User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 372: Breach, Review and Commentary/@comment-2214433-20140221133514/@comment-7418318-20140221145105

There's also the matter of breaks.

Ever since I have started to follow the new manga chapters of FT last February, the only times without any chapter were official japanese holidays, otherwise Mashima didn't miss a single week, unlike the other "big three" (Kubo in particular).