User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 291: Naval Battle, Review./@comment-5268982-20120712225601/@comment-3290324-20120712231532

Nah, I think this is where Lucy is going to get captured so she had to get beat. Plus, her getting beat makes us hate Sabertooth more. A man getting beat draws on less emotion than a woman getting beat.