User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 473: Red Lightning, Review./@comment-4829046-20160215174356

So amusing to see the reactions this time around.(no offense to anyone btw, just making a statement) We all saw this kind of crappy logic coming, it just came in a way we didn't think would happen and thus we are left with all sorts of gaps to fill. Still, I viewed it as Mashima finishing off his Cyborg hype moment by throwing in the Revenge card mixed in with forgotten illness card of a prior arc. In that context, it is win-win and for those that wanted more of Laxus than what we saw from Jura fight and Tempester fight(not the goddamn filler round 2 -_-) well you got it. Mashima delivered on stuff that 'some' people wanted. Even the Cyborg aspect is possibly a nod towards the fact that people are seeing a lot of anime media where Magic is heavily infused with robotics.

I mean Jesus, the number of explanations(or lack there of) as to why cyber technology is imbued with magic, has been piling up. Not sure what popularized it(not gonna accuse Mahouka yet) but the Toaru Majutsu no Index series(which also had magic-cancel fyi) probably played a massive factor in the direct convergence of supernatural scifi with Magical fantasy. It's to the point where a person spawns a mech arm while utilizing powers that have nothing to do with metal.