User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 513: Flower Circle, Review./@comment-25111584-20161205164747/@comment-25111584-20161206190615

@Rai: The stage is set, the curtain is drawn. .-.

Laxus, especially with his MBP-ridden body and magical disadvantage, taking out Wahl ('cuz to hell with Wall /o/) alone? 'Course not! That Gray foreshadowing obviously meant something!

Sky Sisters? The two supporter girls who literally couldn't even stand against Bluenote? Take out Dimaria? Hah! Obviously somebody's stepping in... Though I guess that battle is much more palatable now that it's clear Brandish and Dimaria probably got into the Spriggan 12 as part of some fanservice reservation quota. >.>

Gray? Stand around having a foursome with Meredy, Lyon and Juvia while his injured comrades as well as healers (and kids, though that's not of much consequence) face the Alvarez big guns? 'Course not! Surely Mashima won't show him to be that much of a Fullbastard! e_e

GoI? Get taken out like a bunch of fodder by a guy who his (supposedly) sage comrades like August consider to be less dangerous than the guy who got mauled by WSDM Sting? Stop trying to get my goat, you!

Mashima is not only loathe to change his winning set-up midway (as opposed to having a chain of losers until the final guy comes in for the victory as happened in the battle against Larcade). Erza and Wendy will prove victorious, or Jellal will butt in. And the latter is far more distasteful a prospect than the former. Even more so than an Erza and Jellal victory a la the Gray and Natsu victory in Chapter 500. >.>

Being optimistic is fine, and I'll be happy if it goes as you predict. But I'm almost certain you're wrong about the outcome, even though you might end up not being disappointed by it. I know I will be 'cuz no matter what happens, it should be impossible.

@Zzfunk: Plausible, hypothetically. However, you only have to read the Chapter to realize that, although there is no direct mention to their interactions during the timeskip, they clearly didn't meet.

@Nick: Surely you jest. Not only are you mixing up wartime etiquette with sportsmanship during a tournament, you're delicately ignoring the bits that make the act loathsome... If you're actually being serious, here's one for you: It is a brilliant move to legally ensure that a powerful member of an opposing team is no longer able to participate in the competition.