User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 301: The Dragon King, Review and Commentary/@comment-99.104.44.103-20120928114640/@comment-5496918-20120928170644

Agree. Zeref is a negative character of the series, but there are lots of more evil, than him. I think, he has some kind of justice. In Episode 121, he says, that he feels the value of life. He has Black Magic, but I don't think, that he is such a bad character.