User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 238: At One Time, Review./@comment-5234862-20110612014054

I was hoping for something far more epic. After all the hype Bluenote got, he was taken down like that? But Gildarts punching a black hole was pretty crazy. Rustyrose is utterly arrogant in his abilities and he underestimates his opponents, so I kinda expected something like that to happen to him, hax magic or not. Cheers to Lisanna for finally doing something. Though at least, unlike Kubo, Mashima doesn't let his fights run for too long. I can't say much with Ultear and Grey, though. For me, this was kinda like Dragon God's Brilliant Flame- rather dissapointing. Somehow I know that Grey will fail with Iced Shell, and Natsu will appear out of nowhere and fight Hades. He always does fight the villain at the end of the arc except on rare occasions. I agree with your rating IamJakuhoRaikoben, 7/10 at best, the awesome that Mashima writes has been declining a little lately.