User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 185: Erza vs. Kagura, Review./@comment-4829046-20140607052311/@comment-7418318-20140607080320

They didn't just spoil that Erza is still alright, but also how Kagura's part in the fighting will end. That was a really bad choice... but far from the only one they did in this ep unfortunately.

But at least they corrected the colour mismatch in CS's coats.

They really seem to have problems with eyes. Apart from Meredy, Gajeel stood out the most to me. They are just giant... or rather long in that last shot of his. And what was up with Levy in that one scene? It looked like they accidentally changed aspect ratio or something.

But as much as the animation quality bugged me, I still mostly liked the episode. The ToH filler was misplaced, too long and too different from the old animation, but otherwise I liked how they brought the emotions out. The absolutely one-sided bashing in which Kagura didn't get so much as a single scratch was bullshit, but that's how Mashima wrote it in the Manga too, so I can't blame the anime team for it. Personally I'd have prefered for Kagrua to get at least a few scratches while otherwise overpowering Erza... but as I said that's not really an issue of the anime.

I'm not so sure about Hisui being able to use the keys in a magical way. Unless they reveal that she's a mage later in the stroy, she shouldn't have been able to do that. And since that wasn't addressed in the manga yet, they seem to be working on assumptions here. Unless they have some insights directly from Mashima that we don't have, I think that scene was a mistake.