User blog:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 463: Black Carpet, Review.

Review
Alright, so this chapter was... hella boring. ( .___.) It was essentially 18 pages of absolutely nothing. But let me start at the beginning I guess. So everyone in the guild is talking about Natsu's reckless decision and discussing how to proceed, and surprisingly, despite me hating Gray, I actually was in agreement with him on this one. Why is everyone so gung ho to "leave it to Natsu" because he said he had a secret weapon. Now, this is a manga and we know the main character can't die, but from an in series point of view they're all being imbeciles. Natsu, who isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the bunch, says he has a secret weapon to defeat Zeref, refuses to provide more information, and everyone is okay with just trusting that he's right? That's ludicrous. Natsu could very well believe that he has the key to defeating Zeref and he could very well actually have the key to defeating Zeref as well, but without actually vetting his theory, how the hell do they know? I'm all down for trusting your comrades and all that shit, but you have to be pragmatic as well. Loved the stand off between Gray and Erza about Natsu by the way. Perhaps some foreshadowing of events between Natsu and Gray during E.N.D.'s eventual awakening?

The next part of the chapter as far as I'm concerned was just filler. For the umpteenth time, Mashima has shown us how strong Natsu has gotten over the timeskip. We get it. I understand the need to fill pages before the Natsu x Zeref meeting, but literally anything would've been better than Natsu facing off against more nameless fodder. (-____-) Anyhow, after the gillion pages of nothingness, we get... Natsu x Zeref meeting. Again. W-Whoopee? ( .___.) I'm sorry, but they've met literally a dozen times now. It's lost it's flair. Unless Zeref is about to awaken E.N.D., I have no interest in the brother's reuniting. The only thing that was remotely exciting this chapter was Natsu finally about to reveal his secret weapon, but I'll save my judgement on that until I see it in action. Overall? Love me some Mashima. Hated this chapter. :/

Rants and Raves

 * Chapter cover! It was adorable! Love triangles FTW!!
 * This entire damn chapter. ( .___.)