User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 429 & 430: Code Blue & Purification Ritual, Review and Commentary/@comment-121.54.54.32-20150420145945/@comment-25111584-20150421171630

@Nick: Atm, Juvia mp thought she had been abandoned. So she wouldn't really go after Gray, but just hope that he comes back to her. As far as I'm concerned, a pretty pathetic line of thought ... but that's pretty much what happened. If Gray had left her the note tho, she'd know that he is still her friend and would make the utmost efforts to track him down, that's how her character has been built up. Anything other than that would be OOC. Although I don't like the way Mashima has taken Juvia's character, one thing he is to be commended for is that she doesn't seem OOC. So I don't think Gray and Erza were wrong in leaving her completely uninformed.