The first fight that we’ll be discussing is Erza vs. the 100 monsters of Pandemonium. I only have one word to describe this fight…EPIC! This match begins when Mato makes each participant in Pandemonium draw a number and our favorite female knight draws the number 1. She steps up to the plate and instead of taking 2 or 5 or even 10 monsters Erza demands to fight all 100 of them. Everyone in the audience at this point thinks Erza is crazy and almost all of the readers of this manga have a wtf look on their face right about now.

Erza walks into the castle and we don’t get to see every detail of the fight but we do get around 2-3 epic shots of Erza kicking monster ass. She comes out and the crowd goes berserk! Erza Scarlet, the queen of the fairies, has single handedly killed 100 monsters, something that the organizers of the Grand Magic Games didn’t even think was possible. You want to know why? Because she’s a beast! And there isn’t a character in Fairy Tail more epic than her! Well, besides Mirajane. ;) To me, the best part of the fight was all the praise that Erza received. I think it really showed that Fairy Tail, despite the years they spent away, are still people you can’t fuck with. Now, some of you are so busy sucking Laxus’s nuts that you can’t see any other character as epic. And for you, this fight was probably lame. Well, luckily for you, I have some advice. Give your poor mouth a rest, and reread the fight….

Well, did you reread it? You thought it was epic? I knew you would. The only downsides to this fight were firstly the fact that Mato said that one of the monsters could possibly even beat a member of the Ten Wizard Saints. Now, it's already been established that Erza was Wizard Saint level so her beating the monster didn't surprise me. But her beating the monster after facing 99 others? That's unrealistic. There's also the fact that we didn't get to see any of the fight besides a few panels. Overall this fight gets a 8/10.

Two words: Epic. Fail. And you could take those as two different things in two different contexts. It was both extremely epic, and a complete fail. Epic because Laxus finally got his well-deserved metaphorical 15 pages of glory; he showed us moves and techniques we haven't seen from him, and he was just basically the star of the chapter which is really enough for any fan girl or fan boy. Fail because Raven Tail, who's supposed sole existence is to eliminate Fairy Tail, got there asses handed to them so beautifully in a little less than a chapter. So it was bound to happen anyway, but for everything to be crammed in on one single chapter? Some people just want to watch the world burn.

Obviously, and to my ever-lasting relief, Mashima still has other plans for Raven Tail. That little black thingy with a smug I-know-something-you-don't face is very foreboding; not to mention Mato who has been more or less suspicious from the get-go. Since Mashima left their fight (however lame it was) with a sort of cliffhanger, I'd say I haven't given up on this entirely. But for the time being, I'd generously give it a 5/10. But only because Laxus is there in all his shining-lightning glory.

I bet all the pedo-bears had a field day. I know, I sort of had too. For the first time in a while, Wendy fought epic-ally. She went all out, and her techniques were really something. Porlyusica even acknowledged her for it. Her overall fighting style wasn't so bad either, and it's a huge improvement from the Oración Seis arc, when she could barely even wield her offensive powers properly. Even when the pair-up was completely expected, her battle with Chelia really hyped me up.

I couldn't say the same for Chelia, though--to be specific, her powers. I never liked God Slayer magic, and (I've said this countless times before) I found it too convenient. It's the perfect antagonist for Dragon Slayer magic, and there's almost no loophole to it. Which sucks, big time. But since, once again, Mashima left their fight with a cliffhanger, it means he's still got some thing in store for us. Plus, all the hype he's been brewing about Zeref and some malevolent magic (which is somewhat implied to be related to Chelia), this fight (in it's entirety) is shaping up to be Fairy Tail's most epic battle ever. Well... hopefully. I'd give this a 7/10 for all the epic techniques and fighting styles (and cuteness overload!) incorporated in it.

Onion-chan reviewed this fight before Chapter 289 had debuted so consider this a closing to her review. So Wendy and Chelia's fights end up in a draw because Wendy is not just a combatant she's a strategist. Cool. The only problem is that I though it was utter bull shit. Chelia was clearly levels above Wendy in strength and while Wendy's strategy did make sense it was just bull shit. Chelia could've finished Wendy easily and the fact that their match ended in a draw was just Mashima's way of not making Wendy lose. Overall, this fight was good but dull at the same time. Chelia is just a carbon copy of Wendy, the only difference being that Chelia turns into a demon when in battle. The two battling was cool but not tremendously interesting...not very interesting at all. The battle was pretty good though until Mashima ended it on a gay note. And by gay, I mean stupid not homosexual. -__-But to be honest, who cares? Wendy and Chelia are too damn cute for anyone to dislike anything they do. =3 *goes off to stare at pictures of them* O, and I give this fight a 7/10.