User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-26418194-20150602121708/@comment-136.145.70.3-20150604165316

To Mr. Wrath

First of all, I'm not implying that Minerva is weak, I'm just saying that Laxus outclasses her in every sense from magic power, to strength, endurance and stamina based on whats in the manga. The same could be said if you were comparing her to Gildarts, Jellal and/ or Jura. Intelligence is another factor that some people are saying that she has over Laxus(Brains over Brawl), but from what's been shown in the manga about their "Intelligence" is that both of them took hostages and tried to prove something at one point in the story plot. So I honestly don't Know why people are saying that Minerva is more intelligent than Laxus. If people say it because she can create plans in order to win a battle, then they should reread the Fanstasia arc(Laxus can also make preparations). According to Minerva, "Manipulating the pieces according to your strategy... That is what defines a King" Then Laxus is also a king.

Second of all, most people who are rooting for Minerva are all giving different descriptions about what her magic can do, assuming that Laxus has no way to counter because his fighting style revolves around melee. You claim that no one has anyway to counter her ability to trap people in a space bubble or manipulate the space around them unless someone can cut through ether(which for now is true), but you forget that Laxus can use his lightning in many different ways. Whether he shoots lightning from above, the ground or any direction to enhancing enhance his speed with his power to move lightning fast in order to evade being caught. You also say that Minerva can just teleport Laxus away from the fight and wins by default. Then let me ask you what are the conditions for the fight? Are they fighting in a ring and who ever steps out loses? As far as I'm concerned its a 1 on 1 battle like the ones in the GMG, and even if by some chance she manages to teleport him away, where would she teleport him? Can she open up different dimensions and send him to another world or open a portal and send him to another part of Fiore. If you say yes to the last statement, then you are just making assumptions, because so far she hasn't shown such powers and the only teleporting Minerva has done is switching places with opponents(The real teleporter is Mest or Doranbalt). You also say that Minerva's spatial magic completely counters Laxus' melee style. I can actually see her negating some of Laxus's long range lightning attacks, but do you honestly that Minerva can counter Laxus in a Hand to Hand combat while shielding her hands with her spatial magic like she did in her 3way fight with Erza and Kagura. Laxus would literary rape her if the fight got to close combat.

Third of all, I'm going to tell you of a sure way of how Laxus can beat Minerva and it's inspired on how Lucy first defeated Bixlow. As you know Minerva's main weakness is that her magic is completely dependent on her vision. If she doesn't see her opponent then she can use her magic effectively like here: http://mangafox.me/manga/fairy_tail/v38/c321/15.html http://mangafox.me/manga/fairy_tail/v38/c321/16.html You can see that Minerva couldn't counter Erza's slashes because she wasn't in her field of vision. All Laxus has to do is flash a bolt of lightning to temporarily obstruct her vision and proceed to move lightning fast and beat the hell out of her. If she manages to teleport herself to a safe distance it wouldn't matter, because Laxus has dragon slayer sense and it would be a matter of chance until he founds her. Minerva hasn't shown any immense reflexes so I doubt she can follow Laxus's lightning speed.

Finally, to the administrators if you want to have these battle thread debates, then you should pit opponents who are difficult to defeat each other in a 1 on 1. That way everyone can look at things objectively based on the manga instead of rooting for a character just because they're a fan. I'm not saying that Minerva isn't a strong mage, in fact her magic is preety haxxed and very cool, but just because she has an OP magic doesn't mean she going to beat someone like Laxus. If this was battle between Minerva and Gildarts(or Jellal) then I'm sure most people would choose the latter just because of favoritism(though it's obvious that either one of them will win) instead of looking at things objectively. A good match up for this issue would have been Midnight vs Minerva, both manipulators of space.