User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 400: Wings of Hope, Review./@comment-24102956-20140913174644/@comment-5.174.70.166-20140915102306

I used to like Erza, but lately I have two problems with her:

1. she's the strongest of the characters that are getting fights on regular basis and when she fights, she wins... It's just too obvious. I was hoping that she would struggle this arc because she would be weaken by the tortures, but they seem to have little effect on her, just like her leg during GMG. I know Natsu usually wins his fights too, but he often needs help from other characters, like Lucy's help with Franmalth, Jellal's flame of guilt, Laxus's lightning etc. Erza usually just goes there alone and strikes with her blade, end of story. I know she needed help with Jose and Jellal for example, but it feels to me like it was so long ago...

2. She has little to do plot-wise. It's not her fault, but Mashima's, but her role lately is just to defeat some big guy, while a lot of plot relevant things happen around Natsu, Lucy and Gray, that have impact on the story in the long run. Erza had it around TOH, then a bit of Jellal related things around Oracion Seis, and then... um... I can't think of anything. So I started to not expect anything really interesting from her parts of the story.

I wish Mashima had something big for her in the future, but I see no signs of it. Which is just sad.

I still love her when she's silly, though.