User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 304: A Magical War Game, Review and Commentary/@comment-4047931-20121019185012

Well I found it was a very enjoyable chapter. It had comedy, action and a nice ending. The rescue is getting along well and didn't interfere with the Daimatou Enbu. Happy's costumes where funny and I really think a bear costume with "danger" on it and female Jason Voorhees back from Carnival is a bit too conspicuous but hey, can you really complain about Mira in a Carnival dancers costume? Good thing she's there for brains and looks. As for Daimaou Enbu, Freaking Awesome! The rules a good and the point system fitted in well but oh boy the fights we got even though short were awesome. Anyway from the start the tension was pumping but Fairy Tail standing still was rather funny because of Makarov yet it had me prepared for the worse as I am hoping this battle will be close and involve losses on every team. Last Mage standing I say and the minimum Namaka stuff. Anyway right from the start we got some awesome action, but from who? Toby and Yuka of course. Say what you want their teamwork was awesome and their magic complement each other so well and it was clear to see Quatro Puppy wasn't going to stand a chance. Hiro may be a good Manga author but he is not WILD!

It was good to see that the less powerful and less important characters so more focus could be on the really tough Mages of the Games and more plot related characters. Thinking with the crowd how do you beat Jura...? Got it! Everybody get him at once! Anyway roughly halfway through the chapter we got our first big scene of the fight if the hunting dog Bacchus stumbling on his prey of Toby and Yuka but what happened next was too good. Not enough words to describe how epic this was for me. A monster like Bacchus taken out so early in one hit. I guess Yuka and Toby thought that seeing how sting is mainly magic based in his attacks they might have been able to take him but I would really be questioning my chances against the White Dragon Slayer. One hit man! Run away! Get out of there! It's good to see Kagura being able to kick some ass and it probably was the best choice for Sting to take his leave knowing how strong Kagura is with Archenemy. Anyway a great scene and good to see that Lector's demise had a bigger effect than expected.

Now with Quatro Puppy eliminated and Minerva's very smart idea in play we got see what the Fairy Tail was up too. It ended up being Mavis giving outside help yet again. Couldn't you have told them before instead of making an already strong team look like cheats? Still looking at Mavis's plan made me feel the Sabertooth could have down the same to actually a greater extent. Rufus may have designed a strategy with what he memorized; Minerva's magic would be great for maneuvering through the city (if she can teleport people) and finally Rufus seems to know the movements of ever currently in the city. This could actually leave Fairy Tail versus Sabertooth in the end. Still I hope there is no one-sidedness with the stronger characters for the rest of the Daimatou Enbu and actually have a few battles I want to see. Erza has to meet Kagura and Millianna, Lyon facing off against Juvia and Gray would be cool, Jura, Laxus and Orga have to meet for the battle of the powerhouses and Rogue and Gajeel need a good second round. Still I wonder what Chelia is doing? It would rather cool to have her as the leader seeing a small girl would be hard to find in the capital city and I wonder what Ichiya is up to too. Still can't wait for the rest even though Mavis has been pissing me off this arc. Finally Mira I pretty damn smart even though how didn't see that transformation coming and Princess Hisui E. Fiore looks pretty damn cute X3 but I wonder what the hole Eclipse 2 is and could mysterious girl be this lovely Princess?

Still great chapter and I hope not to be let down. Go Sabertooth! Go Fairy Tail! Go Jura, Lyon and Chelia and go Kagura and Millianna! P.S. Watch out for spelling mistakes as I believe there will be a lot and DAMN HIRO! That chapter cover hit me hard! Jeez Frosch TT^TT... Lector...