User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 248: Tartaros arc: Attack of the Celestials, Review/@comment-5894890-20150829173317

YES! MISK I WAS WAITING FOR YOUR REVIEW ;D! (Seeing how there was problems with the wiki last night o_o) Anyways, I was so stoked for this episode, I refreshed the page where I watched Fairy tail a bajillion times and waited until it came out :P. In-fact I wrote most of this beforehand while I watched the episode ;). Well, it was pretty good. However, it could have been better. Anyways, I’m going to nitpick this episode reeaally hard… First of all (and I’m going to be blunt)… I’ve come to hate that celestial spirit soundtrack. The animation team does not know when to use it, which shouldn’t have been used here. Once again, as I’ve stated before (the last time it was used), it’s way too cheery- ruining that anxious mood. The soundtrack used after that was nice though; it should have been used during the entire fight…and perhaps a change of soundtrack when Jackal appeared (something more intense and serious). Speaking of soundtracks, they reused that Deliora soundtrack when the Celestial King appeared :D. Anyways as for animation, it was very good. Lots of movement and action which was nice, but there were a few errors/ disappointments I want to point out. -BLOOD. I absolutely hate how one moment Aquarius is bleeding what looks like squid ink, next, she looks practically unharmed. THE INCONSISTENSY! D; -Torafusa’s attack on Aquarius was poorly done. He swam so slowly toward her. He’s supposed to be rushing at her…but didn’t, which in-turn made it very anticlimactic. The attack also looked boring… Imagine a murderer jogging towards you and then making a quick little swipe with a knife, while you stood there the entire time. That’s what that scene looked like to me lol. -Lucy summoning Aquarius. The moment she appeared, she wasn’t even holding Lucy. Aquarius was supposed to catch her as she collapses, instead Lucy just stood/kneeled there while she appears behind her. -Aquarius’ water vs Plutogrim’s…gastric juice (?) error. One moment the surrounding is yellow, next it’s blue o_o. -Lucy coming out of the water scene. Super minor problem, but I felt it would have made all the difference. She should have been desperately gasping for air as she bursts out of the water. It would have really added the oomph to that climatic moment :P. -Plutogrim’s weird glitter-dissolving attack. Isn’t it supposed to just be yelling and causing havoc with the air pressure that comes with it? O_o. -Lack of expression from Lucy (or at least it could have been better) when Aquarius says: “Destroy my key”. Not to mention she didn’t really interrupt Lucy for that ‘surprise statement’. Now, I guess the only other thing I want to point out is Lucy’s voice actress. Usually I’m a fan of Aya Hirano, but I feel there was something lacking in her screams lol. More sobbing/ choking up may have been better. I pointed out a lot of things I didn’t like… but that’s only because I expected greatness/ had extremely high expectations. All in all, I still enjoyed it though- there were things that were very well done. FOR SOME REASON THOUGH, WHY DIDN’T I CRY!?! In the manga, I was sobbing and balling my eyes out xD. I didn’t cry for Wendy’s scene in the manga, but I did when it got animated ._., maybe it was so similar to Wendy’s scene (soundtracks played as well) I was prepared? Not to mention I was prepared from reading that chapter like 10+ times. Or was it just not well done? O__o. Next week… (Twiddles fingers)… my body and mind is prepared for a burst of lights, explosions, and epicness! Don’t let me down anime team! (crosses fingers).