User blog:Mangetsu20/Where's the Plot Going? (FT - 492 & 493)

What the Hell is Hiro doing?

Typical, people are creatures of habit

But yeah, I'm here to tell ya that these past couple chapters aren't really of anything noteworthy. What I mean is that Hiro has gotten REALLY predictable and REALLY boring. Its the same drivel but with more trivial additions of nonsensical widespread pages of either his torture porn fetish or unnecessary splash pages of "I'm crying so feel for me!" in it. It's so bad that I actually cannot come up with some good commentary that's comedic or insightful. So what I'll do is just pick apart what I did find noteworthy in both Chapters. It'll be short but I won't guarantee any of you will like what I say, so proceed at your own peril...or annoyance, whatever your emotion might be.

Fairy Tail Chapter 492 - Elder Sister and Younger Sister
I'm not joking, they barely interact so it has nothing to do with the context of the Chapter

And we're just getting STARTED!

Not only does Gajeel do nothing but display his fair share of smarm at Zera, but his whole relevance of BEING NEXT TO HER was so that his voice could be heard by Levy but convince everyone (who Natsu readily agreed without acknowledging who she was) that her council could be heard. Like, do this broadcasts of Hiro need context? He had Ichiya shout some vague rhetoric in a "heroic" fashion to a bunch of Guilds at once all across Fiore (do they have radioes to which this magic broadcast can even contact?) and now, we have this bullshit from the person who shouldn't exist, let alone use Magic. Here's a thought, why didn't MAVIS project a Telepathic shout of her own? She's a fucking founder of Fairy Tail, don't tell me she can't do it.

Mirajane vs Hyhne and Juliet? While it is admittably a well drawn fight, it's completely one-sided in favor of MacGuffin Asspulls. In the very same Chapter she fights them in, she uses a Demon form she claimed to have eaten...er, Take-Over'd(?!) but quite frankly, this is bullshit in the sense that it was OBLITERATED by the Celestial Spirit King. There was nothing left of its body, only the building rubble. Unless you can call THAT remains, it feels quite out of left field in comparison to the believable Take-Over she performed on Seilah. Just...wow, and she pulled the "oh no, I used up all my magic," shit so that Eileen's presence would invoke MENACE.

Oh yeah, the whole reason for the Chapter's title? NOT!Lisanna (without color, she looks like Lisanna's doppelganger) aka Yukino walks with Elfman in the forest because they "got separated" cliche was invoked. What they run across is Angel, who makes a totally necessary confrontation with her sibling in the next Chapter. So yeah, the point of this title was completely useless, much like the tension that was eradicated all in one chapter and its follow-up

This Chapter was such a waste...but not even compared to the asinine twist at the end of the next one!