User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 412: Dance Unto Ishgar, Review./@comment-7418318-20141208143333/@comment-25111584-20141209113849


 * Completely true. Both, Silver and Igneel made their plans while not taking the other into account. But we, as outsiders, know that Igneel most probably has a greater knowledge about E.N.D. from his convo with Natsu. Gray wasn't there. Why would he assume that Igneel has a greater knowledge? For all he knows, Igneel fought him and sealed him, and now wants to keep him in his own custody as he has no means of destroying it, but it would be the safest place of all for all concerned. As he knows nothing about Silver, he doesn't know whether there is a way of destroying E.N.D. as he was never close to the Demons themselves, like Silver was. *looks at Gin, where Aizen knew that he was going to betray him, but still let that vital bit of info slip, something which nobody who considered Aizen an enemy could have ever done, doesn't matter if somebody as smart as Urahara or as old as Yamamoto* (I know, I know, different authors, but it has been known to happen) He knows nothing about Igneel's warnings. Try to see it from his point of view, with only the info he has. He has no means of knowing Igneel's intentions or that he has more info about the Demon than Silver.
 * Ummm, I'm not fanboying. As I already said, I'm as aware as the next person that Gray will most probably do something pretty stupid in the next Chapter. But he did give Natsu a chance to explain. That's how a discussion goes. You state your points, then allow the other person to respond. Gray did that. His points did not mention his father at all, for all that that's worth. Then he gave Natsu a chance to explain. I'm pretty sure that Gray would still have acted as an idiot even if Natsu had told him about Igneel's warnings, but that point never arises. Natsu just yelled at him to give him the book because he promised his father that he'd get it. So he made the challenge first, for all that that's worth. How is Gray staking the fate of the entire world when, as far as he knows, any delay Natsu causes is the real danger as Face might go off any second? Again, he doesn't know about Igneel's warnings, so Natsu delaying in destroying the book because he wants to give it to Igneel is the real danger here. He knows nothing of the dangers of destroying that book, he knows of the time constraints. So, as far as he is concerned, any delay in destroying the book is putting the world in danger.
 * Ummm, how does any of that matter? For Gray, all that matters is that he has a way to destroy the book here and now and no real reasons stopping him except Igneel wanting the book for an unspecified reason and Natsu saying that he will fulfil his promise to Igneel. Again, what reason does Gray have to doubt that his method will fail? Has Natsu warned him? Has anybody warned him? Nope. So why should he not take the easiest way out and destroy the book immediately?
 * True. We all know that, but that's because we're the readers. E.N.D. has to appear as the final boss. To do that, he has to be released from the book. So the book can't just be destroyed by Gray. Which means, looking at how things are, Gray's actions will release E.N.D. or something of the sort. ... How does any of that mean anything to Gray? He doesn't realize that he's a fictional character after all. XD What reason has he to doubt his abilities which haven't failed him even once till now? OHKO Tempesta? Done. Take down a Mard who seemed invulnerable to Natsu's attacks? Done. Heck, Igneel trusted Natsu to take down Mard, but he'd've been smooshed if it wasn't for Gray.
 * Also, Gray doesn't know that Mard himself is hazy about how E.N.D. was sealed (unless he was just hiding at that point). So, as far as Gray is concerned, Mard knows everything about E.N.D., which means:
 * If destroying E.N.D.'s book was all that was needed to release him, he would have done so already.
 * If a human Mage was needed to do so, he'd've just kidnapped one and forced him to do it.
 * If a powerful human Mage was needed, he'd've just had Sting, Rogue or Natsu destroy it 'accidentally' during battle.
 * So what reason does Gray have to believe that trying to destroy the book will release E.N.D.? At worst, he would suspect that trying to destroy it could harm the world as a whole. Big explosion or tear a hole to the realm of the Demons or something. Actually, destroying that book would have to do something which would not have been in Mard's favour. The big explosion and the dimensional rip would not be in his favour as his ultimate goal is killing Zeref, for which he requires E.N.D. But Silver must have taken that into account when he devised a way to kill E.N.D. After all, Silver seems to know that E.N.D. is a Fire Demon, there's no reason to believe he doesn't know more about him.