User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 356: Tartarus Arc, Review./@comment-4449950-20131019015329/@comment-4829046-20131019162237

I was actually referring in terms of Mashima. It was said on the Did You know section that Makarov was supposed to die on Tenroujima but Mashima decided to keep him. Really ruined the effect for me.