Fairy Tail: Final Series

Honestly one of my favourite animes. It was a bitter sweet feeling finishing it and not going to lie I tried to drag it out as saying goodbye to these characters was rough.

I loved the final series just as much as the OG and the second series. The character development was on point and never felt forced or rushed. Also leaving some development to be made is any future projects.

The story line was very well paced and I never felt bored or wanting to skip ahead during any moments. From the heart-wrenching emotional scenes to the on edge fight sequences I was engrossed ... in all of it.

I don't care what anyone else says I love the "with the power of friendship" theme. It's heartwarming and never fails to make me smile while watching. Not saying fairy tail didn't have it's dark moments and needed a bit of drama but the overall theme of friendship had me from the start.

This anime will always hold a special place in my heart and I can't wait to see what comes next.

The conclusion of the Fairy Tail series felt lackluster compared to its predecessors, Fairy Tail (2009 and 2014). The built-up to the final villain of the series was greatly portrayed as a solid villain and had some actual hype to it. However, the goal for the villain was kind of poorly written. The other big baddie had an actual reason and I could understand where the villain was coming from, but the OG villain of the show was written as "bad to be bad." However, this was not my only complaint. Some of the animation scenes were reused (a lot) and some scenes were stretched ... out to make the episode hit that time mark, or it felt that way.

To be clear, this review is made by an all-time fan of Fairy Tail. It is my favorite anime, despite it having this ending and having some bad moments, but it is still one of my favorites to this day. All in all, the show still gave me the feeling from its previous series but it was supposed to be so much more and it was kind of a letdown. I can only recommend people watch this to get the full ending of the series, but if you read manga, just read the manga.

I enjoyed the previous seasons, but not this one. I believe the major reason wasn't that they made any bad decisions with the story, but it is the fact that they didn't change anything at all.

It could also be the result of abusing the shounen loop of "get beaten up, remember your friends, stand up, and beat your way out". This is Fairy Tail in a nutshell. You will see nothing more than that.

So just before watching the final season; I sort of knew what I was going to see, but I still finished it just because I don't like to drop series and ... unfortunately everything went as expected.