User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 418: Challenger, Review./@comment-24039234-20150202155450

This chapter actually summarized the series itself pretty well, since it was really good until Natsu showed up.

I mean, come on, if Fairy Tail-land still has any sense of credibility, he just murdered a stadium-full of people! I'm thinking two believable scenarios at this point: A, He did not, because the melting point of an average human being from Earthland is higher than marble. This means that instead of being organic, they are made of something like iridium. This also would explain a lot of things. B, He did, because he is already in full-END-mode. Lucy's clothes burned away, she suffered at least second degree burns all over her body. We don't see this, because after a year of abuse and exploitation (you know, photo shots and Jason "helped" her out...yep, twisted) after sudden abandonement by the only friends she ever had, her mind is finally broken. She smiles back to the demon-lord Natsu and joins him, they go on to destroy the world then live Happily ever after. The E.n.d.

My money is on B, because it would be fking awesome.

((((And jokes aside, this chapter is the first in a long-long time where I could love this series sincerely, nearly as much when it began. :) I loved the slow pacing, Lucy's angle was touching, even Natsu's sudden overpowered appearance is acceptable, since we're clearly in the endgame now. I'm looking forward to how Mashima-sensei will close off the story, and I hope we're in for a great finale. :) You know, over the course of the next ~thousand years. >_<))))