User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 171: Naval Battle, Review/@comment-5170433-20130302193436

I have to agree the animation was little better than the previous episodes, but the episode didn't quite capture the tension we had in the manga. I'm glad to see Lucy actually be able to hold her own against Juvia which was pretty badass. And I'm not really sure if you guys saw this, but Jenny pointed out that while the strongest ones are taking each other out...blah blah blah which meant Lucy and Juvia which was quite nice so point for her.

Now the attacks were really cool the two water cyclones colliding and Juvia's final attack. Now this was what annoyed me the most, Minerva's part. I felt like the animators should have just kept the style of her magic in the manga. I always imagined that Minerva's magic would be a purple glowing blob in the anime, but instead it was glowing freaking rainbow that looks like tinted glass. I mean seriously what type of villain has magic colored like a rainbow. That alone made Minerva's bitchy-ness go down by a lot.

Now the next part that annoyed me was Minerva's actions. The way she talked and her facial expression in the part where she decides to go full on bitch on Lucy just didn't serve the fact she was the bitchiest character you'll meet and she was the person everybody hates( I love her by the way.) I just didn't get that feeling like "Ugh!! I wanna kill her!" feeling when the chapter was released. However with Minerva in this episode I just felt like, "Oh! Ok, she's mean!" When I should have been like, "DEVELISH WHORE!" So Yeah.

So just the minor parts in the episode I found quite entertaining and unnecessary was the synchronized quote, "SaberTooth!" Seriously!? That wasn't even close to threatening. A pure glare should have been enough. But that was just a minor part. The end was similar to the manga, but instead of holding Lucy in the neck and having her arms stretched out, but instead she had it down and she was looking at Lucy. Nothing big.

Now that ends my rant for today. Final score.

Animation: 8/10

Fight: 7/10

Tension: 6/10

Overall: 7/10

'''Bye-Bye and good luck on your tests Miskos. Over and Out!!''' *Throws a smoke bomb and runs for the exit*