User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 433 & 434: Ikusatsunagi & Demolition Fist, Review./@comment-25111584-20150511230514

Don't really get what all the fuss about the God's defeat is. It's one of 18 War Gods. And Japanese Mythology doesn't give as much power to Gods as Western religions give to theirs. In FTverse, it's pretty much certain that, aside from maybe high-level-Gods, most Gods, Dragons and Demons would be equal, when put in their tiers, obviously. Yeah, saying this despite the Natsu vs. Zancrow fight, which actually makes much more sense now. And size hardly matters (don't >.>) 'cause ... Lullaby vs. Mard anybody? Seriously, this God has nothing going for it other than its size and, well, God, which doesn't mean much when compared with Dragon or Demon in Japanese mythology. It's most probably just as powerful as an S-Class Monster or something. And I'm not being sarcastic.

So ... I wouldn't call this BS. The only BS one-shot in this arc was Bluenote because of power-scaling issues. The fights against Avatar are excruciatingly boring, but hardly BS. The only person who is actually showing some badassery is Lucy 'cause brute strength never used to be her forte. But all this is pretty much mundane stuff for the others. So ... not BS, but definitely boring. Painfully so. ._.

I'm just hanging on to see what Mashima is gonna do with Mary. Forlorn hope, right? He's not even gonna deign to show her fate, right? *sobs*