User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 476: Bid Farewell to the Mage Girls, Review./@comment-2214433-20160307210116

I actually think the length of the fight was pretty reasonable given that there was a time limit, Dimaria had to fall before Ultear went poof. And the whole fight has been on for a good few chapters already, which is more than FT usually offers.



And I'm of completely different opinion than Sane, I believe that so far, Dimaria has been the strongest Spriggan outta the bunch we've seen. Ajeel's sand world seems so pathetic compared to Dimaria's abilities. She's almost killed Carla. She wrecked Dragon Force Wendy. The way she shot through her leg was epic, tbh. She's definitely done more than any other bad guy in this arc.



And I guess in a rather convenient way, Ultear's spirit countered her hax ability, and then we had Sherria making the odds even more against Dimaria, it was just a bad match up for her. Also, I think you're misunderstanding Third Origin, Sane, you argue that Sherria would never work hard enough to achieve a level where beating Dimaria would be possible, but imo Third Origin is more of what she may be like, at her best, not what she will be like. We already know how Mashima deals with timelines.



All in all, I don't find this as tragic as many of you do and I believe this arc has so far provided us with rather nice fights. Could they be better? Sure. Is Mashima, in several cases, taking the eas(ier) way out? I guess so. But we've seen much, much worse. In this fight, the enemy actually lived up to their hype and the good guy had to sacrifice something to defeat them. And we saw Ultear. ( ^_^)/ The granny version, too. It's nice that she's actually aware of what's happening.