User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 335: The Time of Life, Review./@comment-4449950-20130615131345/@comment-4829046-20130615151930

Still I don't think Jellal can do something grand enough to beat Sieg's death. I cried my eyes out at that scene and just had to go back and read it several times. If Mashima can top that with Jellal, then he would both save the series and destroy it. By adding that level of tragedy he would boost the popularity up again but by deleting Jellal he will incur the wrath of millions of angry fan-girls that will destroy the world(or at least Mashima's entire reputation) XD