User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 353 : Nine Ghost Gate/@comment-8153438-20130929054704/@comment-4829046-20130929071944

I don't think so. Mashima's going to go back to the comedic tone this series had, especially after the failure of the previous arc so I really doubt he will try to make it so dark. He has stated at the very beginning that he doesn't want to make a series as dark as RAVE ever again since it depresses him to no end.