User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 396: Air, Review./@comment-4449950-20140813065040/@comment-4829046-20140813131521

Tbh I was expecting(and still am) Gajeel to go ape-shit and achieve Dragon Force. I know there is no special hyper metal around, but technically Mashima could still use the situation. I mean, for one, it could be a way of saying that if you ingest a special variant of your secondary DS element(here it could be the Dark element of the water), you could still achieve Dragon Force but at a smaller scale than when you ingest a special energized variant of your base element. That way we still get a super-powered Gajeel but won't feel like it is a cop-out when Natsu achieves the higher stage of DF and is the only DS able to defeat the strongest opponent.

Sounds gibberish I know, but I really want Dragon Force Gajeel soon but at the same time, I want it so that there is a more justified reason why Natsu will become the strongest DS rather than just relying on "protagonist law". If Gajeel reaches DF, then he should be on the same level as DF Natsu currently otherwise I feel it looks bad. Might just be me though. :/