User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 321: Laxus vs. Jura, Review./@comment-2106167-20130302084946

I don't think any battle's ever disappointed this much.

The clash between two Wizard Saints-level fighters couldn't have been more banal. Mashima didn't even mind coming up with new spells. It was utterly banal. The only enjoyable things were Laxus and Jura's quotes at the end of the first part.

Minerva's Magic is still motherfuckingly obscure. What does she do? Teleportation? Manipulation of the surrounding environment? Summoning of huge Elfman-like monsters? Would you mind coming up with something coherent or at least giving an explanation, Mashima? And oh, look, a new armor. Hell, it might have just been called Plot Armor and things would end the same way. After being used to clean the toilet by Kagura and defeating her without any reasonable explanation, Erza will get more shit on her face at Minerva's hands and then force HER face into the toilet... and this likely without us realizing what the gal's Magic really does. What an unexpected development, really.

Gray and Juvia having to team up to beat Lyon and Chelia... For real? Gray, should I by chance remind you that you went and defeated RUFUS, one whose Magic is 100 times better than Lyon's (or yours, for that matter)? How come you're having problems now? Oh, yeah, it must be because Mashima needed an extra lousy fight to show some Plot Armored-romantic developments. Or maybe some sheer Plot Armor. Great.

And, for real... Am I to REALLY mention the end? Jura, the most powerful human Saint, the one who controls the ground like his bitch and can have it do whatever he feels like... goes down tih a single punch. End of the line. Seriously, '''WHAT. THE. FUCK???''' Are you drunk or high, Mashima? What the hell's wrong with you? It took only one chapter (or rather, half chapter) and no strategy whatsoever for the strongest Mage in the Games to be taken out? What's this? The fight I'd been waiting for so long was just... Shit.

And yeah, seriously... Roaring Thunder my ass. That was just a stupid punch with no special traits whatsoever. You couldn't even bother creating a more original attack, right Mashima?

This chapter was pathetic, and so is Mashima.

This must be one of the worst chapters in the history of MANGA.