Fairy Tail Chapter 537 Discussion
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- #4
Speechless.
Thought it ain't getting any worse, I was so wrong.
The part with Zeref and Mavis was cringe worthy and cheesy af, say what you want. I felt nothing while reading it, beside cringing at the overdramatic crying and pleading and tearing up. I was too mad at the fact that Zeref powered up, got fairy heart, and in the end still got one shotted by Natsu to even bother. What's the point of hyping up that power for?? It's trash.
U think it's over? Nope. They went and revived Makarov 😂 I was hoping for at least some types of casualties to make this look less bullshit and full of ex machina, at least one death of an important character would make it look less bad. I underestimated FT plot armor.
0/10.
- #5
FateHero said:
I am absolutely amazed at you people and your ability to hate on this series for being EXACTLY WHAT THE AUTHOR WANTS IT TO BE!!!
Mashima wrote Fairy Tail this way because that's what he wanted it to be, if you don't like it, that's YOUR problem. It doesn't make anything in this story less gut-wrenching, heart-warming, or amazing.
I for one choose to rejoice in Makarov's restored life! Because this is the Fairy Tail I love!
And you know what? Screw it - I HOPE MAVIS AND ZEREF'S MAGIC CANCELLED OUT AND MADE THEM BOTH MORTAL AGAIN!!!
"I have no standards for decent writing"-your post. "I have no respect for authors." - your post.
As someone who has been writing fiction for nearly 9 years, I tend to have fairy high standard for decent writing, and am currently trying to discern whether or not you understand what the definition of 'decent writing' even is.
What I am trying to say is that those of you harping on Mashima for not killing off his Main Characters have clearly missed the point of Mashima's writing style. What's worse, a lot of you seem to be under the illusion that this is a new development in his works, talking about how Fairy Tail 'started out' great but then 'became garbage' later on - and that is 100% BULLSHIT!
Mashima has not changed the way this story is written from the day of its conception to now. For all 537 Chapters >THIS IS WHAT THE STORY HAS BEEN LIKE<, this is what the story was MEANT to be like, because that's what THE AUTHOR wanted it to be.
If you are one of those people that think Fairy Tail has steadily gone down the tube over the course its run time, I have a newsflash for you:
Fairy Tail NEVER changed, YOU did! So stop blaming the author just because you decided you don't like his style anymore.
Fairy Tail is an amazing story with deep, relatable characters, a rich, intricate history, and a fun, compelling plot.
So I will repeat: If you don't like it - that's YOUR problem; it's not Mashima's job to cater to your tastes. You don't have to like Fairy Tail, but giving the series so much grief over a - quote unquote - "problem" that has existed since its inception is an exceedingly small-minded and petty thing to do.
- #6
I want to be angry at the fact that Makarov got sparked back to life (Still don't know how that happened. Answers on a postcard) but after this arc and especially the last chapter, I just don't care anymore. My indifference in the saddest part for me
I can explain Makarov's "ressurection". The curse of contradiction STEALS (meaning taking from and giving to yourself) the life force of all that one loves; meaning Zeref wasn't quite as "immortal" as he or we thought. He was running off of a battery. When Zeref and Mavis passed on, their souls passed through Makarov's on the way to the afterlife and deposited all of the life energy Zeref had into him. Makarov's wasn't dead, he had just turned to stone, because Fairy Heart uses one's life force. Mavis learned this spell from Zeref, who would've been able to use it on a much grander scale as intended.
- #9
Just because Mashima thinks his style of writing is ok doesn't mean it actually is. I know Mashima doesn't intend to make FT a dark series that's why he doesn't like killing characters. The problem is that because of that most attempts at being seriously emotional backfire because the readers know they will be back soon after. If he didn't pretend to kill off characters only to bring them back via Deus Ex Machinas nobody would have a problem with the series.
Mashima also has a huge problem with delivering on the hype he builds up for his antagonists, Jacob became a complete and lame joke despite being supposedly a super strong opponent. God Serena gets plenty of buildup only to get one-shotted by Acnologia and is brought back in a weakened form where he gets defeated in a chapter by Gildarts, Irene and August commit suicide just for plot convenience, Acnologia himself is defeated by a ship ran by a comic relief character rather than an actual DRAGON SLAYER.
Fanservice is drawn when it shouldn't happen and makes the mood worse.
This isn't disliking a particular style, this is basic bad writing that most authors are told to avoid.
It is absolutely a style. I won't lie, for as much as I just praised the writing, there are plenty of times I roll my eyes while reading or watching Fairy Tail because of its predictability and fanservice moments. The reason I don't harp on it is because I choose to find enjoyment in the deep narrative and characters. The fact that I can predict that a character will survive no matter the odds doesn't make me wish they had died, or make me less happy to see them live. I choose to be live in the tone of the scene rather than in the knowledge of the eventuality, and that lets me feel what the characters feel when they think they've lost someone dear to them rather then get caught up in knowing it will be inevitably reversed.
And I can't imagine how anyone would have managed to put up with this series for this long if they didn't also enjoy it when they first got into it. If the teased character deaths, random fanservice moments, and over-hyped antagonists bothered you as much in the first few arcs as it does now, I don't understand why you didn't just drop this series ages ago.
- #11
Mashima wrote Fairy Tail this way because that's what he wanted it to be, if you don't like it, that's YOUR problem. It doesn't make anything in this story less gut-wrenching, heart-warming, or amazing.
I for one choose to rejoice in Makarov's restored life! Because this is the Fairy Tail I love!
And you know what? Screw it - I HOPE MAVIS AND ZEREF'S MAGIC CANCELLED OUT AND MADE THEM BOTH MORTAL AGAIN!!!
- #13
The scene between Mavis and Zeref was actually quite touching tbh, but I had to cringe at the together forever part. It sounded way too corny.
Makarov is still alive ? Well, not really surprising, Mashima just dont have the balls to kill him off. In retrospect, the whole drama about him was ridiculous.