User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 424: Avatar, Review and Commentary/@comment-24277053-20150316193039/@comment-80.43.218.0-20150317071810

Gajeel was not the worst. What he did to Lucy (thrashing her about) was filler/happened only in the anime. The extent of Gajeel's "attack" on Lucy (if you can even call it that) was him throwing metal darts close to her. Well, that's what I recall anyway. Please correct me if I'm wrong.