It means word of god. Just an abbreviation for author statements
Prove he's mistaken. What other statements has he made that contradict it? And I didn't really mention the whole series, just an arc (which you brought up) where the statement holds true. But it's not the case everywhere. GMG for example was an arc you could say Natsu was stronger than Gray. And vice versa tartaros was an arc where you could argue that Gray was stronger than Natsu. Alvarez balanced things out again (I've said this exact same thing before on another thread though I don't remember which).
Yeah it kind of does matter since the power up and FOE were the only reason he could win. If Gray got a temporary power up that allowed him to beat a DG, would you not think Natsu could do the same if he had a similar power up?
When did I argue that Misaki is stronger than Kirin? My stance has always been that the DDSK are equal with Kirin possibly being marginally stronger. Are you confusing me with someone else? The other groups don't matter since they weren't introduced in the same way as the DDSK. All of them were stated to be as strong as Suzaku. Minor difference in power don't change the feats. If someone can oneshot a 9.1 in your example, then a 9.2 would get the same treatment.
Not gonna entertain this. Read the manga yourself if you don't remember when Natsu lost round 1 to Madmole.
u know that MC and grow stronger than their peers that were stronger than them in the past right that’s really common in manga in general. This isn't manga in general. We're talking about FT specifically and the author has said that's not the case.
Which is why I outlined everything the characters have done till now. Show me the contradictions.
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Sure it does.