User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 451: Fairy Heart, Review./@comment-200.81.122.72-20150907211802/@comment-1776824-20150907212813

Actually, Natsu and Lucy aren't the main people the story focuses on. The story is much larger than Natsu and Lucy, but it just happens to involve them more than others. People read Fairy Tail even if they hate Natsu because they enjoy the story that unfolds. To say that Natsu plays a big role in the story is correct, but he isn't the focus. As we've been told from the last few chapters and others before it, the story all leads back to Zeref. He is the main focus of the series.