User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 516: The Truth About Enchantment, Review/@comment-7418318-20161227071721

So are all of you already up or still awake? Because I'm sitting at my desk at work a bit past 8 o'clock in the morning (with not much to do thanks to the majority of my colleagues being on vacation). Anyway....

Okay... getting pretty heated in here, so I think I'll rather put my own thoughts down here, rather then stoke the flames below.

There is one thing I have to hand to Hiro Mashima: I did not see this coming! In a series that has become too predictable for long stretches of time such a shake-up is something I appretiate, even if the execution could have been done better.

I don't mind that much that Wendy could counter Irene, due to it happening just once. Sure if Irene went all out, Wendy shouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell to win, but if Irene put in just the minimal effort necessary (i.e. the classical villain syndrome: arrogance), it's fine for Wendy to make a counter ONCE. Irene was caught off guard, that's all it is to me.

I also don't mind Erza landing that potentially lethal hit on Irene's head, since I believe at that moment she was already in the process of transfering over to Wendy and that's why she didn't defend or dodge. She didn't care for her original body anymore, since she found another one.

The matter of Irene "making herself weaker" is almost assuredly a translation mistake. Just think about it: In FT the magic container is a physical organ. Transfering only your consciousness into another body means you'll have to use that body's magic container and if that magic container is smaller than the one of your original body, you'll be weaker.

Even with Second Origin, Wendy's magical capacity shouldn't be ANYWHERE near the capacity of a 400 year old Dragon, so I am perfectly fine with Irene being weaker in Wendy's body than in her own. Actually I'd be complaining if it wasn't that way.

Natsu... I'm not quite sure what to make of the whole seed disaster... I'll have to think more of that one... but I do have a rather negative disposition toward this matter. It was nice to see Igneel towering over Natsu though. That was a nice picture.

So overall I'm fine with the chapter.