User blog comment:Real Godisme/Chapter 481/@comment-1776824-20160411203458

I had no issues with the chapter whatsoever. Peering into the hearts of his foes, Neinhart has the ability to manifest those (who are dead) who would give the hardest time to their foes, either on a physical, emotional or psychological level.


 * Ikaruga, Azuma, Kyoka: The only three who ever truly gave Erza a challenge and nearly beat her.
 * Zancrow: Azuma is busy, plus Zancrow and Meredy have unfinished business from when Meredy betrayed Grimoire Heart.
 * Keyes: The one who tormented Juvia and probably did the most damage to her on both a psychological and emotional level thus far.
 * Ur: The one person who Gray and Lyon both share in their lives who is dead. They will not want to fight her, and think of Lyon. His only goal was to surpass Ur, and now is his chance. Think less of Gray for a minute and more of him. Sherria got development, so Lyon isn't out of the realm of possibility.
 * Ezel: The only person Wendy ever truly fought on her own, and defeated. Who else is going to come back and take care of a beat up Wendy? Really.
 * Hades: The only man Laxus couldn't beat.

Not finding the issues with these people showing up. They do not diminish character value in any way, and since they aren't real per se, they only serve to either greatly add value to existing, living characters, or just act as substance for us to write about. Nothing bad can really come out of these individual match-ups.

However, I've seen comments saying, "Well, why didn't Silver or Mard Geer show up?" Well, to be quite frank, neither would make a difference. Silver and Gray would just cancel each other out, and Gray would honestly get enraged at the fact that his father was being imitated (probably gonna happen to Ur, honestly, when he finds out). Plus, Silver doesn't do anything for Lyon. And Mard Geer? Gray can beat him in one, solid hit. We saw that first-hand. Bringing back demons against a demon slayer is retarded. It's not about Gray, it's about the two of them. So...yeah. I dare say this chapter is a 10/10 for me. Neinhart's design doesn't even bug me anymore; he's honestly really growing on me and stands to match up to God Serena in terms of favorite Spriggan 12.