User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 178: Fairy Strategist, Review./@comment-209.89.93.78-20140419204644/@comment-24039250-20140421183608

I kinda see what W.C is saying. Episodes 177-178 didn't have too much going on in them where it needed to be animated well when compared to 176 that had so much build up for what will soon happen. 178 in my opinion was done better than 177 since I felt that things were actually happening (fights, some plot).

I feel that the future episodes that have the full episode battles or heavy plot will be the ones greatly animated. ("The 3 Way", Laxus vs. Orga vs Jura, the Dragons, Gajeel vs Rogue, etc)