User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 515: I Am You... You Are Me, Review./@comment-4829046-20161222002148/@comment-4829046-20161222005505

Also I might add, that Irene's dragon form is goddamn beautiful. Her regular appearance is meh, mostly because of the whole Erza thing and general douchey attitude but that dragon form though.... Also liked her disheveled post-transformation human appearance as well. It adds a lot to the effect of Dragonification while also capturing the multiple mindwrecks she went through.

Also I must say, ma man, ma Lord, the great Zeref-sama! \(*_*)/ Not only did he revert her to a human form, but he made the rag stay at just the right place too. What a classy gent he is! :D

Though it makes me wonder. Did he develop that ability after sending the DS through time? Or was he able to switch around the form of a Hybrid Dragon even before then? WHY MUST ZEREF-SAMA'S HISTORY BE SO GODDAMN INTRIGUING!!!

Actually... it reminds me of how we rarely get to see the actual trial and error parts of the research done by genius-level antagonists. I guess Naruto does it to some extent, but that is because the structure gives it an excuse. With Bleach, it was mostly kept a mystery but during parts about Visored creations and newer Arrancar, we at least got a glimpse. On the other hand, with Zeref, the closest thing we got was Natsu and even that was post-experiment. It did not actually show how the knowledge gained from creating other demons was applied to successfully make END. Then again, that might get explained with Natsu's inner monologues, but in general, there is a lot of interesting stuff that has no actual place in the timeline.

I know this is all redundant stuff for storytelling, but with a character like Zeref, I am just itching to know all the details. Like, if he is such a big wanderer, where exactly did he have his labs? Was it always in Alvarez? Did he only do observations while wandering and only returned to Alvarez when creating a spell or curse?