User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 299: A Solitary Journey, Review./@comment-1535822-20120913212230/@comment-1943045-20120913235306

eh, i doubt he was trying to copy off Naruto. Mashima defintely planned ahead what he was doing. Agree though. Silent chapters only work when theres some emotional impact. So obviously there was none in this one, so we all just skimmed through the chapter in a minute with no reward... but next chapters gunna be epic ^_^