User blog comment:ILuvAnime/Fairy Tail continue after episode 175/@comment-24.86.185.4-20130723054306/@comment-98.255.7.249-20130723223709

and also the anime catching up to the manga is something that you can see coming from months down the road they have projections of what points the anime catches up to he manga that is what fillers like the daphne, and the key of the starry sky arcs that are anime only are for (any one who has watch bleach and naruto know this lol) its not like they went to work one day and were like oh crap we are getting close to the manga lol my point is it is something they can forsee months in advance especially with a popular anime. and an anime NEVER breaks like this in the middle of the arc and without notice. They always finish the current story arc (the grand magic games arc) then go on break. The only reason a show go's on break like they did for now going into its 4th month because of something as simple as the manga is to close.