[Chosen_Hero]

Originally Posted by Kafriel

With ch.5, the setting is...complete? Alright, so, from the last few chapters, we got:

- FT references, like Jet, Droy and Levi in the guild, directly referencing FT's guild atmosphere, etc. Why keep Nicola as Plue's name tho...
- Classic Mashima designs in weird-ass creatures and loads of fanservice.
- Oda influence because the aged professor is Rayleigh incarnate!?

What actually surprised me the most is not the timeline setting (I've read spirit cycle, after all), but the fact that Mashima opted to use a character to address the readers. Does this hint at the complexity his plot is going to take? Time travel stories are always fickle and fraught with inconsistencies... So, while it worries me a bit, it's also a great move to raise mystery to the limits.

I'm sold. For now.

You forgot Natsu and Lucy, they are in the background in one of the panels when Shiki gets his licence.