User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 407: All for My Demise, Review and Commentary/@comment-3075024-20141101161821/@comment-25111584-20141102014329


 * Itachi deluded Sasuke into killing him, but when Sasuke got his eyes opened to the truth, he started to want to become like him. Ultear deluded Jellal into resurrecting Zeref, but when he got ... unpossessed, he wants to kill Zeref with a passion because he blames everything on Zeref ... sounds quite a lot like revenge to me. Okay, maybe more like Ekusas than Sasuke, all this obsession around one person, though both have good reasons (or compulsion, as in Jellal's possession case). :P
 * Both decide to remain 'dark', Sasuke because the world can unite against him, Jellal because ... it's easier that way and he's an escaped convict; but the basic fact remains.


 * Compare that to "MC's rival", which is the only thing going for Gray and Jellal is definitely more like Sasuke, at least as compared to Gray. And this may be deflecting, but Natsu actually thinks of many people as his rivals, including all S-class mages. ( ._.) ... Plus MC's rival is hardly Sasuke's trademark, it's being going on for much before that, even earlier than Star Wars, though I can't actually remember any myths atm. But I get that you mean all of those factors combined, just wanted to say this. ;)
 * Cocky? For being determined and saying that he'll destroy Tartarus? It's like saying Jellal is cocky because he wants OS + CS to destroy Zeref, which I would disagree with. Gray is definitely not cocky, just determined ...
 * Well, who wouldn't want revenge after what happened to Silver, not that Gray ever states so, and Jellal seems to be going after Zeref 'for the greater good', but it is also quite a bit like revenge, so ...


 * Not to mention one of the best examples that Gray is definitely not like Sasuke is the scarf dialogue in this chapter. XD