User blog comment:Miskos3/Final Chapter in Official Color + Hiro Mashima's interview/@comment-200.8.22.175-20170728103827/@comment-26389992-20170802005020

Online, but anyone can say anything on the internet and run with it lol. 4-6 assistants makes much more sense.

He tweeted that there are various FT projects coming, the collab with some cafe and the anime are two so far he announced. I see spinoffs or light novels an option next like Naruto did once it ended.