User blog comment:Derax-Pagani/Fairy Tail Anime Review: Episode 269 Dances with Blades/@comment-2214433-20160130140919/@comment-24367018-20160130143506

I don't remember in the manga the guy's tattoo being completely visible before he properly revealed it, but I could be wrong.

As for the filler, I just don't find awkward social situations funny, I never have and probably never will. If anything the interactions in the episode just reminded me of that twat Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, and I despise that awful attempt at comedy completely and utterly, especially Sheldon.

The day and age when animators could get away with crappy animations of any kind is long gone in my view, if you can't be bothered to animate randoms properly then they shouldn't be put in to begin with, that's what used to annoy me about RWBY to begin with when the randoms were literally just silhouettes, but now, three seasons in, the randomers are animated to the same level as the main characters. And that's crowd funded. The current animators, in my view, have no excuse to not put at least some effort into the randomers.

The whole censorship point I totally understand Misk, but, if Mashima puts blood in the manga, then the animators should have an obligation to carry that through for the anime only viewers sake. FT is one of the most popular ani/mangas not just in Japan but globally, and it appeals to those that aren't squeamish or haemaphobic. The whole point of a bladed weapon is to cut/slash, not piss about with flashing lights. If Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Toriko, Ass Class and the like can get away with blood and being on at a later air time, FT can as well.

And I agree about Mavis' glare, that was the highlight, no doubt. As for the reviews, this was just a one time thing for me cuz this episode just annoyed me after a string of irritating episodes from my perspective.