User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 362 - In Which Apparently Happy Is God (Natsu vs. Jackal)/@comment-5004454-20131130215054/@comment-117598-20131202170353

The way it was set up made it seem like Happy was done for: the despair in everyone's face, Happy's rush to carry Jackal away, the MASSIVE EXPLOSION, the sadness in people's faces. All pointed to a heroic death and a possible change in some of the character's, increasing their drive.

But nope. Just an afro and some burned fur. There literally was no reason for that setup.