User blog comment:MiraMajin/Now that FT is about to end.../@comment-5894890-20170525220146

Like a lot of people, I also saw a dip in quality after Tenrou. In my opinion, any time skip brought nothing good. Characters were either left out, gained growth through BS ways that require no effort (cough, second origin), or even if they did get stronger, it really didn't seem to bring much to table/ story in general... such as Lucy's star-dress, while neat, Mashima hasn't implemented it well...other than for fan service. If Lucy got the chance to emphasize the importance of her learning star-dress in a serious battle (rather than relying on her celestial spirits/ the holder-type quality of her keys--- as in Lucy not being able to fight Minerva when her keys were taken) then that'd be good, but hasn't really happened. However, I digress... she's basically the only redeeming character among st the main 4. With Lucy, we at least don't know the outcome of her battles, with Erza and Natsu... yeah... Then there's Gray who's just boring lol. Ever since introducing Eclipse and all that time line crap, things started getting confusing and plot-holes arose. GMG/ Eclipse arc was whatever. Sun village seemed to bring back that adventure feeling... but it didn't follow up all the way. Tartaros had aspects that were good, but again, plot holes and bad writing in general ruined it. Avatar was shit. Alvarez seemed promising, but quickly became as bad as Avatar AFTER Erza vs Ajeel.