User blog comment:Miskos3/Final Chapter in Official Color + Hiro Mashima's interview/@comment-21119641-20170802161258

''There are people who think "I never want to see Erza losing!" as well as those who think "Erza is too strong. She should lose occasionally."''

Heh, yes, of course, Mashima knows of all the reactions, but of course, he pleases the majority.