User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 458: Morning Star, Review./@comment-4449950-20151026034141/@comment-4449950-20151027012546

@Jak: "If we can get through this arc without one Nakama fury filled moment of utter bullshit, I'll be ecstatic. :D" That is but a pipe dream lol XD Natsu will definitely give us a nakama speech. However, because he always does I don't count him, so if the others can get by without anything too bad I'll count it as everyone not doing something stupid with nakama power~

@Anon1: Yeah, I wish some things have been changed, but what we got wasn't bad. Or, perhaps I should put it as "it could have been a lot worse".

@Everyone else: Jose, Cobra's snake and Jellal. Those are what I count as her actual loses. And yeah, I know she's powerful so we should probably be happy with this number, but my concern isn't those fights. I liked all of them. My problem is Erza since the timeskip. Since the timeskip she hasn't had fights like those (sans this one, which was closer because she was in a lot of trouble). Since the timeskip she's always pulled through with some BS and nonsense armour that makes no sense (typically flame pants). And the thing that annoys me more, is that even when Mashima does try to make it seem like she's in trouble, Erza is not effected by that. She was tortured in the Tartarus arc and attacked that slimy creatures (whose name escapes me) with that stupid grin right after she was released. Then Mashima just happened to have her feel bad about that at the end of the arc. Had she been worried at the time it would have been much more realistic. And here, Erza looked scared for a moment there but as soon as Bisca fired Erza had a smile on her face again. Like an "Oh, got you now haha" kind of smile. I know this could still come up so it might be an early complaint, but I want Erza to at least feel the consequences of battle, even if she wins. Here, for example, she shouldn't be smiling. She should be thinking "Holy shit, I was about to lose. I only won because someone was here to help. Omg..." It should freak her out. But no, she just keeps being strong, kick-ass Erza until Mashima requires her to feel bad for whatever reason. I guess that's why I'm annoyed at this fight a little .-. Even if she doesn't lose, I think Erza should feel some sort of consequence, or learn something. And since the timeskip, I feel she hasn't. I mean, what happened to that sad comment she made to Jellal in the OS arc? That "how long must I remain on the battlefield?" comment. Sad that never got brought up again .-.

I hope this made sense lol XD