User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 427: Pitched Underground Battle, Review and Commentary/@comment-76.121.234.236-20150406132532/@comment-5268982-20150406200846

I wonder whether it really is E.N.D. awakening, or just crappy writing when it comes to fights. Given the manga's reputation, I think it's the latter. But in case that it's the former and Mashima surprises us, I suppose that Natsu has probably met his match in Gray.