[Discussion] Is Fairy Tail Terrible???

JStar King

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Alright before I start, I just have to say that there are a lot of things that I love about this series. I love the setting and theme of living in a magical world with guilds among other things. Acnologia and Laxus are my favorite characters despite that I hate that Laxus has been ruined.

Now, when it comes to the pros and cons of this series, the cons outweigh the pros to me. So, I just want to put this to rest. Fairy Tail fans, including the hardcore fanboys out there, no hard feelings. But I need to get this off my chest, so I can breathe. So here we go!



1. CHILD PORN FANSERVICE

This is THE NUMBER ONE problem I have with this series. The genre of Ecchi and Loli sickens me, because it tries to rationalize and make the thought of sexualizing children a good thing. And a lot of anime fans love it, but to me, I want to throw up every time I see a little anime girl naked. It's pedophilic and disgusting.

Now, Fairy Tail does this WAY TOO MUCH! There is no way a small child is supposed to have big tits and a Nicki Minaj ass. That is what gets me. And now, we have people stereotyping anime and manga fans as virgin pedophiles and labeling ALL anime and manga as Child Porn. If you can't develop your series without the use of Fanservice then you are horrible.



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2. Friendship/Nakama/Deus Ex Machima/Indestructible Plot Armor/Asspulls

This definitely kills Fairy Tail for me due to the fact that everyone in the FT guild wins every single fight they are in. Like this current arc. FT has been one shotting and soloing all the Spriggan with ease. It's pathetic. Brandish is the biggest disappointment of them all.

The worst moment of this concept was during the Grand Magic Games and the Avatar Arc. NATSU ONE SHOTTED A GOD WITH FRIENDSHIP! If that's not bad writing, I don't know what is. Pathetic!


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Then you have crap asspulls and plot armor to the point, you can win every single fight like Erza. Here's the point that I'm trying to make. You have to let your characters take a few loses to learn from their mistakes. This will cause them to develop the right way. The pain they face will make them stronger.

But nope. Not in Fairy Tail. It's "MY FRIENDS GIVE ME STRENGTH! ASSPULL POWER!" Instant win and not a bruise on the MCs. This includes the Third Origin BS that Ultear pulled out of her ass as well.

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3. No sense of danger or deaths

Now, this is another big thing that gets me. There are not a lot of character deaths when you're a Fairy Tail member. You have all these useless and irrelevant characters, who are still around without any development and are just one dimensional, and have not been killed off by the slightest bit.


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We've only seen the Main Characters fight and do anything useful, which include Natsu, Grey, Laxus, Erza, Juvia, Lucy, Makarov, Ichiryuu, Wendy, etc. But you have these other characters, who are there for the sake of being there and are not contributing to the plot. What's the point of having them there when they're nothing, but a waste of drawing space.

Then you have the lack of danger, which plays a big part with the whole Plot Armor convo. FT always win their fights, which is why there's no sense of danger for the characters. They are blowing the Spriggan away and now, Zeref is about to be taken out with the rest of them. And I bet Acnologia will be as well with relative ease.

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4. The Fanbase

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This is the last problem I will address. Whenever FT has a terrible chapter (90% of the time), the fanbase goes on attack mode and starts attacking people, who have a different opinion on that said chapter than them. They’ll say things like:

“Ohhh! You’re just a hater.”

“Stfu! Fairy Tail is the greatest. Better than anything else.”

“Die, cancer.”

“You’re just mad!”

“Shut it, hater.”

“Well, One Piece did the same thing.”

“It was awesome! You just have bad taste.”

The last one made me chuckle a little. But yeah. Here’s the thing: Why can’t the fanbase accept the opinions of others and just attack people. FT is not the only fanbase that has a few bad apples. Almost all fanbases have its cancerous members. But FT is the worst from what I’ve seen.


People like Kieffer are the worst of the bunch, giving the fanbase a bad name. He actually said:

“NATSU IS 9x FTL!” :lmao:

But anyway, I get that some people want to defend their series. Hell, I do it sometimes when it comes to Berserk and One Piece. But I don’t act as if there’s not a bad chapter or some moments that I hate about the series that I do love. All I’m saying is you’re gonna have to deal with opinions that are different from yours. And if you can’t. Oh, well.

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Now, again. I still like Ft for what it is. I like the adventure and fun that the series has. So please. No hard feelings. I just had to get this off my chest. Discuss. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions. And please, be respectable and have some fun. No flaming or attacking please.
 

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It's not bad, but it's not good either. The anime/manga isn't to be taken seriously.
 

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I saw the first 100 or so episodes and I have to say it is a fun anime
I enjoy it
 

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It's not bad, but it's not good either. The anime/manga isn't to be taken seriously.

Yeah. It's just sometimes when I'm reading the manga and something terrible happens, I wanna punch something XD
 

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I saw the first 100 or so episodes and I have to say it is a fun anime
I enjoy it

Yeah. The first part of the series is good. I loved it, but it soon got stale because it started recycling arcs with Natsu one shotting and defeating all the villans alongside the FT guild.

.......Then came the Grand Magic Games. No comment
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Yeah. It's just sometimes when I'm reading the manga and something terrible happens, I wanna punch something XD

I think the pairings, the females(character development) and the costumes/art is very good. I especially love what Lucy wears. I wish Kagura had more panel time, she's awesome. :nosebleed:
 

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It's not bad, but it's not good either. The anime/manga isn't to be taken seriously.

This! Yeah the nudity and the Nakama shit gets really annoying! Apart from that there is no solid storyline in this manga! Its just for funzzies for perverts i guess!
 

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Of course it is. you're only going to get fanboys defending it though.


Why is it bad? friendship powerups, Fairy tail always winning,crap protagonists,no deaths of anyone relevant ever,overhyping characters/antagonists only for them to be fully underwhelming and oneshotted soon after. because it's erza, thunder dragon roar punch, it's my defeat, god of war

It makes Naruto look good. that's how bad it is. Fanboys will defend it saying that it shouldn't be taken seriously. The author takes it seriously and certainly intends for it to be taken seriously, It just doesn't come off that way and people don't take it seriously because it's so stupid. that's just the inner fanboy defending FT with that lame excuse. if you want a good story,characters or whatnot, look elsewhere.
 
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This! Yeah the nudity and the Nakama shit gets really annoying! Apart from that there is no solid storyline in this manga! Its just for funzzies for perverts i guess!

I totally agree! People probably carry on watching it for their favourite characters such as Erza Scarlet and Jellal.
 

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I think the pairings, the females(character development) and the costumes/art is very good. I especially love what Lucy wears. I wish Kagura had more panel time, she's awesome. :nosebleed:

I just hate how all the females in this series act like Fanservice whores. Kagura and Erza are my favs out of all the girls.
 

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I'm just too far in it to just drop it. When you see that boss ass villain you just cry inside cause you know how it's gonna end. Nakama power is in pretty much every manga but FT takes it on a whole another level you just get so worked up over it lol. I still ain't over Kyouka vs Erza lmao
 

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This! Yeah the nudity and the Nakama shit gets really annoying! Apart from that there is no solid storyline in this manga! Its just for funzzies for perverts i guess!

I agree on the nudity point....Anime has made it a bit more decent than the manga.....at least chars were wearing something...yes fairy tail is like that when it comes to friendship and family......if it finishes without any significant deaths against Acno or Zeref it would be pretty lame....not each and every member is strong enough to survive those god tier characters.......Natsu, Erza are acceptable they were shown to be OP from the very first but others not so much....Grey got a handy powerup so he is a given but someone has to die...............as far as storyline is concerned it is not that bad...some twists were interesting but on a scale of 10 it is a 7 rate manga
 

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I agree FT story is bad.
Lisana should have remain dead.
Few more guys(I forgot there name) should have died in that Eclipse/Tartarus Arc.

Current arc is becoming worse like Naruto war arc.
Spriggan 12 hype was BS.
Only good thing that is left in FT is Acnologia.
 

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It's just a time-kill device...

And all those reasons you mentioned are valid, this manga/anime don't deserve debates.
 

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Its not that great from a plot prospective, but it can be fun to read sometimes.
 

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First its not serious theme manga/seinen. It just a manga that carried the theme friend/family to the highest level same as OP. I couldnt felt this kind of thing in Naruto.

This what make me like this series. The strong family bond make me dont want to see any death in main group of characters.

Death dont make one story good, its not even in the rule book of fiction if it exist.
 

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Yeah to me of course it is. I tried to get into it years ago, and it first it seemed promising. I was pretty into it and then it rapidly became repetitive, and rip-offy and just stale. Interest in it drained rapidly with each chapter. There are times when I think about getting into it, but then I hear and see stuff(Like Laxus' character being ruined and the fired up thing) from people whose opinion's I respect and from what I've seen about it, it's just...

I mean, my opinion is pretty uninformed when compared to some people, but for me it's trash.
 
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