User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 501: Mari and Randi, Review./@comment-7418318-20160912162940/@comment-24367018-20160912180039

People are sick and tired of Erza and Natsu though, because only in this arc has everyone else's fights dropped down to their standards. Before Alvarez characters had somewhat more interesting fights. The first two are just lost causes though because one's the MC, and Erza is just Erza.