User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 356: Tartarus Arc, Review./@comment-4489126-20131018163648

*** Warning~! This comment may get lengthy due to the awesomeness of this chapter. ***

This morning I woke up reallly early (I think it was 5AM) because Saber was hungry...and when he's hungry, he doesn't stop annoying the shit out of you till he eats. But anyway, once I wake up, it's impossible for me to fall back to sleep. I went to Mangastream, Mangapana, and some others to check if the chapter was out, and it wasn't. Later on however, it was released by Mangastream and while I was reading the whole chapter...just holy shit, man. I was flabbergasted by the entire opening.

Well, let's begin with the cover. I was really hoping Kagura would get this week's cover, seeing as Hiro was doing the Grand Magic Games teams in order. I thought that maybe he didn't do it because he wanted to take a break from info cards and do one of his usual chapter covers. But anyway, that was a great disappointment; I wanted to know her age and some of the small info Hiro adds underneath the card. Maybe he will start again next week, I don't know. I just hope he doesn't end it with Lamia Scale. We pretty much knew everything that there was to know about the teams he did. As for the actual cover, it was pretty nice. Lucy looking sexy as ever, Erza showing off her legs and butt, Wendy showing us her covered legs...poor pedos, And the others were okay, I guess. Natsu's taking lessons from Sting apparently, judging from his clothes. Hmm...Gray and Gajeel, what the fuck are you guys wearing? But anyway, it was a great cover, just missing poor old lily.

I admit that even though I stated the entire chapter was just pure astonishment, the beginning was slightly boring and just transition. I was glad we got to see some of the new Council members and get a taste of their personas, but the no names was disappointing. Come on Hiro, you had 150 chapters to think of some names fro them! Them accusing Fairy Tail is just plain stupid. -_- Fairy Tail was frozen for 7 years, and even if the whole guild was not, why the fuck wold they? No logic there. Apparently they weren't talking about the guild itself; rather, the Mages that returned as they state that "with great power comes the desire to show off." After that it was interesting to see Org take Fairy Tail's side! I was hoping he would be a good guy. After laughing and all, looking badass at the same time...they get ambushed and die.

I agree with you Rai. I get that Hiro is trying to get his point across; Tartarus' power, but killing them off makes the whole Magic system look weak. If one Mage can do that, then why the hell do people even listen to the Council. Other than that little crap, everything that followed was just pure epicness. I like Jackal, but I keep spelling his name "Jackel" for some reason I'm not sure of. >_> I love it when Fairy Tail gets into its dark mode, similar to Rave just less darkness. Hiro can change a beautiful scenery into something catastrophic withing the same chapter~ one of the reasons why I like his style so much.

When I saw Jackal it reminded me of the Blue Guardians from Rave. He reminded me of Leopard. I hope Hiro uses some of the powers he used for the BG, they were really epic.

Jackal's Magic is AWESOME, and I love it~ :3 Yeah, yeah it's just things exploding, but it's just pure epicness. I don't want Hiro to hype them too much, because we all know what he does with those characters (e.g. Sting & Rogue). I really think Doranbolt will join Fairy Tail, especially after Org tells him to follow his own justice. That last scene where he tells him to remember him, I was just like:

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The Fairy Tail guild scene was refreshing~ I lol'd at Makarov's reaction to Laki and Kinana's conversation. Juvia's cookies gave me an idea. >:3

E.N.D. sounds interesting, and I can't wait until we meet the character. Did Droy look a bit more thin today? Finally started losing weight for Levi, huh? Everyone got a small panel for a reaction when they walk in...not Lucy tho. Her sexy face got the whole bottom page~! Seeing Cobra again was awesome, and I hope the OC gets released. I wonder if Hiro will use the anime concepts when he shows them again. As long as Racer is standing and we can get a nice shot of him...After that I was still shocked with the whole Nine Demon thing. They all look awesome. I wonder what they all can do. And apparently, Zeref likes Demons with big hips and boobs. Everyone loves boobs. :3 Again, they remind me of Rave Master's Build Guardians and one of the Demon looks like one of Elfman's forms. I'm really looking forward to the next chapter.

I would give this chapter a 9/10. Doesn't get a perfect score because of the Kagura-less cover. ಠ_ಠ