User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 466: Assassination, Review./@comment-24546844-20151216215538

Wow, wasn't really expecting a chapter today, what a surprise. It was good I guess. I mean, we got Zeref going full villain mode, new Spriggans and who will be fighting who. Also some Dimaria, because you can never have enough Dimaria. And was that a death flag for Happy? Hiro wouldn't do that would he?

I can't get much of off Neinhart's design, but judging by his room I guess we can say he is a typical blood knight ehr... knight, but what blood knight isn't interested on a war? Bradman looks damn cool, and pretty strong if he can kill people just by being near them. Of those there the only ones I can see standing a chance against him are Minerva and the Twin Dragons (if Hiro decides not make them look like jokes again). Jacob is well, okay? He looks like the most normal (plain?) of the twelve I guess, and I'm sure I saw a design similar to his somewhere else. Anyway, it's not like it's in an assassin's best interests to stand out. Also, I can't really see the three Saints defeating the Sriggan if all of them are at least a bit inferior to God Serena, and by the August is being hyped. Crime Sociere intervention maybe?

About Marin, well, I was quite surprised (shocked?) when I saw him attacking Brandish, (was shocked by the number of rape jokes comments I saw about that page too) I literally stopped reading for a moment to check the panels for clues of that NOT being him because well, it's completelly out of his character (at least of what we've seen so far) turning against her. The excuse given of him being tired of being treated like a slave doesn't realy fit IMO. I mean, it looks like he's got a lot of freedom on what he does under Brandish's orders and (if I remember correctly) she even allowed him to have his own harem, or something like that. I'm almost sure it isn't him doing it or at least isn't doing it by his own volition. His eyes were those of someone out of his mind so I'm calling it brainwash. On the oher hand, people were quick to blame it on Jacob. I don't think it's him or at least wouldn't go judging so easily as we know literally nothing of him so far.

What will happen next chapter is pretty obvious too with that name. Lucy will come and save Brandish who will in turn reveal something about Layla as means to thank her. On the other hand if Hiro wants to mislead us, the "mother" on the title isn't Layla, but Brandish's and we'll see some flashback of her and will inevitably still learn something about Layla. Anyway, this is it. Mashima has set up a lot of fights a the same time, hope he can manage them better than some other war arcs out there (ahem, Bleach).