User blog:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 452: The Prelude to the Final Battle, Review.

Chapter Cover
The chapter cover was adorable! It's good to see Mavis hanging with everyone in the guild. Just looks natural. ^___^ What didn't look natural, however, was Elfman's skin tone. He was colored wayyyyy too dark. >_> Also, seeing Laxus with his new hideous hairstyle in the background made me sad. :(

Summary
In the Alvarez Empire, Zeref Dragneel, Dimaria Yesta, Ajeel Lamur, Brandish μ, August, God Serena, and Badd Mann prepare for war. In Ishgar, Mavis Vermilion and all of the Fairy Tail Mages do the same. And in the middle of nowhere, Acnologia does the same. ^___^

Review
This chapter was pretty good if I do say so myself. Transitional/Informational chapters like these are favorites of mine. ^__^ So as we all kinda guessed when Erza said that Brandish's Magic was Mass Manipulation, Marin isn't dead. He's just been turned into a chibi by Brandish. Can I say how much more this chapter made me love her? I mean her personality is just awesome. She's so carefree and her hate for Dimaria is hilarious! I feel sorry for her though. She has a terrible name like Brandish and her nickname, Randy, is a man's name. Poor chick can't get a break. XD

We didn't get to learn what Natsu's secret technique is this chapter, so I still can't tell you guys how I feel about him developing it yet, but I loled so damn hard when they tried to beat the secret out of him and Mest starting chewing on Gajeel's head. It did reassure me, however, that Mavis had a few plans in addition to whatever the hell Natsu has on his arm.

Now, the part about this chapter I loved the most was the Spriggan 12's introduction. Invel is just as boring to me now as he was at his introduction. And the fact that he's pretty much guaranteed to fight Gray just makes him that much more boring to me. >_> Probably going to be banging my head against a wall out of boredom during their fight, but we'll see. Same with Ajeel. His design is cool and his powers are kinda cool, but any fight with Natsu is a complete and utter bore to me. Sorry, not sorry. :D Now, my lovely Brandish and her fight with the even lovelier Erza is a fight I am definitely looking forward to seeing. ^___^ I wonder why she's so devoted to Zeref though? :/ Guess we'll find out soon enough.

Dimaria also seems pretty interesting to me. We don't see many people in the series who don't use Magic and for her to be Spriggan 12 level with no Magic is even more bad ass. I'm interested in seeing who she fights and more importantly, how she fights. The most interesting of them all, however, is God Serena. He. is. HILARIOUS!!!! I was laughing so hard my sides hurt when he started dancing. :D Love him!!! Also, I'm still not seeing this great resemblance to Yury like everyone else sees. >_>

Last, but certainly not least, is August. Now I said he was going to be a bad ass, epic old man from the start and I was right!! Cannot WAIT to see what he does in battle. I'm also really ready to see what the other Spriggans look like. I have literally zero patience!!! >___< Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Badd Mann was also introduced this chapter.... Couldn't give two flippity fucks what he does or who he fights or what Magic he uses. He looks like a damn toad. 気持悪い！！For that matter, Zeref bores me too. His motives just... don't motivate me. Pun so intended. :D

Oh yeah, elsewhere Acnologia is talking to himself like the picture of mental health, lol. He looks bad ass though, so whatever. :D

Rants and Raves

 * Brandish. Her personality, her looks, her hate for Dimaria (that hilarious look she gave her at the table). I love EVERYTHING about this woman! :D
 * Mest chewing on Gajeel's head slayed my life!!
 * God Serena is a breath of fresh air. Love him!!
 * Invel, at this moment, has about as much charisma as a cardboard box.
 * Marin Hollow needs to die. Hate that prick. >_>