User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 428: When We Take Different Paths, Review and Commentary/@comment-25108138-20150413102206/@comment-7418318-20150413190412

I actually like what Mashima did with Gray.

This seems a lot more believable than the usual run-of-the-mill good-guy-turns-bad stuff going on in many manga. Gray is determined to go his path into darkness even if it means hurting his former family, but he's doing so reluctantly rather than with glee. He's holding back and he's clearly feeling bad about it, but something is driving him to act like this anyway.

This inner conflict is something I appreciate and - sorry for doing that comparison yet again - it's leagues better than Sasuke's journey through the darkness.