Review of Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail(ANIME AND MANGA) Anime: 2 seasons. 2 Movies. 9 OVA. 12 episode side story. Manga:546(approx) Written by Hiro Mashima. Studio: A-1 Pictures (#1–277) Satelight (#1–175) Studio Bridge (#176–277) Publishers: Weekly Shōnen Magazine.
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#MAIN_THEME:
* Friendship over all*. Every anime have a main theme like Narutos is never give up.. BnHA's is Hard work can beat talent..etc.. etc..
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#STORY:
Set in an imaginary world, the Earth Land, there exists a Mage Guild called "Fairy Tail". Fairy Tail is stationed in the town Magnolia, residing in the Kingdom of Fiore, and is currently governed by Makarov, Guild's master.
Lucy Heartfilia, a 17-year-old girl, wishes to become a full-fledged mage and join one of the most prestigious Mage Guilds in the world, Fairy Tail.
One day, out of pure coincidence, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a boy who is transportation-sick, but very cheerful in nature. However, the thing she does not know is that Natsu is the closest connection to Fairy Tail, as he is a Mage in Fairy Tail. Story is fine so 7/10
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#Animation:
Yes this have a good animation. The fight scene are good and acceptable. The animation develops a lot at the last arc. But due to studio messing up.. fight scene were shit. However Hiro promised that next season will have better quality of graphics and other shits and yes we see it in the dragon cry movie. So i rate it 8/10.
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#Plot:
Now let's talk about plot for a moment. The story have some good plot . I liked the twist and progression of story and how each arc had a secret connection with each other. So the plot get 9/10. because this anime have a really good plot.. ... yet it became wasted thanks to Hiro.
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#Characters:
The MC is not your average wannabe super hero anime at least. Yes he have a great character and character development through out the series.Then there was Wendy , Gajeel , Lucy , Erza , Jellal and some others. Yes the have some good character development. Besides some characters are badass. So, I rate it 7/10.
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#Strong_Moments:
Well Fairy Tail have some strong moments. If I count it .. within both seasons there are almost 25 (approx). But considering the size its less. And among the 25 maximum 10 were really good and praise worthy. The manga also have some quality chapters. The Chapter 537 could have been a great chapter.. i mean on of the best chapters of this arc.. if .. only if Hiro didn't put the HUUUUUUUUUUGEEEEEE Bag of Bullshit in the last page. So over all in this topic my rating.. 5/10.
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#Handling_Overpowered_characters:
Nope. FT failed to do so. Well every anime isn't BnHA or Naruto... though. But still it gets 5/10.
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#Character_design_and_Art_style:
15% characters are similar to other anime characters. Yes this anime is inspired by Op and DBZ and there are many other anime that copied from these anime, But considering the huge potential FT had.. and seeing new villeins and characters.. Hiro could definitely design something on his own. I mean he had a lot of works or creation. So he could put characters from it. Even if he did copy or whatever you call it.. he made some distinct difference. But as for Guildarts... well however the art style s.p from s2 and in the movie were good. So 5.5/10. Because at the beginning of series.. Ft had OP art style if you notice carefully.
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#OST_AND_OP:
Well FT have some really good OST and Music. So I rate it 9.5/10. And this are also played in the right moment. Which is also a good side.
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So over all rating should be 7.5/10, R8? Yes considering the good points it deserves 7.5. But if I only consider the good points which I am not gonna do. So lets dive into the flaws.
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#Flaws_of_FT:
1. Character Death: This is a major bullshit in FT. Almost every character that dies comes back. I said Almost.. because there were some deaths.. and some had deep feelings. It could have been a master piece if FT didn't ruin some good deaths.
2. Slow pacing: The plot development is really slow. It could have done it much faster. However the progression in the anime and manga wasn't that bad, so. -0.5
3. Nakama Bullshit: Even though the story is about friendship.. Yes I know As per Mard geer: The Power of a Mage increases with the amount of positive feelings they have and the power of curse rises with the increase of negative feeling. And a dragon slayers power rises with his boiling Emotion and iron will... or some similar shit.. FT went too far with it, It's almost like MC's never lose. So it gets -.5
4. Fan Service: Another stupidity in Ft which you will find in between serious moment. SO -.5
5.Shitty plot twist and troll:
Right until the very end Hiro trolled us .. but with a bullshit by bringing that aged shit back to life. Besides there are some other bad writings and shitty twist.. predictable writing .. so -.5.
5. There are also other flaws within the story and anime. So -.5.
SO considering everything.. it gets 4/10. This had a lot of potentials. But I don't blame FT for being such a shit.. Its the writer at fault. Even Rave Master wasn't this bad.But still +.5 for not being as shitty as SAO so.. 4.5/10 for me.