User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Useful Information on the Inner Cover and Back of Vol. 32/@comment-3407832-20121225013437

It's quite weird to see so many people are surprised knowing that Laxus is one the same level with Jura. Since Laxus vs Jellal has been extremely popular in the fandom (in fact it's the easier ways to lead to shitstorms these days), and it's canon fact that Jellal was able to hold his own against Jura, it's not really far fetched for Laxus to be able to do the same thing. While I can provide the feats to prove so, it's quite unnecessary because I'm sure we will find out the results soon in the Manga whether Laxus can take on Jura or not.

For the Jellal's Farewell part, this is my post to explain why it won't happen (or very tiny chance): "The amount of rumors about Jellal is going to die (especially that he’s going to block an attack from Zeref or gets killed by Kagura) annoy the crap out of me (no. Just no. I’m sure as hell that it’s not going to end with those fashions), so I guess I will have to clear things up a little bit:

_ Yes there is a note from Mashima that has the “Farewell Jellal” part, but this note has been released for a long time already (around when the Manga was still around day 1 or 2 of the GMG). This means that Jellal was still in FT team B at that time and the “Farewell” part can be just a mistranslation to foreshadow that Jellal is going to leave team B later.

_ Just so you know, Mashima also created notes saying that Makarov was going to die in the Tenrou arc, also apologized to his fans and stuffs. Then look at what happened. Yes, it’s a note, everything can be changed later.

_ Now think about it, why would Mashima reveal such an important event right at the begin of such a long arc?! Yes, a good character dying in FT would be a massive twist thanks to their legendary level of plot armors and friendship barriers, and it’s even worse for someone who is extremely popular like Jellal. As I have pointed out, the friendship barriers in this Manga make things become less suspendful these days because everyone with enough common sense knows that Fairy Tail will win in the end. This is a way for Mashima to heat things up combine with chapter 297. This is freaking Trollshima people, he wants to make us suffer, worry and play with our feelings just to troll later.

_ Next, it would really be pointless to kill off Jellal at this point. He has practically “died” 1 or 2 times already, and Erza has learnt to accept his “death” before, it would really change nothing here, Mashima already has tons of chance to kill off Jellal but nope. It would be pointless to develop Jellal up to this point, as this is the first arc that Jellal actually be himself, to kill him off now, same for the Jerza relationships. Could you imagine Erza being alone until the end of this Manga while Mashima states that he wants to continues with at least 3 more arcs?! It would also be pointless to have Erza telling Jellal to live and struggle every time then just kill him anyway. Not to mention the his relationship with Kagura, there would be conflicts here if Jellal, again, will just die anyway. In fact it’s vice versa, this arc is the first move to put Jellal in Fairy Tail and erase all the dramas (with Mavis saying he has the same heart with FT guild members and stuffs).

_ For the worst scenario that Mashima actually kills off Jellal, it’s still not in the “blocking an attack for Erza and simply die lol” fashion. Remember all the cockblocks that Jellal have in his fights, he was cockblocked before having the chance to cast Abyss Break in the ToH arc, he was cockblocked again before casting Sema against Jura this arc. Yes for someone who is at least on Jura tier (who in turn is one of the strongest mages in this tournament), Jellal has never had the chance to show his full potential and a legit win. In other words, before he goes down, expect one of the grandest and most epic battle and death in FT that you have never witnessed before (for those who have read Rave). To those who think that Jellal can be killed off by anything below Zeref level, this is again one of the strongest mages in the Magic game (if not, the strongest one) who has survived freaking Etherion itself, it’s not easy for him to go down people.

So with I hope people can calm your tits now, and seriously stop spreading the rumor about saving Erza from Zeref attack and just die, it degrades Jellal to meat shield level which is just unacceptable here."

So this is probably enough to calm Carrot down, hopefully.