User blog:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 348 - Return of the Demon

"Then I'd say the Ice Magic you're using is disgraceful. I'll show you how it's really done."

- Gray Fullbuster



Welcome to the Chapter Review Corner



The chapter has been released, and that means it's time to blog. To those new to my blog, welcome. To my continued readership, all I have to say is, thanks. SARA, start the broadcast.



Are you ready to begin?

So, while I am a bit late, and, due to losing my entire review, even later, we're finally back to a Wendy mascot, so there is that as a plus. This chapter was...erm...on and off for me. I mean, it was alright, but I was more interested in Erza than Gray (anyone is more interesting than Gray with the exception of Natsu, both are equally uninteresting). But, let's get on with it, this is just a distraction. So, Flare explains her bad attitude came from feeling out of place away from her village. I'll believe that. She also volunteers to show Wendy and Lucy where the Eternal Flame is.

Did I mention I devour good for breakfast and regurgitate it as evil? It's a lovely practice.

Meanwhile, while Natsu is going after a voice, Minerva is utterly beating on Erza's delicious body, and gloating about it. No, Minerva, no. You are beating on a child and deciding to gloat about it? No, it doesn't work that way. I don't care what people say, about Minerva being an awesome villain or whatever, she isn't. This behaviour isn't the hallmark of a decent villain, it's the hallmark of a coward who can't fend for themselves. Whatever pride she has as a villain, she has no pride as a fighter. She can't even fight Erza on equal terms, and she thinks she's in a position to gloat about all of this!? There is nothing good about this woman. Meanwhile, Gray sees the subhuman, and also becomes a child, and, well....this:

Oh God, it's like my niece!

Gray freaks, remember Deliora, etc etc, but he quickly gets over it by remembering Ultear. Also something of note, the subhuman mentions Hades/the Underworld, and that Sun Village is the Gate of it all. Either way, Gray decides that the ice magic this man used to freeze the entire village is disgraceful, and Gray is gonna show him how it's really done. Congrats, Gray got some character development....finally, after 300+ chapters.



Now, let's score this baby so I can get going.

Score
Fairy Tail always has excellent art. 10/10. The story was pretty good, still slow paced, but Gray got some development, no matter how minor and probably pointless it was. The fight? I'm actually ranking this as 0/10. Not because it was a bad fight, but it wasn't a fight. It was just an insecure adult bully beating up on a helpless child and don't any of you try to defend Minerva because that's all it was. Overall, this was a Good chapter.



Fairy Tail is all done for today, but it'll be back next week with Fairy Tail 349 - The Demon's Dryad. I look forward to all of your comments, but try to behave, we don't want to have to play mediator.