User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 387: Tartarus Arc: Part 4 - Father and Son, Review./@comment-4449950-20140607133649

This is a rant bitches...

...so shut up and pay attention!

Great chapter! Very, very nice chapter. It had a lot of parts, so this review shall too. Hmmmmmm.. to start us off, let's go wiiiith:

THE COVER: Why? Really, I thought it was Jellal on the cover before I scrolled properly and all I can say is go away Gray >__> Seriously, Gray just bores me to tears and the cover did too... so lets move on~ Oh wait, I have something else to say about the cover:

THE TITLE: IF I SEE ONE MORE PERSON COME HERE AND COMPLAIN THAT MASHIMA TROLLED OR WAS STUPID OR WAS A BAD WRITER BECAUSE HE CALLED THIS PART OF THE ARC FATHER AND SON AND PEOPLE STILL DON'T GET THAT THESE "TARTARUS ARC, PART X" TITLES ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING 8ISH CHAPTERS AND ARE NOT THE EXPLICIT TITLE OF THE VERY NEXT CHAPTER '''I. WILL. KILL. SOMEONE! LEGITIMATELY... LEARN WHAT YOU ARE GIVING MASHIMA SHIT FOR BECAUSE IF YOU DO YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE THAT YOU ARE GIVING HIM SHIT FOR NO REASON'''!!!!

^Was that loud and clear enough for you? Okay, now we can move along to the awesomeness that was this chapter...

GRAY AND SILVER: Kay, things are starting to heat up here but I'm still hesitant as to if the father/son relationship is about Gray and Silver. I guess we shall see but I am SO GLAD that Silver made a break for Gray and removed them from all of the other chaos. I don't think I could stand listening to what the two have to say if Juvia was running around going "Gray-sama!" and Natsu was running around trying to bow Silver's goddamn head off. Plus, this also means that they could technically be anywhere, as we didn't see where Silver moved them. Are they still in the ruined Cube? Likely, but what if they're at Gray's ruined hometown...? The grave Silver was introduced at...? Elsewhere? There are a number of possibilities here and I look forward to it. I hope they are somewhere else tbh...

SIXSOMES: Nice to see Tempesta's Curse hasn't changed but is (as many speculated) just made up of more than wind control. Also nice to see FT using their brains and using simple techniques to help each other out - Gajeel's steel body to avoid the tornadoes was great :) Keith is still one fucking badass (HE'S SO COOL OMG!! <3) and I'm wondering how they're gunna take him out. The ONLY thing I can speculate is that they'll slow him down somehow. I mean, his body kinda looks like sand or something and if Juvia is his opponent what'll happen if she makes him all wet? Will he become heavy in a way and start to slow, giving them an advantage? I dunno, but I wanna see him use some attacks like he tried to do on Lucy and Wendy. Come on Dark Priest, show me what you got! >:) Also wondering if Lucy is gunna just lie there now or if someone is going to move her, but w/e I guess XD

HAPPY AND MUSHROOMS: HAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! I laughed so much. At the start I was a little pissed because I thought Mashima was just wasting pages with comic relief that was unneeded. Glad to see Franmalth is still kicking in a way (TAKE THAT NATSU YA SMUG PRICK!) and Happy is the one carrying him around because that means if anyone goes to attack him he'll likely threaten Happy and that's a no-no ;) Hopefully this little virus-Demon gets his body back and starts taking more souls. Also loved the little reference to Happy's Little Job. I mean, it could have been anything on Happy, but Mashima chose a mushroom for a reason and as someone who gets the reference, I thought it was funny ;D

MAKAROV: Glad to see he's on the move... but I have a question:

Am I the only one who gets the feeling that Makarov is going to die in this arc??

I mean, I have a few reasons, but two stand out to me:
 * 1) Mashima loves his hints and I didn't fail to miss that there was that very open conversation about "young, good-looking" guild masters right at the start of this arc when the guild was talking about Sting. Remember, Laki and Kinana were going on about how Sting was hot, young master and Makarov looked a little sad?
 * 2) Makarov stopped to look at the destroyed Cardia Cathedral, and commented on it as the town's symbol, seemingly sad that it had fallen. I see Makarov as the Cardia Cathedral of Fairy Tail in a way who will also fall, and I'm wondering if, like Magnolia now has to, Fairy Tail will have to be rebuilt anew. I just see Magnolia rising again all remade and Fairy Tail too being rebuilt afresh with a new guild mater. Then there's Makarov talking over the sick Laxus and acknowledging how he saved that town all those chapters back. I think Laxus has reached a point in his growth as a character where he is ready to take over FT now. Dunno bout all this and I know people will reject the idea, but it's just my five cents worth.

WENDY AND DORANBOLT: Nice that we cut back to Wendy and my first wonder is if she's going to cut her hair really short or get Cancer to work on it and grow it back somehow. This aside, cute little reunion, and the Face revelation to me wasn't so much of a shock - if you remember I said not long ago on a different blog that I read a theory that there were multiple Faces quite some time ago. Anywho, seems there are 2,000 - that's nice because A) They are likely all over the continent due to the nature of the device and B) FT can't pull some 20-person nakama crap and wipe them all out like they did with Laxus' Lacrima and the like. I do have to question how Wendy flew over the valley without seeing the others, but perhaps they only appear out of the ground if activated? Dunno, and she was following the Magic energy of the activated one, so that makes sense. Ah well, I'll overlook it. Still... WHERE THE FUCK IS JELLAL AND THE NEW CRIME S!? Seriously... either have Doranbolt take Wendy to Jellal or Jellal to Wendy. I DON'T CARE I just need my Jellal to come in again and have his goddamn eyes looked over! Like ffs... It's been 4 MONTHS!! Plus, I really want Jellal and CrimeS to play apart in this arc. I know everyone is saying they won't, but I really think they will. Why go to so much effort of getting that all set up (Cobra in jail, Doranbolt, the release, Brain/Zero, the fight, the recruiting etc.) if it's just going to be left there? I'd say they'd appear next chapter, but it's likely they won't becaaaaaaause...

ERZA VS. MINERVA: Lols, am I the only one not sick of this? It seems many are but I don't see why :P Minerva put up a good fight in the GMG and we know she was caught off guard by shitty Nakagami, but we also now know she apparently has a counter for it. Then in the Sun Village we got nothing and it was pretty much a tie/intro to new Minerva, so I don't see this as a third fight, but a second. And, if there is a counter for Nakagami, I see Erza falling in the next chapter, or at least being forced to retreat. Seriously, I don't see Minerva being converted or falling just like that. Actually, if that happens I'll be angry 'cause that'll be stupid as fuck, so here's hoping Minerva shows her potential... and I think she has it :)

Oh... and before I forget:

MARD GEER: HAHAHAAHAHA to all the idiots who said he was down and out and not coming back and all that crap. Crying from laughing because so many of us said you were being daft and you were because like a major bad guy would go out smiling like an overconfident ass. Lol, he's back and likely more pissed than ever, so let's see what he does next, yes? Excited even more because I'm still hoping for a Mard Geer vs. Jellal or Laxus or Gildarts fight, because those three are the only top tiers I can see matching him, and all of them are awesome fighters so it'd be great :D Again, guess we shall have to wait and see~

So, all in all a great chapter with nice reveals, nice set up and nice art, as always~ Looking forward to next week unlike so many others and once more Tartarus is climbing in my favourite arc list. Dunno why I see so many people (not here, on other forums and the like) giving this arc so much shit - no, seriously, people are saying even the GMG is better - because I think it's been great so far. Not outstanding, but great :) Hope it keeps it up, because the last 4ish+ chapters have been very strong.

Kudos to Mashima, though a little more Jellal wouldn't hurt ;)