User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 253: Let's Join Hands, Review./@comment-1943045-20111001133232/@comment-1943045-20111001133805

@Jakuho, yeah this is Mashima's one chance to make Natsu not a terrible main character. He'll obviously blow it, but this is a clean slate for me as well. Not for Lucy though... cause she'll still be a useless Celestial Mage, lol. And she wont be any stronger after the time skip, cause she has no way to get new keys, ha!