User blog:Omega natsu2/Episode 178: Fairy Strategist, Review.

This is a review for Fairy Tail Episode 178: Fairy Strategist.

The teams for the Grand Magic Game get ready as they go to their desired location within Crocus. Meanwhile, Natsu and the others are headed to the castle in search of Lucy. The commentators explain the rules, which basically state that this is a rule-free event~ Each team has a leader. If the leader is defeated, 5 points will go to the victor team. The other members of the team are only worth 1 point.

As Happy thinks of an awesome idea, the teams head out in search of people to defeat. However, Fairy Tail does not move, shocking pretty much everyone. While everyone is defeating people, they just stand there, until Mavis announces that it is time to move out. This reminds Makarov of Mavis' former nickname: Fairy Strategist. Fairy Tail once again regains the upper hands.

Natsu and the others manage to infiltrate the palace, with Mira disguised as a guard. However, when they reach the cell and rescue Yukino and Lucy, the floor underneath them opens up. They land in Hells Palace, where Hisui speaks to them via a monitor. Meanwhile, Gray enters a library, where he finds Rufus of Sabertooth.

I didn't like the animation of this episode at all. I mean, there were some good animated scenes, but it didn't feel like it was "animated," know what I mean...? Anyway, I noticed that Kagura was animated really well this episode, like the only character that was. XD Hisui looks pretty nice. The preview for the next episode looks terrible. I'll only give the fight category an 8 because of Kagura~