[Discussion] Fairy Tail Rant (Things need to change)

Mugiwara kun

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Was watching Fairy Tail anime a few days ago,you know the part where the dragons are wreaking havoc and trying to kill all the mages? F.Rogue said no human can defeat a dragon and we all know how powerful dragons are ,so why on God's blessed earth did not single dragon kill any mage no matter how pathetic the mage is (ichiya,) So does Hiro Mashima want to tell us it's a stalemate between a dragon and a mage? Common, I expected something far better, even if he doesn't want to kill the important characters but at least fodders should die!!!Besides does it now mean that the dragons that taught our favourite dragon slayers are not as powerful as we thought? If this doesn't bother you, then you ain't a true fan on FT
 

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It's FT bruh, just about every good guy has plot armor. The Dragons weren't going full out anyway if you think about it, they were mainly just mocking the humans and trying to show how little hope they had.
 

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1. The Humans the Dragons were fighting were Wizards, so its not like they were going to die so easily.
2. Dragon Slayer Magic was able to help fend off the Dragons, but not kill them. The MAIN Dragons were fighting the Dragon Slayers first.
3. The Dragons were having fun and toying with the humans, they didnt want to kill them so easily
4. All the wizards that couldn't use DS Magic were fighting the baby fodders, similar to the shinobi fighting the Juubi Fodders
 
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In all honesty, you have a point, but is seems to me that Hiro doesn't care about killing off "fodders" for the sake of the story.

He is more concerned about other emotions and feelings affecting the wizards than the deaths of characters.

You also have to consider that these dragons aren't the more powerful dragons like Igneel and Acnologia. Atlas Flame admitted that he was inferior to Igneel, so there definitely is a power difference between dragons as well.

Enjoy the story, because most other people do. I know you maybe have other tastes and likes, but Fairy Tail isn't as much concerned with death as other popular Manga's out there.
 

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It's FT bruh, just about every good guy has plot armor. The Dragons weren't going full out anyway if you think about it, they were mainly just mocking the humans and trying to show how little hope they had.
still,even without going all out,I expect them to have dealt some serious damage. No wizard seemed to be really injured at the end

Well, Hiro Mashima is writing the story, so how things play out are as they should. Unless you're the author...
but but but.... if this keeps up,don't you think he will loose readers?

1. The Humans the Dragons were fighting were Wizards, so its not like they were going to die so easily.
2. Dragon Slayer Magic was able to help fend off the Dragons, but not kill them. The MAIN Dragons were fighting the Dragon Slayers first.
3. The Dragons were having fun and toying with the humans, they didnt want to kill them so easily
4. All the wizards that couldn't use DS Magic were fighting the baby fodders, similar to the shinobi fighting the Juubi Fodders
OK. thanks for the explanation but I can't still say am not disappointed
 
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In all honesty, you have a point, but is seems to me that Hiro doesn't care about killing off "fodders" for the sake of the story.

He is more concerned about other emotions and feelings affecting the wizards than the deaths of characters.

You also have to consider that these dragons aren't the more powerful dragons like Igneel and Acnologia. Atlas Flame admitted that he was inferior to Igneel, so there definitely is a power difference between dragons as well.

Enjoy the story, because most other people do. I know you maybe have other tastes and likes, but Fairy Tail isn't as much concerned with death as other popular Manga's out there.
I can understand the part about toying with the humans/wizards but I felt the best way to show them they have no hope is by injuring to the point of death some wizards and besides F.Rogue told them to kill all the wizards in the city

Taking FT seriously are we?
yes, but no more
 
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At this point I might just be getting paranoid, however seeing your comment of "If this doesn't bother you, then you ain't a true fan on FT" I simply consider this some kind of an underhanded rant again on one of FT's many supposed 'flaws' by someone who dislikes FT and for some reason can't just ignore the series and its fans and pretends to be one just to rant on it.

What you just described has been present since chapter one. How was it possible that Natsu and Aquarius heavily damaged a port without any people being dead or heavily injured? Realistically there should have been some major casualties there, but there seemingly weren't any and Natsu and Lucy ran of laughing and there are countless of examples like that throughout the series. It simply is like that as if you have to start to become more realistic about the consequences of actions like these, Hiro would completely need to alter the series to something that isn't FT anymore. It is what it is for the simple reason that FT is not a manga that wants to make the concept of 'death' omnipresent. This is also not something FT has a monopoly on as it frequently appears in many other series too.

On top of that there's a difference between a one on one fight between a human and a dragon and groups of humans ganging up on a single dragon. Even if a single human can't kill a dragon, that doesn't mean a group can't do it either.

Secondly as said these dragons were barely serious. They were not mindless puppets of Rogue, Atlas Flame betrayed Rogue and especially Zirconis was just messing around. It became quite clear from several things several dragons said that they do not really consider humans a worthy species. You are talking about a supposed statement Hiro was trying to make according to you, while the entire conclusion that was draw from these fights against the dragons was that the Dragon Slayers were not on a level yet they could beat a dragon. This is completely the opposite of your statement.

Thirdly there were people who died or who were about to die, but got saved by Ur's Time Arc magic. Agreed that wasn't the best scene Hiro created, but it remains so that there were actually people who 'died' at one point.

Lastly there are many series who intentionally kill nameless characters by the dozens, but let all their main characters survive just to show that there is 'realism' in what they write, but honestly I don't find that much better as it's not hard to kill off characters like that as there is no emotional attachment. As FT isn't a series, and shouldn't be one either, that focuses much on realism and death, there isn't any need to do that. Someone who says something like that you are not a real fan if you are not bothered by something like this, might want to rethink his own status in regards to a specific series. You can find it annoying that people don't die left and right, but don't decide for yourself what a real fan should be bothered by and what not.
 

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FT is FT. Its just as it is. Complaining that people don't die on FT is the same as complaining about how Naruto is delusional about Sasuke or how it was lame of Kishi to make Sakura's punch equal the attack of both Naruto and Sasuke for the whole Team 7 hype. Or how Ichigo will save the day once again due to some weird power up. I mean, you're complaining about the series being itself.

FT is FT. Thats why we like it. Or thats why I like it. For example, I don't read HxH because I find it annoying, boring and repetitive. I don't enjoy it. However, what makes it seem like that to my eyes is what makes that series valuable and enjoyable to the eyes of others, its fans. And thats why I don't read it but I also don't complain about it. Others like it, I do not. So I don't read it or get near it. Simple. Complaining about no one dieing in FT is mute as thats a corner stone of the manga. From the start we saw that FT was lighter than most mangas. It has no gore. It has tones of fan service and humor. It plays with plots about values and friendship. Its not the type of plot to encompass death. And death isn't needed to make FT work. Its plot doesn't require it.
 
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