User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 457: Naked Battle, Review./@comment-4449950-20151019042901/@comment-153.91.251.105-20151019045421

If we were given hints about her importance throughout the story than it would be different and I would actually be excited about it and actually care but since she hasn't and she is just randomly being brought up now it seems like mashima is trying to force her importance to the story and just give lucy more a reason to be tied into everything which I don't like. I have nothing against layla I just don't see her or rather I don't want her having anything to do with the major plot points that involve zeref,end and acnologia. I want her to have her own story that maybe ties into something with the celestial spirits or one of the other minor plot points.