User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 439: Albareth Empire, Review./@comment-24546844-20150608174147

A good set-up chapter IMO. It managed to answer a few questions, but Hiro will keep hyping the truth about Lumen Histoire for at least the next 20 or so chapter and will make it a big reveal that will tie in with the climax of FT0. Or at least I hope. Also, was it just me or did this chapter gave you all a Fullmetal Alchemist vibe for some reason?

To be fair, I still don't like the fact that Doranbolt was a member of FT from the beggining, but at least Hiro gave us some reasonable explanation for how his spy mission worked. Can anyone explain that Lahar joke because I don't get it...

I don't like it that Team Natsu get to know Lumen Histoire. Not just because it's Team Natsu, but because no one else got to know it too. Everyone saw Doranbolt talking to Erza about something that only the Master should know and only the protagonists get crious about it? If you're revealing for a few of them why not to everyne? On the other hand I'd love to see next chapter that Warren hacked their minds and spread the information to everyone else.

To tell the truth Im getting hyped by Alvarez Empire because they're a militar power, and they've been around for at least a year if I got it right. That means (at least to me) that their average mages should be at least at FT's average too or maybe slightly above. Any serious militar group will keep their forces well trained and organized, and that will remove the strenght of the argument that Natsu "spent a year training to be that strong". So I guess we can hope for less one shots for the non-fodder enemies. Also, for them to know about Lumen Histoire, I'm sure there's a Dreyar involved on it, be it Ivan or Yuriy. But if LH is so important, now I wonder why Hades didn't try to take it for himself. Maybe it's as dangerous as it is powerfull?

Now that she knows the situation I wonder what will be Erza's next step. She can't just hope to invade the place, take Makarov and leave. It should be a stealth mission I guess so she should pick the most apropriate team (Juvia, Lisanna, Mest, Mirajane, Cana, the Exceeds, people that can infiltrate silently, blend and leave silently. Natsu shouldn't go IMO). Also I can see the old cliche of the first mission under the new comandant failing somehow.

Anyway, I'm hyped for the next arcs (lot's of things may happen there so I bet there will be mutiple arcs just about the Alvarez), and I really hope the war happens because then we can see all the other guilds fighting too, like it should have happened with the Tartarus Arc. And we're almost sure to see a Ishgar God(ess?) next chapter. Can't wait to see her, just hope she's not another Fanservicey girl...