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The magic council must be a metaphor for the Japanese police; an organization with significant authority and indepence yet totally useless and corrupt. I guess Mashima gets a little bit of satisfaction by depicting its destruction in this arc. That would make every Japanese person happy (not counting the policemen themselves and the real criminals who are safe because of the law enforcement's incompetence).

The end of Jellal's fight was utterly predictable, although the idiot ex-chairman actually stealing the key just like that wasn't what I expected. But as soon as he did, I knew the demons would slay him immediately. It was a double-win: They released the last seal and they got rid of a huge liability at the same time.