User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 366: 1000 Souls, Review./@comment-24066070-20140113023343/@comment-24039250-20140114061453

Gray's character for the most part hasn't had much purpose for the most part, hell, Mashima had to "kill" him to get the fans to remember that we still notice and are fans of Gray. I hope that Silver is the father of Gray since that would bring out a lot of character development in him. Questions would be asked such as is he part demon, is this why Ice Magic is something he picked up rather well in his young age, etc. It would also be cool since maybe Gray will get a power-up as well being half demon half human allowing him to use devil magic (or curses or in the likely case Ice devil Slaying Magic which will come in handy in the final arc where Zeref will likely be playing the antagonist role and will be whipping out many demons to keep the many wizards busy while he and Natsu have their final showdown)

Also while I talk of characters that need development, and when I say development I mean Actual Development not just "ohh look they are important and noticed in 1-2 chapters, and its over" moments would have to be Lucy since she has great potential and that potential is not being used (other than her Fanservice, which I don't mind in some cases but it's too much now). She is a great Celestial wizard (probably the best since there are next to none after that filler-became-cannon arc (Key of Starry Sky)) compared to most wizards she is a great wizard though dwarfed when compared to Natsu and Nakama Power, and has a mother who possibly has connections to One Magic whether by knowledge, or actual possession (less likely) which if so could make her likely a candidate to using that magic which would be great for her character development.

Natsu also needs development since the only "development" we have been getting is him ko'ing and beating up all the enemies and that's it. The closest thing to a development we got was Uncle Atlas Flame and that's almost nothing. We need more deepness of the story and in the characters instead of the constant "Nakama Power" chapters, the Afro Happy moments, and the Fanservice moments (well maybe a little, but only if its necessary such as a Erza/Jellal, a Gray/Juvia or a Nalu moment, then I'm fine with it, but that's it).

Sorry for this long post, a lot on my mind and now let the complaints commence and the thoughts of others come out.