User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 368: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-24467372-20140126164811/@comment-24467372-20140127184956

I'm not disagreeing. But manipulation and Brain-washing are different things. Jellal,for all intensive purposes became evil during those times. Ultear admitted that it was her fault,her fault that she used Zeref's ghost and manipulated him. Nothing else. It was Natsu's lame nakama words that convinced him. Then he took control of Etherion and saved their asses. Saying Jellal didn't have free will during those times is wrong because why would he try to atone for them? He killed Simon,he admitted that.Ultear manipulated him but he did all that stuff. And what good it did to Ultear anyway? They were looking for the keys to unlock Zeref whilst Jellal was keeping the Council busy but it turns out Zeref was awake all along. Ultear's efforts got trolled just like Jellal's attempts to use the R-System.