User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 496: Forward, Review./@comment-4449950-20160802062620

Pretty shit chapter really when one stops to think about everything.

I mean, I said last week that I'm not a huge Gildarts fan, but that doesn't mean a massive showdown between 2 powerhouses wouldn't excite me. Giant attacks, holy shit spells. Whatever, lay it on me~ I'm so down for that!

But then... ( .__.) Uhhh, can this even count as a fight by wiki standards? No... seriously, think about it. Serena turns up and doesn't attack anyone because his spell is destroyed -> Gildarts shows up -> The two butt heads (literally) -> Gildarts blows Serena away with a single punch without Serena even casting a single spell against this "opponent", dodging, performing any sort of defensive move or... anything. We've deleted fights here with more stuff in them fcol!! This wasn't even fight. I don't give five shits if Historia!Serena is weaker. At least have these two swap some blows and then use that as an excuse for Gildarts to get the edge. This "fight" was shit. Just shit. Heck, I'm not even going to call it a fight. This meeting of two people before one got punched and went down was shit. There, that's better.

More w/e material with Romeo, who I give no fucks about. Nice to see Wendy comforting, but as a Chendy shipper I hope this isn't hinting at more to come between the two.

I would crack a joke about Lisanna being useful for the first time since... heck... Uhhh *thinks*... ... *thinks harder*... ... Nah, fuck it, I don't ever remember her being this useful. Good job Lisanna, keep it up~

Soooooo... if Historias aren't as strong, that explains Ezel, Zancrow, Hades etc. But why did Lyon and Gray have so much trouble against Ur? Lel XP

Invel. Finally. I want to be excited about this because I want to like his character, but because (as you mention) he's highly likely to be matched to Gray (and therefore Juvia >__>) I'm not going to get excited unless this idea is contradicted. Please Mashima, please. No Gray. No Juvia. Just... not them in any way.

Also... Asuka is still here? Frick, get Lisanna to fly her away omg. Then two people who can't fight will actually be safe and not disadvantaging others .-.

W/e... such a w/e chapter....