User blog comment:Water Dragon Slayer/DREAM BATTLE CHRONICLES: FIRST MATCH!/@comment-77.194.131.65-20130716164047/@comment-7418318-20130716234123

Her role in the main cast is the "normal" person that everyone can relate to. She's not ridiculously powerful weirdo like Erza, she's wasn't raised by a Dragon like Natsu and Wendy and she's not a stripping recluse like Gray (WARNING! examples are intentionally overdrawn!). She's just your mundane girl with mundane problems and tastes, only that she also happens to posses magic.

In a way she's the bravest of the main cast.

Compared to the other team members she's less powerful, less experienced and unlike those monsters she is afraid of the strong enemies they fight. But despite having to overcome her fear and despite that power gap, she still fights the very same enemies.

For me someone who overcomes their fear is far braver than someone who didn't know fear in the first place.