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“Young Mavis, abused orphan, survives guild raid; years later, treasure hunters spark her quest to find fairies.”
Fairy Tail Zero
FAIRY TAIL ZERØ
7.88
1,166 rank · 56,120 readers · 823 favorites
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Young Mavis, abused orphan, survives guild raid; years later, treasure hunters spark her quest to find fairies.
Long before she would found Fairy Tail, first master Mavis Vermillion is left under the care of the Red Lizard guild. Abused and belittled at every opportunity, she is forced to complete difficult chores. Despite this horrific treatment, Mavis refuses to cry, for if she did, she would not be able to meet the fairies. However, her life of servitude comes to an abrupt end when the Blue Skull guild raids her home, leaving only Mavis and the guild master's daughter, Zera, alive. For many years, Mavis and Zera live alone, taking care of each other. But this all changes when a band of treasure hunters comes to the island in search of the Tenrou Jade—a precious gem that is sacred to the island. With the arrival of new faces, her life begins to change again. Mavis has never stopped wishing to meet the fairies, and now she may finally have the chance to find them.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.98
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.98 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Jul 2015 → Feb 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Simply fantastic, can be influenced by my adoration of Mavis, but I liked much of the story with her as protagonist, Mavis is a character that is hard not to sympathize, I thought I would tell to...”
- 8 “This is one the proof that fairy tail's writer could write better stories. This side story was well written enjoyable than the main series. The story focuses on the backstory of Mavis and how fairy...”
- 8 “Fairy Tail Zero is honestly such an improvement on the main series, it's crazy to see how well Mashima Hiro can actually write. Although FT has a special place in my heart, it's mostly just...”
Verbosity
Short · 80%
Medium · 20%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Jul 2014 – Jul 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M27363 catalog