User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 403: Erza vs. Kyouka, Review./@comment-4449950-20141007015446/@comment-25111584-20141007104755

Ummm, they've been impatient from a long time before this fight, so the reason doesn't really hold.

But, thet aside, it's not necessary for CrimeS to do anything in this arc. We just expect them do something, but Mashima might've decided that that's all the role they'll play in this arc. If you take that view, I don't see why people would expect them to show up. Meredy's match up against Kyouka doesn't say much aside from their battle would've beem interesting. Many people thought Lyon would show up to help Gray against Silver, it never happened. CrimeS might never show up, and there's no real cliffhanger with them right now, no real tension. Jellal won, what remains to be seen is whether OS will join him or not, we can safely assume they will (though I would personally hate that due to many reasons, but, oh well).

If you just assume that they won't show up, which is not unreasonable, it might be a good surprise for you if they do, while you won't be disappointed if they don't. On the other hand, Jellal people calling for Jellal after every single chapter, cursing Mashima and even hating on other characters 'for uselessly taking up space which could have been used for Jellal' does get a bit annoying, actually, exremely annoying when even characters like Mira and Juvia, not to mention Lucy, get hated. That's the kind of stuff you'll find on tumblr, etc. That's why I stick to the wiki. \(^_^)/