User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 538: When the Flame Goes Out, Review/@comment-25111584-20170602103927/@comment-7418318-20170602175028

Oh, as for nobody seeming to care for Ichiya: He's (supposedly) dead so he's beyond their ability to save, while Jellal can still be saved.

Or as they put it in Hellgate London: "Remember the dead, but fight for the living!"