User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 524: Black Future, Review/@comment-2214433-20170225111656

Virgin King vs. Sex King, how awesome... Oh, and Cana. Seriously though, why did she expect Fairy Glitter to do anything at all? When Bluenote, out of all the people, could shrug it off before? You know, that guy who got one shot by both Gildarts and Natsu? Smh, the power levels are non-existent, but whatever. I am not even sure why y'all are getting so worked up about August's chapter-ending statement, when it was already obvious from his super-creepy smirk last week that he was gonna pull some creepy shit. I'm not even bothered anymore, I can't seem to care about August at this point because his hype has been nothing but "tell", not "show".



This is exactly why I consider Irene to be the best Spriggan: she was able to constantly show off her power as one of the top Spriggans, she had a backstory and reasons for her actions. Meanwhile, August is just... there. The Brandish-and-Makarov-hyped Magic King, whose best feat so far is... tanking Fairy Glitter. \( ._.)/ I won't even mention Crime Sorc because that was just Mashima's way to remove characters from the arc, off-screen.



So yep, August has nothing to back up his hype so far and I kind of just wanna move past him already. Talking about hype, is it just me or whenever we learn more about Acnologia, his character kind of goes... down? Back then when he was just a mysterious entity that we knew nothing about, he seemed much more fearsome and all the possibilities that could come out of his characters were pretty exciting. Still, at this point, he is still the most exciting thing that FT has to offer, so... Crossed fingers. .-.



One more thing I want to mention is August suddenly calling Zeref the savior of humanity or whatever. I am thinking that this isn't meant to be taken literally: I mean, Zeref has made it pretty clear that he wants to wipe humans out, so whatever his hidden goal is, I would find it pretty contradicting if he were to be a good guy out of sudden. Nah, I think what August means is in line with the destruction of humanity: since Zeref considers the world to be evil, destroying it and remaking it is the way to save it. Shit like that. I rewatched FMA Brotherhood recently, so there's that. ^^'



I actually enjoyed the short fight between Natsu and Zeref. Do y'all remember when magics were supposed to have weak bodies? *looks at all the hand-to-hand combat matches recently* Yeah, me neither. Tough luck, Vanish Brothers. Anyway, Natsu's line was so Natsu-like, Fairy-Tail-like and shounen-like, that I can't even be mad. I guess I'll just have fun looking at the fight's art, which is pretty cool. That is, unless all those fights are gonna be interrupted because of Acno, which would be kinda a bummer. Lol @ Gray being reduced to a spectator.

It feels like not much is happening in these chapters, Mashima should just focus on one thing at a time. Welp.