User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 465: 400 Years, Review and Commentary/@comment-1359322-20151207213203/@comment-25324252-20151207213835

It was a once in a lifetime chance to die having accomplished nothing. Natsu used almost all of his power in that attack that DIDNT KILL ZEREF. The tattoo was fading. Natsu had maybe 10 percent of his power left. Think of it this way. If you are trying to blow something up and a nuke barely puts a dent in it, do you really think a hand grenade is going to do the trick? No, Natsu had zero chance to defeat Zeref and Zeref was just going to kill him should he have failed, which, btw, he was going to. So you have a choice, let Natsu commit suicide for nothing or save one of your best soldiers to fight another day. Happy should be given the goddamn medal of honor for saving Natsu's stupid ass