User blog comment:Ncduru/Top 5 Favorite Arcs/@comment-25111584-20150906165817

In chronological order: by any of the Mages there as it was obviously beyond the capability of their combined might.
 * Lullaby: Gray was cool, Erza was still cool, Natsu was still cool. Happy in the Erigor fight was cool. Lucy and Virgo were fun. Extra credit for CSM actually being useful. Teamwork is always fun. Kageyama not caring about Team Natsu's kindness was hilarious, but then being defeated by Makarov's words alone was also kinda nice. Favourite part was that Eisenwald considered that they had been wronged for being termed a Dark Guild because they took assassination jobs. Good days.
 * Galuna Island: Nobody aside from Lyon was hyped, so Natsu's battles were plain hilarious and Lucy defeating Sherry seemed believable. Gray's backstory is my fav, not half-assed and much more mature than the other backstories. Most importantly, his past still affects him in a positive manner. Lucy's Magic skills were upgraded properly. UR! T_T Demented Lyon was fun and Ice-Make is always brilliant in combat. Erza's intelligence was well-portrayed. Bonus points for Utear and Jellal being involved. And, of course, the fact that Deliora was not defeated
 * Tenrou Island: Mest, Ultear, Hades and Gildarts made this arc fun. Not really a great arc and Juvia and Erza became especially annoying, not to mention some of the poorly-written enemies. It doesn't help that the Guild War was extremely plot-convenient as GH wasn't like PL, they didn't really care much about annihilating FT. So they could have invaded the island when FT wasn't there. Typical villain arrogance, made worse because it casts Precht in a bad light. Ultear even talked to him about this. T_T But we actually got a hint of the overarching story, so that's good. Oh, and Acnologia. :P
 * Sun Village: Nice and fun. Gray was awesome. Kid FT are cute. :3 Sylph Labyrinth were hilarious (not too fond of Hiroshi smashing the Giants to prove that they are villains). Anime adopted better colours! \( ^_^)/ Just ignore Flare and it was pretty good. Nice and relaxing. Oh, and Minerva! *^*
 * Tartaros: The initial part was awesome. Then it plunged to the pits for some time, but then became awesome again after Lucy's battle, aside from Gajeel and Erza. For all my fangasming, Wendy vs. Ezel wasn't really a great fight, though Mest was awesome and their resolve was cool. Favourite parts would be Mard's final battle, the subtle nod to Gray's necklace, Silver trying (and failing) to save Gray from being completely mindraped (although he managed to get over it \( ^_^)/) and Natsu's heartbreaking loss.