User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 496: Forward, Review./@comment-1776824-20160801144847/@comment-79.66.178.60-20160802005101

What I, for the life of me, cannot understand is why Mashima would waste God Serena of all characters. People would have far less of a problem with someone such as Ajeel or Jacob being one shot by Gildarts rather than an interesting hyped up character such as Serena who has strong ties to Ishgar and whose motives, unique powers and backstory have not been fully revealed or explained yet...

We didn't see Serena's Historia dissipate so all I can hope for now is that he will somehow, through whatever means (I wouldn't even care if it's BS), be properly resurrected at full power so we can see him be serious and learn more about him instead of witnessing his cocky, goofy, flamboyant, slightly cool self (all things I enjoy about him) getting one shot again. I seriously hope this happens.