User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 309: The Burning Earth, Review and Commentary/@comment-4047931-20121122190323

Okay here’s a short one I thought this was a so-so chapter. The start had a nice bit of humor with Makarov and the action that proceeded was very cool with the armored knight using his scythes, slashing away at everything. Seeing how the others were getting along, I like how Pantherlily is limited in his options for attacking as he looks so badass when he is pounding someone’s face in and it makes the fight more interesting. I like how Mira is in a trouble as it incorporates the magic consumption of her Satan Souls seeing how she isn't in any other form at the moment so it will be cool to see what happens with her. Cosmos was "beautiful" (to quote her) as her magic was very cool and as for Uosuke, his magic was awesome. Now what happened because of his magic built up a nice chunk of suspense making me worry a lot for our two female heroes but legend of the day goes to Arcadios. I thought this moment was great with Arcadios rushing through the lava after being beaten, looking epic while doing so and then lifting the girls from the lava like a true hero. This was rather upsetting, seeing Arcadios do this great deed only to perish in the end but the feeling soon left me, leaving me annoyed more than anything else at what happened nest. The first thing that annoyed me was how I didn't see this coming, the second thing was that the feelings over Arcadios's demise was gone completely but it was good see him alive even if this moment was a complete cop out. Still things went steadily done hill after this seeing Loke finally showing up. What made him think it was okay just to show up at this time? Also how in the name of Deus Ex Machina did Loke get the keys anyway? Still Loke's appearance wasn't bad it's just how long he took and what he did with the keys which would probably put Fairy Tail in a worse position then they already were by stealing from the kingdom now. What annoyed me most was the ending giving us a look at another dull, tedious and aggravating Natsu fight where he just pulls out a dominating win just because Hiro loves polishing his little dragon slayer. You'd think that executioners, hired by the Kingdom of Fiore, sent to deal with the worst criminals in the country and with a possible 1500 or more kills under their belt could handle this pink-haired bastard. I really hope the armored knight pulls a Bui with his true power being unleashed with the armor removed, putting Natsu in for a tougher battle than expected. Also I hate the last line of this chapter. In the end it was a disappointing chapter for me compared to the others but I hope the battles won't end so easily for our heroes (I'm actually hoping for some big loses at the moment for Fairy Tail, especially back at the GMG with characters like Laxus who have already had their big win of the arc).