User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 353 : Nine Ghost Gate/@comment-8153438-20130929054704/@comment-5303512-20130929114049

Isn't it so that it shows he isn't afraid to take it seriously? I mean that suppose death scene with Grey and in the movie were pretty brutal even for Mashima, I likey!

And it is even stated that "Despair" that was suppose to end will start it's second phase in chapter 340.