Ghost-Edge said:
bizbiz said:
A shojo by definition is destined to women, no matter how many men read it, it's destined to women.
Same thing with shonen and seinen, by definition they are destined to Men or adolescent no matter how many women's read it
From this we can say that a Shonen that attract women more than man, then something is wrong with it, especially battle shonen, that simply means that the author failed... ultimate fail, when your art is destined for adult and you realize that kids are more attracted than adults.. that's a fail
So whats sooo abnormal that attract women more than men...
-relation between character, like you said romance, now, i don't mind to have some romance in a manga, but i do mind if the manga is oriented romance.... yeah i'm sorry FT is oriented romance, no matter how many fights we got, there is a tons of romantic scene in this manga just for example
Just another example (i know it's not a solid support) but we can at least have an idea about what's intersting in the manga
another thing, character development, there is absolutely no character development in this manga... whats the difference between Natsu in the beginning of the manga, and actual natsu, same thing with erza, gray, lucy.
like in every manga we have a sensation that character get stronger and stronger, they grow up (luffy, naruto, ichigo, gon, goku, yusuke etc etc), but here you can bring natsu from chapter 1, he can defeat sting and rogue... yeah i'm serious, you know how fucked up is this? it's like any strength problem in this manga can be solved by friendship&love... like if lucy got a problem natsu will come out and tell her "ohh don't worry babe i'm here i will protect you", and there you go, the antagonist can be strongest man in the world yet natsu will defeat him because of a nakama power up.
another problem for this series the storyline, very poor, sometimes we completely forget about it, what dragons? i almost forgot that natsu was searching a dragon...
This series is about a guild and the bonds between them, the dragon's aren't the focal point.
Does it matter so much how a manga/anime is defined? Judging on a label is shallow. It should be judged on enjoyability not which department it should be filed away in.
If you're talking about romance then most are used for comic effect as used in many animes or you have relationships that are bound to happen from such a big close knit group. It happens in real life. Also Mashima is a Dragon Ball fan and there are several romantic relationships there.
The relationships (non-romance) are what I enjoy about this manga. The long drawn out fights and shallow character depths of something Like One Piece and Bleach or the 1 dimensional relationship with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura that really ruined the series are why Fairy Tail really stands above them at the moment. And no I am not one who give an auto 5 out of 5 just for being Fairy Tail and I have give a 1 out of 5 on atleast 1 chapter.
Natsu is not all powerful. Without Etherion, the Exceed crew weakening Hades or other members of Fairy Tail he'd have been beat loads of times. This is nothing unusual and exclusive to only Fairy Tail.
JkImpulse said:
This chapter, like the entire arc, was lackluster and void of substance. Future Lucy died? Oh, was I suppose to feel emotionally attached to a character that has been in, what seems like, 10 total panels?
Lucy is Lucy. Future, past or present. She is the main character.
I wish I could rep you or something. Because could not agree more.