[Sage Shinigami]

Okay, am I the only person who feels like things are headed towards a finale? Like, it's a long, long way off but:

Spoiler for Long explanation:

- We're talking about where all the dragons went, which is probably the longest running sub-plot in the entire series
- Acnologia's past was brought up, suggesting he will play a part in this arc. Acnologia is the one opponent Fairy Tail was TOTALLY unable to beat. He destroyed their most powerful member (Gildarts), then proceeded to wreck every single one of Fairy Tail's heavyweights. For him to come back spurred on by all this Dragon War stuff and lose to the entire guild would prove Fairy Tail was the best guild far more than the Grand Magic Games ever could.
- The anime. Mashima was all quiet about why the anime said "to be continued", but the bottom line is if it weren't going to end within say...12-18 months, no way would Japan bother doing a To Be Continued. Unless he got a sweet OVA deal, there's no way FT can come back without the series either being over or being close to over when it did.
- There don't seem to be any more sub plots left in the series, so if they wrap up the few they have left (since this also seems to involve Zeref) there's no reason to keep going.

Mind you, all I know of the manga is where the anime stopped plus I read a summary on the most recent chapter. So if I'm wrong, someone please feel free to correct me on what and how. (Though hopefully don't be a jerk about it. >_<)