User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail Episode 197: The Time of Life, Review./@comment-5268982-20140830095904

I loved the episode, along with the previous one. The animation was dodgy at some points, like the Bacchus parts or the Macao parts, but I didn't care that much. The anime managed to portray the hopelessness and despair of the situation way better than the manga imo. Perhaps because the scenes were longer and more time was given to each character, along with dialogue. However, I think that the anime had something the manga lacked over here. In addition, Ultear's parts were wonderfully done and that was the episode's main point.

The only thing I did not like is the part that the narrator explains how that one minute saved humanity. The music was triumphant but Ultear has just presumably died. It's like they wanted us to quickly move on from her sacrifice. I'd prefer no background music at all, and only the voice of the narrator speaking because that would make the audience pay more attention to the sacrifice itself, and it would also make it more dramatic but it may be just me. Overall I loved the episode!