User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 291: Naval Battle, Review./@comment-139.194.94.29-20120714192013/@comment-3290324-20120714192851

First and foremost: Aquarius won't be punished. This is the second time (on screen) that she's done that. Do you honestly think if she was in serious trouble for it she would do it twice? Secondly, you guys are too hard on Aquarius and are digging way too deep into this. Mashima obviously wanted Lucy to get beaten and so he had to have Aquarius go away, it's that simple. Keep in mind that these characters are not real. They do not have real thoughts and emotions. They do Mashima's bidding and work to get his story told. Mashima needed Lucy beat and so she was beat. Stop reading so deep into something so insignificant.