User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-1153699-20150601171105/@comment-3290324-20150601230246

Once again, I’m not saying that Mard isn’t stronger than Kyouka. I’m saying Kyouka isn’t weak. And Laxus is strong, yes, but if you think he is vastly superior to Erza, then you must be a little high. :P

I’m really not sure. >___< Like, if you look back in Meredy’s page’s history, from January or February 2011 onwards, the statement is in her Magic and Abilities section. The only problem is that back then we had a much different format for our pages and the information didn’t need to be referenced, so I’m not sure if I read the statement in the manga or if it was just something I picked up editing her page. >_>

No, that wasn’t the impression that was given. If you read the chapter, Laxus pretty much says that he is furious that Evergreen had gotten weak enough to lose to someone of Erza’s caliber. And intelligence doesn’t really help as much in this particular situation because you have to take personality into account. And Mard is the very definition of arrogance. Like, if you look in the dictionary I’m sure there’s a picture of his face. :D

Is that why Juvia went from getting her ass handed to her by Meredy to dog walking Meredy in a matter of seconds? As I said, Hiro is never consistent with power rankings. He always alters them to fit the plot. That’s not to say that the winners of some battles aren’t black and white (i.e. if Erza and Cana fought), but with the stronger characters, how the battle goes tends to be more shaded in gray.

He doesn’t need to be a scientist, but he needs his plot to make sense. Pantherlily was just speculating like everyone else. And I know Erza felt pain (if you’ll remember, I mentioned her crippling pain in one of my above posts). But that doesn’t explain the hits she dealt that weren’t reactions to hits she already gave Kyouka.

That what I’m trying to say. Minerva (like Kyouka) was getting beat by Erza’s magicless punches because the plot needed her to. Not because Erza’s magicless punches were enough to beat her. Thousands of characters much weaker have taken physical blows from Erza without suffering much. Again alluding to Mashima’s very inconsistent power levels.

You claim Minerva can’t react to Laxus, but you can’t possibly know without the two facing off. And Minerva’s Magic has the ability to send things into other dimensions and warp time and space. You saying that she can’t stop Laxus’s attack is baseless. And what you seem to be forgetting is that Erza’s armor was pretty much the antithesis of Minerva’s Magic. There was nothing Minerva could do.

Lol, this is the longest comment thread I’ve taken part of in quite a while. :D