Darklight0303 said:
kiDnameDSkia said:
I do understand people defending Fairy Tail here, but I think you're wrong. You can say Fairy Tail is the best, and even reason with the guy who says it's bull, but in the end it's just your subjective opinion and no matter how much you try to go around it that fact won't change (same for the troll guy without arguments).
On the other hand, you can't negate the fact that Fairy Tail (if we compare it to other same-genre series) simply isn't putting up with them. Nobody here hates Fairy Tail, we all enjoy it more or less for what it is/what it can grow to/grew to, but saying it's better than OP...I'm sorry, no. Shallow character development in OP? Nop. Read Fairy Tail deeper to understand what's behind the surface described already in the comments above? Oh cmon, you can dream it and think it all you want, but in the end fights are far worse handled then for instance OP, motivation is far worse handled than OP, world exploration isn't even there... The idea is like @bizbiz said great, the vast world offers great opportunities, but the anime itself is locked and limited to a small frame of relationship between the main cast, which repeats itself over and over. Lately, FOR ME (that's what a lot of you guys forgets to say in your babling about this and that) FT became so monotonous except a few jumps here and there... It's an enjoyable funny anime with epic moments, but nothing more. It's that shallow.
Also, needs moar dragons n shit.
A series is not only about the fights also I never said FT is better than OP so kindly don't put words in my mouth. I like them both equally but I can see plenty of flaws in both. OP has had its fair share of stupid concepts and out of the blue powerups. People don't care simply cause they are cool. To which I agree but don't turn your eyes from the fact that it makes no freakin sense.
OP has had stupid concepts and out of the blue power ups? You've got to be kidding me. I can only name 2 power ups throughout the past 700 chapters that made me question how they obtained that power. Whereas FT pulls an "out of the blue power up" at the rate of 2-3 per arc, sometimes more. Putting FT anywhere near OP in terms of "QUALITY" manga is just utterly ridiculous. I don't care if you enjoy them equally.
FT is a battle shonen, therefore you are allowed to analyze its fights and rate it based upon them.
Ok, now analyzing things that Mash has done wrong with FT. It's a shonen about magic, yet his ideas for magic seem to be very limited and specialized. Which makes me wonder who the hell is teaching all of these people these very over powered and specific magics. I would say that he almost lacks creativity in this field, as he can't make unique magics out of the standard set he first introduced. He has had to pull from the field of "lost" and "ancient" and "overpowered" magic. Has a simple fire wizard even appeared in this series? Um, I guess you could include the first guy that Natsu fights and the one guy he saves. Yah, they were within the first few chapters. Every other wizard has some ridiculously strong magic that would takes decades to learn, yet they learned it in a brief span of time.
The plots, even for a show about magic, are completed ass pulled and ridiculous. Typically, after said ridiculous plot, the bad guys have to be stronger than the guild whom is already the strongest, so they just give them a more ridiculous magic. Read the point above this 10 times over. The magic in this series sucks.
Let's analyze Erza. She is an S-class wizard apart of Fairy Tale said to be on par with those of the 10 Wizard Saints. We see that Laxus, Gildarts, and Mystogan, more or less, shit on Erza in terms of power. So this means that Fairy Tale, including Makarov, have 5 total people at 10 Wizard Saint power. (Does this title mean anything?!) This makes me question why Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy (The best character in FT) are sent to clean up super bad asses. Wait... WHY DOES ERZA EVEN LOSE A FIGHT?! I thought she was on par with the fucking 10 WIZARD SAINTS!!! Oh wait, no, she isn't. She's a pathetic character that has only declined in power since the start of the series. Only to gain it ALL back for a single moment to defeat a bad ass.
This series which was once enjoyable has turned into a less than quality work. The recent arcs, Oracion Seis, Edolas, Tenrou, 7 year time skip, and the Grand Magic Games have ALL SUCKED. They have all been less than quality work. Like I said earlier, I DON'T CARE IF YOU ENJOY THIS MANGA. Something can be garbage and enjoyable at the same time. Which is what this manga is.