User blog comment:LegerPrime/Natsu vs. Acnologia/@comment-153.91.238.254-20151012183713/@comment-25572451-20151013060722

@Realgodisme FR though. Going by Anon's logic then Laxus wouldn't have gotten stronger either since he just serviced people at Blue Pegasus the past year. Though i slightly disagree with your statement that characters growth is at a constant rate, because to me it's clear that some characters grow at a faster rate than others. I personally think Natsu is stronger than Erza atm. Laxus and Gildarts probably not, but i'm confident Natsu is above Erza at this point in the series. I mean sure they made Erza the seventh GM over Natsu, but they made Kakashi the 6th Hokage over Naruto who at that point could beat Kakashi in a fight 25 times out of ten.