User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 255: Tartaros arc: Steel, Review/@comment-27087644-20151017153116/@comment-173.66.81.211-20151017200146

@Wrath022:I'm pretty sure it wasn't "his editor didn't like it", but that it was indeed cut for time constraints. That's one of the hazards of keeping a fast pace going. This would not be the first time something was cut because it wouldn't fit in well, or would disrupt the pacing.