User blog comment:PUNCHURPREGNANT/Gray and Silver Predictions/@comment-121.54.58.131-20140322075720/@comment-4829046-20140322152320

"Gray becoming the Sasuke of Fairy Tail would make one hell of an epic story."

My friend, you have just spoken(typed) words that should never be said(typed)

Forgetting all the hate that would induce, think of it logically, do you really come to FT wanting it to be another Naruto? No. Naruto is shit now. For one thing, that development would be cliche as hell and another, it would be an ass-pull mixed in with the repetition of the filler of Daphne arc where Gray pretended to be evil and fought Natsu.

Also, we got Rogue literally going Rogue so Mashima already had that particular concept.

And Gray was not always the Sasuke. He was the stereotype that is there in pretty much most manga. Best friend and rival of the MC. Silent type. Sad past(not unique since it applies to most FT members). The whole shebang. I know what you meant by Sasuke was the stereotype but making him an actual Sasuke would be pathetic. I was already very scared on how Midora from Toriko and Raishin from Unbreakable Machine-Doll would be received by non-Jap viewers to being similar to Sasuke but luckily didn't meet anyone who started a flame-war about it. I personally love avengers and characters that decide the most efficient way to live is not be bound by conforms of society but I don't like it when people compare such with Sasuke since Sasuke has become a symbol of hate, though not as much a symbol as Sakura.