It's fun to read, but you're right, it feels pretty rushed. There was so much potential here, like with the world travel stuff, they could've expanded SO MUCH MORE on it. Like, I'm all for keeping arcs short enough to get the point across but this is almost TOO much. Selene had so much potential to be an absolute beast of an opponent, to the point where it would take them TIME to get stronger to beat her and bring her to their side. Like, why was it relatively easy for them to take down the Gold Dragon when it's a damned CONCEPT?!?
They give us panels like Lucy and Wendy wanting to get stronger, but then just... don't expound on it?!? Lucy's strong, way stronger now than before, but I felt her frustration and I want her to get her moment of powering up and I want to SEE it happen. We've seen the other four get their power-ups but not really Lucy? It's hinted and shown, but we never really see her put into such a situation as she did in 100 YQ except during Tartaros Arc, and then we never really see it again. I want a whole fricking side story on Lucy going off to train because she wants to get stronger and to see her development. Hell, I want a whole arc on Natsu getting stronger with Ignia's flames and to see Lucy's fear of Natsu's flames addressed, since SHE'S EVER BEEN SCARED OF THEM OR OF NATSU BEFORE I WANT THIS TO NOT BE BRUSHED OVER.
Gray and Erza too, like Erza's fights are typically so epic an this time they just fell...a bit flat? It started strong, at least in my opinion it did, and then it was like he sent a rough storyboard and never expanded on it. And don't even get me started on Wendy. She literally got fucking cracked and then she just...loses??? Irene is absolutely cracked power-wise and now Wendy has that power and somehow she ISN'T the one beating Ignia's (or any of the dragons) ass?
dude i love fairy tail so much, but the plot is not good like it's so rushed and it's getting messy.