User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 473: Red Lightning, Review./@comment-1248963-20160217091753/@comment-1248963-20160217204936

I'm not saying it wasn't a cop out, but y'all are drowning in a glass of water over an incredibly minor retcon. I'd rather they do that than "Laxus gets cured thanks to friendship". In the previous chapter Wahl says Laxus "is afflicted by large quantities of Magic Barrier Particles" (http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/472/3220/20). Then in this week's chapter Wahl uses "Magic Barrier Particle Nullifier" (http://readms.com/r/fairy_tail/473/3232/15). It wasn't completely out of left field, and at least they tried to make it an "intelligent" win instead of basic nakama bs. Y'all acting like this is more stupid than Erza's nakama-flaming-pants-bullshit victory against Kyouka and it totally isn't