User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 186: The Future Accelerating Towards Despair, Review./@comment-5426822-20140614040950/@comment-7418318-20140614073037

I'm just glad they didn't replace the sword-stabbing with some weird magical enemy jumping out of Kagura's belly, even if the stab-wound was out of frame and didn't show a mark on Kagura's back. And that they showed any blood on the blade (even though it was gone in the next shot) surprised me.

It also surprised me that they showed actual reddish wounds instead of the usual black smudges that might as well be dirt on Milli's back. They might not have gone into detail, but they left no doubt as to what Minerva had done.

It might be inconsistend and tamed down, but it sure as hell is a LOT more than we ever got before. Better like this than the all-out baby visuals like on Galuna Island.

This episode, while far from great, at least made me hopeful for the confrontation between F-Lucy and that person and the Tartaros arc.