User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 178: Fairy Strategist, Review./@comment-4800978-20140419053633/@comment-4829046-20140419060720

FT was inconsistent. That was the problem. It didn't really suffer with it till Tenrou. Back when they only planned to do 48 episodes, they put more effort, but then it became long-running due to popularity and they needed to rush it.