User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 362 - In Which Apparently Happy Is God (Natsu vs. Jackal)/@comment-4326112-20131203035529/@comment-4326112-20131203044053

Naruto has a LOT more Character Development than Bleach and Fairy Tail COMBINED. The only thing that Naruto has suffered is the poor choice for a secondary Main Villain. It would've been fine if Tobi wasn't Madara, cause that was still a brilliant twist in my opinion. But if it was ANYONE BUT OBITO, I would've been happy, but nope, we have to butter up the whole, "Obito's like Naruto" gag, to make his takedown much more "meaningful". The fact that they realized how no one liked his redemption is pretty much summarized in last week's chapter.

But I digress. What's making Fairy Tail fail is the lack of emotional weight us fans have for the characters. The Heaven's Tower Arc, the one with it being Erza's Origin Story? That one was my favorite, cause its literally the ONLY ARC I GET TO SEE ERZA BITCH SLAPPED by a Villain. Sure she stands up at one point, but she can't fight Jellal. Hell, Jellal was going easy on him so he didn't destroy the tower (I wish he didn't and simply crushed the bastard, but I ask too much, don't I? >.>) there was a beautiful chapter that was seen in the Anime and Manga.

Does anyone remember what it is? Erza's Funeral. Even though it was viewed BY Erza, it was implied that this really could've been her spirit or anything. We didn't know if it was a dream or not with how SAD the scene was. Mirajane, Elfman, Gray were crying, Natsu was wailing at the top of his lungs saying that she wasn't dead, causing disembodied Erza to cry.

Do you know what I thought? This was perfect! It was a true first step into molding a stronger and more mature family, making sure that such a tragic death not happen again. It also shows that to the best of their ability, they can't save everyone, even one of their own. It proves just how fragile and beautiful their lives are, for the continuation of the storyline.

But what does Hiro do? HE TROLLS US! He shows a scene with Erza opening her eyes, and lowe and behold, the Red-Haired Terd Natsu himself is holding her in his arms, having saved her somehow from the UNGODLY POWERFUL BLAST OF MAGIC which he himself couldn't escape...somehow...? (Jellal "saved" her still wasn't plausible to me)

It goes to show that when Hiro had a great idea, he decided to toss it, just so he could continue fanfaring us for the rest of our lives. Thanks a Fucking Lot Hiro!