User blog comment:Jho5689/Fairy Tail 337 and onwards/@comment-1359322-20130624070938/@comment-7418318-20130625102954

It doesn't have to be fun to be good.

A beautiful Voice wasn't "fun" either, but it's still one of my favourite chapters (same for the anime adaption Spirit vs. Spirit).

There have been whole movies and series build around a tragic setting and any little bits of humor or happy scenes are just there to amplify the emotinal impact of the sad scenes.