User blog comment:B214/Chapter 482 review/@comment-95.51.118.58-20160418184606

What I liked: Erza's face when she defeated Azuma, Ikaruga and Kyouka - Hiro drew her beautifully and made her look like a badass; Jellal's face - I finally saw him expressing some kind of emotion other than sadness, guilt or worry! That's a welcomed change. And we may find out why Erza is so ridiculously strong. And last but not least, the way Erza's (and Wendy's) injuries were depicted: at least this time Mashima doesn't shy away from showing what injuries from battles really look like.

What I hated: Erza reached new level of being a Mary Sue. Seriously, I love her, but I dislike her fights. A lot. Secondly, wow, what a coincidence! Yet another character has some kind of connection with a mage from Alvarez! Natsu and Zeref were okay, since Zeref is the Emperor, and it is all part of Zeref's backstory, but both Lucy/Brandish and Erza/Neinhart seem to be extremely farfetched (not to mention poorly handled in Brandish's case). If Neinhart joins the side of Goodness and Love, I will laugh my sides out, the same goes for the possibility of Lady Eileen being Erza's mother. Come on, we've already seen this! Oh, almost forgot about this fricking fanservice. Horrible stuff, I truly am wondering how Mashima manages to publish some chapters and avoid any kind of censorship.

While there's a high possibility that Lady Eileen will turn out to be Erza's mother, I recall reading that Erza (as well as Simon and Kagura) was from Rosemary, which was depicted as a little village. I'm not entirely convinced that Neinhart would call anyone living there a "lady". Though I could be wrong, since ignoring simple logic is Mashima's style.