The Natsu who fought Zeref was the one with MC buffs, as he used something called "wild flames," and Zeref was the most powerful mage in the manga at that moment. Natsu had no chance of winning in a fair scenario without his protagonist privileges.
It's precisely MC buffed Natsu that i'm talking about, without it he should be just Gray level, but mashima stated at least two times scaled this Natsu to Laxus
Natsu hold his own and even physcially overwhelmed Zeref BEFORE Savage Flames of Emotion, this Natsu feels more impressive than END, and Laxus should be stronger than the Gray who fought him.
Mashima established Irene = August, then listed the Spriggans in order of power. The fact that Mashima mentioned Larcade after Irene and August aligns with the narrative he wanted to convey in the manga, as Larcade was portrayed as very powerful and also the secret weapon to defeat Acnologia. Larcade himself even states that he, August, and Irene are quite different from the other Spriggans in terms of power.
Mashima doesn't need to use ">" for readers to understand his power rankings. After all, he didn't use this "greater than" symbol after stating "Irene = August," and then mentioning "Larcade, Dimaria, God Serena." The mere fact that Mashima established Irene and August as the only ones at the same power level, along with what was shown in the manga, allows readers to infer that the other Spriggans are below these two characters. Mashima also specified the power ranking of these Spriggans when he listed their names. The first name below Irene and August was LARCADE, as STATED AND SHOWN IN THE MANGA THROUGH THE NARRATIVE.
For me it's precisely what appears when i translate the page to english ''
August Irene > Larcade, Dimaria, God Serena - last place is World.'' Larcade put himself above REGULAR spriggans, but my point is that God Serena is also above regular spriggans as he was ranked above Laxus and should be Gildarts level, just that, Dimaria never had this kind of hype, if you go by her broken ability fine, but then there is no real explanation for her to not be above Larcade AND IRENE, even August can copy her time stop, but these two have no answer for that if she isn't a regular spriggan with the same restriction of Brandish.
It's very obvious that Mashima is saying Irene is equal to August while ranking the other Spriggans as inferior to these two characters but in order of power.
No use to say it's obvious because i disagree, he could be mentioning the spriggans as he is remembering them, like Irene who was forgotten in the dragon slayer ranking. It's like you started to read the manga yesterday, nothing is obvious with Mashima, Wall rank was anything but obvious, Brandish just wanting TO FIND the key was anything but obvious and go on.
Dimaria is ranked below Larcade because Hiro established it that way. You can speculate all you want about the reasons for Larcade overcoming the time stop, but this is irrelevant, as the author did not make a point of addressing it. However, he was clear in mentioning that Larcade is more powerful than her.
So you don't know, you just blindly defend it even if it don't have any explanation, ok, that's my point, i can explain why Larcade is superior but you don't.
Additionally, Dimaria is ranked above God Serena, according to Mashima's statement. This is the reality.
You like to strecth statements to fit what you think isn't it? Bro reality is that he din't used the greater than sign after Larcade, people are free to point that and do a ranking with that in mind
The rest of your arguments are just mental gymnastics to keep overestimating God Serena.
Bro you literally used Larcade vs Kagura panels to conclude your idea that Larcade is stronger, prove that Kagura is stronger than Jura first before trying to make it seems that Larcade vs Kagura is any relevant,
but the one overestimating characters here it's me
And why am i overestimating Serena? Because i'm using his rank above Laxus, his historia holding his own against Gildarts and Gildarts praising his alive version to say that he is Gildarts level? He also overpowered Jellal the 100YQ Laxus rival at the start just like Kirin did with Laxus himself,
but i'm just overestimating Serena. I just believe that Dimaria has the same restriction of Brandish and that the the only specific rank was August=Irene>rest>Wall. I'm just pointing that what appears is Larcade,Dimaria,God Serena, then you want to say that this was Larcade>Dimaria>God Serena and i'm the one distorting things?
Bro, it still says that Natsu was able of moving her time stop due to
END's power, what we know about this power is that it is useful to kill immortals, just that, it was never stated to grant you immunity against hax, so i think it's safe to assume it was END's superior raw power that allowed him to move the time stop, so Dimaria just like Brandish can't affect people with higher magic power, but why it's so safe to assume? It's the only explanation for Dimaria not being above Larcade and Irene, just that
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