User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 356: Tartarus Arc Prologue/@comment-82.20.156.238-20131020170057/@comment-5580383-20131020221511

That soul was still a  dragon though and can manifest as a dragon. Also even if we accept that age has diminished his power, he still had enough power to burn for 400 years prior to being frozen so it's still a  pretty impressive feat.

Yeah, that's where i think Mashima would have a problem. It's not like Fairy Tail or the other guilds have time to get stronger, Tartaros is already attacking. Hell even defeating the minions under E.N.D seem outright impossible for even S Class mages if Silver alone can casually freeze towns and 400 year old flames that are actually dragons.

Yeah Zeref and Acnologia are for the end of series, which this clearly isn't the end of the series given it's  already stated that  after the Grand Magic Games, there are  at least  3 arcs  left.

We can both agree that this arc would make or break Fairy Tail as a series. I'll be honest, my faith in Mashima is still not 100 % restored after chapter 337's fuck up so it can go either way but i really don't want hate this series so  it  would be much appreciated if Mashima  doesn't screw up  majority.