User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 501: Mari and Randi, Review./@comment-24277053-20160912164548

Wow I know Brandish is holding back, but you have to give it to Lucy, put up a good fight. Proves once again why is one of the better main female shonen characters, certainly way better than a certain pink haired character, but that is another topic all together.

Brandish is conflicted, she is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place, at this point doesn't want to hurt anyone, but can't find it in her to just betray her home land, and that is what differs this arc from previous arcs, I said it from the beginning of the arc, you are fighting a country not a dark guild. Brandish she is born into a country, so she some moral obligation to not betray them, more so if she was part of a dark guild something you join and not born into, I think if we are fighting a dark guild and Brandish was part of it, it would be more easier for her to change sides, so this conflict so more complexity than in the past.

I don't know what Brandish meant she was going to fight herself, was she going to commit suicide? At this point, I wouldn't put it past her.

And for a chapter titled, Mari and Randi, you don't see much or Brandish and Dimaria together, this is more of a Lucy and Brandish chapter than anything. I guess Dimaria used her time magic to take Brandish down, and I don't believe for a second Brandish is in danger, after we have gone through in recent chapter, and I know Brandish is not a member of Fairy Tail so she doesn't have the same plot armor, but still she will be fine. I don't think Hiro would do that to Lucy. Plus I think Dimaria which would make her a hypocrite to what she just said, but she has those conflicting feelings for Brandish, I think as mad as she is, I think she held back enough not to kill her.

Still looks like Lucy is screwed, how is she going to get out of this one, perhaps maybe Horologium will win the fight for her?

And did I call it or what, Dimaria said "are you the one responsible for corrupting my Brandish", told you Dimaria has some romantic feelings for Brandish, at least that hope is still alive.