User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 429 & 430: Code Blue & Purification Ritual, Review and Commentary/@comment-61.8.84.218-20150422142233

Agree with everything in the review. Chapter 429 wasn't bad as a whole, but that torture scene really made me uncomfortable, I couldn't wait for it to be over... >_< SO MUCH rape/sexual aggression subtext presented as fanservice...

Also agree with the Star Dress problem. Great fight potential, only used for fanservice so far.

Fortunately, I liked the rest of the chapters, "Code Blue" referring to Gray being an undercover agent was really unexpected, and Erza's return brings back the original theme of the arc which was seeing what everyone had been up to that past year and how they're going to all get back together.

I seriously doubt that Briar, Jerome and Mary will be fodder, though, they really don't give that vibe, especially Briar. Two possibilities for chapters to come: either they join the battle and things start getting serious, or they choose to retreat for the moment and things will start getting serious much later. :)