User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 404: 00:00, Review./@comment-4449950-20141012000503/@comment-4449950-20141015110703

Hello anon :3 You should make an account~

And nope, unfortunately I am being 100% serious. There are many people who can't swallow tablets and I am one of them. I just don't take medication and I don't get sick too often anyways. If I do, I just rest for a day and it goes away. Plus, I've only ever officially had to take proper meds on two occasions, but the first had tiny, tiny tablets that I could take with food and the second was pain meds when I got my wisdom teeth all pulled out but because my mouth was swollen in many places they were special-ish and sort of dissolved a little in the mouth, so I've never been forced to pick up the skill. I am happy to say though that even though there was in fact a pill, I did manage to swallow it :3 So I was very happy with myself~

As for the test, well, I've been having issues with an ongoing stomach pain, so they got me to swallow something to test for germs/viruses/idfkwhat in my stomach :/

Mashima's editor likely speaks for the shounen industry, and is probably there to make sure Mashima is doing things with the story that the company believes will excite the fans. They also probably check for age-appropriate things and stuff, but I dunno. And I sure as hell don't know about OP, but I thought all mangakas had editors? .-.