User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 398: The Final Duels, Review and Commentary/@comment-24546844-20140901174126

Okay chapter with good development. Got to say that this would make a good abridge.

Well, as most of us expected Gajeel is exausted and Natsu couldn't be the one to take on Tempesta, what is good because it would be really stupid if Mashima decided that he could still fight, also that opened space for another FT mage to shine. Bet not many people thought it would be Gray the one to save the day. His entrance was really cool but the fight was pretty short.

I don't really hate Gray, on the contrary, to me he is a good character, but this power-up he got from Silver is in my opinion a bit too much. I was hoping it to be "use once lose forever" (it might still be but I doubt he would wast it against anyone besedes E.N.D. and his last line sugest that he cando it wheneer he want) and not so powerfull as he haven't really mastered it, but it looks like the it's some sort of upgrade to his basic Ice magic. Ice Demon Slayer Tatoo: Iceproof + 100% critical chance against demons. Also he can do one handed freezing like Silver which is nice but wasn't he adept of using only Ur's two handed style?

Looks like Torafuza's water didn't reached Erza and co. for some reason. To those who wanted Sayla to come back this may have been a great chapter because she is. While other people are thinking about how good (or not) that is I'm thinking: "Seriously Elfman, that why you check if your enemy is finished even if they are already on the ground". To me it's a good thing she's still alive as the would be no point in that development Wendy get if the faces wouldn't get activated right? Now we will se more of the other guilds in this arc.

Before the action there's somenthing that I thought about while reading. Isn't Minerva supposed to be immune to macro just like Mirajane? She's a demon after all. now to the action. Wow, I really thought it was Kyouka attacking Erza there but taking a better look at it it's actually Mirajane attacking Sayla. Although not defeated she was weakened so this is probably the last we see of her as shes being absorbed. Is it just me or that panel of her talking to Kyouka before being absorbed was really cute?

Well, it's the end of the chapter and we get the setup for the next chapter. The One-on-One is Erza vs Kyouka. It makes sense since they've been sort of rivals since the start of the arc but to be honest i don't like it. I, for some reason don't like how Erza get so much fights and how she doesn't even look tired even thought it's not even one day since she was torured and fought Kyouka and Minerva. At least she's using a diferent armor tis time.

Well, this is it, okay chapter. next chapter is wings of hope, so maybe it will have something to do with the Exceeds or Wendy. What else have wnings in FT? For Naruto, I'm totally disapointed at how badly Kaguya was handled and defeated talk about anti-climatic. And looks like Kubo is recicling Zomari... Not to talk about the Sternritters baing defeated off-screen and the capitains being turned into zombies. I'm expecting to see some bankais this week expecially Hisagi's.