User blog comment:B214/Chapter 499: Gray & Juvia/@comment-27281341-20160829134901

Look at this Mashima... you have given the impressin to everyone, even your most loyal fans that you can't kill a single character and when you do, everyone expects said character to return. Look how you fucked shit up. And it's not only the lack of deaths that makes FT boring this arc, but it's the lack of tension, the stupid powers of the villains, the fights as a whole and the repetitiveness of the plot. The villains in this arc are pathetic, having achieved almost nothing. Even the little things they have achieved are overshadowed by the terrible execution. Really,this arc started with promise, but this... this is retarded. The characters have gotten old and their quirks are boring after 499 chapters. And their development feels empty and redundant. WHY the hell did Gray have to lose another person he loves. It;s getting old. Do something else with him, Hiro. Please. End of the rant.