User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 431 & 432: My sword is... & Brair in Love, Review./@comment-1776824-20150428200536/@comment-3290324-20150428204502

The chapters weren't all that bad. It was disconcerting that all the members of Avatar were fodder, but it wasn't all that surprising tbh. As I mentioned in posts below, Mashima wanted to show us how strong (pretty much OP) Team Natsu has become, and Avatar had the misfortune of being the first real antagonists after the time skip.

I'm also not too worried about them not having challengers. Mashima has never been too good with power levels. Like ever. >_> So even if Team Natsu are hella strong, it wouldn't surprise me if we get a group to face them that are hell stronger. ( .___.)