User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 454: Flying Dragon Squad and Osprey Squad, Review./@comment-4449950-20150928070212

YAAAAAAYYY! There was a lot to be happy about in this chapter :) I agree in the larger scheme of things it was uneventful, but the use of character was great :D Also, an osprey is a bird of prey, no??

Also, I'll likely hijack this blog later for the anime season review hehehe :D I just finished the final airing show I was watching today, so I have a lot to say~

Aaaanyways, let's do this in two lots:

THE GOOD:
 * The cover :D Ngl, but I'm really "w/e" whenever Mashima decides to use Team Natsu or a prominent guild member (i.e, Juvia, Gajeel, Cana) on the covers, because we ALWAYS see them in the chapters. I love it when he uses the lesser known FT Mages or other guild members. Seeing Ever and the gang was great :)
 * FREED!! WOOHOO!! I was thinking about this since the last chapter (though I realise now that I never reviewed 453 - guess the Gruvia "moment" irked me so much that I forgot) but I was wondering if they'd get Freed to trap the city. I mean, it would have been such a waste of a good character and Magic to not, so seeing him in action was so great!
 * Bisca in action too! :D Just the Connell family in general~ They're great, and, again, seeing minor characters is great.
 * Ngl, when I saw Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy I sighed a little, and when they landed on the ship looking all badass I started thinking "And here we go >__>", BUT THEN THEY FELL OVER AND ALL BUT DIED XD XD XD I forgot entirely about the motion sickness and was laughing so much XD XD Props to Mashima, that was really funny XP And before the whole "Why didn't Wendy cast Troia earlier?" comes up, they didn't know the attack would be from airships and it was sudden. I doubt she had time, and imo it all made sense.

THE BAD:
 * Jupiter. I loved that Bisca fired it, and I guess I'd rather have an enemy hyped via blocking Magic than taking out side characters/minor FT members like fodder, but... I dunno. It's kinda one of those "if he just blocked it, why waste the time?" kind of things now. I mean, the guy is strong, we know that...
 * Erza. I like how she jumped in to help, and I like Erza a lot, but... gah... her track record since GMG has been awful and tbh, after Tartaros (where I gave her a final chance and she blew it in the most awful way possible with "she's Erza") I'm hesitant to get behind her because now I just fear an illogical battle where she eventually wins via... DGDLHLFJWGJLH <- nonsense. Ngl, it's going to take Mashima giving her some good battles before I can support Erza fights and look forward to them again. He could start bringing her back into my good books from the next chapter for all I know, but until she gets some better fights I really don't care to get excited.

Yeah, that's it .-. Nothing much to talk about.

Be prepared for the seasonal post though - hehehe, that'll be long ^__^"