User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 179: Gray vs. Rufus, Review./@comment-4829046-20140426140717

No offense to anyone that is all jacked up and and everything but this FT anime so far is much like other mediocre anime for me. I stick around for the fact that I'm a hardcore fan and cause of the awesome VAs and music and all that, but not much else. Sorry if this sounds pessimistic but my anime schedule is much bigger than the time when the original anime was airing and this is a problem since my life is more tight due to exams so I felt that watching this episode was a big waste of my time. I have other anime which I didn't watch this week that would have satsified me more so this was a real downer.

On to the episode though. The art was.... eww. Body design was out of whack and everything.

This was a filler episode that sadly wasn't filler. Much like Mira Vs. Jenny and Mermaid Heel Vs. Lamia Scale.

WTF was up with that comedy? I had to switch off my brain in order to stop myself from facepalming. And you expect me to do that while giving all that confusing shit about his magic? WTF?

Also poor Rufus. I never really thought about it, but you are really treated like shit and more than you deserve. The anime basically made him into a complete loser, using tons of ancient magic but all rendered useless by plot-armour.

So yeah, this episode gets very low from me. I only praise the music(mostly the opening since I ignored the one in Gray section) and the VA. No dissing Gray's VA Mega. He is awesome. >:( I hated Gray in this episode, only liked his voice. And Juvia section was just plain stupid after the first one. The second one was literally seconds after it and was soooooooooo stupid.