User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 525: Why Did the Emperor Never Love His Child?, Review/@comment-29876114-20170305094156

Well, this is quite similar to Rave Master's Doryu's Gang/Blue Guardians' battles.

- Silhouettes not truly matching the members except for the firsts? The Blue Guardians had the same. The first shown are Chien and Koala, and the silhouettes match them. There is also a silhouette of a rather short female member (Leopard) which matches too. And that of the another large member (Reevil) who more or less fits it. Then the two rather tall members, one with cylinder hairstyle and one with spiked style, but when we see them we see two tall members who match the cylinder hairstyle (Requin and Giraffe), but not the spiked style.

http://mangafox.me/manga/rave_master/v23/c186/16.html

From left to right: Reevil, Leopard, Giraffe, Koala, Requin, Chien

The ones behind are: Hardner (Master) and Lunar (2nd in command)

http://mangafox.me/manga/rave_master/v24/c194/18.html

Giraffe (front left), Koala (front right), Chien (back)

http://mangafox.me/manga/rave_master/v24/c194/19.html

Requin (Team Leader, front left), Leopard (front right), Reevil (back)

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ravemaster/images/f/f8/Hardener.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20120331220806

Hardner's full shot.

- Zeref killing Larcade is quite similar to Doryu killing Lilith due the fact both servants were on the zone of the finale battle. (Although Zeref did it for Larcade disturbing him and Doryu to Lilith for telling too much.)

- Author switching from the Gildarts & Cana vs. August/Natsu vs. Zeref/Wendy & Erza confront Acnologia is similar to Let vs. Hardner/Julia vs. Requin battles. (Although Julia's battle lasts only 2-3 chapters and FT's two are lasting longer.) Just to the point: Zeref/Hardner is the main villain fought and August/Requin is the second in command is battle (since Hardner's second in command Lunar is never fully fought or defeated and also survives to the arc's end for information).