Oh Nice!.Tale.I will not make new ones.Here are some great posts below.
Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, but for some reason it happens a lot with FT, more so than with other series, that people are seeing what they want to see just so that they could say it's ripped off, while it isn't or in the least it's something so universal that saying it's ripped off can only be seen as a sign of ill will.
Names?
I'm not going to start searching for all the names and compare them, but the only one that comes to mind are Natsu Tanimoto and Natsu Dragneel and Natsu isn't really a unique name. Sorry, but that is not even remotely a rip off. Have you any idea how many Yamato's, Sengoku's, Sakura's and Minato's are out there? Many of these Japanese names are like the equivalent of an American character being named Jack or John. Fact is that FT even has quite a large variety of names. Hiro so far has used Japanese, Dutch, German, English, American, Spanish etc. names.
There are no names being ripped off in FT, that's just you thinking because a name that appears there also appears somewhere else, it must be a rip off.
Ninja Cats?
Where are there ninja cats? The Exceed? Sorry, but other than that both have the ability to speak -and Naruto isn't the first series with talking animals and cats- there is nothing really that makes them the same. Not to mention I seriously wonder if Naruto was even the first one of the two to have a talking cat in the series as Happy was introduced in chapter one, though I'm not really going to bother to check that. The two concepts are very different.
Tailed beasts and dragons?
Are you now serious? Have you any idea how many series there are with monsters like that? And their concepts are completley different. Dragons are an actual species in FT, while the Tailed Beasts have a set number, were created and play an important role in the entire concept of Jinchuriki's and the like. They are not the same. It's impossible to even consider that as a rip off.
Magic and jutsu?
Ki, reatsu, chakra, magic...this is one of the most recurrent concepts in manga series. This is something so universal it's impossible to steal it unless it would be word for word. The concept of 'jutsu' isn't even something Kishi created, it already existed in real life and nearly every manga that is of the fantasy/supernatural genre has people running around that spam elements, control shadows and whatnot which originate from a 'source'.
Guilds and villages?
If anything they are the complete opposite. Ninja villages are hidden, are practically a military and do even assassination jobs. Guilds are right in the middle of the cities, are in the hands of individual persons, they can't fight among each other, belong under the same organization, can not take things like assassination jobs etc.
What you did was intentionally trying to see things of FT being ripped off from other series, while the reality is that none of the things you listed got stolen. FT and OP have the same vibe, but that's very superficial and comes from the whole 'nakama' theme, which comes from Goku of Dragonball. There isn't any significant thing in FT that could be considered being ripped off from OP as it's too common. Same thing with people who claim that OP has been ripping off from FT.
This pretty much sums everything up. Infact, nearly everything stems from Goku of Dragonball. It's laughable to say that FT is a rip off of other successful manga when those successful manga are also technically rip offs of Dragonball. Ki came first, then the rest just changed the names and gave it their own perception. Chakra, Reatsu, Magic power - All stem from Ki. They are all the same thing - One's own inner energy. Spiritual pressure = power level from DBZ. If you actually give Fairy Tail a fair chance and avoid looking for similarities, you'll find that it is in it's own right quite good. I don't know how closely the anime follows the manga, but I'd say pretty damn closely considering I have yet to find any inconsistencies. Even the Fillers are consistent with the storyline. Given how much of FT I've watched, it has the action-packed fight scenes that Bleach has to offer, the main character has the determination to never give up from Naruto, friendship is the most powerful factor comes from One piece or DB - Whichever way you want to look at it -, it even has all the humorous antics you find in One piece and Naruto. It has heartfelt moments that the others lack. Fairy Tail is unique in its own right, as is Naruto, Bleach and One piece. Also, it's hard to create a unique name that hasn't been thought of before.
Nothing personal.Just quoting the pictures as I have already taken out the names of the person who posted them.
It is ridiculous to see how People are calling FT as rip off of One Piece Manga/Anime & Naruto when in reality it is not.They are just a mere anime Coincidence & nothing more or to say a just an inspiration for a mangaka from another mangaka like many inspired a lot from Akira toriyama.By using this same flawed logic I can list as many as rip offs saying Naruto is a rip off of Hunter x Hunter,Cowboy bebop,DBZ;,OP is a rip off of Disney & other verses........**Endless it goes on** as long as I use the same logic as you.
Every Anime/Manga are Protected by Copyright Law.Violation of those rules & spreading unauthorized distribution or copying some one's fictional work will not be tolerated as mentioned in the "Rules of the Copyright law Act".IF so they will be treated according to the law for using other's fictional work.
Knowing Hiro Mashima is kicking well & doing some great work for us in the form of FT in his Studio & didn't got any notice of stealing some one's work,FT is not a Rip off of OP.
Now getting to the Post
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The member on left side of the image laid on the ground where as on the three people are hanging on to the tree...heck it is not even a coincidence.
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It is a utter
fail.No need to say a onething...It is neither coincident nor are there any resemblance.It is just ridiculous
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No resemblance to each of their head quarters U_U.Another
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By your logic it is certainly a rip off & many animes have a scenes of those types.Yes,By your logic all are Rip offs.It is your choice to say from which anime are those rip offs Lol . But in truth it is just a anime coincidence,meaning it is not a rip off & another
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What?The front doors exploded and got boom'd & enemies thrown away???..Really you think a scan like that prove that FT is a rip off of OP??I recall many animes has that same scenario,I am not even bothering to recall those...Another
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Read above ^^
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Not much of a similarity aside from each carrying their own books to read.I do say it is just a Coincidence.By that logic everyone carrying a book is a rip off of one another.
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Lol....Say what?Both are two different ones & are different personality's....here also no similarity
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It is stupid to talk about this scan.....Scan itself dis agreed.
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What having Snakes around them makes those two similar characters? Flawed Logic
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It is more of a coincidence than a Inspiration as this type of similar characters are made in 90's,more around before even Oda created it.So it proved nothing
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This is definetly an inspiration that Hiro took from Oda to create his own character,namely,Gildarts from Shanks or so I assume.They resembles each other a lot & I even debated on Shanks VS Gildarts & I got proved that Shanks is the inspiration for Gildarts U_U.
Finally this entire rip off is a
fail arguement & proves nothing
People Need to realize that there aren't any manga/Anime that out there that are actual line to line rip off's of another manga as they are claiming with stupid logic just because of their hate towards other manga/Anime.Many Mangaka's of present era are got inspired a lot from Akira Toriyama a legend from 80's and as the time passes on sure other mangaka's (who created best of it) will stand as inspiration for next generation and so on.
A Mangaka getting inspiration from a another mangaka's work is not a Rip Off thing
I will leave for now.
