User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 291: Naval Battle, Review./@comment-5296122-20120715212322/@comment-4047931-20120715231032

I say her spirits didn't come out because even when they can come to their owners aid without the use of keys needed they still rely on the power of the CS Mage to let them stay in Earth Land and with Lucy having B*tchtits assaulting her like she did, Lucy's overall strength would be diminished leaving her with probably little magical power and even less stamina. This is just what I think would be a possible explanation to why her stronger spirits didn't come out to help but even with her spirits I don't think anyone really expected Lucy to beat Minerva but then again I didn't expect that Minerva would be that much of a heartless b*tch and I do hate the crap Lucy went through this arc, but I wouldn't necessarily say she's weak it just that she seems to always be up against strong opponents, I mean when she fought Flare she had the upper hand for a large portion of the battle and caused Flare to resort to cheating and outside help to win so I wouldn't say they always make Lucy appear to be weak, she's not there's just always someone stronger and in this case it was the sadistic f*ck know as Minerva. I still hate what happened to Lucy though.