User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 195: Man & Man, Dragon & Dragon, Man & Dragon, Review/@comment-7418318-20140816083932

Nice review (with pictures :D ).

Hmm... the pacing was quite slow, but a lot better then several other episodes from the new anime.

I liked that they gave a few scenes to minor FT mages and not just the other guilds. Purple Flare was animated really nicely (the balls of flame anyway... not a fan of the flame beam).

The bit with Virgo was also very nice despite it's shortness. Apart from the scene itself, it also has some interesting possible ramifications on her personality (if it's something that Mashima intended but didn't have time to get into the manga, like Erigor's reappearance in the OS arc for example). Seems like she's an attention whore rather than a masochist. As long as she get's attention she doesn't care if it's being shouted at or being punished. It would actually fit in quite well with her quirky personality (asking for punishment, teasing, dancing,...) that she needs to be the centre of attention and hates being ignored.

And they finally managed NOT to spoil a big surprise in the next episode. If you read the manga you know which scene I'm talking about. They hinted at it with the hand in front of the screaming mouth and the falling arm, but they didn't show it. Thumbs up for that.

I just hope THAT scene will be split between the next two episodes with a cliff-hanger (and spoiler free preview) in between the event and resolution. Also please no rainbows.