User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapters 532 & 533, Review/@comment-62.113.17.3-20170423053112/@comment-4829046-20170425161918

@CB3 He was never the 'bad' guy if you ask me. It ultimately came down to just an alien family feud and Madara was just another unknowing victim of it. He thought his choices were his own, but nope. It did not really redeem him. We always knew he hated war and strife. There was no contradiction, he was just going to remove it with illusions. He was just whipped and used and just died like a fallen dog. Good or bad, it was just pitiful. He deserved better. He was just a pawn of predetermination.

Ywach was more clearly top dog, but ultimately became food for essentially the second coming of Jesus. Ichigo lost his position; he only needed to survive long enough to supply the seed and then the holy child would take care of the rest. Masterstroke

Zeref is still better but then again, I'm a Zeref worshiper so take my view with a grain of salt ( ._.)