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During the Battle of Fairy Tail, no one mentions the S-Class wizard, Gildartz,
when suggesting who is the strongest. Why does no one remember him? Do they
assume that he would be on a mission that would take too long, and would take
perfect timing for him to show up?


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Why does no one remember Gildartz?


He is mentioned. In chapter 119, Mystogan mentioned him to be the strongest of
Fairy Tail and I quote:

> Mystogan: I have little interest in such things, but I would propose
> Gildartz.  
>  Laxus: Eh, he's no use... He ain't coming back.

Presumably, Laxus knew Gildartz was undertaking the 100 year job involving
Acnologia and had assumed him to have died, since no one else has ever come
back from that mission alive.

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If you ask about the anime specifically, there is a different reason as to why
he is never mentioned.

This is because it was never expected to reach the point when Gildarts would
show up, so instead of mentioning a character who wouldn't appear in the
anime, they left him out completely.

The anime ended up lasting longer, and his character is still introduced as
normally intended - the only change is that there is no mention of him before
that point.

> In the manga, Gildarts is mentioned several times as being the strongest
> Mage within Fairy Tail before his actual appearance. However, there had been
> no indications or mentions of him in the anime prior to Episode 74. This was
> because the anime was initially supposed to stop before his appearance.

[Source:](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Gildarts_Clive#Trivia) First bullet
in the 'trivia' section. This is the answer to a question asked at a
convention, I think, although I can't remember which one.


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