User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 487: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-24546844-20160530223007

I'm disapointed... I was actually expecting this chapter to be about Eileen and Acnologia, but it didn't bother me that it would be about Bradman instead, at the start I mean. After the chapter I was full of a lot of negative emotions, I guess I for the first time I felt anger while reading FT. I mean, there was some Laxus level bullshit this time. Where to start?

First of all, Bradman's magic is just a copy paste of Tartarus' curses. Even Silver's IDS magic, which he shouldn't be able to have because it's not a curse. He didn't even try to pull any new tricks. That's lazy writing. I was at least expecting him to cast Mememto Mori but nooo. Gray wasn't near enough to save them.

Last week there has been a debate about how Gajeel's Iron Lungs preventing him from being poisoned were viable or not, then this week we just learn that it actually doesn't matter at all because MPB affect your whole body (this would be a good time to make a joke about brazilian music but I don't think you'd get it), meaning that Gajeel should be feeling the effects right now just liked Levy.

Now the stupidest thing that could happen would be Gajeel somehow absorbing the MPB and gaining the ability to hit the intangible Bradman because plot... And that's exactly what happens! What the hell Hiro? And now you come up with the excuse that conveniently the particles have iron on them. Why creating such situations just to solve them with Deus Ex Machinas?

And about Gajeel's confession, the moment that should at least make me a bit happy as a Gajeevy shipper, didn't have even half the impact it should have because at the time I was just mad for knowing what was about to come. I simply couldn't feel either of the moments.

But why did I get so mad at this chapter? It did get a good moment at the start with Brandish and August, and it was on par with this arc's fights that were just disappointing. I guess it's because I like Gajeel, and more than him I like Levy, and I always thought they deserved a moment to shine, especially Levy, and what I get is just a bad repetition of the fight with Torafuza and once again Levy is reduced to a plot device to make Gajeel stronger just to save her. She helped but it wasn't something really great, unique to her, you don't feel she's grown. Put any other character in her place and you'd get a similar outcome. That's just bad IMO.

Anyway, next chapter we're threatened with the possibility of Gajeel dying though we know Hiro don't have the balls to kill him. Also wasn't it confirmed that Gajeel is alive in those light novels about his kids? Anyway, hope we get to Acnologia vs Eileen, or August soon. And where the hell is the other Spriggan?