User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 459 & 460: Weakness & The Alighted Pegasus, Review./@comment-1454981-20151031194633/@comment-1454981-20151031200501

I understand, which why I said that the latter members not currently in combat are the core members. The ones defeated thus far are the relative fodder. It's just a little irksome that Mashima is taking such a disingenuous approach to his curtain-jerker. Obviously to some degree, these in-manga antics are very "Fairy Tail". It's what has defined the manga over the years. Very nostalgic for us, and I'm sure the somberness of the arc will gradually progress like in the majority of the series' arcs. I'm just being nitpicky because I assumed Mashima would maybe digress from his annual authorial characteristics. Guess it's habitual.