Haven't been to the forum for a while, been studying, and now I've got back into FT again, it's gotten interesting. It's still difficult to know who is going to die next. I'm pretty sure Gray's dead but...
I don't know if Mashima is going with similar themes with his previous work, Rave Master; Musica who is pretty much Gray's counterpart dies but comes back alive. I'm not sure what's going to happen to Ultear, it could be misleading and any of the Crime Sorciere group could die. I mean Jellal still feels responsible for things and he won't let Ultear die. But either way after this part is done, Crime Sorciere will probably be no more.
but I agree with Darklight0303 that Ultear is certainly tying up loose ends, it seems she will either die or go on a trip and we won't see her again. But now Ultear reminds me of Reina a bit from Rave master.
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