User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 303: A Battle On Two Fronts, Review./@comment-4047931-20121018180251

Well I enjoyed this chapter; it had a slow start but a nice ending which set up the next few chapters to be action packed and full of excitement. Still not the greatest chapters but still an improvement as it looks like Hiro has got back on his feet and started making good chapters again. Now on to the chapter.

Okay looking how the start was just talking about Lucy's arrest their honestly isn't much to say seeing that we can already assume why it happened and it was pretty much Fairy Tail giving their theories about why she was captured. I believe her capture to be a way of stopping Eclipse but who knows the truth. Anyway it was cool to see the Fairy Tail spirit in work as the planned to save Lucy and Makarov hitting Natsu is always funny and speaking of Natsu even though he was being his usual self, he was just being annoying. The grownups are talking, Natsu so try not make a scene. Also anyone else notice how Mira's dress changed twice in this conversation? Still a nice but slow start.

Now in the prison is where things got a little more interesting. Now moving past the nice moment between Lucy and Yukino with Lucy comforting the poor girl (come on something good has to come Yukino's way soon) we got some interesting back-story for Yukino. It’s always nice a bit about a character’s past and what we heard about Yukino and her sister, Sorano was no exception and what I liked over all about her past is how the fact Zeref worshippers were the ones to capture her sister also explained the reason for her to be a part of the Eclipse Project so it was like taking down two birds with one stone. As for who Sorano is I have to say, even if this is a ridiculous assumption, that I would actually like Sorano to turn out to be Kagura. I know people are saying that she is probably Angel and I can see why with the appearance being similar and what not but if it ends up being Angel I can’t see much being built upon that with the Oración Seis being brought back already and arrested again. I just think Kagura would be good as I think the hairstyle looks similar to be, and that’s style not colour just so you know, and it would explain why Kagura hates Jellal for splitting her apart from her sister and killing her parents if those Zeref worshipers end up being members of the Tower of Heaven, it would add a nice but of irony seeing that on her path to get revenge for her family and sister, she ended up hurting her sister and looking at the bond between Kagura and Millianna to me it clear that Kagura cares for Millianna and it could just be using her to replace the hole in her heart left when she was separated for her sister. That’s just a theory though but nevertheless a nice moment between Lucy and Yukino as they become more open to one another and look into Yukino’s past raising some intriguing questions.

So we now get to the final day of the GMG and oh boy I’ve got goosebumps. The fireworks and the uproar of the crowd were just awesome and you have got to say Chapati’s newest wig was brilliant but what’s better than that? I’ll tell you what, Mato being one of the judges! A great start to what should be a great day. Now the teams come in and even though Quatro Cerberus are as WILD as ever they aren’t going to make their comeback as they a missing the key member for their team, War Cry. Come on Eve can recover from all those burns from Rufus so why can’t you recover for some electricity? Why!? WHY!?!?! Speaking of Eve it’s good to see him back and replacing that thing which was on their team before. Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel made no changes what so ever but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Now after the rest entered the team I wanted to win, Sabertooth and even the b*tch of the group looked awesome. Looking at them all separately I’m surprised how a line of face paint and a necklace with what look like giant teeth on it can make an already tough and badass Orga look even more badass and tougher, Rogue looks like he’s been to the desert and looks awesome but what happened to his sword?, Minerva looks like she’s belongs in a casino in a spy flick but I must say that outfit is a lot better than the two she was seen in earlier previous, Sting looks pretty cool his new jacket and as for Rufus... well nothing much has changed but he still looks cool. Now they looked awesome and I really hope they back in the game to win it but knowing Hiro, Fairy Tail would take victory in the end but heck I hope Orga and the Twin Dragons put up a good fight. And with a reminder of Lectors demise TT^TT and sight of Sting’s determination we got on to Fairy Tail’s entrance and man it was just as cool as Sabertooth’s. They looked awesome and what’s even better is that Natsu wasn’t their! Hopefully his Magic being sucked away by the Eclipse has played into the story but looking at the start I’m sceptical. Anyway thank you Juvia, you truly are a saint for making the big climactic battles of the GMG devoid of the main protagonist. Thank you. As for their looks Laxus only appears to have changed his shirt but he still looks awesome, Gray appears to have taken a page out of Jellal’s book as bar the arms it looks a fair bit like Jellal’s Meteor clothes in the anime but hey it looks cool, Erza defiantly stands out of the crowd and looks bloody awesome, Gajeel’s headband is back and his jacket just reminds me greaser so he’s looking cool and finally Juvia like Rufus barely looks any different but I wasn’t complain about her outfit before so she’s still looking great. I hope to see a good fight out of all of them especially Gajeel and Juvia and Laxus will have to knowing who he’ll be up against. Still I find it ironic as the crowd were complaining when most fans would be glad that Natsu wasn’t there seeming the amount of spotlight he gets. My initial reaction was like that of Sting’s, a smug smile of satisfaction but oh no, Hiro going to leave his Dragon Slayer out completely but that’s not a problem at all looking at what he’s done with the GMG. It turns out that Makarov had a plan B to save Lucy with Natsu, Mira, Wendy and the cats. I really hope Hiro will just leave this mission for a while to focus on the fights more and then goes in to more detail of the rescue plan or just focus on Mira’s group in-between the fights but it all looks awesome now. Two really good things to come out of this plan though. One, Mira is getting some time in the spotlight but a problem here is that she is if Natsu meaning it will probably move on to him and Two, a second plan reduces the chance of Fairy Tail winning the GMG so another team could win now or there could even be a five way tie. I've got goosebumps just thinking about it but I should finish up.

Overall a good chapter which has setup the rest of this arc to have some awesome battles and a still vague conclusion. It’s still all to play for.