User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 396: Air, Review./@comment-24039234-20140815074805

Nice chapter. BTW, I must be new to the internet, but I'm always surprised how strong reactions people can have towards event like this, in either direction. I mean, if you really have to type out that you don't care, that just kinda shows you still do, right...? And the shippers never cease to amaze me.:D

With that said, I fucking ship Gajeel and Levy from the start. I just love how they started out, you know, Gajeel nailing Levy (I mean, to the tree, you perverts) in the phantom arc and all. Good start, good subversion, not overdone by any means.

Anyway, am I the only one who feels that Mashima is really trying to steer the story towards some ending? We have heard that he doesn't plan to many arcs after this (it was two or three I guess?), but only now do I believe it. I mean, progressing with the pairings is a pretty big thing for a "neverending" series and we've got steady development each arc.