User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 388: Erza vs. Minerva, Review and Commentary/@comment-8855098-20140615161530/@comment-7418318-20140615164130

Well... it's not only fanservice, but also blood, consistent wounds and violent stuff in general.

You won't see any disappearing cuts and panthers jumping out of people's bellies instead of swords in the manga. Though in that regard the new anime team seems to already be a bit more serious than the old team. They are still toneing down stuff, but at least they aren't pulling bullshit like the old team did in the Gray vs. Lyon fight on Galuna, or the when they replaced the cut on Lucy's arm that was bleeding so much that it would have killed her if not for Virgo with a mere bruise. Yeah... because that's totally the purpose of Caelum's sword form, to give people bruises. Come one, it's called sword and not club, crudgel, morning star or something similar for a reason!

Sorry, got caught up in an old complain there again, but that whole fight between Lucy and Angel is one of my favourites, so I still get upset at times about the way it was adapted into the anime.

I have no... or rather only little problems with reduced violence as long as the story remains unaffected, but here is did affect the story. In the manga, Lucy would have likely bled to death without Virgo coming through the gate under her own power to bandage her, while in the anime Virgo did nothing important. Banading a mere bruise and changing her clothing are hardly vital tasks. That change really de-values Virgo's contribution.