User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 444: Emperor Spriggan, Review./@comment-24277053-20150713101513

Wow what a ending did not expect that. Than again perhaps I should have considered it. But before we get to that.

So our heroes have to regroup, for once they are playing at it smart. Anyway it had some funny stuff here on the ship. We meet the spy, it is I guess Crime Sorciere, I think it was a group effort since Cobra was suppose to meet them, and Angel took his place.

And they all know her real name know, especially Lucy who seems to find it familiar some on, I am sure she will remember where she heard the name, but family drama aside, that is not important right now, and love sort of good girl Angel she is hilarious, though I am sure some where Flare is feeling Juvia jealousy right now with Angel or should I say Sorano's flirtation with Lucy. Though if Lucy does figure where heard the name Sorano before and blurts out "I know your sister", Angel would probably snap and try to kill her and call her a liar because she thinks she is dead. Angel since she become sort of good she reminds me a bit of Riruka from Bleach. I am sure there are others, but Riruka is the one that comes to mind.

Anyway onto the big story, it seems this big evil empire is not so bad, they treat Makarov very nicely, and so far expect for that Marin guy they seem pretty cool. And they should be different, we are not dealing with dark guilds anymore, this is a legit country or state, so them not attacking over the top evil is good, that is what I want to see, not the same old dark guild crap.

And we find out the big reveal, the Emperor is Zeref. I am shocked, but thinking back maybe I shouldn't be, when this arc I was trying to think the leader of this empire, what connection do they have to Lumia Histore, and why didn't I think of it sooner, Zeref has connection to Mavis and Fairy Tail in general. So why not, this is an awesome reveal.

One negative, this means this arc could very well be the last, if the Zeref is the main boss of this arc, this is it, this is like the war in Naruto, this is the beginning of the end. It was a great series, I will miss it, thank you Hiro.