User blog comment:Azegawa/Fairy Tail Competition!/@comment-3407832-20110226074402/@comment-3290324-20110226123252

Agreed, my biggest problem with Fairy Tail would probably be the lack of strategy, the short length, and the lack of dialogue in them. Zancrow was much more powerful than Natsu and Natsu got angry and boom he defeated him, not only was the fight short but it had no strategy in it, it was just a buch of mediocre action. The fight with Makarov and Hades was one of the worst, we were told all through out the series that Makarov was this immensely powerful old man and then he gets beat around like a child without causing any damage to his opponent. Mirajane vs Azuma was no better, Mirajane rarely ever gets to fight and the one time she does, he makes her lose because she is out of magic energy. I have a strange feeling that Erza and Juvia vs Meredy will be no better. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Fairy Tail, but Mashima needs a little work when it comes to fights and character development.