User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Wiki in the Anime vol. 1: Fall 2015/@comment-5303512-20160112034657/@comment-1776824-20160112052156

I know you're talking about the first major part of the story, but I'm saying that everything carries over and continues. I cannot defend the actions of the characters and the apparent "Oh, everyone except Hendricksen was good after all" assessment without spoiling you. Taizai is a very linear series where everything is connected and it steadily reveals one mystery after another, and offers meticulous, well-placed explanations on everything. There is no nakama power in Taizai.