User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 527: Emotion, Review/@comment-24053170-20170317205812

The scene where August briefly returns to a child form before disappearing reminded me of the ending to Final Fantasy 4 3D, where the main characters brother briefly returns to his appearance as a child before leaving forever.

Also, finding a way to a take an awesome suicidal attack and turn it into a tearjerker...Nice one Mashima!