Quote Originally Posted by Kraco View Post
You are saying Gajeel is only now as powerful as Natsu was as a little kid (because that inability to enjoy rides seems to have been his characteristic forever)? I don't think so. Their fight back in the early arc didn't seem that unbalanced.
If I remember that fight correctly the only reason Garjeel was even able to fight Natsu evenly was because there was plenty of iron for him to eat, but no fire for Natsu.

As soon as Natsu got fire he ended the fight.