User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 471: Until the Battle is Done, Review and Commentary/@comment-67.234.77.253-20160203190806/@comment-67.234.77.253-20160203194134

Exactly as I said. It's grossly unfair of Mashima as a creator, AT BEST, to bring Laxus to a pass that made his sacrifice necessary, let alone for the guy to still be suffering for it.