User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 295: Sting and Lector, Review./@comment-2106167-20120817202929

Don't know what to say about this chapter. I'm not happy about it, but neither I'm disappointed as usual. It's as if this chapter hadn't really been written... which is something getting more and more common recently.

Sting's Dragon Force was nothing special. I was kind of expecting, don't know, the end of the world, and, well, the whole thing was meh. Not to mention how that showoff could hardly grant him notable physical skills in his M&A section, seeing as he did the whole thing clad in an aura. The only good point to that part of the battle was getting to see the Domus Flau's underground... Buildings WTF??? Before realizing that the rocks were UNDER the sand, however, I'd also thought Mashima'd forgotten making the Domus' arena sandy.

... Or that Natsu's learnt Crash, seeing as, for a moment, it looked like he employed such Magic to make the ground into a cushion like Gildarts did in his battle with him. "Shakes"

And the end... oh shit. Natsu getting rid of Gajeel was a pain in the ass. I was expecting to see some new Iron Dragon Slayer moves, and that pink-haired asshole send the metal guy racing away on a mining cart? Screw ya, seriously. And don't even try to best the opponents by yourself, fuck. If you have to do something, you might as well lose for once.

Oh, and I'm sure many of you will remember seeing that "fiery Come On" from the chapter's last panel before.