User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 499: Gray and Juvia, Review./@comment-26523876-20160831005428

I usually don't have a problem with the fairy tail chapters. I don't really feel that way about the death thing either. I just want the characters I like to live. If they die then I will be sad and if they don't then I'll be happy. I think Mashima will only let someone die if it does something for the story line. Maybe Juvia really is dead. I know he didn't let other people like Gajeel and Mira die but maybe their deaths wouldn't be important to the story line. That's just a maybe though. I mean several characters have died and their deaths were meant to change other characters. For example Rob died protecting Erza and that made her who she is. Another example would be Gray, Lyon, and Ur. She also sacrificed her life for them. And...some other people too...