User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 329: Seven Dragons, Review and Commentary/@comment-4933386-20130430130826/@comment-7418318-20130430143329

Yes, internal monologues work too sometimes.

As for the explaining to defeated enemies.... that always seems like gloating and mocking to me. Unless I really hate the enemy I'm about to kill I wouldn't do that. And even then only if I'm absolutely sure beyond a doubt that he can't make a comeback anymore.

If I'm not going to kill the enemy, that's all the more reason not to tell anything (unless it was a training fight with a friend or close ally), since I wouldn't want to throw away a potential advantage if we might end up fighting again in the future.