User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 42: June 2015/@comment-3290324-20150702004148/@comment-3290324-20150708152055


 * 1) Well, firstly, if you're not weighed down by armor, then the increased speed provides you with the capability of actually reacting to an attack. Secondly, Ikaruga's sword wasn't just any regular sword. It had the ability of slicing things without Ikaruga actually doing any of the slicing or going near her targets. Thirdly, as I mentioned earlier, when they clashed, Ikaruga got a strike in. Erza's strike was just better. :/ Fourthly, ome on Sane, don't be ridiculous. You know as well as I do that Mashima is incredibly inconsistent with feats. Do you honestly believe a feat that happened years before another feat is going to hold true? Especially when Mashima created the Flight Armor afterwards and no longer needed it to.
 * 2) All of Erza's battles aren't bad, and some parts of her bad battles are interesting. It's just when she pulls out her flame pants and pulls some BS to win that there's an issue. And even with her battles, Erza is still by far one of the most popular characters in the series. So... no skin off her back honestly. :P
 * Yes, so Ur's consciousness is now spread out through billions upon billions upon billions upon billions of gallons water. And her daughter just so happened to fall into the water and lose her fight because of it. That's not BS or plot convenient at all. ^___^
 * 1) The point you seem to be missing is that it was all nonsense and crap. Mashima doesn't see the Nakama speeches as annoying character traits like we do, so he has no problem having his protagonists use them. You trying to nitpick the hell out the speeches and point out miniscule differences is pointless. A boring Nakama speech is a boring Nakama speech. Whether it comes from Gray or Erza. :/