User blog comment:B214/Chapter 498: Gray vs. Invel/@comment-4829046-20160822175359

Is it just me or was there NOTHING new in this chapter?

Someone got surprised by Gray having Devil Slayer magic and using his favourite move. Oooo, exciting.

The darkness is eating away at Gray and might make him turn on his friends while on the pursuit towards destroying END. Avatar arc anyone?

Natsu....melting the 'purest of ice'? Ok, maybe that one was new. I'm still taking it because of the relation to the Gray thing and giant Brandish appearing.

Gray being connected to Juvia, or Juvia forcibly being connected to another AGAIN! Jesus. It's like Juvia getting possessed or magically connected is a part of her character now. It's like Mashima loves fueling Juvia's fantasies more than fueling an actual romance.

So now we are going towards a Natsu vs. Gray again? K then. No matter how much you try to hype up Gray, no one cares. We are talking about a guy that couldn't even take on his dead teacher while teamed up with his fellow student. Mashima's poor fight set-up affects the storytelling so goddamn much.