Review of Fairy Tail

I'll try my best and make this review spoiler-free as best I can for the few of you out there that have not seen this. Do keep in mind though that this is all my opinion and it is okay to not agree with it. Though I will be tearing this apart from more or less. Story 4/10: The story of Fairy Tail is not original in the slightest, in fact, I would even go as far as to say that it is a copy of all magic genres out there. The arcs are cliche and even in the world of cliche most of them are not welldone as you would see in the other Shounen anime's. The arcs are a constant cycle of Lucy being our damsel in distress for one reason or another. her friends go to save her but during their own separate battles they all get close to losing BUT THEN the magical power of friendship powers them up to Saitama from OPM level (always being stronger than their opponent) and the battle is usually over with a single large attack. Then Lucy gets just a little bit of more power and trust and becomes stronger just to be kidnapped in the next arc.

Don't get me wrong, not all about the story is bad. The world-building in Fairy Tail is top tier, from the way everything works in the present to even the history of things, which in some cases get pretty dark such as themes of slavery, human sacrifice. and demon lord summoning but without the demon having a harem.

Characters 2/10:
Honestly, the characters are the worst part of this anime. There is little to no development with any of them and when development happens it is sudden and drastic such as a character being a villain one second then after getting beaten up is no longer a villain but a pacifist. The character tropes are all cliche with the exception of Gray who's whole character idea is that he has an addiction to constantly stripping.

The females in this show, while there are arcs building upon them and the characters, each of the main ones is a damsel in distress for one or more of the arcs, and all the arcs involve a damsel in distress besides a couple. Honestly, though, they are the more likable and human characters in the show BUT I SWEAR TO GOD THEIR BOOBS GET BIGGER EVERY ARC.

Our true main character, Natsu is a magician who uses Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, making him extremely powerful especially after he powers up through one way or another but what you will see with him is that he rarely ever fights and usually gets cock-blocked and beat up by a friend who claims he can't win.

Art 5/10:
I will actually give this art a 5. Its animation level is like that of Black Clover in some aspects but not in others. The characters are well designed and movement is not choppy during animations. The background is designed well and was definitely not done lazily but then you get to the battle animations.

In battle, you will rarely ever get to see the actual fighting going on. While it is there, for the most part, it is orbs of colors smashing into each other in different areas of the scene. While when we actually get to see the fighting it is well done, it is usually just bright colors and quick skirmishes.

Soundtrack 7/10:
The soundtrack in Fairy Tail is great, I truly enjoyed each opening and ending theme that the show had to offer. For the soundtrack of the actual anime, it was great as well. From the battle music to the hype music to even just the plain motivational speech music, this was my favorite part of this anime.

Overall:
Like SAO, the more I re-watched Fairy Tail the more I came to ask myself "Why did I like this?" The story and arcs are cliches, and even for being cliche they are not well done, they are not horrible but they're nothing special. You'll find more interesting characters in a porn skit. If you want a time waster and/or are a die-hard fan of magic ecchi's then I would go ahead and give this a shot. Otherwise, I'd say stay away from it.

Feel free to give feedback and/or have a friendly debate with me :)