User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 516: The Truth About Enchantment, Review/@comment-24489996-20161227235743/@comment-25111584-20161228063932

Yeah, seen those. There is also one about being anxious about the reaction to Gray vs. Natsu.

All of these are basically apologies regarding stuff he at least indirectly acknowledges as bad (obviously he can't outright state as such). But that's just an important yet, ultimately, lesser half of the deal. Mashima simply fails to deliver on the greater half. He keeps repeating his mistakes and their scale simply grows, which makes his words sound completely hollow and, dare I say, insincere. So why should I respect and trust him?

If you can R&T him despite this, then you have my respect for being an extremely kind and forgiving soul. Me, I'd rather not be as gullible I'm nowhere near as saintly. .-.