User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 381: Where Demons Live, Review./@comment-1776824-20140418191850/@comment-1776824-20140418195547

Honestly, if Sayla got right back up or was unfazed by an attack of that magnitude with that much momentum backed behind it, even with her limiter released, that'd be even more bs than what this chapter was as a whole. I mean, she was hit in the back of the head ffs, that's pretty damn crippling.

And okay, I'll just be frank and say it. ( ._.) Mirajane and Sayla both said that she couldn't be taken over whatsoever, but with a conveniently placed flashback and a whole lot of the typical FT feelings, all established logic was broken yet again and Mirajane managed to take over Sayla's power. Just makes me shudder to think what she could potentially do if she's given enough time to recover ( hint : It involves her assisting in the battles with the other 9DG and taking their Curses too ( -_-)). I mean, Mard Geer even made a comment about humans imitating the Etherias to be totally pitiful and worthless, and yet here we are 1 chapter later, with him being proven wrong. I just...I'm getting sick of the pressure that the Demon Gates give only to be completely defeated by a blatant plot device and not even have it be a close victory, but a total 180 twist on the situation.

Seriously, let's break it down:
 * 1) Jackal was putting all kinds of pressure on Natsu, but through a conveniently placed match-up, Natsu just ended up one-shotting Jackal, who had magnified all his physical abilities, as well as curse-related ones, through his lycanthropic transformation.
 * 2) Ezel is 1,000x stronger than Wendy, but because of the convenient location of their battle, Ezel, not even in his Slash Attack Mode, which is designed specifically to make his Tenga Goken even stronger, could hold up against her and was almost instantly defeated.
 * 3) Franmalth had absorbed the power of Hades, one of the most powerful mages in existence, and even Natsu's own master power, as well as used it against him and Lucy, and had them totally on the verge of death and absorption, but was defeated by a rock.
 * 4) And now we have my darling Sayla (not the reason why I'm mad about the chapter, btw), who overwhelmed Mirajane completely, but at the last second was totally hammered by Elfman because of some feelings that made the completely confirmed to be impossible absolutely possible.

So, like TheCarrotSaysYumYum before me, good job to Tempesta for being the only Demon Gate to actually make some kind of damn difference in this so-called "war" between Tartarus and Fairy Tail.