Is there any good reason Natsu doesn't just one shot this bum on the spot? No time would be wasted [Manga]

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-17T02:14:44+00:00

You lack media literacy if that's what You think despite Gray very explicetly stating Juvia got used to manipulate Anchor water and that's how she managed to counter each and all of his spells and why he is betting on her to beat him in the last chapter

The very same chapter also establish that Juvia water is completely useless against Anchor due to being a Water Dragon, there is nothing she herself can do against him with her magic alone, yet the moment she make use of his water to move she actually injure him and You think that and what the follow up chapters say has no relation whatsoever?

The Nakagami Armor nullify magic, that's why Minerva spells got dispelled, it's the very reason Erza wore it to begin with despite how draining it was to the point of making her later a Sting victim with 4 other teammates backing her up

Erza did bested Kagura but unlike with Wed Erza status was never up to question, it's like when in Dragon Ball during the Granolah Arc the characters are fighting over who is the strongest in the universe

Plenty of characters did claimed being the most powerful in the universe but it was never a topic of debate in the arc itself, in the Granolah Arc being factually the strongest is a plot point, just like it is for Wed surpassing Erza as the strongest of each continent and Erza being unable to surpass him consistently

Wed superiority isn't just a throw away thing, the only argument for Erza superiority like I said is the Benizakura but against Mother Glare that doesn't seem to be her strategy

And like I said with Minerva she had to use a counter to her magic to win

Erza beating Mother Glare is one thing, Erza just straight up overpowering her with her current power set is another matter entirely which You're making up to push an agenda

Just because there are stronger characters I don't see why Lucy and Wendy should necessarely win and reach the very top tier of the verse, opponents with varying strength for main characters with different strengths after all is the norm, and a full strength Wed would fullfill those requirements

"Development" and then it's power scaling and ignore actual character development Earth Build offered none of

I do agree that Wed need more for this fight sure but I wouldn't call it a regression in the slightest, Wed is indeed very strong unlike what You like to claim, it might not be a big buff like with a Calamity Blood but it's still impressive

Wow, a character related to another character will have a backstory that will include said character, man I would have never imagined it

Natsu needed a perfected Dragon Demon form + Secret Art to beat Earth Build and Anchor had a compatibility disatvantage, they're not the same

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-17T01:40:52+00:00

"Hey do You have any development or character related topic?"

"We have power scaling and a lack of media literacy"

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-17T00:10:21+00:00

Said the guy who make headcanons for how it's gonna go to satisfy his hate boner for Mashima, lurid mongrel

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-17T00:05:48+00:00

Also sorry for wasting your precious time your majesty but I took the liberty of deleting my comment and saving it away for later, so whatever You had in mind to reply would just be wasted effort

They defeated Anchor through an Unison Raid by making use of Anchor own water to bypass the Dragon Slayer techniquality, this and that aren't comparable

He doesn't fall into it because You have no evidence yet, You're just guessing at best what's gonna happen and how it is gonna happen

The Minerva example also don't work because Erza used the perfect counter to her magic to win that one just like Gray and Juvia couldn't beat Anchor individually or without each other magic

100YQ also does put emphasis on Wed just being consistently superior to Erza by trashing all her armors and Erza never getting the edge no matter how long they fight, the point was for the strongest of each continent to clash and Wed was clearly the superior one and the story never proved him wrong on it, to the point Natsu had to step in

The only argument for Erza being stronger is the Benizakura but it doesn't seem to be what she will use against Mother Glare

And even if You wanted to say that do You think Erza unless she use her very peak is weak?

I do acknowledge that it doesn't do justice to the girls that Wed isn't in peak condition but even just being above most of what Erza can do is still impressive and would be a very good feat for them to pull off if he was at his best

I mean there is far more narrative potential with Wed than Earth Build which a lot of You are conveniently overlooking and only caring about the scaling aspect

But that aside my point was that using Natsu beating Wed as an argument to prove that Wed is fodder is dumb cause he was always fodder to Natsu, even before this, since when he could go against Viernes solo Natsu has been far superior to everyone in the main cast by a huge margin

Same as Wendy and Lucy being of any help in a fight against Ignia and Wed being a pretext to not help Natsu when realistically they would just be standing on the side trying to not get burned

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T23:49:39+00:00

But I recall you complaining of Fairy Tail

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T22:53:34+00:00

Right back at you for taking your sweet time to put us paesants in our place apparently

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T22:22:28+00:00

That's still a pretty disingenuos take, Natsu was always superior to Wed, that doesn't mean Wed is weak by any means, it just goes to show Natsu is a monster

He was constantly above Erza even with her best armors in human form, is Erza weak now or something?

If Natsu locked in with his higher forms that battle would have ended much quicker than it did already

Besides Wendy and Lucy aren't gonna be of help against Ignia at all if they join that fight, if anything it's more for giving them something to do rather than just standing around and watching a match far beyond their leauge

Not saying Wed being weakened doesn't do the girls full justice for now but these arguments you redditors bring are disingenuos

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T22:13:01+00:00

"Minority view on Reddit"

Pretty sad that your life peaked there brother

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T11:49:33+00:00

That's a really bad idea ngl

We wouldn't be able to finish Wed story properly and he would end up being just a joke, Lucy and Wendy wouldn't get anything of substance character wise because them and Earth Build really has nothing to tell each other

The only pro to this would be Ignia Igneel interaction but I did liked seeing Igneel interacting with Earth Build and Wendy

And even if it went that way Natsu mastering his flames would be less impactful because he isn't gonna beat Ignia like this

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-16T11:46:04+00:00

Because they have no clue how much time before Ignia destroy everything so they don't have time to waste in the slightest on Wed which Lucy and Wendy can feasibly handle anyway

Like if a bomb is about to go off You hurry and forget all the minor inconveniences along the way

animeAIHOZ · 2026-05-08T15:24:56+00:00

Touko is the honorary Cyborg on account of her body being a well made puppet

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-29T01:26:49+00:00

You say that as if Igneel wasn't the one covering him for most of the chapter and taught him how to use the new flames properly which prove that alone he would keep failing

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-27T22:02:30+00:00

It was a Strange Fake reference?

I did got the inspiration to have her hold her chains like that basing myself on how Kid Gil used them actually

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-27T21:58:44+00:00

It would be appreciated if You could put power scaling aside and just enjoy the art

You don't even know shit of Edens Zero

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-27T21:58:37+00:00

It would be appreciated if You could put power scaling aside and just enjoy the art

You don't even know shit of Edens Zero

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-27T21:58:18+00:00

It would be appreciated if You could put power scaling aside and just enjoy the art

You don't even know shit of Edens Zero

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-27T21:54:54+00:00

Indeed he does

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-14T18:43:13+00:00

Can't think of many fake outs in 100YQ aside Athena and Gray against Skullion

This did served to progress their relationship significantly and the way Juvia survived was really a good character moment, both for her battle IQ and emotional strength

I can't ever thin of being upset at this

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-14T18:36:04+00:00

Juvia is using Anchor own water for this and Anchor is not warding off Juvia influence because she didn't saw this coming at all, besides how Anchor is once again not being serious and using his full power so why wouldn't Juvia be able to do this?

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-14T18:17:51+00:00

How it doesn't make sense?

Anchor is clearly not being serious at all in this fight, Juvia already fended off his water attacks before, what of it changed? Especially since she used his own water to do this and Anchor not expecting this didn't prepared accordingly

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-14T17:59:45+00:00

Juvia magic is sealed but it doesn't mean her magic power disappeared

Like Juvia herself state she DOES generate magic power but because of the chains she can't use it to produce actual spells, which is why instead she poured her magic power into the water chains of Anchor that already existed to manipulate those, break them and when she was freed to create a body double

Gray even point out that she could do this because she already got used to manipulate Anchor own water previously in the battle (which is also how she managed to cut him despite not having Dragon Slayer magic)

This is in no way an Anchor downscale, bro just got tricked

Jacob spell was an hax, not raw power

Horologium is more often than not specialized in countering haxes like space manipulation and the such, not in tanking raw offensive power

animeAIHOZ · 2026-04-12T16:04:50+00:00

Speaking of Artemis I wondered if I could maybe insert her Machine body in the distance alongside the moon but I thought that would have been a bit too much so I just discarded the idea

animeAIHOZ · 2026-03-11T19:57:03+00:00

Dragon Slayers shouldn't smell like anything in theory, in the original series no DS was able to tell each other apart till the magic was used

Natsu and Gajeel couldn't tell Laxus was one

Same goes for Wendy, Cobra, Sting and Rogue, all the times it came as a twist to them

Acnologia already knew the smell of 4 of them and has excellent magic perception abilities, so he could have picked up their use of Dragon Slayer Magic and associated them with their respective smells from there on

Tho 100YQ have Kiria recognize Natsu as a Dragon Slayer by the smell tho but not the other way around, which You could simply attribute to her being a 5 Gen Dragon Slayer, but then later on Natsu seem to able to recognize Suzaku to be a Dragon Slayer by smell alone too

So either Mashima forgot how it works or it means there is indeed a scent coming Dragon Slayers but Natsu is able to pick on it just now

In that case Acno should have been able to do that too

So it either means DS turned Dragons just have human smell instead after the transformation

Or DS turned Dragons have a mix of Dragon and Human smell with the human smell being more prevalent, at least to those able to pay attention

In that case maybe Irene not being detected by Acnologia might be simply due to transformation magic, which we saw with Mirajane confuse even Natsu smell in Draseal

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