Scrypt said:
The argument isn't with FT's member, but more with the people of Fiore. 7 years have passed and we are meant to believe that there are only 3 notable characters that might give FT a run for their money?(Minerva, Kagura & Jura)
Nothing weird. It has stated that only 10% of population are mages, if you exclude the numbers of dark/fodder/normal mages, the number of strong ones is just really low. Combine with several scenarios like:
. Some people have reached their limits so they can't improve more even with 7 skip.
. Some are just plain lazy or satisfy with their level, and so again don't improve.
. Some do train but their growth rates are too low compared to the likes of Fairy Tail.
. Some are hidden mages that are either dark ones or just don't interest in this tournament (like Gildartz for example).
etc etc
That's just You can have someone be strong like you mentioned and have them do nothing for so many years, but don't expect people to think that the world doesn't catch up(which so far by looks of things Fiore mages haven't). If that's the case you might as well have Erza, Laxus as part of the 10 saints(considering Jura seems to be at their skill/power level) and have Natsu, Gray and the rest of the Tenrou team as actual S-class mages.
Erza has been stated to be on WS level a LONG, LONG time ago. And if she is then there are no reasons for Laxus not to be considered a WS. There are probably several reasons like being a WS requires great responsibilities as well, or people just don't like one guild having 3 or 4 Wizard Saints (but in fact FT does if you use a power tier tree), or again like Gildartz he just doesn't care.
Natsu and Gray are also considered S-class, just not official since they need to wait for another year and re-take the trial. Basically titles and such are meaningless since they have nothing to do with your true power.
They may have beaten Hades(as a team) but looking at how Sabretooth was presented at first is no different to them beating Hades as well.
Not sure if serious, the amount of hype Hades has is monstrous compared to ST (they are only top guild because FT wasn't around), and Hades definitely would solo ST casually like eating candies.
