User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 521: The Strongest Wizard, Review/@comment-203.215.120.24-20170211112633

We don't know what's gonna happen next week (those two chapters better be worth it), but let me ask these distinct but related questions in advance to see what the others think, assuming that August will just fall miserably and make me even more miserable.

From an in-universe perspective, why didn't the 'king of magic' showcase more of what he can allegedly do on-panel before this big fight? Or alternatively, why didn't Zeref (who at this point doesn't seem to care that the imperial invasion failed big time, not counting the supposed million soldiers in Bosco that didn't appear to cross the eastern side of Fiore) delegate more tasks to his 'general'?

From an out-universe perspective, what's the point of Hiro teasing us with a character that is said to know lots of magic, only for that character not to make use of them to their fullest extent? Or alternatively, what's the point of Hiro portraying August in such a way (but merely in terms of lore and character statements rather than feats) when the simpler alternative would have been to designate an 'ordinary' old wizard with strong powers and 'some' knowledge of magic?

Maybe there's still a surprise coming its way, but so many opportunities have been wasted. Perhaps this is Fairy Tail's way of undermining the usual portrayal of wise sorcerers. Or I've been hooked by false advertising all this time. Comments are most appreciated.