User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 365: Fairy in the Jail!, Review and Commentary/@comment-7418318-20131229075039/@comment-5268982-20131229160857

I think that there's a reason Mashima mentioned the Zentopia incident. Maybe it was his way of saying that the filler is also canon in the mangaverse. Or maybe it was another way to promote the filler arc. Not that I care anyways lol