User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 416 - In Which We're Back To Bullshit (Tartaros Arc - Final Chapter)/@comment-4326112-20150120224148

You know my thoughts from the other night so this will be brief in comparison to last Chapter's Review.

I thought the segue from the last Chapter to this one was quite atrocious. That is all.

The emotional conclusions to some of these characters? Hit and Miss.

-I like that Wendy's regained some sense of independance, now rid of her obsession to find Grandine (the hair restoration is questionable as to how Cancer could LENGTHEN hair he cuts...o.O).

-Besides that, the still broken key of Aquarius proves that Lucy has to live with the burden of knowing someone had to die for her. On the plus side, this does mean she might retain the abilities of Aquarius ontop of being a Badass Celestial Wizard so kudos to you Lucy.

-I got nothing to say about Gajeel and Laxus as they didn't really deliver anything to the plot of this Arc or promote themselves as developed characters.

-I think the best part had to have been Wendy and Gray's bond growing through the tragedy. Of all the characters that have been marred by the bad writing placed into the last several Arcs (even though I actually liked the 7 Dragon and Grand Magic Games more overall despite a few choice scenes) Gray has remained by most favorite of the Guild. His backstory, origin, and powers were always fascinating to me and I loved the pairing of JuviaxGray, so seeing this brought a smile to my face. Glad to see they may move forward as both a couple and as people.

-Doranbolt, Mest...whoever he is!...I'm not that upset of him being part of Fairy Tail. I mean, it's plausible (since Dragons can falsify memories on the fly, why not Mest himself?) as I always liked him, especially during the Key to the Starry Heavens Arc (best Filler Arc of any Anime IMO). I mean sure, I won't praise Hiro's BS writing as he's been implementing in this Arc alone. You can tell he's tired and hardly cares what he's writing in this main series. He's far too focused on his Spin-Offs to be bothered with actually GIVING A SHIT for Canon, so why should I be bothered? (PS: I stopped caring for too long to be pissed at such trivial things)

-Erza...-sighs-...I got nothing. Other than Jellal's got his eyes back (magic, duh!) and he's got a larger Anti-Dark Guild, I got nothing else to say. Nothing concludes or moves forward. It's just like the time they reunited after the Timeskip. Nothing's changed, something that Fairy Tail is really GOOD at doing (or lackthereof, take your pick)

-Natsu. The last Chapter has given me HOPE that you'll mature and grow as a person in this year of training you're planning. I really am putting a lot of faith in Hiro to giving you a transition from bratty, self-imposed, Gary Stu to someone worthy of the destiny and origins you were born from. I liked you, once upon a time, and I hope I can grow to like you again. If you do it with Lucy and Happy, all the merrier! Just don't fu*k it up, you got that?!

Speaking of which, there was two more things to cover. Fairy Tail "disbanding". Eh, I'm hoping this gives purpose and maturation for all of the young Wizards who were a part of this ramshackled BROKEN family. Perhaps this will give the series a fresh start that should have happened YEARS ago during its LAST Timeskip. Once again, I'm putting a lot of faith that Hiro will give himself a lot of time off so he can clear his head, get ready for this new arc, and hopefully come back with something that will truly rekindle my desire into this series I once adored so much.

Last of all is the origin of E.N.D.

Now, I know why a lot of people still invested this series may hate and love this "plot twist". I personally wasn't holding my breath for the obvious prediction(?). As I said, I stopped caring long before tidbits of goodness were sprinkled in the last 20-30 Chapters of this damned Arc. But I have to say this: I'm actually a little intrigued by this revelation.

This doesn't mean I'm a fan of Natsu's character, he needs a serious attitude adjustment and GROW UP a little for me to like him as the poster boy he started off as. The fact that Natsu is a Demon who's retained human form long enough to mimic Dragon Slaying Magic fascinates me. It's another part of lore that this series has added that I actually approve. Maybe my lack of caring for this series for so long has deadened my sense of reason but I'm actually a little excited to see where this goes. Sure, it can totally BOTCH at the last moment, as many things had in the last three Arcs (this one specifically, as I liked the majority of the prior two intertwined Arcs.)

Other than that, I just wish Hiro was less distracted as he was. This was supposed to be an IMPORTANT Arc for the series, a chance to redeem itself from the choice MAJOR scenes in the last two Arcs that made the series begin to nosedive. If he hadn't tackled such huge projects simultaneously and crank out so much content, maybe he would have found more time to actually write a good story. We all know he can do it. I know he can. This Arc just proves how juggling too many things can make the quality of your writing suffer horribly.

-raises glass- Here's to hoping that Fairy Tail will redeem itself from this Arc and all past Arc failures -downs it hard-