User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 527: Emotion, Review/@comment-202.125.102.33-20170318084454

Alright. I want to ask, in terms of potential and capabilities, which character in Fairy Tail has a worse concept/implementation ratio and gap than the 'king of magic'?

What makes this more jarring and scandalous for me is that much of his achievements are merely relegated to lore and rumors set in the distant past and retold mostly by old people, even as his attempts at performing well in the present are either cut short by interruptions or simply wrapped up off-panel. His secret powers aren't even explained that well, and there's still so much to ask about the magic alone.

Add to that the sudden plot twist and sentimental back story that many readers find hard to sympathize with because of the poor execution, and we end up with an unparalleled DISASTER, a character profile botched unlike any other, perhaps only surpassed by a select few.

Now the question I have in my mind is, was August ruined because of Mashima's haphazardness, or did Mashima plan to derail this old man and troll us readers from the start? An admission that it's the former case would be more comforting, to be honest.

Having said this piece, I can now make peace with this series, expectations shattered and all.