User blog comment:B214/Chapter 499: Gray & Juvia/@comment-25111584-20160829113738

lol, as if Juvia is actually going to die. Given E.N.D., Eclipse Gate and the simple fact that this is Farce Fail, Juvia's bullshit and pathetic resurrection is almost guaranteed. Heck, she might as well get up immediately after the battle and reveal that she was just 'mortally wounded'. Mashima loves crying wolf, secure in the fact that the wolf is never going to come. He's God after all. Suspense? Tension? Hardly. More like distaste for Mashima's overuse of a formulaic plot, yet failure to ever deliver.

Of course, if Juvia permanently dies, this Chapter becomes one of the best FT has ever had, and never mind the BS execution. Though any emotion I'd feel would be joy rather than even a twinge of sadness. I'll hope against hope that Mashima actually kills her off as the move has only pros and no cons, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have the guts to do so. Unfortunately.

Score: (Juvia's Death * 10) out of 10, where (Juvia's Death == 1) if she has forever left the manga, and (Juvia's Death == ) if she ever comes back.