User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 417: A Lone Journey II, Review./@comment-24277053-20150127023701

It was a fine chapter, I am glad we got a chapter this week. Unlike the last Gildarts chapter, this one does progress the story, it shows us what Natsu is doing during this time skip, and we see progress in how closer Natsu is to Gildarts strength wise.

Dam Gildarts is still lives up to the hype, though I get a bad feeling he is going to die in this series, hope I am wrong, but we will see. Was the cloud Cana or Cana's mother? Cana's mother was the love of Gildarts life.

Moral of the story, don't mess with Gildarts porn. Next chapter, confirmed time skip, which I find the most exciting part of this chapter getting that confirmation, the next chapter is called "The Challenger", my guess one of our protagonist probably Natsu challenges some grand champion. Looks like the next few chapters will be a breather and more about internal conflicts and character growth before we get to the next enemy.