User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 42: June 2015/@comment-3290324-20150702004148/@comment-25111584-20150706164038


 * I just thought that you'd consider any statement that can be used to defend Natsu's fights to be ridiculous ... Wrong track?
 * Ummm, fine. She pours all her MP into them. Vastly increases her offense. Maybe to a point that they can't be destroyed. ... So what? As I stated before, the most formidable thing about Mugestu-Ryu (I actually remember the name without wiking it /o/) was its speed, not the sharpness(?). She could slash through Erza's armour even before the latter moved. Erza has two swords, but how does that help if she is in bits even before she has begun her attack? Which is why I also stated that the Flight Armor would have been a good choice for the battle.
 * Hmmm, by hogging the spotlight, I mean that, since Lullaby, Erza has never been in a true teamfight. Even when such a fight is possible, like against Kyôka. It seems to have become the norm and now Mashima just doesn't want Erza to not solo her opponent, creating stinky BS in the process. .-. Guess 'hogging the spotlight' is the wrong term, though. Hope this clears that up. ._.
 * But we are talking about her battles here. I already stated that she is intelligent. And there are some other things which are also nice. Her relationship with Wendy and Juvia, for example. Don't really see how that affects her battles. They have been plain pathetic since Tenrou (and before, for haters like me :P).
 * Isn't Ur's consciousness basically spread throughout the entire ocean now? Ultear's words implied as much. Non-sentient, obviously, and only sensed by very few people. Like Ultear, about whom Ur still had a load of regrets. For a manga like FT, it's not really nonsensical. Otherwise might as well wonder why people zooming around at great speeds don't get the flesh ripped from their bones. .-.
 * lol, we both need to read those Chapters again. Gray hardly gave any lecture during the battle. His words didn't affect Ultear either, though the blood ice trick certainly did. And he hardly tried to reform her during their battle. It was pretty much:
 * She was always thinking about you. It's so sad, all the things she can't convey to you.
 * I'll strike you down with ice. I believe in Ur's Molding Magic. Your darkness, I will seal it.
 * What happened to you?! Why are you doing this?!
 * Tbh, it's not even a speech. Just Gray expressing disbelief that Ultear hated Ur so much. And a (kinda senseless) reference to the past. Compare this to Erza incessantly shouting 'Minerva' ... Not to mention asking her what she is fighting with? Why ask that? It was mere coincidence that Minerva actually had a painful past. At least Gray knows that Ultear deeply hates Ur for some reason, so his question is valid. All Erza knows about Minerva is that she is a sadistic bitch who has become a Dark Mage. Oh, and that she wants power, a pretty common desire. I don't see Erza going around asking other Dark Mages what they are trying to fight against. This got even worse when she started lecturing a Demon who is as unlike the Galuna Island residents as possible.


 * Well, guess that point is moot, since that didn't really happen. Gray's words about Ur didn't affect Ultear muchuntil the blood ice thing, and Gray didn't talk much.
 * C'mon Rai! It's quite obvious that the attack might've actually caused quite a bit of damage, but it didn't really defeat her. She just gave up because she pretty much realized that her actions uptil then had been based on a mistaken hatred of her mother. She obviously felt guilty and didn't want to fight anymore. If you don't think so ... guess we'll just disagree about this point. ._./
 * The Ultear battle vs. the Neo Minerva battle? Fine:
 * Minerva didn't see the light before being overpowered. Ultear did. Gray wasn't trying to redeem Ultear, Erza was. Huge difference.
 * Also, I already stated that Erza was stronger than Minerva. Ultear gave up only because of the ocean thing. As I stated before, Erza's speech pretty much came out of nowhere, unlike Gray's words. Even without the speech, Erza would have won, would have refused to kill Minerva, Minerva would have a flashback, she would have seen the light. And the worst part is that she turns good because she has been pummeled, just like Jellal pounding OS. Seriously, what is it about it villains realizing that their actions were wrong after being beaten to within an inch of their lives? Next thing we know, Natsu is gonna nakama Acky, who'll have a flashback to his Civil War childhood and then become a good guy. >.> At least Ultear's decision to give up was because her actions were based on a huge misunderstanding, which got cleared up. OS (after their release from prison) and Minerva, despite their pitiful childhoods, were just plain bad. They were out to get the world because they themselves had been treated badly (except Hoteye), not because they were trying to achieve some goal which would erase their painful past. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that OS and Minerva are good guys, but the reasons given were completely stupid. It could have been done in a much better fashion.
 * Then there's fight itself. Gray vs. Ultear had quite a lot of it. Interesting Magic, interesting techniques. How many times did you see Erza Requip into a new armour? Did we ever see the Nakagami Armour counter that everybody was hyped about? It was basically a refined catfight. Much different from Gray vs. Ultear.

How exactly did this get onto Gray vs. Ultear? My main response is so small compared to it. >.<