User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 196: Sin and Sacrifice, Review./@comment-4449950-20140823074159

Not a bad episode, but it did drag.

The parts adapted from the manga were actually really well done in my opinion - I'm talking start Jerza vs. Mils, Ultear in general, Sting and Rogue reuniting and Gray getting shot. I was actually smiling when Gray got shot because even though it's meant to be sad, I was thinking "hey hey! They actually put it all in! :)" I was expecting way more censoring I guess ^__^" Like, they even showed the headshot... Pretty nice ;)

Then again, I still dislike this scene due to the hypocrisy that is Gray. He's all "Juvia, Meredy... don't space out you idiots!" and then proceeds to pause and draw Juvia's attention to tell her something that, in his own words, is "not that important".

Really? >__> Kinda deserve to be shot mate...

And yeah, I once again agree with all of the water body comments. I think Juvia should have been able to take it, but w/e.

Oh! Was it just me, or was Ultear's VA just AMAZING in this ep. Hot damn, I got so much emotion from her. Truly amazing, even if they did screw up Ultear's nice ass D;

Filler though >__> Like, I don't care about Macao and Wakaba and Jet and Droy... and fuck off Romeo I hate you too .-. Happy being there was off and the whole thing just felt weird. Same can be said for Laxus vs Zirconis. I mean, Wendy and Mira and everyone were just standing there now ( .__.) I wanna see Wendy do stuff!!

Added Jerza also irked me a bit :/ I mean, I like that it was there, but it's the same as my previous injured-Kagura argument. Erza just fell to the ground because her legs were out and she was spent. Now she's just up and fighting again? Annoys me a little. Plus, I thought it was sweeter in the manga with Jellal carrying her to safety. Plus plus, they keep giving Jellal new spells. I was okay with the huge one in the saving Erza scene because it fit, but now they're being weird. They ALWAYS show random Mages doing simple light beam attacks, and now, the ONE TIME they have a Mage who canon-ly uses light beam attacks, they give him dark orbs or something. I just... don't get it XD

Oh, I did love Flare though. I laughed so much and damn, she's a cutie :3

So yeah, overall not bad, though the pace was thrown on and off throughout the episode. Hopefully next week is good. Ultear deserves it (__;)~