User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 306: Gray vs. Rufus, Review./@comment-2106167-20121102074913

I'm torn about this chapter.
 * On one hand, I found it damn cool. Memory-Make was shown to have some rocking abilities, Gray's new, more elaborated Ice-Make spells are frickin' epic (Erza', you're old stuff!), and the chapter didn't have visible Plot Armor... Or so I think. The whole confrontation reminded me of both Gray's fight with Fukuro ("stronger flames", finishing icy slash) and Ultear (ability to nullify ice... by the way, congratulations to Mashima for coming up with that forgetting skill, it was unexpected and awesome).
 * On the other hand... I was expecting Rufus to be a little less "tangible", if you catch my drift. Wasn't he the one who claimed none could hit him, that the only things he leaves behind him ar memories? I'd hoped Gray would have to break a sweet ever in order to TOUCH him... Where were his afterimages??? As I'd feared, no trace of them.

So, what do we have? A character not living up to a skill he'd shown, likely due to Mashima being unable to properly explain such skill... and a frickin' awesome fight. What did I say again? Oh, yeah, I'm torn.