actual power was shown more instead of some massive boom boom and Erza blocking it with some random sword that came with her outfit.
 * 5) Erza died.
 * 6) Kagura died.
 * 7) Minerva kills both of them.