User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 293: The Perfume I Give To You, Review./@comment-4047931-20120814225239

Wow this chapter was bad. There were a few enjoyable parts to it but over it was horrendous. Anyway before I start I take back anything positive I said about Ichiya in the past. Now on to the chapter.

First of all the cover of this chapter was one few things I liked about this chapter. Lucy looked cute and Gray’s costume was funny. Anyway the tag battles for me were one of my most anticipated parts for this arc but sadly this chapter ruined all hope for me to enjoy them. As soon the first battle started I was a little disappointed as War Cry was denied his triumphant return to the GMG, instead Rocker got to fight beside Bacchus, the guy who was sent flying out the water sphere by Jenny... At least War Cry got his ass handed to him by someone strong. Even with Rocker there I was hoping a good fight as the GMG was nearing a close and the points gained here could possibly have a large effect on the final day so I was expecting something a bit more serious (pity with Ichiya nothing can be taken seriously). Now this is where things got really disappointing. With two accomplished mages like Bacchus and Ichiya (being stronger than Erza) and a mysterious identity of the Rabbit I expected something more.

Now there were 3 big parts which really disappointing for me. Disappointment number 1: Rabbit turns out to be Nichiya. The f*ck? This may have been funny but the humour quickly wore off. I just feel sorry for how Abe might be felling about the Rabbit being that “thing”. I did like Bacchus's face though before smacked Nichiya, but you'd think there would be a piece of visual representation to show that Nichiya is an actual member of BP. Well moving to disappointment number 2: The actual fight. Okay it was nice to rockers magic but god dammit the fight sucked. One punch! One bloody punch! You'd think Bacchus could take the hit but dammit, Hiro likes making QP look like a bunch of pussies. You couldn't have given them this one match? Also is Ichiya just another one Hiro’s ways to appeal to the gay audience and how come Bacchus can dodge ever hit Elfman threw at him yet Ichiya could land one so easily and seeing that Ichiya couldn't beat one of the Oración Seis underling guilds how, in his normal form did he survive the beating Bacchus gave him? Quatro Puppy should have won this fight with Ichiya and Bacchus beating each other senseless even if the more flamboyant one would be using his fists and the more masculine one would be slapping his opponent. However I do like the fact that a child began crying when Ichiya transformed, kind of sums up the feeling of horror and disgust I had about this fight. Now the biggest disappointing moment for me, disappointment number 3: Lamia Scale vs. Mermaid Heel. This would have been an awesome fight but Hiro just had to move it aside. I really would have liked to see how Leon's powers developed and even Yuka's would have been interesting and maybe we could have learned something about Kagura’s past. It definitely could have been better then the battle before so it was a shame it was cut out like that. I could have waited for Sabertooth and Fairy Tail's battle (especially after seeing it). I was just upset we didn't get to see it but I did Kagura telling Millianna to get stronger pretty much showing that if they face Jellal at the moment she will die. Also if Millianna could be sent out for MH twice I know to mages which would have probably won the fight for LS who would be making their third appearance. Hiro really used this chapter for some comedy which was wasted on me but I guess someone enjoyed the fight.

Well with those fights out of the way we got the introduction of the Dragon Slayers about to battle and Igneel! Pity Igneel didn't really do much expect give the names to two dragons rotting in the ground but his presence was nice. I’m guessing Vice Logia is Rogue’s dragon parent and Skyadrum being Sting’s or maybe it’s actually the other way round with logia being linked with Christ and Sting powers being about holy light? Heck I don’t know.

Overall I thought chapter was a dark stain on is this arc and I really hope to forget it soon.