User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 410: Memento Mori, Review and Commentary/@comment-24490201-20141123170233/@comment-25111584-20141124202819

@Marinero:
 * Hi ( ^_^)/
 * For the time part, look at B214's reply. I was actually being very very generous by saying half a day, his estimate of around 3 hours is far more likely. And 41 Chapter is 3 hours is an extremely solid assumption. If you want, do a marathon and really try to guess how much time has passed. For example, consider this page. Then consider the fact that Wendy appeared after Gray vs. Silver, Juvia vs. Keith, Gajeel vs. Torafusa and Igneel's emergence. Grammatically speaking, he says that it will take them at least 5 min, no upper limit is specified. What it really means is that he'll require a bit more than 5 min. So, what should I give? 7 min? I'll be generous. Take 15 min. All of that happened within 15 min.
 * Gray got only one serious fight before Mard: Silver. And that fight was a setup by Silver. He wanted Gray to fight in his stead later, so he is definitely not going to injure him severely. You have also forgotten to consider the fact that Gray got a huge power boost after his fight, enough to replenish his Magic Power and more. I mean, just look at Silver. Tempesta was an OHKO after that, hardly cost Gray anything. Then he has been walking around pretty leisurely until coming up on Mard. Not once has he collapsed from exhaustion or succumbed to his injuries.
 * Sorry, I can't explain Erza. I can only ask you this: Do you really want CrimeS and OS to pull an Erza?
 * That leaves Natsu:
 * Let me get one thing straight: You're comparing Natsu's battle against Franmalth, in which he got Lucy's help (not much, but yeah >.>), and then his curbstomping of Tempesta until Torafusa intervened with Jellal's battle against 4 opponents each of whom are most probably on a higher level than either of those two? Not to mention that Natsu first fought Franmalth, then fought Tempesta. And he didn't even defeat Tempesta. Jellal fought all 4 at once.
 * Why have you mentioned Amaterasu 28? The simple fact that Lucy and Natsu were able to defeat Franmalth proves that he was nowhere near Hades' power level. And we've already seen many huge explosions (remember Jackal?), it doesn't mean Franmalth's Spell was anywhere near Hades' level. Compare the caster, not the Spell. He possesses Hades' soul, not his power. Also, neither Natsu, nor Lucy look that tired after that battle, not to mention they most probably got their power which was absorbed back after the souls were released. It's speculation, but quite true, wouldn't you say?
 * Natsu was frozen by Silver. That's it. Nobody says it harmed him.
 * The Tempesta battle? Didn't you see that the beginning of the battle was just a prelude to the curbstomping that he and Gajeel dealt out before Torafusa activated Tenchi Kaimei?
 * Looking at Torafusa's Curse, Natsu and the others should still be affected by the poison. ... But they aren't. Even Lucy is hale and hearty. Did they get healed? No. Only two options remain (as far as I can see, you're free to point out any others ^_^). Either the poison has worn off or it gets neutralized if the host is alive and Torafusa is defeated. Either way, the fact that Natsu had a near-death experience means nothing due to this.
 * Compare this to Jellal and OS (4 of them anyway):
 * Jellal hasn't suffered much body damage. Zero was just an illusion. Yes, he was able to survive after DF Natsu and Etherion. But his eyes have been crushed. Despite the pretty O.o panel of him grabbing hold of Midnight, he is definitely in no condition to fight. Did you even see Mard's speed? And you want Jellal to fight him, even with the help of OS, 4 of whom are down. Before they can tell him where Mard is, Mard will have shredded him to pieces as Jellal wouldn't be able to get any defence up. Or do you want him to radiate Heavenly Body Magic from his body all the time so that Mard's Thorn Curse doesn't hit him?
 * Are you seriously comparing the flesh wounds that Gray and Natsu suffered, the worst of which would be this, to Jellal having an extremely sensitive wound like getting his eyeballs crushed? Even in a shonen universe, an eye injury would be considered much worse. And Jellal is not Natsu to fight with the rest of his senses. Or do you really want him to come to Cube so much that you don't mind him pulling an Erza and shrug off the eyes thing? Either way, the comparison is just too ridiculous and sugarcoating the fact that "We need a Jellal fight, no matter what." And it's pretty much a given that his eyes are crushed. On the other hand, if his eyes aren't crushed, how in the world did he negate Midnight's illusion? Nobody's saying that he's permanently blind or that he's going to survive, but he's definitely in trouble in that department unless he gets some pretty advanced assistance. That's not Meredy. As I said earlier, Healing Magic is supposed to be a very rare Magic. And read the Chapter with Ultear and Meredy helping Natsu again, you might be surprised that Natsu's injuries and Jellal's are on completely different levels.
 * OS have collapsed. They have been defeated. That means they can't fight any further for quite some time. Nothing of this sort has happened to Gray and Natsu (except the Torafusa thing, but see above), while Gajeel collapsed because of Magical Power loss rather than bodily harm, unlike the OS. And even he's not heading out to fight. One might not like this fact, but it is still a fact. Whatever my personal thoughts on the battle, they were hit by Sema, which is supposed to be a bloody powerful move after they had been hit by Grand Chariot. Would you say Franmalth or Tempesta were on Jellal's level? Torafusa, maybe? The level of injuries that they'd suffer due to this would be on a whole different level than Natsu or Gajeel suffering from the Demons.
 * Sorry, but your argument has too many all-too-convenient omissions to be very convincing. You didn't mention Gray's power boost, Franmalth's much lower strength as compared to Hades, the fact that everybody affected by Torafusa's poison are showing no signs of being under its influence anymore. You are trying to compare a 4-on-1 which is not in Jellal's favour to Natsu fighting 2-on-1 in his favour and then fighting in a battle in which he didn't even pull off a victory, quite a serious eye wound to some flesh wounds, only one of which even looks serious, and that's in Gray's case, who just got a huge power boost. That shouldn't relate to wounds, but it does relate to why he wouldn't be very exhausted. You're also comparing Jellal's power level to that of Franmalth and Tempesta, one after the other. You are also forgetting that they're pretty far away from Magnolia and might not even know what's happening there. Just because Face has sprouted up all over the place doesn't mean they'll come to Magnolia. Jellal might know how to stop it (if he even knows about Face) and might go to the wherever he has to do it. Even Doranbolt didn't know about Cube, he headed straight for Face and then came to Magnolia on Wendy's orders (or am I missing something here?) And Cobra's Deus Ex Machina is not really applicable here, they're just too far away.
 * Finally, I'm not saying that CrimeS and OS won't show up. As I said earlier, Mashima could throw all reason away and bring them in, and I guess I'll be the only one to complain. But Mashima could also have a Chapter to stall the Tartarus Arc and just show what Meredy and the others are up to without bringing them to Magnolia and I would be fine with that. Or we can say that they see Face and go somewhere where Jellal knows an off-switch exists. It being in Magnolia would be an-all-too-convenient-plot-device, but it could happen. But as I said, extremely tired, so in no real condition to battle. Just stop Face maybe.
 * Also, with the antidote for Laxus on its way and him being in Porlyusica's care, not to mention he's much closer to what's happening than CrimeS and OS, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to expect Laxus to go up against Mard. Though I don't think that'll happen, but one can dream. ;D

@Nick: lol, there were many people complaining about Gray knowing about Minerva's transformation despite the fact that there could be trivial reasons like 'he can sense Demons' to 'Silver just told him'. Then what reason does Jellal have to know that Cube would be above Magnolia and Fairy Tail vs. Tartarus is taking place?
 * He got info on Tartarus, a Guild which even OS of the Balam Alliance know nearly nothing about, a Guild whose base is a floating island?
 * He was told by Doranbolt? Well, how did Doranbolt know? We have no reason to believe he knew anything about Cube being over Magnolia. All he knew was about Tartarus wanting Face, supported by the fact that he headed there directly and was able to save Wendy. All-too-convenient-plot-device? Sure, but quite well done. It was Wendy who told him to go to Magnolia though. And he didn't stop on the way to inform CrimeS or anything, he just went there directly.
 * Cobra's Deus Ex Machina? He's quite far away, wouldn't you say? Of course, Mashima could still pull a BS, but that's what we don't want, right?
 * Finally, Jellal could know how to shut Face (if he even knows about Face from his Council days), and the off-switch could be in Magnolia. It's an extremely bad all-too-convenient-plot-device, but, well, could happen. >.> That's about the only thing I can come up with. But it wouldn't change the fact that they wouldn't be in any condition to fight.