I will try one last time to convince you otherwise, but... I do believe Daniel touched upon this point. Given the size of the crater, and the trajectory of Irene's jump it would seem as though Irene's jump did originate from within the center. Unless, of course, Irene chose to float around in odd patterns. Again, Irene doing this would be silly and unnecessary. If irene really didn't want to fall down, why bother back flipping at all? Why not just fly and stay afloat? It's much more intuitive to assume that Acnologia launched an attack at Irene, and Irene jumped out of the way before she was hit. I'm willing to wager this is the interpretation most people would have after reading this chapter, and with good reason. It's the simplest and most intuitive. You might have convinced me otherwise if you pointed out a feature in the art that I missed, but so far all I read is your say-so and refusal to accept our arguments.
I also suspected that if I checked out the higher quality scans of Crunchyroll, the art would clearly show more signs that the eruption was indeed happening in front of Irene as well as behind and all around her sides. I was correct. The CR scans show even more lines showing movement in the front on the rocks. These lines were blurred and darkened in the fanscans.
Back to my original point, all my other points still stands.
Back to my original point, all my other points still stands.
Irene has the ability to enchant regular fodders to be a force to be reckoned with. She has the ability to enchant Spriggan 12 members to be immune to the magic of other Spriggan 12 members, and she can push back Acnologia. As far as I'm concerned, these feats heavily outclass Gildarts' ability to oneshot a Historia of a Spriggan. Even if Irene can't dodge Acnologia's eruption, she still outclasses Gildarts. Gildarts' best feat remains to be able to defeat one of Neinhart's Historia, which is a portion of Neinhart's power. Irene has the ability to enchant Neinhart so that he surpasses the limits of his own magic.Irene.
She can enchant the alvarez troops to be strong enough to overpower Erza
She can enchant a Spriggan 12 member to be so powerful they are immune to the magic of another Spriggan.
She can push back Acnologia with her attacks, and dodge one of Acnologia's eruptions.
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I measure her against Gildarts on more than both their feats vs anco. Basically from everything we've seen of both of them Irene wins and fairly easily. Plus him commenting on what would have been an epic battle vs god serena at full power and irene is > > god serena was a big factor too.