User blog comment:Mangetsu20/Is this Series Self Aware? (FTC - 448)/@comment-1675383-20150822043932/@comment-4326112-20150823022811

Makarov DID have a somewhat fun fight against Hades, and that moment of him trying to hold of Acnologia. But yeah he hasn't done much in terms of anything close to being regarded as a Wizard Saint since his fight with Jose in an Arc I'll agree is one of my most favorites of the entire series. Back when I loved the damn series, man it's been awhile. I mean it was hinted at Erza could be a candidate but she was too young and then years later we ACTUALLY GOT IT, which actually made me happy for her. But...then she just hands the job back to Makarov. Because apparently responsibility is a foreign word for people who never change and never grow up.

Like HIRO MASHIMA!

I'm still skeptical, given how the Avatar Arc went, if Hiro is even qualified to write on a strategic level higher than the Phantom Lord vs Fairy Tail battle. I mean, this is going to include millions of people in the line of fire, not to mention against enemies who have the power to level cities by blinking. I'm not sure he can but, perhaps it will be more thrilling than Bleach's Chess Game Kubo pulled off (I liked the battles but c'mon, it hardly felt worthy of being called a "War")