User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 418: Challenger, Review./@comment-25111584-20150202144931/@comment-7418318-20150202150008

The only spoiler I caught was that Lucy was working for the Weekly Sorcerer.

I rather liked the chapter. I don't really see how it could have moved faster without losing information, so I'm fine with the pacing. Besides the arc only started out, so there's really no need to get all hectic already. Fast pacing is more important for the dramatic parts than the informative ones.

As you said, the direction Lucy went in fit her personality perfectly. And just because she got different work doesn't mean she didn't get any training done in her free time. As we've seen from the training she did with Capricorn, she doesn't need much space and no utensils for at least some of her training.

Actually I think we already got a hint of her improving. In the past she didn't seem to have a very refined sense for feeling magic, but now she does. This could be a sign of her improvments.