User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail Zero: Dances with Blades, Review./@comment-24951162-20141023165901/@comment-25572451-20141024131538

@B214 Dude you know that actually makes ALOT of sense imo. if this current filler arc is 25 episodes long like the other one, that would make it roughly 6 months long (4 eps/mo), fairy tail zero releases every month. Rumor has it FT0 will last 12 chapters so assuming the sun village arc takes anywhere from 10-12 episodes to animate thats another 2.5-3 months, that gives zero almost 9 months, which is just enough time to finish thus making it filler material entirely plausible.