User blog comment:CNBA3/Chapter 405 Review/@comment-4829046-20141020120040/@comment-4829046-20141021125411

True. But Natsu has shown before that for certain opponents he would need at least some assistance. This time he just went "Fuck that. Igneel gave me this job so I'll do it myself." Which while in character, is still stupidity. Goku was established as not thinking everything through and that's cause he remained childlike and aloof well into adulthood supposedly due to the trauma he took as a kid. That would make Goku an exception anyway. Natsu doesn't have the same excuse. However that is an interesting point to bring up.