User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 428: When We Take Different Paths, Review and Commentary/@comment-31.132.65.54-20150414151923/@comment-25111584-20150414160951


 * 1) Do I think Gray is a douche right now? Definitely. But how is he spitting on Ur and Ultear's sacrifice? He doesn't know that his actions lead to F. Rogue's creation which leads to Ultear's sacrifice. Not to mention that Ur and Ultear got their lives taken away from them because of Zeref (extremely indirectly, of course). So destroying E.N.D.'s Book is an act of revenge for their sake as well considering it is Zeref's strongest weapon. Remember that all he knows (as far as we've seen) about Zeref's intentions behind creating E.N.D. is what he heard from Mard when the Demon cast Memento Mori, and we don't know how much he heard. So what he's doing now is as much for Ur and Ultear's sake as for Silver's, however twisted it might sound.
 * 2) Lucy defeated one of the Nine Demon Gates member by sacrificing a Gold Key. She can take on only a part of her CS' power with the Star Dress, while she most probably got all of Aquarius' power when fighting Jackal. And Lucy herself considers Aquarius to be her strongest CS. Not to mention that we have no reason to believe that Mary is any weaker than Jackal. Is it sad to not see her getting a fight right now? Sure. Do I feel trolled? Sure. Is Mashima demeaning her by doing so? Hell, no. How is Lucy getting taken down so easily demeaning when we don't even know how powerful her opponent is? Because Natsu got to show his moves, but Lucy did not? Heck, both Mary and Gray stated that Goumon, Abel and D-6 are weaklings when compared to the others, so Natsu's feat should not even be counted.
 * 3) Natsu getting captured because he was distracted by Lucy is hardly disrespectful to anybody. Lucy was not shown to be weak in any way while we got a partially reasonable reason as to why he didn't sense Goumon's revival. That actually makes the moment better. Disappointment that Lucy got taken out so quickly is perfectly fine, but it doesn't mean that it was bad writing.
 * 4) I'm not saying that Mary is extremely strong, nor am I saying that Gray is doing this for Ur and Ultear's sake. But you're damning this Chapter by making too many assumptions. Give it a chance first, please.