User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 526: My Name Is..., Review/@comment-25111584-20170312223358/@comment-25111584-20170316071848

@anon: I wish you'd drop the whole, "None of the characters care about Ultear," thing. That's simply not true. I do, however, support your standpoint when you mention that Mashima simply took Ultear out of the story.

@Nick: Hah, we're never going to agree about this, are we? ;)

Ultear wanted CS to not come after her and they respected that wish.

And Gray was perfectly satisfied with the decision to sacrifice himself. In fact, instead of pretty much everybody's (including CrimeS, for some inexplicable reason) naive stance that things will somehow work out, the guy had actually given his future confrontation a lot of thought and created Lost Iced Shell. That shows true dedication to his friends, even if it seems twisted utilitarianism. So how is it that this guy's wishes are not respected? In the same vein, why does Carla get a premonition of Juvia's death rather than Makarov's? The problem is out-of-universe. It is abundantly clear when Mashima simply abandons a character. Like teachers who discriminate in favour of their pets.

And anon means that Gray and the others should have attempted to reverse the effects of Last Ages; success, of course, is not necessary. An attempt would have been enough. I would have liked that, but still wouldn't be satisfied considering the basic point regarding Mashima's absolute indifference towards all characters but a chosen few would not be addressed.