Cejara said:
I remember the whole Tenrou thing, but to be honest I don't remember much of the GMG and on, since its been a while, so I am probably more tolerant to it because I just forgot lol. Either way I am here to finish this series, so I have to be a tolerant of the bullshit in a way. I didn't think Tartarus was that bad honestly. I want to say GMG had some pretty decent fights too that weren't too ass-pullish xD although I remember not liking the knight fights (under the castle).
The one shots specifically started during Daimatou Enbu, before that it´d happen occasionally like Phantom Lord and Erza vs the Wind S class mage. Or Erza vs Nightmare. The difference was that Erza at this point was broken and those enemies never managed to put up much of a fight without using underhanded techniques and although exhausted she never got hurt, while other weaker characters had their struggles, which made them exciting to watch.
Tenru Island had two I remember. First Natsu and Zancrow which I called out when it was released, the second was Erza vs Azuma where "she´s Erza" started.
But it was overshadowed through the plot progression and Gray had a good fight.
Daimatou Enbou consisted mostly of raw fighting and it began really promising, it had it´s huge setup and the first legitimate fight of Elfman vs Bacchus was suspenseful and well done. It was after this fight where it became horseshit and Hiro frocefed the audience with everything that FT gets criticized for, which he continued doing with the occasional good chapters.
