Review of Fairy Tail

I'm not a really big fan of Shonen animes in general. They tend to be repetitive in terms of story and do not necessarily have characters that will captivate you. But what if I told you there's one anime that completely exceeds all these features? And no, I'm not putting it positively. That anime, my friends, goes by the name of Fairy Tail. STORY: The story seemed pretty promising at first - a world of magic and a damn overpowered protagonist. The story paced slowly at first, introducing us to the members of the guild. However, it started going downhill after the first 25 episodes. The majorarcs became very repetitive and cliché, the fights became extremely boring (with the characters just throwing random punches at each other or using their special moves until they ran out of energy). It never picked up after that which, in my opinion, was very unfortunate.

ART:
The art is very decent in my opinion. The fantastic combination of the vibrant fusion of colours and the generally fluid animation made the generic fights watchable. However, this wasn't exactly consistent, with sometimes the art becoming as bad as that of Episode 5 of Dragon Ball Super.

SOUND:
The sound, on the whole, was excellent. Some of the openings and endings were absolutely top-notch and sadly, they feel wasted on an anime like Fairy Tail. The background music was really good too but, unfortunately, the rest of the atmosphere of the show never really did much to accompany it well.

CHARACTERS:
Now, where do I even start? The characters are just horrible in my view - they are as corny as they can get. There's way too much emphasis on 'friendship' and 'will-power' which gets way too stereotypical way too soon. There's almost no proper character development throughout the whole show and they stay bland throughout the whole 175 episodes. The only slight exception is Laxus, and it's a shame he has to see his butt handed to him at one point. Even more hilarious is the fact that in many cases the villains actually become overwhelmed by the power of the protagonists' friendship and convert to the good side.

ENJOYMENT:
The only aspects of the show I actually enjoyed were the music and the art. Other than that, it has really been a very forgettable experience for me.

CONCLUSION:
Fairy Tail, in my honest opinion, is just a very, very over-rated anime which is no-where near the level it is hyped up to be. It has been a complete waste of time for me and I don't think I'll follow the second season at all. A shame, really, as the music choice was actually so good.

FOR: Those wanting a casual anime experience where the good guys continuously beat up the baddies.
NOT FOR: Those wanting a deep experience with proper emphasis on character development and excellent twists that will get your mind effed up.

SCORES IN BRIEF:
Story: 2/10
Art: 7/10
Sound: 8/10
Character: 1/10
Enjoyment: 3/10
OVERALL: 4/10