User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 292: Combine The Thoughts, Review./@comment-4047931-20120720215755

Man I really liked this chapter. I feel like it actually gave me goose bumps out of excitement for the battle portion and Lucy got second place! I'm happy yet slightly disappointed over this but honestly both getting 8 and 0 points didn't really mater anymore to me but I'm just glad Lucy getting beaten like that wasn't all that pointless, I still hate Minerva for it though. Anyway I could go on about the effects of the points but that's in the past so let's get on with the chapter.

Okay we've got B*tchtits holding poor Lucy by the neck (as if Minerva wasn't harsh enough already) and Natsu and Gray rushing to catch her and then everyone rushing to do there part to help Lucy out. I like this part as it emphasised the care everyone involved all had for each other and even Chelia was helping out which was pretty cool. Also I guess both Natsu and Gray caused a bit confusion to you shippers out there. Anyway the best part of this scene was the confrontation between Minerva and Erza showing what happens when to strong women clash. I love Minerva as a villain she pretty much does everything right, she's strong, she's mean and she's completely despicable. I love it that I hate her and what she said to Erza was just so disrespectful. Just how she said that she should have been grateful that she let Lucy get second place just so she could beat her. This moment just showed how evil this woman was. First she plays around with Lucy, practically shows pity for Fairy Tail in giving them those 8 points and proceeds to insult her friend right in front of her face. Treating a friend like dirt is one thing but giving them the points is just showing how little she thinks of Fairy Tail. That moment was brilliantly done in my own opinion and what made it better was the standoff between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth, with Erza stopping Natsu from recklessly charging at them showing that they rather beat them in the GMG, diminishing Sabertooths status personally and getting revenge for the pain caused and what Erza said, it was just badass. This scene was a big credit to both ladies with evil Minerva and angry Ezra, I can't wait to see them facing off.

So the second big scene in the medical bay. I enjoyed everyone's reaction be it anger and sadness and I got to say I didn't really expect that reaction from Lucy but it was good. No crying, no doubting her abilities, just sad thoughts of letting her team down and knowing the her keys where alright putting her to sleep was sweet, yet how the hell did Happy get his hands on them? Now who didn't see FTA and FTB becoming one Team Fairy Tail one way or another. It doesn't really matter how teammate be would move to join team A but it was going to happen anyway. it was good that they didn't make the process to complicated and it was smart but oh boy, I don't care what others say but the New Team Fairy Tail put the "awe" in "awesome" for me.

Now with Lucy looked after and matters of the new team settled it was now like for my favorite part of this chapter and maybe even this arc, I loved it that much. Also the match-ups for the tag battles look really really good. First off starting next week Team Blue Pegasus VsTeam Quatro Puppy, being in my eyes Mad Dog Baccus Vs Ichiya and Jellal No.4 Secret Weapon Bunny, here's hoping for a WILD victory from QP. Secondly Team Mermaid Heel Vs Team Lamia Scale, AKA Crazy B*tches Kagura and Millianna Vs The Almighty Jura and his trusty sidekick Ice Boy but if Jura's not involved I will be very disappointed. Finally last but not least, my personal favorite of the three battles Team Sabertooth versus the New and Improved Team Fairy Tail! As for who I think will be in this I don't really care... because the new FT is amazing! Hiro just took five off my favorite characters in the series and put them in one team. Gray, Natsu, Erza, Gajeel and Laxus! Thank you Hiro! Really though I'd love to finally see Rogue and Sting in battle against Gajeel and Natsu. Both tag-teams should work so well together with Rogue and Sting being longtime partners and even Gajeel and Natsu seeing how well they fought together against Laxus and they were just starting work as a team. Anyway the rivalry between the two teams and the emotions behind it should lead a great set of battles. Also Gajeel's new look is awesome but does anyone else feel that his headband reminds you of Chrollo Lucilfer from HunterXHunter when he has the head band around his for head in part 1 of the Yorknew City arc or is that just me? And my condolences to all the Mira fans out there but f*ck you if your b*tching about her absence. Oh yeah and at the end Datong and Arcadios are talking about the Eclipse Plan and something about Demons, Dragons and Men also the was a pretty stone craving or something...

Overall I loved this chapter. The rivalry between FT and ST has truly surfaced and I love it. The new Team Fairy Tail is too good and I can't wait to see them all in action. I do have two problems with it though.
 * First how the hell did Happy get the keys for Lucy?
 * And what I didn't like was how they put information about the plan and the Festival of the Dragon King. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed how they cleared things up a bit, but the stuff about the eclipise was stuff we already knew and I felt the information about the Banquente