User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 429 & 430: Code Blue & Purification Ritual, Review and Commentary/@comment-7418318-20150420204458

Sorry if I repeat something that was already discussed, but I'm a bit too tired from work to read all the comments right now. I'll catch up tomorrow.

In chapter 429 we got two confirmations which I'm quite glad we got, since it gives us more insight into how Celestial Spirit Magic works. First we learned that being captured in sealing stone is sending a Celestial Spirit back to their world. And second we learned that Lucy can keep in a Star Dress even when the Spirit is no longer summoned.

I'm not sure if I'm happy about Gray being undercover or not. On one hand not having him being a total douchebag is nice (and no more Sasuke comparisons are a nice bonus too I suppose ^^), but on the other hand I liked him going down a darker path temporarily and all the implication this came with. Oh well, there's always the chance that he'll go haywire later over Natsu being E.N.D. or by his magic going out of controll once he uses it a full strength. We'll see.

So Gajeel, Levy and Pantherlily have become true council members. They even adapted to the time-honed council "practice" of only showing up once the dust has settled. :P

I am a bit confused about Erza. Does she work for the Council? Does she work for a guild? Did she just decide to take this info from Jellal and work it over on her own initiative? What's her deal? I mean I can understand if she of all people would oppose the reformation of a Zeref cult, but I'd appreciate more information. I also wonder if Milliana, Sho, Wally or Kagura might be involved, since they too share a dark history with Zeref worshippers and thus have just as good a motivation to oppose Avatar as Erza has.

And where is Crime Sorciere? Why aren't the "Zeref-hunters" right at the fore-front of the fight against the Zeref cult?