User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 49: January 2016/@comment-24039234-20160208192613

1: Cute cover. I love this pair. ^^

8: See, you DO have time to write an article. Awesome. :D Gonna try and score a sweet'n easy Miraxus for myself, thanks for the tips!!!

9: Well, I would like Jellal to win. However, with how Laxus is handled since his return in the Tenrou arc, I believe his strength would be more than enough to walk away with this one as well. Naturally, I base my oppinion on their fights against Jura, the common denominator. My takeaway message from Jellal vs Jura was that surprisingly, Jellal is not that a heavy hitter in the category I like to call Middle Wizard Saints (Lower WS (or max S class) is Jura pre-timeskips, upper WS are the Gods and Spriggans). Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say that he is weak on an absolute scale; his Meteor enhanced speed and strength is perfectly capable of wiping the floor with a mixture of upper-medium and lower-middle S class opponents (the reformed OS, of course), which is a tremendous feat. But, his fight against Jura told me that after a certain level, he lacks that necessary punch to penetrate the defenses of a more durable opponent (except maybe Erza, whom he could penetrate any time he wanted - ZIIINNNGGG, joke of the year, thank you folks, that's all for 2016). He admitted that he can't win against Jura with "borrowed magic", and tried to cast Sema. If I add the fact that later on, Laxus won against Jura in a battle of pure endurance, this tells me that in Jellal's arsenal Sema is the only thing that can crack the insane stamina on Laxus. That one, however, I assume to be a one-shot; Sema is a mighty spell that is only paralleled by Spriggan level opponents thus far (and maybe Fairy Law - which, incidentally, we never saw again... ).

So, in my mind, the setup is this: I love Jellal's arsenal. Paired with his Edolas counterpart, I think they are amongst the most versatile mages(and thus, my most favourite characters to see in battle) in the entire series, hands down. They are truly what being a mage should be about. However, the battle comes down to one factor only: can Jellal hit Laxus with Sema? If yes, Jellal walks away after a spectacular one-shot. If not, Laxus slowly, but eventually surely wears down Jellal. Sadly, looking at the casting time Sema has, I don't see this one happening. Despite his one-track mindset (or maybe, thanks to it), Laxus proved fairly resistant to stalling tactics in the past, like seeing through illusions and the like, so I don't see anything Jellal could do.

TL;DR : Reluctantly, but I vote Laxus. But seeing how I consistently vote the loser every month, I expect Jellal to win. :D

11: Hey, pretty nice choices for art this month. I love when artists render known characters in their own style. :)

12: Well, if ya don't want to see Lisanna naked, I could take her off from your hands. I'm a martyr, I know.