User blog:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 457: Naked Battle, Review.

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Review
This chapter was pretty awesome. I don't even know where to start. :D Well, I guess I can start with what I didn't like about this chapter. As we all figured, the naked battle was nothing more than some poorly timed fanservice that would've been fine if it wasn't placed in the middle of a serious battle. However, there were some great moments mixed in with it. Firstly, Brandish was HILARIOUS as always. I died when she made Lucy put those cat ears on and then scolded her for wearing the in the middle of a serious conversation. XD And I'm incredibly curious to know how the hell Brandish knows Layla. We all know Layla is important to the greater plot of the manga, and maybe now we are finally going to learn how. The thing that I liked the most about this otherwise terribly timed naked battle is the fact that Lucy was about to shank a bitch with her broken key!! That is some serious character development for Lucy. I am beyond glad that she's no longer a damsel in distress and was actually about to take action. And even better than that, she stomped on Marin like it was nothing. Really proud of her. :D Also, Cana showed up and her and Lucy are going to face off against Brandish. They don't have a chance in the world of winning, but it'll be really good to see them fighting. Nothing better than people besides Natsu and the other main fighters entering into the fray.

Now, up above Magnolia Town, Erza's Requip is finally working again. Apparently, it wasn't Ajeel's sand that was preventing it, but Marin's abilities. With her Requip back in action, Erza requips into a new Wind God Armor and is ready to fight again. Meanwhile, in West Hills, Natsu and the others have wrapped up their battle with Ajeel's squad and Natsu sends Baquel flying up through the airship Erza and Ajeel are fighting on. Erza takes note of Natsu's "fighting spirit" and deals a pretty heavy blow to Ajeel. Hopefully silencing all of you people who legitimately thought that she didn't get stronger over the time skip. >_> I'm really loving how Ajeel vs. Erza is turning out so far. I like it a lot better that it was Marin's ability that was stopping Erza's requip as opposed to Ajeel's sand because I was kinda worried that Erza was going to escape Ajeel's sand with flame pants or something of that nature, so I was ecstatic when I saw the Wind God Armor (despite it's lack luster design). Given the next chapter's name, I think it's pretty clear that the Morning Star Armor will be making a reappearance next chapter. Hopefully, we'll get to clearly see just how much Erza's improved over the timeskip. Even though Ajeel took a pretty heavy looking wound this chapter, I don't think he's down for the count. The Spriggans hype has been far too great for that imo. I also don't think Erza's going to be the one who will defeat him. My money is still on their battle being interrupted for some reason or another. :P At any rate, I really enjoyed this chapter and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the next. :D