User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 356: Tartarus Arc, Review./@comment-24066070-20131018173023/@comment-3290324-20131018183101

Nah, I'm sure they are dead. And I'm glad they are too. Death in Fairy Tail almost never happens, so when it does, it makes for an epic story. Especially since it wasn't Main Characters who died.