User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 397: Steel, Review and Commentary/@comment-1776824-20140826101402

Where are all these nakama power comments coming from? I don't get it... Just because something happens in Fairy Tail that some people do not like, they label it as "nakama power" without analyzing the situation just to give their own dislike a clear justification. Sometimes saying "I just don't like this chapter" or "This just doesn't sit right with me" also works you know. Granted that much of what has happened in the past is nakama power, this was actual (more or less) chemistry. Gajeel's body absorbed the carbon; last time I checked, friendship can't do that. =P

Anyway, the chapter itself was rather nice. Levy was rather cute. I mean, she was so focused on saving her comrade that she didn't really have time to think. Well, from there, Gajeel can actually breathe so he can focus on the battle, and he utilizes this to move to his fullest and push Torafusa on edge, which after the total ass-kicking he received last chapter is nice. Torafusa's ability to change his body's hardness was a neat ability, and it set up what was to come pretty well.

From there, the Gajeel-Belno relationship that was exposed was a nice surprise. It gave Gajeel some more character and really hit home how he's changed from the time of his introduction. From there, we actually get a legit power-up (which may or may not be temporary. I'm hoping that it is), and a defeat that I feel was completely earned after a very harsh back-and-forth battle. Torafusa didn't do anything because he was surprised that Gajeel completely broke through his defenses, and as we've seen, Gajeel has the ability to move faster than Torafusa underwater. Putting two and two together, Gajeel simply moved faster than the completely taken aback Torafusa could react, and he cut him down. Plain and simple.

I think this chapter is a good 9/10, just like da shexy Raven~ :3