Wow, this episode was almost 2 full chapters from the manga, so far every episode from this arc was 1 chapter = 1 episode. So less filler but was still slightly drawn out points in the manga (2.5 - 3 chapters is a typical episode with minimal filler/changes). The worst part of all epiode imho was the low budget effects used for Coco's running (a part I hated to begin with but the it was done here in the anime in even lower quality than the manga did it, which made it that much worse
)... though that was cannon. And one of the better parts, Gajeel in the town, is pure filler.
Over all, I'm disappointed in this episode though that might be since I wasn't expecting the ep to end before a Lucy could react to Lucy. I was so looking forward to a few more seconds of Earthland Lucy seeing Edolas Lucy and them both reacting to each other and the rest of ch 172.
Oh, well... something to look forward to next episode (Not really a spoiler since everyone knows that will happen and since I didn't say how they react)
Btw for anyone wanting to jump into the manga this episode covered up to 2/3rds of the way through ch 172.
Spoiler for Scenes from next week:
Thank god the spoilers of next week show two Lucy's only in towels... though watch that whole scene be
really toned down (like all Fairy Tail fanservice in the anime when vs the cannon manga content). I really fear so since Edo Lucy wears way more than her manga counter part (who's even
more revealing than Earthland Lucy when it comes to outfits). Too bad the 3rd Lucy wasn't in a towel too
