User blog comment:LegerPrime/Natsu surpasses Erza/@comment-25324252-20151010020912

Ok, time for a big controversial post that only like two people will agree with me on but some things need to be made clear

1. Laxus is not the strongest mage in the universe. I know I know, Laxus is super duper coolio, but there are many out there stronger than him. He cannot create nuclear explosions, he cannot solo the entire Alvarez empire. He is strong, but he is not a god.

2. Gildarts doesn't just sit on his ass all day and has most certainly gotten stronger over the past year. Everyone seems to have this notion that Gildarts couldnt be any stronger because either he hasnt trained or he is too old. This just isnt true. He trains but not in the conventional way. He isn't like Natsu who went off on his own and isolated himself while he practiced and what not. Gildarts trains by taking the hardest jobs known to man and completing them. Sure, he isnt training because he wants to get stronger for some great motivation, but rather he is training because he enjoys it. He enjoys being as strong as he can be. I heard below someone say taking jobs has nothing to do with growing stronger. It certainly does. Its called field training. Rather than prepping in a stress free zone and focusing on getting stronger, Gildarts throws himself into the thick of things and life or death situations and is forced to adapt from there. If anything, this is the best way to grow stronger as it forces you to think on your feet and develop yourself mentally as well as physically. And no, he is not too old to get stronger. Hades, arguably the strongest villain FT had faced up until now, was over 100 years old. Look at the remaining 3 Gods of Ishgar, all 3 appear to be around Hades' age. Age doesn't mean a thing in FT in terms of strength.

3. Contrary to popular belief, Jellal is not weak. He was a wizard saint, the 10 strongest mages on the continent. Contrary to what Sane thinks, I can guarantee you. had Jellal been able to use Sema on Jura, Jura would have been down for the count. Mashima heavily implied that in the chapter. Jellal seemed to be thinking it was overkill. And before we go on this "Bla bla bla Jellal didnt train for 7 years" shit, he did. The same as Gildarts. He went on jobs and completed them, allowing him to grow stronger. Taking jobs is a form of training, you DO grow stronger completing jobs. Jellal went around taking out dark guilds, he most certainly got stronger from that. If you want a list of his accomplishments, see below.

4. The 4 Gods of Ishgar are, in fact, human. Ooba's quote seems to be being taken as meaning that none of the 4 Gods are actually humans. This is wrong. How do we know this? Well first off because the actual quote was something along the lines of "They are so strong they can't even be considered human". This is called hyperbole. She was exaggerated, saying their strength is so great, you can't compare it to a normal human's. Second, we also know this statement doesnt mean they arent human because we know for a fact that Warrod is a human. This has been floating around forever and I hate seeing people saying the 4 gods arent human because they arent understanding the hyperbole in the statement

5. Erza is stronger than Natsu. Relative power levels are at a constant in FT. Thats how Mashima does things. Erza has always been stronger than Natsu and will be for the majority of the series, at some point, yes, Natsu will surpass everyone because he is the main character of a shonen manga, but that time hasn't come yet. Please don't use youtube videos or that stupid vsbattle wiki to claim Natsu is stronger. Using the manga as a source, we can see that Natsu has not displayed any feat yet that would make him stronger than Erza. Everyone is saying how he can beat any opponent when he has dragon force but Erza can beat any opponent using her flame pants. Both are asspulls, but if you are going to count one, you need to count both.