User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 443: And Then, The Land Was No More, Review./@comment-4449950-20150706060747/@comment-7418318-20150706190328

I absolutely agree on the Levy Gajeel matter, and the onsen scene in itself.

If Mashima really wanted Gajeel to land on Levy, that could have been done just as well on the road, for example like this:
 * Team B runs into Ichiya on the way to the town.
 * Ichiya begins to sniff Mira or Lisanna.
 * Elfman being his usual overprotective self toward his sisters doesn't like that and punches Ichiya.
 * Ichiya is knocked into Gajeel.
 * Gajeel lands on Levy.

There... same outcome, but due to a layer of cloth being there, it's bit less cruel to Levy, while keeping the humour for those who find such situations funny. And we didn't have to see Ichiya's naked butt.