User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 529: Teacher, Review/@comment-7418318-20170401075358

Well... *sigh*

Why does Anna introduce herself as Lucy's ancestor to Jellal? Of all the things she could have said about herself, this is probably the most irrelevant thing of all... but thank you Mashima for reminding us of something everyone knows and wouldn't forget even without you mentioning it.

So they flee from Acno and yet Anna's just about to launch into a lengthly exposition dump... for me that played out about this way:

Jellal: "We don't have time for backstory. Focus on how we can beat the FREAKING DRAGON THAT'S HUNTING US AND COULD KILL US AT ANY MOMENT!" ''YES! Finally someone who has his priorities straight and is using his dead. Backstory can wait until you are save!''

Anna: "No! I need to narrate!" ''.... nevermind. -_-''

So Anna is the one who taught Natsu - the guy who could barely read until Erza sorted him out - to "read"... good job sensei... good job... At least when it was supposed to have been Igneel it made sense for Natsu to not have learned to read properly. Also it means that one of Natsu's happiest memories is fake. Not nice Mashima, not nice at all.

Moving on to more... reminding us of stuff we already know? Seriously Mashima, do you make this manga for people with alzheimer or something? About half the chapter was just a giant and boring "what happened so far"... all the while they are chased by a freaking DRAGON OF THE APOCALYPSE! Talk about ruining suspense.

If Anna had just listened to Jellal and cut the exposition dump down to a minimum or left it out entirely to go straight to the deus ex machina of the moment, it might have been an interesting chapter, but like this... yeah, boring and unnecessary.

I mean she could have summed everything important up in a few sentences.

"Hello, I'm Anna Heartphilia. I'm from 400 years ago and when I came to this time I discovered something that will likely allow is to deal with Acnologia. No time to explain it right now though, let's get to it. Also Wendy dead, I'll talk to you once we're save."

There. Much better.

I just don't get why Mashima rushes so much and uses narritive shortcuts, but then wastes loads of time and panels on stuff boring, illogical stuff like this.