User blog:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 229: Dead End of Despair, Review.

Summary The chapter begins with Erza and Meredy in shock because of Juvia's satan like appearance. Juvia does some odd movements moves closer to Meredy and then attacks her. She beats Meredy around for a while, and Erza is shocked at how much stronger Juvia is because of her love for Gray. Juvia tells Erza to leave because she would handle Meredy. Erza agrees and Meredy tries to stop Erza but Juvia blocks Meredy from doing so, and then Juvia and Erza clash some more. Then it flashes over to Gray who is following Ultear, and then over to Azuma and Rustyrose who are both just resting. It then flashes back to Juvia vs. Meredy they talk briefly before Meredy casts her magic on Juvia and Gray. Mredy then explains her magic and slices Juvia and it transfers to Gray. Juvia gets mad and beats on Meredy some more, until Meredy casts her Three Spread Sensory Link which links Gray/Juvia/Meredy. Meredy then explains that no matter who dies, Gray would die as well.

Review Ok, I said I loved last week's chapter, but this one was even better. The battle in this chapter is what I call acceptable plot armor. What I mean by that is because it involved one of my favorite character's I'll look the other way like it never happened, lol. Juvia pretty much went beast and in her anger became as strong as Erza or Mirajane though it's only temporary. Despite the seriousness of the chapter there were slight moments of humor like Ultear's deadpan face when she almost caught Gray was hilarious. Now Meredy fans may be upset that Meredy is getting beaten by Plot Armor but get over it this entire arc was built upon Plot Amor. My ratings of the chapter are usually pretty generous and can be viewed below.

Art= 8.5/10 Story= 9/10 Fight= 8/10 Overall Chapter=9.5/10

As always comments are welcome.