Fairy Tail - Review

I'M ALL FIRED UP NOW!! FIRE DRAGON'S....ROOOAARRRR.....!!

Plot:

In the mystical land of Fiore, magic exists as an essential part of everyday life. Countless magic guilds lie at the core of all magical activity, and serve as venues for like-minded mages to band together and take on job requests. Among them, Fairy Tail stands out from the rest as a place of strength, spirit, and family.

Fairy Tail Guild's Emblem

Pros:

The members of the Fairy Tail guild are an interesting bunch to say the least. Since they can all use magic their fighting styles are extremely diverse. After the first season you will feel like you know the members of the guild personally. There are dozens you are introduced to and you will most likely remember their names because the show does that good of a job at giving the characters a long lasting impression. When something happens to one of the members of the guild it will probably make you sad.

You won’t even realize you have an emotional attachment to these characters until something happens. It is almost as if you are blind-sided a bit by the connection you have with the Fairy Tail guild members, and you will most definitely have a connection with the members as you will most likely see yourself in one of them. I guess it doesn’t hurt that this anime had an all-star voice cast to help with making you like the characters.

It's comedy, drama, action, some romance, all in one. The great thing about Fairy Tail is that it contains not as much fillers as other shows. There are so many twists to this show it's always exciting. Though, in season 3, I did feel they slacked off a bit. No surprise because none of season 3 was in the manga so basically it was a big filler tied in with the main story line I suppose. When it got to the games arc it really picked up again. And that last episode (175) is a much watch.

Grand Magic Games arc is alone an obsolute worth to watch Fairy Tail.

The plot of seven dragons and their mysterious disappearing maintains a good suspense and generates curiosity for watchers.

Zeref is one helluva villain for the series who will be introduced around 90th episode of the anime.

Acnologia and Zeref are introduced in the same arc (Tenrou Island - S-class promotion arc) and thereby uncovering many details about dragons. 

Zeref

Music:

Sound Tracks make you go "hell yeah, go fairy tail!" every time the main theme for their fighting scenes plays.

The score, done by Yasuharu Takanashi, does well in delivery the tones from intense to sad to flat out silly (and in many ways, saves the show in its weak moments).

Cons:

Fillers!

Yes, there are fillers, but not as many as other ongoing Shounen series such as Naruto or One Piece, and Fairy Tail moves at a quicker pace then both and the fillers for the most part are stand alone episodes in which the animators and studio story writers have a ball doing. The humor is very silly and childish, which is actually a plus I think.

It's definitely not the best series out there, but it has a lot of potential.

Repetitive plot arcs, deviating dramatic scenes from the main plot stories.

Side plots aren't much of a help. (say, Celestial Rebellion Arc)

Influences from other Anime like Naruto and One Piece.

Overall:

As a watcher of many animes, and the way one can tell how good or entertaining a series is is how it captures me in the first few episodes. Fairy Tail manages to do exactly that. Sure there are going to be a few weak points and continuity within the story, but there are plenty of strong points too. A good and bad note for the series is how there are so many characters within; it can be good because some characters you'll connect with better then others, but that is also a bad thing since it divides much needed attention to what is relevant at the moment, however Hiro Mashima handles it quite well.

It is a good solid series that I recommend.

Rating:   8 / 10

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