User blog comment:Ncduru/Top 5 Favorite Arcs/@comment-4449950-20150906100941

Order changes depending on my mood, but for now:
 * 1) Tower of Heaven: Hiro wasn't scared to actually kill off a character and gave two of his better characters (Jellal, and, at the time, Erza) amazing back-stories to boot. Natsu also lost a fight and had to be saved by Gray = bonus points. Plus, we got to see Juvia back when she was one of the most entertaining characters in the series and wasn't reliant on Gray to have a role in the story.
 * 2) Tenrou Island: Great fights that characters actually lost. Nice mix of character interactions and we got the best bad guy to come out of FT in my opinion: Hades, who, if we remember, fought Makarov, then Team Natsu, then Laxus, then LFD Natsu, then Team Natsu again after their power up and his power down and the guy still got away. That earns him massive props in the FT world. Plus, that ending with Acnologia... damn! Plus, plus, we got Mavis.
 * 3) Oracion Seis: Brought in a lot of characters outside of FT, but not enough that they got lost in a sea of plot lines *glances at GMG arc* Each character played a great role, we got to see non-FT characters take on some of the best (Jura blew everyone out of the water), Jellal and Erza reunited and were separated in one of the most emotional parts of the series, we got some neat bad guys, and Lucy's Urano Metria.
 * 4) Fighting Festival: Interesting due to Natsu being out for a long time. We got to see a heap of typically minor characters take the spotlight, Gray lost a fight, Juvia again acted outside of Gray and had a great role, Gajeel was redeeming himself, and Mystogan v Laxus was freakin' awesome.
 * 5) I dunno what my fifth choice is. I like the fights in Phantom Lord, but the smaller plot and cast in Galuna Island was also great. Tartaros also had some neat bad guys and the best start to any FT arc, so that was great too. Hmmm... yeah, I dunno .-.