User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 431 & 432: My sword is... & Brair in Love, Review./@comment-5288632-20150430210228/@comment-25111584-20150501065826

I wouldn't say that Mashima doesn't care, but ... Avatar being fodder is pretty much useless. We have seen no feats from them. We haven't even actually heard of how terrible they are. Just a simple job request (tho in the millions, but so was GI request). And we already saw how powerful Natsu has become after he defeated Bluenote. Just show Gray to be equal to him and Laxus to be more powerful and there you have the power scale. Avatar, on the other hand, doesn't even seem to be as threatening as those weird animals in GH + GH grunts. This is just ... Team Natsu blowing crap up and defeating crap. Purposeless. And pretty much a waste of character designs. ._.