Fairy Tail 457: What did I say

Fairy Tail, Chapter 457: Battle of the Naked

The absurd title is honestly the only thing I liked about this chapter, really.

For what it's worth, annoying gratuitous fetish fanservice bathtub scene aside, the Brandish-Lucy scene was... not good, but it was something, at least. The scene where Lucy was ready to fucking shiv Brandish was great, as was the revelation that Brandish knew Lucy's mother... but the sheer emphasis to all your standard anime fanservice bathroom scenes, and the amount of screentime that the annoying midget fucktard got... that was annoying. At the end of the sequence we've got Cana coming in and Lucy with an Aries equip, ready to face off against Brandish. That's really the only noteworthy scene in this chapter.

The second half has everything I kept saying happens all the time and has been done to death and is absolutely boring: Ajeel's magic, despite all the buildup, randomly gets overpowered (they had the decency to throw in this Wind God Armor as an explanation, at least), and at the end of the episode Erza just one-shots the dude with a big slash. Also, protracted sequence of Natsu delivering a big punch to a villain, who immediately gets taken out.

At least we didn't get a friendship speech or a 'for Fairy Tail!' thrown in. But really. Having Bakyll and that other skinny dude taken out like trash, I don't mind. But see what I told you? Erza one shotting one of the strongest people with no reason after being put into a tight spot? No fucking tension at all. I mean, it's not quite as bad as the Avatar arc, but that's like saying something is better than dog vomit. No tension, no struggle, and absolutely fucking devoid of any kind of interest whatsoever. I'm not even disappointed since I already expected this level of bullshit from Fairy Tail, but hey. There is still some form of enjoyment watching a derailed train crash and burn, yeah? Honestly, when bullshit like this get like seven spin-off comics when actually good comics get stuff like rushed endings and whatnot... yeah, fuck this.