User blog comment:CNBA3/Fairy Tail 412 Review/@comment-203.111.234.148-20141208172658

You have to care about Skiadrum... He looked awesome there! It's just a single panel, but I like how he's drawn, and how he looked.

While I understand that Gray's "kill 'em all" mood reminds me of Sasuke, I doubt he'll ever turn into something like that. Mashima won't make the same mistake as Kishimoto. He won't destroy Gray's character like what the folks at Naruto did to Sasuke's... It's nice that the devil slayer power appears to be just temporary (unless it activates when there's a devil around). I've always thought that Gray is the most difficult character to give a power-up... This is because his mastery of Ice Make combined with his creativity, toughness, versatility, and character already make him a powerful character. He's not a damage spammer... but his skill and persistence makes him so hard to defeat. Giving him a power-up like slayer magic would just make him OP... So yes, I'm also glad that the devil slayer magic he got is only temporary (again, unless the power activates when devils are around)...