User blog comment:B214/Chapter 510: Natsu's Heart/@comment-2214433-20161116124623

Alright, my two cents:



I'm going to half disagree with Rai as I think we've gotten a few pieces of information from this chapter, rather than just simple set-ups, which is what I think he's referring to. First of all, I have to say that I was very pleased to see more of Natsu's past, even though it didn't reveal anything brutally new. I suppose that after all the characters introduced in this series, it's rather hard for Mashima to draw a unique design without going all weird and of course, people already compared the looks of Natsu's parents to about half of the main cast. However, I'm actually glad that their designs were kept simple and I was very happy to see what they looked like. It's clear that Zeref takes after mommy and Natsu is daddy's boy. ;) Dat additional chair, though. ;o



I was also pretty cool with the way things were shown. *insert the name of the main character*'s heart/soul isn't a new thing by any means, but it was an interesting way to show stuff. I do have to wonder why it had to be Sting of all people to replace Zeref's image... Oh and I totally love when foreshadowing does its work. You can hate on Mashima's writing all you want, but it's something he's good at. Remembering how, meeting Wendy for the "first" time, Natsu had a feeling that she's met her before, and now things finally click together. I just love moments like this.



On the topic of Sting, I'm quite wary seeing him appear... especially because Mashima has been treating non-FT characters very poorly. Jellal off-screened... Rogue and Minerva having trouble with Historia and even that got off-screened... Yukino and Angel down like nothing... Kagura says hi... Honestly, it's very annoying and I wish other characters had a say in this war, besides being hype tools. Sup, 4 Gods of Ishgar. So yes, even if Sting's like the direct counter to Larcade's ability - thank god we got rid of that light dragon slayer magic bullshit btw - I'm not exactly looking forward to seeing him on the ground on page 2 of the next chapter.