User blog:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 435 & 436: The Cry of Victory & Memoirs, Review and Commentary

Hey guys. After 2 weeks of absence from reviews, I decided to make my return! It was probably the right time, since nowadays I'm allergic to Natsu and I would have to skip every part he was in last chapter...

The Cry of Victory
...and that's why I'll also skip talking about the first 5 pages of this chapter, which is everyone speechless about Natsu's feats. I'll get directly to the part where Gajeel, Lily, Levy & Council arrive to arrest everyone in Avatar. I particularly loved Gray's annoyed face when he said that Gajeel is now in the council xD also, yay for Lucy&Levy friendship!

I find it weird that the reunion was kinda...anti-climatic. They've not seen each other for a year and they're like "meh". Gajeel's reasons for arresting everyone were gold though! Especially Lucy's indecent attire and Juvia for "being a puddle of water"! I always thought Gajeel was the guy who would abuse power, and I'm glad that I see it in canon.

And then Erza appears and knocks Gajeel's head as she should have. We also learn that Gray is the one who told him where to find them. WHY OH WHY did he strip Goumon though? Is it an evolved Gray, that enjoys stripping others as well? Anyway, we then have some little warm & fuzzy moments between guildmates and also a hint of what could be FT's revival. Nice!

The chapter ends with FT going back to ST and Fro being lost again, and then Gray finds him. Then we have a very kawaii but also completely OOC moment for Gray, where he hugs Frosch, as Juvia declares it as another love rival. Another great comedic moment for a great chapter! The chapter then ends with some more warm & fuzzy moments and that's it for the first one!

PLOT TWIST: GRAY HUGS FROSCH TOO HARD AND HE KILLS IT!

The Good

 * Any and every interaction between FT. I loved them all!
 * Funny chapter.
 * Gray x Frosch is so canon, too bad for you Juvia.

The Bad

 * We saw Sabertooth but NO MINERVA D:
 * Avatar went down way too easily.

Final Verdict
Overall I really liked this chapter, which is good because I greatly disliked last week's couple of chapters. Mashima is at his best at developing characters and having them interact with each other, and he's at his worst at fights nowadays so I enjoy those little fightless chapters.

Do you like this Gray or evil Gray? This Gray, by miles. Evil Gray, this one's boring. I love both. I hate both.

So far what's your favorite Star Dress? Leo form! All hail Regulus Lucy Kick! Virgo form. Cute attire! Taurus form. She's such a badass! None, but I hope the others are better.