User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 428: If Our Paths are Different, Review./@comment-24546844-20150413173132/@comment-5894890-20150413212345

I agree, it was interesting how Mashima put the fight before the talk, but it would suit Gray/ Natsu's character to fight each other automatically :P. I'm not really a fan of Levy, but I'm am pretty pumped to see what she has accomplished over the year. However, like Jak said, the slap was necessary. Lucy, who is sort of in a state of denial of the guild disbanding, just regained some hope when Natsu wanted to bring the guild back, but Gray basically just walked all over her.