User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 497: The Winter Mage, Review./@comment-130.105.140.154-20160809072238/@comment-130.105.140.154-20160809231915

Sorry, I was clouded by the dispair that's happening. Zeref cares more on killing mankind than the suffering around him especially Mavis, that though just shows him how far gone he has become. The point for Fairy Tail fighting the Alvarez is for the right to live on, and for the right to survive.

I also wonder how the Spriggans came to be, knowing how overpowered beyond comprehension the four are, probably slightly above Gildarts.

My criticism for this arc atm is that they're not telling us enough.

Just why are the bad guys getting the upper hand, just why?