User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 306: Gray vs. Rufus, Review./@comment-4047931-20121102210238

Well I must say that this chapter was very good. The fight as near brilliant but certain factors towards the end and the length disappointed me leaving me wanting more from the two Make-Mages. Anyway moving on to the chapter in whole.

Now starting with the cover, it was nice to see the Rescuers current position but I was so glad they didn't interfere with the fight seeing that was their only panel. So we see Mavis and the rest of the Fairy Tail cheering on Gray with the non-masters thinking Gray should be able to win easily but luckily for me and maybe possible others Mavis powers of prediction cannot guarantee victory for Team Fairy Tail, making me less angry about how Fairy Tail are essentially cheating. Anyway it was good to see each Mage with a chance of victory as I do like both fighters. Also the idea of Rufus being key to Sabertooth's strategy was cool point out how they could have planned out something similar to Mavis and the flashback with the team meeting up together was interesting making Team Fairy Tail again looking less like a of bunch of cheats and Gray's determination to fight an opponent who would most likely defeat him if you take Mavis expression when determining Gray's chances. It was very start to the chapter which opened up an epic fight.

Now this is were things got really good. The battle opened with Gray showing off the power gained from his Second Origin and damn Freeze Lancer looked awesome as the went flying towards Rufus (he he the book is titled Le Memory) and even ripping apart the floor of the library with ease but with this it also had the same awesome effect of Rufus as he quickly leaps out of the way showing how dexterous this bard is. Heck though the fight continued to be a feast to for the eyes with Gray's Ice Impact. That hammer looked great and about twice the size of his usual Ice Hammer but again, Rufus was able to dodge his attack which was still pretty cool. Now I thought Ice-Make was a cool type of magic but this, this freaking awesome power held by Rufus, pretty made the chapter for me. We knew Rufus could remember spells but combining his memories to create brand new spell was way too cool. Remind me to put Memory-Make up on favorite Magic list because what hit Gray was epic. That combination of "Gray" and "Orga" is just one of my favorite spells to date and the art for this spell was brilliant and seeing Gray's face made it so you know it was effective. The wonderment of this fight continued with miniature cyclones and awesome looking Ice shield which lead to Rufus showing more of his awesome powers. Anyway things looked grim for Ice-Boy, even his guild had their doubts of Gray coming out this battle victorious, and by the way Elfman, you say Rufus's magic was unfair, well that's rich as I recall your teams getting help through a few stages the GMG from the sidelines during the events, heck I'm classing your guild near the same level as Raven Tail now or at least just Mavis, Cana and the new Team Fairy Tail.

Okay back to the fight and after sending Gray into the air Rufus gives us some poetic gloating showing us that cocky attitude to which he had gained the right to have. I never thought a bard would be able to say something cool and what was Gray's reply to this? Stripping of course. So with shock around the arena, Gray lets out one of his great lines which I cared about 100%. Now what we are about to see is one of the most epic things to come out of Gray since his blood blades. Ice-Make Unlimited, though using the word unlimited makes it sound a little lame, was freaking-awesome. It did look like Erza's Wheel of Fortune Armor attacks but one a more stylish and cooler level and to make Rufus the surprised and shocked would have taken some effort. It was cool to see that attack first of all hit Rufus and then freeze part of his body and the conclusion was actually okay with the flames both being used to escape from the ice and attack Gray for Rufus and Gray using them basically as a way to get up close to Rufus as a way to finish him off. Still the idea that Gray pretty much went through the flame like it was nothing annoyed me. I know dragon flames but wasn’t that the lost magic spell the sent Eve to the burn ward to heal his injuries and pride? Anyway besides that great though it left me longing for more, causing me to be disappointed on its length but hey getting Rufus's hat at the end was pretty funny. I'm just wondering why Gray hasn't got any points straight away like when every other Mage was defeated... *cough*Afterimage*cough* Sorry just something in the back of my throat.

Overall I felt that this chapter was highly enjoyable and gave us some insight to how the fights that are yet to come would look like, with hopefully some varying results. Still the big problem I have is the length of this epic fight I do hope that Rufus isn't down and out of the rest of the last event. Let the battle continue dammit!!!