User blog comment:Gray the coolest wizard/Master JUST escaped. But why?!!!/@comment-5894890-20150718160843/@comment-5894890-20150719225610

If he dies so be it. With that being said though, while deaths can give characters good character development, character development doesn't need death in order to happen. Again, that being said... I wouldn't mind seeing more deaths in FT. Back to the chapter, I think it would have been bad timing for Makarov to die just like that. While it's true the opponent is the Zeref, but Makarov, being one of the 10 wizard saints is quite capable himself. So if he just died there without even putting up a fight, I'd be pretty disappointed. Personally, I'm not into the killing thing... I just want a decent fight with good plot/background stories, that's all I need for good entertainment. Lucy vs Jackal for example, she lost a friend and gained major character development as well as strength, and the way she gained it didn't have any bullshit, everything made sense. (cough unlike instant demon slayer magic--> however, he did have to train to master it further). No one died and yet, Lucy still got what she did.