Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail ~ Another battle shounen anime to join the glorious world of anime. Adapted from the manga written by Hiro Mashima of the same name.
Now before you continue reading I must warn you that if you haven't seen all the episodes or are a huge fan that can't take criticism please refrain from reading this review. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
For those yet reading this review please keep an open mind about what you are going to read.
Initially I did enjoy fairy tail but in the end i started disliking the series. Here are a few reasons why

First of all the arcs are short. ... Which means there's a lot of things they can't do, bigger story, adventure or exploring, showing more of the side characters, etc. Every arc ends up boring to me and not memorable. The arc size also makes it so predictable. They have to go there without knowing much, be beaten by the enemies easily, get back up and run after them, beat them, a little talk afterwards, then go home.

The fillers, Fairy Tail has horrible fillers. Like the Daphne arc and the Starry Key filler arc. Just unbelievably bad. ABove that the filler arc is the second longest arc in the whole series. For those who might argue that fair tail has "less" fillers let me point out that FT has 38 filler episodes out of a total of 175. That's 21% filler, which is quite a lot.

Lisanna~They took a nice little cute backstory that helped multiple characters and ruined it. Brought her back without a good explanation and then afterwards nothing has changed. She barely talks to Natsu, she isn't important in the story. It was better when she was gone. Her being back and doing nothing basically ruins the whole flashback which was supposed to show how much she thought of Natsu, he thought of her, how Elfman decided to get stronger after losing her, Mirajane changed to be nicer, etc.

There's no training neither any foreshadowing. None of them really change. They were only going to train once but then Mashima said screw you, they're going to instead get powered up in 5 minutes. Natsu had a chance to grow with his powers near the beginning. He learned that he could use his flame to hold things or whatever. He forgot right after, lost a good chance and it hasn't showed up again yet.

Natsu's a horrible character. He's a main protagonist of the worst type, cocky yet can't prove it. Always runs ahead and gets beaten easily by the enemies, then he gets up and is able to beat the main boss of the arc. He needs a power up every fight or he loses, he sometimes has to get insulted until he's angry enough to beat him. Why the hell can't they give him a fire lacrima to use in a fight, he always has to get fire from some inconvenient ways. He even forgave Gajeel after he beat Lucy for like an hour, talked to him all nicely about dragons after their fight.

I couldn't even care about any of the characters. They are contrived, one dimensional, stereotypical and lack even the little bit of depth that the story sometime requires.

Natsu's power is supposed to be unique. Yet, every arc they run into a new dragon slayer. And then they run into god slayers that's powers are even stronger than their dragon slayer counterparts. It's like he's making it up as he goes.

The comedy is annoying. Natsu's vehicle sickness got boring when it screwed up his chance to fight, which was by like the 8th episode. After that it's just been used way too much and has messed with his fighting multiple times since. Gray has to strip every god damn episode, they haven't thought of giving him a jumpsuit or whatever. Everyone elses comedy is boring. The only person who ever says something funny is Happy.

The action sucked, all the fights weren't interesting and of course were full of random powerups and bad comedy. The animation of the fights were mediocre and most fight end in Natsu consuming fire in some convenient way for the plot or getting help from his "nakama" and magically beating the enemy who seemed overpoweringly strong till now.

Story is nothing special. Nothing has really changed since the beginning.

Oh the time skip. I totally forgot about mentioning that. It was horrible, a 7 year skip. They didn't even let the mains train or whatever. They came back and were easily able to beat enemies that had almost beaten them 7 years ago and had been training the whole time they were gone.

All in all Fairy tail happens to be one of the worst battle shounens i have ever seen and this is coming from a guy who has seen a fair amount of shounen.
With this I end my rant.

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Fairy Tail isn't so much a bad anime, it's just over-welcomed it's stay. It was a one trick pony that was constantly played until you get annoyed and see the repetitive nature of the show and it's sad because this had a lot of potential to be really good .

Story - (3/10)
This is one of the weaker aspects of Fairy Tail as it gets daunting and rather boring because there is no real progression, and it becomes incredibly predictable with how it will play out, at first it was pretty fun since the stories did serve a proper purpose and introduced us to some other ... characters but as it goes on, you feel that it's afraid to make changes to the characters so they just write what they know and that's where the repetitiveness comes from. The gags were funny for the first 20 episodes but then they get really old fast as well as the fanservice, it even gags at important moments, you could have a serious fight but instead have a comedy bit in the middle completely ruining the mood for the fight.

Art - (6/10)
The animation is pretty good for a shounen anime as it can be fast paced and some of the magic does look pretty cool but at the same time, the designs of most characters seem really plain looking, minus maybe 2-3 characters everyone else looks really generic.

Sound - (9/10)
Quite possibly the best thing about Fairy is the sound as it mixes irish folk music with some modern day sounds blending really well and does match the battles that happen, this was something I am glad they kept as it was something very different from the norm. The OP's and ED's were also very nice to listen to and mainly composed of some very energetic pop music.

Characters - (2/10)
This is by far the worst aspect for Fairy Tail, one dimensional, bland, incredibly cliche and just lacked development. I will start off with the main character Natsu who is to me one of the worst MC's in anime ever. He never develops, there is no challenge for him, he doesn't have any conflicts with how he does things its just 'I'll beat the crap out of you' no matter how evil that person is, even if they kill someone he will still treat it more like a sparring match rather than him losing control and losing himself in the process of it, if he's always going to be this guy who doesn't think and just swings away then its going to get really boring really fast.He doesn't so much get stronger but rather uses the power of friendship after making a speech and wins. Lucy is another character I just could not handle because she was just fanservice and a plot device, she didn't get stronger each time, she just gets caught in a messy situation, screams a bit, summons a spirit and that's it, her character seems to be a key for the arc to go through but apart from that she is utterly useless. Now despite all the bashing of the characters I will say that there are some decent characters like Erza, Wendy, Gajeel and Gray because most of them did get stronger and developed and were conflicted with how they did things but even they can fall victim to lousy progression.

Enjoyment - (4/10)
It was fun at first but once the story and comedy repeated all the time, you get sick of it and switch to something else straight away, there is no proper pacing and some arcs went for too long that you don't feel as invested or interested any more to care

Overall - (3/10)
Fairy Tail lacked a lot of important elements and was clearly confused as to what it wanted to be, it was either over the top battle or a comedy, it was too messy to balance both because it couldn't have the comedy at the right time, I wouldn't recommend this anime because it's fallen to the many cliches and doesn't really bring anything solid to the table.

Story (3/10): Oh god. People praise this as one of- No. THE best shounen anime out there. HAHAHAHAHAHA, no way dude. I swear, the writers follow a step by step process on a poster hung up in their office when creating this. This is what the poster reads: 1. Fairy Tail is aware of some evil people. 2. The regular Natsu, Lucy, and Happy group, sometimes with Gray and Erza, set out for adventure and to beat the bad people. 3. They find the bad dudes, and these bad dudes are seriously bad dudes. 5. A guild member (usually Lucy) is put in danger 5. ... Natsu attempts to fight them but they are far too strong. 6. Cue flashback/motivational speech about friendship. 7. This will then summon this random "will power" within Natsu. 8. Natsu beats the seriously bad dudes that are way OP for him and shouldn't be able to beat. 9. Celebration and breathing. 10. Back to the guild for absolute shite humour consisting of Juvia loving Gray, Gray taking his clothes off, Erza hurting people, Natsu destroying crap or eating, Lucy is making stupid faces because of what the guild members are doing, and brown hair girl is drinking. 11. Return to step 1 for the beginning of a new arc.

Art (6/10): My only complaint is the magic. I feel like is could be much better quality. Like, Natsu's flames looked like fire animations you'd pick up on Clipart or something. Apart from that, I suppose the art was pretty solid. Y'know, not outstanding, but just average.

Sound (6/10): Asides the less than average sound effects that is to be expected in all lengthy shounen, everything was pretty sweet. Fairy Tail had a nice OST, good OP's/ED's, and decent voice acting.

Characters (3/10): Of the 141 episodes I watched, every character did not change one bit. Even after that, however long timeskip it was, nobody changed. Except for their appearance I suppose. The villains, the villains, the villans... They are so awfully cliché, I want to vomit. Think of the most generic super villain you can think of. Done? Alright. Yeah, he/she's in this. People just trying to destroy the world, or cover it in darkness, etc etc etc. Pathetic. Now if we move onto Natsu, I have a complaint. Tell me how he could defeat all of these villains. They were over powered to the max... Like at that crystal joint (tower to heaven or something of the likes?), that guy was WAY out of his league, but no. All he had to do was have thoughts of Erza, and he's gold. I can't remember what he did, but I think he merged with the crystals? Either way, it's a last minute power up and that sort of crap ruins series. There are a lot more examples, but my memory is so bad (I'm editing this 5 months after I wrote the review, and even longer after I dropped it).

Enjoyment (2/10): I enjoyed it for a long time while I was still in my newborn anime diapers. I'm pretty sure this was my 4th or 5th anime ever. So obviously, I had no real taste, and sort of just watched and liked whatever I watched. But now that I've been watching anime for a while now, I see that this series is just crap. One hundred and seventy something episodes of pure repetition, garbage humour, and cliché villains.

Overall (3/10): Definitely not the best shounen anime. In fact. The worst. I've watched every episode and read every chapter so far of One Piece, and Fairy Tail doesn't hold a match to One Piece. Of the 650+ episodes of One Piece I've seen, there has been, yes, MC's beating over powered characters, friendship flashbacks for random "will power" etc. But the level of repetitiveness is FAR less noticeable in One Piece. I'm not saying OP's a masterpiece, but it's definitely light years beyond Fairy Tail in terms of "the best shounen to date".

And then I watched Hunter X Hunter.

To me this is the most overrated anime ever. Every episode tries to have some emotional bullsh*t and the fights are terrible, friendship power up > all

Story:
Ok, so this is the story of natsu ( lucy ? i dont even know who is the main ) and his friends. They are all part of a guild and go out on jobs. Natsu wants to find his lost dragon but 75 episodes into he does nothing to find him.....NOTHING!!!
The story never gets darker or something, its just natsu and pals vs other guilds.

Art:
Its good, the backgrounds suck tho.

Sound:
... Easily the best thing about fairy tail.

Characters:
Hate the main characters. Natsu gets zero character development and wins all battles because well, friendship power up > all, right ?!
The rest of the bunch is uninteresting, lucy is there only to show us her boobs and legs, gray is the same but for girls, always stripping, and finnaly erza which is not that bad.

The main theme of the anime is: friendship, at first it was cool but after 10 friendship speeches... oh god.

Soooo if you want something that doesnt focus on story or character development ( if you like bad animes lol ) and tries too hard to teach you that friendship is important, this is for you.

Sometimes there will be shows that will make you laugh and cry. Sometimes the shows will raise realistic questions, and sometimes shows will leave a bitter scar in your heart. Shounen genre is the champion of genre when it comes to long running, and it is infamous for its action, and known for exploring an interesting specific topic, whether it is ninja, samurai, pirates or shinigami. Most shounen develope from the Japanese myths and culture, while some (recently even more) decides to tell the story of distant land. Fairy Tail is one of the rare shounens that tells the story of magic, set in more ... of European style with guilds and magicians and mage and magic with theme of "friendship" and "victory".

The most reputable part of the series is its music. Sountracks are top-notch, opening and ending songs are high quality and voice acting is decent. For most and any shounen, this trait is same. Fancy opening to uplift the mood with calmer endings, accompanied by some better soundtracks, music definitely is a strong point of the show. But how many people watches the show for music?

To put it simply, Fairy Tail is about a magic guild called "Fairy Tail". The story begins when Lucy Heartfilia joins this guild and finds how welcoming, fun, anti-evil, powerful, and loving it is and together, they take on missions, and fights other evil guilds. (does it remind you of a ninja village from some show?)

Originality is not present in this show. Everything is recycled, reused and replaced from every other shounen presented before. Lacking originality isn't bad, infact many great series weren't as original, but what Fairy Tail lacks is a genuine delivery and attention to details. Clichés can form a decent story if used correctly, however, eveything was thrown out in the stage, "we must protect" "we always win" "we are friends", lengthy dialouges of why friendship is imortant all are thrown out there, and that is what grabs the attention of sleeping audience. There is no form of suspense, everything is predictable, dialouges are from the third-grade diary, protagonists are typical and not to mention the Dragon Ball complex, you know, fight enemy then make them friends, is present in this shounen too.

Protagonists are loud, seen as patriots (as every other typical shounen), girls are for some unknown reasons portrayed as either absurdly strong and obnoxious or extremely helpless, and villains are agian, your recylced evil guys doing things with no ulterior purpose. There wasn't any development but more like a boost change in personality. One time they are bad and next episode, poof, they are good guy. The change is like skipping steps and can't be called development, more like sudden changes to characters. One time the character is weak and the next scene they somehow are the strongest character with power with unsatisfying explanation.

The most significant things, which applies to most audience, is the character art. Gray stripping, nicely drawn out "cool" guys, and EVERY SINGLE FEMALE has a voluptuous body with exaggerated top. However, you don't see audience complaining, because, there is fan service for both ends, sadly, we are in an era where normal figures are considered ugly and to promote story, shows draw out exaggerated body parts.

The art, beside that, is fantastic. Details are good, backgrounds are reputable, and the concept of mage and guilds are drawn fairly well. Borders are done well, and there colours are vibrant. Animation for any shounen, as always, is good too.

Fairy Tail had a little potential. Perhaps some fixing of plot, presenting some unique character could've enhanced the enjoyment. However, the show borrows so much from other shounen that you can't remember anything significant of it, beside the music. As someone who have seen One Piece, Naruto, Dragon Ball and some other major shounen, the similarity and lack of orginality is too obvious to enjoy. There are even major characters (Gildarts), stroy arcs that were completely taken from other series and inserted in this show, with minor changes.

Overall, I respect Hiro Mashima's ability to draw fast and draw some good scenes, but when it comes to plot I pity these pathetic plots and characters. From my perspective, Fairy Tail is like those action anime with super fan-service, except there is no nudity, but exaggerated males and females with the given explanation for fighting ends with "cuz we b frndz"

If you're into beautiul females, typical shounen, and are half-wake when watching shows, this is definitely your anime, If you want something serious, deep, and a thrilling shounen, you may run away before wasting any time.

To conclude, Fairy Tail left a bitter scar in my heart. I have wasted one summer, looking for change, unfortunately, it was pathetic.

I hate this anime so much yet I cannot stop watching it in the hope that over two hundred episodes down the line the story will actually develop. I now have to take monthly breaks in between of individual episodes so that I can convince myself that the next episode wont be as bad as the last.

Story: 1/10

If this section of the review is a mess it is because there is no way in words to describe how horrifically bad fairy tails story is and I have therefore just ranted for a while about how bad it is as well as I could.

Imagine if nobody ... ever died even the bad guys. Does that sound like an interesting story with high stakes? This is what Fairy tail is. Not only that but every villain seems to have a change of heart and become good or just comes back to be defeated again. Death is something acknowledged as happening in the past yet literally nobody seems capable of being killed from blows that should destroy entire cities.

There is no plot development, a horrific seven year skip, an overarching story that disappoints at every turn, so much bad filler, people recover strength from fucking friendship in every fight etc.

This anime has got to the point where each horrifically short story arc is incredibly easy to predict. The story never changes it is just on a constant loop in which the heros lose then get motivated and come back to win.

Art: 4/10

The art has its ups and downs (more downs) but is what you would expect from an anime of this size. I have never been disappointed with the art but it has never excited me either.

Sound: 7/10

This anime is made watchable only by its well voiced characters, good sound effects and great music. I still listen to some of this anime's music despite the horrific memories it gives me.

Characters: 5/10

The pros of the characters are that they are well designed and all have their own interesting distinct powers. If this anime had been good then I would have been very pleased with the cool way magic is portrayed in such variety.

The cons of the characters is that they NEVER FUCKING DIE. Literally every character is invincible there are no stakes. They also reintroduce characters that should be long dead and make previous story arcs even more pointless. More characters are added at such a rate and bad guys convert to good so fast that there are now hundreds of main characters.

Overall: 3/10

I'm being generous here when I say this

Every once in a while you make a damning mistake. A mistake so profound you feel nothing but deep regret for yourself. After reading perhaps a thousand reviews on MAL, I knew I had to avoid this sizzling pile of mess like the plague, however I decided to see what made this nausea inducing anime so popular and I learnt what I already knew.

Popularity doesn't make something good.

Obvious isn't it? But curiosity got the better of me and I decided to see it. What followed was torture so gruesome I bet even a guy from the middle ages couldn't fathom such excruciating stuff. Maybe I ... was paying for the sins I paid. Heck even all the sins committed by my ancestors wouldn't compare anything to what I went through. If there is one thing I absolutely hate, its boredom. Fairy tail didn't bore me. It left me a gibberish wreck. There is a certain limit to how much you can recycle stuff. If we had been recycling like this in real life the Earth would be restored to its real glory. But can someone restore the time I wasted watching this harrowing anime on Animax?

No

Time is precious. There are million things you can do in your life. Don't waste it on watching fairy tail. Let me tell you why you shouldn't even touch this anime with a 10 feet long stick

1) No plot. Every anime cannot be Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, however that doesn't mean it has to be totally brain dead with nothing resembling a story. If someone ever tells you that Fairy Tail has a good story, pull out a bazooka and shoot him dead on the spot. He was sent by hell itself to mislead you.

2) Fan service. I watch anime to listen to a good story. See characters which amaze me. Listen to music which gets me peppy. Not large chested females who somehow live with body proportions only a magazine publisher could digest. I am amazed how shameless this anime gets every time I see it.

3) Characters - We had Dragon ball Z before. It had glorious men who fought for the Earth for peace. They were men you wanted to be. Full of courage bravado and daring. What do we have here? An annoying hero who tries to act too cool despite himself. A female lead who apparently puts silicon in her chest every episode. A red haired female called Erza who doesn't have something even resembling a personality. And a guy called Gray who you would probably discard without even looking at him. Just his sound annoys me.

4) Friendship- Its 4v4 between the good guys and the bad guys. Only one good guy remains standing. Now its 1v4. Our hero is outmatched.Can anything save him? Lets see. A boost up in energy perhaps? Some rage induced power? Clever tactics? No mon ami, you are mistaken. The power of friendship will descent from heaven, bringing *sparkly* light and help our hero do things he couldn't do if you had given him a cocktail of redbull, Chilean coffee, strawberry milkshake and cocaine. This anime is bullshit that's my point.

So if you want to feel a universal shattering kick on your nuts or brain hemorrhage watch some fairy tail.


No seriously don't.

Fairy Tail was the first anime I had ever seen and when I look back to it, I have to say it was a great gateway to the world of anime. But that is about it. The main building blocks of any anime, plot & character could have been executed a lot – when I say a lot I really mean a lot, better.

The plot is quickly summarised as generic. The main team of characters, Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Erza come across some evil activity that has to be stopped. They are later joined by Gajeel and Wendy. When they find out who is ... behind this evil activity they have to stop them, by beating them. The first round they get beaten, but then the group will summon the bonds of nakama’s or the willpower of Natsu will be found and he beats the people who do this certain evil activity. End of story, repeat.
I fear that I have summed up and summarised every arc, including the fillers. The repetitious plot is also accompanied by jokes that get old very fast, like Natsu’s and any other Dragon slayers vehicle sickness.

Outside that the characters are flat, to the extremes. They are cliché stereotypes. It is defanatly not a good sign if you can summarize the characters in one word. You have the rival Gray, the over manly man Elfman, the pervert Makarov, the fangirl Juvia, the OP main character Natsu, the Damsel-in-distress Lucy, just to name a few. It also has inconsistencies, where Natsu at first is shown to the viewer as an user of an extremely rare kind of magic. Later you find out that there are three generations of Dragon slayers. So it is not that special after all.
The thing I dislike most about this show is that the story revolves around Lucy, but she rarely gets any screen time compared to Natsu. I sometimes wonder; “Why do these things always happen to Lucy?’ to then be reminded again, ‘Oh yeah!, she is the main character’. This is easily forgotten because of the immense emphasis put on Natsu.

The art however is not bad at all. The animations of magic are well executed and the characters look appealing to the eye. The art is solid, just like the sound. The voice acing was alright and Fairy Tail did have quite a few good OST’s.

Overall, I would say that Fairy Tail is a great gateway to the wonderful world of anime, but other than that, it is not worthy of being watched. If you had quite the history of anime that you have watched, I would suggest that you skip this show. The art and sound are the only real upsides of this anime.

After watching 175 episodes (minus the potentially suicidal filler arcs) of Fairy Tail, I have come to the conclusion that a total of 3,500 minutes ( roughly translated to 58 HOURS and 20 MINUTES) has been completely and utterly wasted on this horrible excuse of an anime. And in case you're wondering, I am going easy on this since it's a shonen, hell those 3 points are me being MERCIFUL.

This will be a full in-depth analysis to try to understand what exactly makes this show so bad. I will try not to mention "nakama power boosts" and "unkillable characters" as most people think that's ... whats wrong with the show. However, there are many more glaring problems that must be recognized before stuff like "nakama power boosts". Strap on your googles, Pick up your shovels and join me as we shovel to the heart (rectum) of Fairy Tail to decide which shit is better than that shit. Understand? No? Welcome to Fairy Tail. Let's Begin.

THE GOOD
The number of things that are good in Fairy Tail are limited but I will mention the few that are so I don't sound biased.
The first thing that comes to mind is it's great soundtrack. Fairy Tail's soundtrack is both incredibly beautiful and emotional at times, dramatic and even badass at times. I really love it's Celtic styled theme song as it suits the show perfectly. All of it's openings are all great. A few of the abilities in the show like Erza's Requip are unique and fun to watch. Hmmm...that's kind of all really, I mean...Happy's funny, I guess?

THE BAD
1. LACK OF ORIGINALITY
A show needs to offer something that's unique and creative. Something they won't find in any other show. In One Piece there's a daring pirate world, In Bleach there's a haunting afterlife world and In Naruto there's a ninja world. Each of these are different in their own right and that's what makes them so successful. Now, take a look at Fairy Tail. Nothing stands out in fact everything just feels like a rehash of stuff that's already been done in OP, Bleach and Naruto. In fact, look at all the similarities between One Piece and Fairy Tail. The show blatantly copies it's art style and themes. Just take a look at how much Natsu is similar to Luffy.

It's world feels empty and soulless outside of it's guild, which shows how poor it's landscape and world building are. If there was one thing that the show attempts to do differently, it's romance. By romance, I mean "shipping". Don't know what that means? It translates to "a never ending romance that never truly begins but is based purely on MAYBE". Unfortunately, this has also been done time and time again. It's a neat trick that the writer came up with to keep you from escaping this nightmare. TIP TRICK: Listen up, guys. My gone off broccoli is more likely to get with Lucy than that stupid ass pink haired retard. If they ever do get together, I can guarantee it will be only at the VERY END to keep all you fan girls watching.

2.LACK OF OVERALL OBJECTIVE/GOAL
I simply cannot fathom how the show could f*ck THIS up. But surprise, surprise, they did it again. Establishing an overall goal is critical for any anime ESPECIALLY a shonen anime due to their overall length. This is done to prevent people from becoming bored and wondering "what the f*ck is going on?" You'd think that the goal would be to find Natsu's dad, which although it's a cliche in itself at least its a clear goal, but nope. Natsu only mentions his "all important lost father who he hasn't seen in like 10 YEARS" when he feels like it which is every 50 episodes or when he's not eating something. Because of this each arc feels extremely sloppy and random, and we begin to ask ourselves,"what the f*ck is going on?". Oh, almost forgot if you thought the story is awful wait till you watch the filler arcs which will break even the strongest will power to their submission. PRO TIP: NEVER EVER even look in the direction of a filler arc. Luffy wants to be the Pirate King= STRAIGHT FORWARD GOAL, Naruto wants to be the greatest Hokage= STRAIGHT FORWARD GOAL.

In a nutshell, it's like taking away the handle bars on a bike. It doesn't have a clear path but it's definitely going somewhere alright. Probably to the soul crushing and tortuous guild know as Fairy Tail.

3. UNRELATABLE/AWFUL CHARACTERS
I suppose you expect me to now go on a rant on how Natsu's character has as much believability as a magical unicorn. I suprisingly don't have many issues with his character. Maybe it's because I had anticipated this type of character or maybe it's because it's been so overdone, Goku/Luffy, that it doesn't bother me anymore. Natsu is a representation of a symbol more than a character. That however, does not excuse the other main characters in the show. Each and every single character is incredibly beautiful and powerful. I think the writer's intention was for Lucy to feel relatable to the viewer? I find this difficult when her first noble act is seduction in order to get a cheaper price. She then eventually becomes OP as f*ck just like everyone else. The only weak character left is Happy. This would be fine if he wasn't a BLUE CAT. Are the writers implying that we mere humans are as useless as blue cats? No, scratch that, we wouldn't survive a blast radius of 200 metres. Only a f*ckin' blue cat could achieve that.

In terms of 'character development' there appears to be some at the start of the series. It starts off with Gray, whose past turns out to be exceptionally boring. Bare in mind this is within the first 20 episodes of the show. Although, development is seen in the arc after it the development just up and vanishes. Character's simply revert to the way they used to be. Character development means it alters there decisions in the FUTURE. They will do things they would never do before. It feels like the writer wants to get their 'development' out of the way. Some characters are given ACTUAL development but they're usually supporting characters like Laxus and Cana. After their time to shine, they simply fade into the background and return to their roles as insanely beautiful and powerful non important characters. Others characters will feel bland and unmemorable. There's also Erza who can win any fight. WHY? Because shes's ERZ-f*ck off.

The characters in Fairy Tail simply look cool but lack in any depth. They all come as stereotypical and unmemorable. When you turn all your characters into unstoppable gods, they will end up feeling unrelatable to the viewer therefore we will not give two sh*ts about them.

4.ANIMATION/FIGHT SCENES
Aside from it's not particularly original art, the main problem with it's animation is it's god awful fight scenes. It's fights are only bad because of two massive reasons.
1. NO BLOOD. I'm not asking for gore fests like Hellsing just A LITTLE MOLECULE OF BLOOD so I can feel like the character is in danger. Like it's just blood? BLOOD? It's a perfectly normal aspect of life and by not introducing it in the show it becomes a 6 year old cartoon.
2.NAKAMA POWER UP
I said I would keep it short so all I'll say is this. When a character has lost 99.999% of the fight , you CANNOT find that 00.001% and add in "friendship power" in every single fight. I know other animes do this, but go damnit if Fairy Tail doesn't do it the most.

DO NOT WATCH YOU WILL REGRET IT, BIGGEST WASTE OF TIME EVER. But seriously the story never gets anywhere, and the characters are so bland and generic. If you are a general Narutofag then you will most likely enjoy this anime. For someone who wants more from their anime than fighting and bad voice acting then I wouldn't recommend this. After watching 29 episodes the show gets nowhere, and if you like shows that take more than 40 episodes to get started, for example one piece, then go on ahead and watch this.

Fairy Tail is probably the worst shounen of the big three, but its not the worst anime ever. This is an honest review and I am not hating. I will look at the good and the bad of the show.

Story - (2/10)
What story? Fairy tail is a string with cliches plots and fight scenes attached to it. It's as if Hiro Mashima wanted to add every shounen cliche ever, into his show, time skip, tournament arc, alternate universe. The entire story is predictable and so are all the fights, Natsu and his friends always win with the power of friendship which is horrible. Hiro Masima ... refuses to kill off any of his characters (besides extensions ie. edo-Lisanna or future Lucy or ghost-like Mavis) You know the heroes will win in the end through overused tropes and cliches, so unoriginal.

Art - (7/10)
The animation is fine. It's very good during fight scenes, it's nothing too spectacular though.

Sound - (9/10)
I can't even lie. The soundtrack is amazing. The old European Irish style and flutes are nice. The Openings are so energetic and the endings are so calm and sad.

Characters - (3/10)
Fairy Tail probably has the worst cast ever. I have never seen such one dimensional characters in an anime. Natsu and friends ALWAYS win. No mater what, no matter how unrealistic, through the power of friendship. Natsu is honestly the worst anime protagonist ever, he never trains or does anything and everything always works out fine for him. Villains are even worse, they have such one dimensional goals (take over the world muhahahaha!) and the worst part is how after losing in a fight against Natsu they automatically "turn good." Like seriously, sociopathic murderers are totally kind-hearted and nice after losing in a fight.? really? Other than a butt kicking from Natsu, they also receive no punishment for their actions.

Enjoyment - (5/10)
I think this is only reason why Fairy tail is popular is because its enjoyable. The fight scenes are fun and show is sometimes funny. People (not me) also enjoy the fanservice.

Overall - (4/10)
Overall, Fairy Tail is a gigantic messed that looks like bad fanfiction. I recommend it to those who have no real taste in anything.

The story is ok, the characters are fun, and the soundtrack is amazingly unique and celtic-inspired.

However, the art and animation are so awful it completely ruins my enjoyment of what would otherwise be a solid 7. Animation quality throughout runs about the same quality as a Bleach or Naruto filler episode. The characters are flat and lifeless, stock animations are reused for special moves, the action is stiff and wooden. It's clear that they aren't putting much effort into this.

Save yourself some time and just read the manga instead.

I want to say that I don't find this anywhere near "amazing" or even "good", because it isn't.

The start of the episode is good, and understanding the Fairy Tail Guild maybe a bit... difficult, but they're lovable. I find the beginning of Fairy Tail a lot enjoyable up until the Phantom Lord Arc (Reason is that it introduces... other similar traits like the main character, I should say). After that, it was just bring moments after another. It has character knowledge, and I'm perfectly good with that (for example: The reasoning behind Gray stripping). The arcs are not enjoyable after the Phantom Lord Arc, and ... I cannot put myself to think there are any decent ones.
Overall, there are some arcs that I happened to enjoy (even fillers).

Characters on the other hand... not so much. Natsu (main character) is such a poorly designed character. Lucy is shown to be an interesting character in the beginning of Fairy Tail, but eventually gets turned into a product of Fanservice.
To prevent myself from going on and on, I will have to say the only characters that interests me are: Gray, Master Makarov, and Gajeel.

Allow me to just put up my pros and cons for Fairy Tail:

Pros:
-Amazing soundtracks. I just love it, especially most of them are pleasant to the ears.
-Setting of the story is great. I cannot deny that one.

Cons:
-Plot is horrible. It's just a cliche'd format just like the previous ones, one after another (Natsu/Fairy Tail gets beaten'd by villains, villains lose round 2 by Natsu/Fairy Tail by Nakama Power)
-Poorly designed characters. I don't mind Natsu being an idiot, but man he's way too overpowered. Then Erza, who can use a magic that changes her armor/weapon, has a special armor in her gallery called "Plot Armor".
-The "S**t just got real" moments ruined by stupidity. This alone ruined the potential Fairy Tail had (For example: Natsu faces an opponent, his "friend" does something that triggered him and both of them are fighting each other while Natsu's opponent is literally staring at him).
-Fanservice... this is another reason why Fairy Tail's potential is ruined.

Overall: Fairy Tail needs to have its plot worked on, drop the fanservice and stupid moments (It's one thing if these moments happen in appropriate places, such as the Fairy Tail Hall). Once Mashima can do that, then I can reconsider my opinion. Otherwise, I would highly recommend people to watch/read Nanatsu no Taizai (I guess you could say it's the series that Fairy Tail should have been).

First off, there is nothing original about Fairy Tail. The author just takes concepts and ideas from other battle shounen manga and rehashes them in Fairy Tail in a dumber way. Of course, to hide this thing, he also adds a lot of fanservice. So, whenever there isn't a fight going on, Fairy Tail will look pretty much like your average softcore porn cartoon. The story of Fairy Tail is fairly simple: the main protagonists go somewhere, encounter a villain who initially beats them up, then Natsu gains a power-up and wins. Repeat this formula endlessly and there you go, you have created a successful ... way of milking the cash cow. Of course, other battle shounen anime use the same formula too, but at least they make the story flow better.

Another flaw of Fairy Tail is the lack of characterization. Simply put, the characters are not interesting enough. Most of them lack depth or personality, especially the females, whose personality flaws are compensated with giant breasts.

The good parts of this anime are its art and soundtrack. I have nothing against them. The fight scenes themselves are good, so is the color palette and the music.

So, overall, Fairy Tail is a very generic battle shounen that doesn't try to break the mold: it present the usual tropes found in other anime & manga of the same genre while adding some excessive fanservice.

I feel really sad that I actually watched this anime, I guess I was a sucker for the bright colors and the fact that my friends were watching it.
The animation style is poor, there are so many missed opportunities for character development. it follows the stereotypical anime pattern of "oh hey the baddest of bad guys has appeared, lets defeat him!" then the next arc is like "no this is the real baddest of the bad guys" and then repeats.

Somehow within the first 10 episodes I didn't notice the repeated animation frames. They can't animate two characters at the same time. Many of the ... fight moves are recycled animation clips. And sometimes to portray movement they simply add a moving background

I really wanted to root for Lucy but she never grows stronger, she gets new and amazing powers but is still the weakest link somehow.

This is my first review here.So be prepared for a mess of a review.

Inspired by my friends,lured in by the hype,fooled by its huge popularity and high ratings in MAL,I entered the amazing world of Fairy Tail.MAL ratings are usually right,so I genuinely believed this was going to be a memorable show.But alas!I was hugely mistaken.I could never predict the trainwreck I was heading towards.

This show started off very promisingly.The first few episodes indicated that this was going to be an awesome adventure show.It had all the ingredients for the making of a great show.All it needed was good execution.And this is where it ... failed miserably.Bland comedy,pedestrian fights,needless fanservice and most importantly,excessive use of deus ex machina,which is an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation since the writer cant come up with a believable solution,all this things add up to the clusterfuck of a show that is Fairy Tail.


I am no stranger to battle shounens.Infact,my favourite anime is a battle shounen.This is one of the reasons why I decided to stick with this anime.But as the story progressed.the show only went to one direction,downwards.The quality of the show dropped harder than Chelsea's league standing last season.I thought I was not in the right frame of mind for this show.So I took a short break and put it on my on-hold list.But alas!It turns out it was a mistake to put it on hold, I should have put it where it belonged - in dropped..

When I again picked it up,the show didnt improve a bit.I was around 70 episodes by then.The only thing that kept me going for so long was it's ridiculously high MAL rating.I was like a pray wrapped by an anaconda,slowly suffocating to death.Then I finally decided to commit a Taboo.I decided to drop this show for good.This show remains the only show in my dropped list upto this very day.


And the reason I gave it a 2 and not 1 is because it taught me one valuable lesson.No,it didn't teach me to solve everything by the power of nakama Bullshit.This show taught me not to be deceived by the huge popularity and high rating of a show.And thus,I am drawing a conclusion to my rant.

Feel free to give your thoughts in the comments.

Ah, gotta love the masses and their love for mediocrity. Fairy Tail (FT) is from the pilot chapter/episode an average shonen series and yet it is loved by many for being just that. I guess rehashing notions from Naruto or One Piece can make a success out of anything. Because just like those shonens, FT has superpowers, adventure and a big cast of colourful and eccentric characters that occasionally get focused upon and fleshed out. Nothing we haven’t seen before but, hey, if it worked before why wouldn’t it work again?

Because it’s WORSE!

It is hard to talk about anything in this show without feeling like ... I am just stating the obvious or just describing a different shonen. For to be honest, there is approximately zero innovation in this work and it just walks upon the path others paved before it. It can work alright but it will never stand out on its own; it will forever be just a rehash of already established formulas that have been attributed to others at least a decade earlier. Not only that, but the show rehashes them in a watered down way to the point it becomes a Saturday morning cartoon.

THE STAFF
- Animated by a collaboration of studios A-1 Pictures and Satelight. The first usually have very good production values and the later have low. What they have in common is how most of what they have made over the years is mediocre and forgettable.
- Directed by some nobody who never made something significant in his whole career.
- Based on the manga by Mashima Hiro, whose only previous major work was Rave Master. In case you didn’t watch that show, I advise you not to do so; for it’s a completely generic, aimless, boring, and incomplete series. Plus you can easily see that Fairy Tail is basically its improved remake, reusing the same character archetypes and feeling. In all, the mangaka is not much of talent for anything past creating mediocrities.

PRODUCTION VALUES
- Art and animation are rather crude for the time the show was made. The most obvious fault is how they use repeated footage during summons and attacks, an element that is in fact absent from fighting shonen and better affiliated with mahou shojo or mecha. It is a very striking weakness that alone makes it seem lazy compared to others shonens.
- The initial episodes had really jerky motions and many complained how the characters didn’t look or behave at all like in the manga. For an adaptation that is NOT trying to be a spin off but a direct adaptation, the first impressions they offered was the middle finger. They improved it later on a bit but the damage was already done.
- The setting lacks characterization. It doesn’t seem to stand out from the lot like others do, which again makes it hard to be remembered in the long run. Unlike other famous shonens like Naruto or One Piece, there is no theme in the FT world and it passes by as a generic fantasy realm.
- The character figures are again nothing memorable; most are basically counterparts of people from other shonens, so again it has a problem being remembered for anything. As for the more eccentric-looking ones, they are somewhat original for their looks but they are all minor characters that are defined by a quirk and are defeated and removed from the show in just a few episodes. And of course we have most of the girls running around half naked and acting like they are in permanent heat. So this is a cast you will be staring at for the bizarre or sexy way they look and not because they have any special charisma in their personality.
- A minor thing that irritated me a lot. They placed Plue as cameo, a creature from Rave Master. Now what did that manage to accomplish other than annoying the average fan? Is that their way of telling us even clearer that they are rehashing other works INCLUDING their own? That is really tasteless. I hear he was placed there to please the fans of Rave Master but I don’t believe that. Who still likes that boredrome?
- The music part leaves me with very little to write about. The OST is fitting for such a series but I don’t find any memorable songs in it. Voice acting is ok too with what is going on in the story. No amazing performance though.

SCRIPT

The story is completely generic stuff and easily the weakest part of the show. It plays out like some MMO game, where you join a guild and take seemingly irrelevant to one another missions, while at the same time leaving a few openings for character colorization and world-building. It all plays out quite childishly and there isn’t even an objective for anyone in this show; they just take missions and hope to find something that interests them in the process. For example, we know Natsu is looking for a dragon but did he actually look for him? No, he is just fooling around in his guild and takes part in whatever mission comes along.

The scenario ends up driving the characters and not the other way around; and even that happens in a bad way since the heroes are not actively doing anything. They just fool around until a villain or a mission appear out of nowhere (no foreshadowing at all) and just decide to take part in the whole thing for money or to save some girl. That makes the protagonist and his gang completely boring since they have no goals in life to go for without some world threat standing in the way. Heck, they would probably be sleeping all day long if they had no obstacles.

Now it is true that many events lead to character immersion and reveal more aspects of the world, but all that don’t add anything significant to the show. It’s like drawing more hearts around a short love letter; the contenct is the same but just looks cuter. The plot is always predictable, since it repeats in the exact same way all the time with no interesting plot twists or memorable events. Some character’s past is revealed, some old enemies of him appear, some sinister plan of mass destruction takes place, and then the heroes storm in and win with the power of friendship. Thank you very much; I have seen it all before and in a more mature form. They also add nothing to the show besides more cardboard characters with no significance or moe sancy areas you will never see again.

As if that wasn’t enough, just like with all perpetual on-going shonen the anime reached the manga at som point and the creators had to turn to slower pacing, fillers, and eventually to cancel the show prematurely in the middle of an arc. Not that it would be any different if they did what the Big Three do to bust our balls with 10 fillers followed by 2 canon episodes of snail fast plot but the show is left incomplete. Not that there was much of a plot to care for...

If there is something good to say here is how all the arcs are relatively short and with a fast pace to the most part. Unlike most shonen, FT does not try to stretch each arc too much. Of course technically most battles are dead time, since they offer nothing to the plot, plus are predictable and repetitive. So to the most part you are still watching a show which repeats itself faster than the average of its kind and is mostly canon filler.

CAST
The cast is eventually the meat of the show, since the plot is mostly about somebody’s past creating problems in the present. This way you feel like everything is revolving around them and that they are not irrelevant to the main problem of each arc. Some of them count as cool and fleshed out to bother paying attention to but don’t try to find unoriginal characters because you will be disappointed. They are all following a rather typical demeanour but at least they do it right to the most part. There is variety in personalities and powers and most have a rather basic but sufficient backdrop to work with.

Of course they are still shallow as heck; their personality can fit in two lines including their signature move. So the mangaka had to resolve to keeping all the girls half-naked and in constant heat in order to keep the viewers/readers from realizing that. For a show that aims at children, I must say there is too much fan service in it that is there specifically to distract you from thinking how stupid it is.

Needless to say, don’t expect any drastic character development to take place since most of whatever the characters learn in one arc, is immediately forgotten in the next. They keep trying to make you believe they are gradually getting stronger but you can never see that on-screen. In fact you never have a clear picture of who is stronger and by how much, much less where he excels enough to be able to defeat opponents who are in overall more experienced. So how do all the battles resolve if there is no balance then? Oh come on; you can probably figure it out immediately; it always comes down to the power of friendship. To hell with strategy, planning ahead, learning from your past mistakes, or even paying attention to your injuries. Just storm in and win against all odds with the almighty POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! I MUST PROTECT MY FRIENDS! FRIENDSHIP MAGICALLY HEALS MY GRAVE WOUNDS! FRIENDSHIP BRINGS EVEN THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE! Yes, get ready to eat up a lot of this baby food, for the whole plot runs purely on this sort of fuel. Needless to say, it is stupid, overdone, and eventually tasteless.

LEGACY
The series is aimed at younger teens; even younger than the target audience for Naruto or Bleach. There is a lot of silliness (more than the usual) and violence is really basic and mostly bloodless. And of course nobody ever gets killed, or in the rare case he does, he doesn’t stay dead for long. It is by no means a serious show and nothing in it feels important after awhile. Just to give you an example, it has a mascot in the form of a cheery blue flying cat named… Happy. Imagine a scene where some demon prepares to blow up a village full of people and the camera suddenly zooms to Happy’s permanently happy face. Yeah, the excitement vaporates right there. It is very hard to be interested in whatever the heck is going on when everything looks so easy going and silly. In fact the boldest thing in this show ends up being the fan service around the girls and even that is completely basic compared to your average modern ecchi comedy.

So is it a good show? No, but it’s a good time killer if your expectations are low and you are not older than 15 with prior experience to other famous shonen. I doubt it will leave any mark in anime history or be remembered as anything more than a rehash of other works. It does it right but at the same time it lacks the unique feeling every show that aims to be loved needs. It is indeed nothing but a fairy tale; shallow and for little kids who still tolerate the power of friendship is the most awesome thing ever. But it can be enjoyable just for that.

Oh, and I might as well add how FT became one of the Big Three shonen, after the Bleach anime was discontinued. That may seem like it’s supposed to be awesome enough to deserve such an honor but in reality it is only because modern shonen are crap. It gets some value for that but it’s otherwise only the best looking trash of the garbage bin. And the funniest part? Now that it is discontinued as well, there is nothing to replace it. Yeah, hard times...

And now for some excused scorings:

ART SECTION: 5/10
General Artwork 1/2 (generic)
Character Figures 1/2 (generic)
Backgrounds 1/2 (typical fantasy world)
Animation 1/2 (average)
Visual Effects 1/2 (typical)

SOUND SECTION: 6/10
Voice Acting 2/3 (good albeit too melo at points without excusing it nicely)
Music Themes 2/4 (average)
Sound Effects 2/3 (um, good I guess)

STORY SECTION: 3/10
Premise 1/2 (as typical as it gets)
Pacing 1/2 (fast but repetitive)
Complexity 1/2 (nothing besides lots of two line characters)
Plausibility 0/2 (THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP is not plausible)
Conclusion 0/2 (left incomplete)

CHARACTER SECTION: 4/10
Presence 1/2 (generic)
Personality 2/2 (generic but well defined)
Backdrop 1/2 (generic but it’s there)
Development 0/2 (none)
Catharsis 0/2 (none; the show is left incomplete)

VALUE SECTION: 2/10
Historical Value 2/3 (part of the Big Three for awhile; yay!)
Rewatchability 0/3 (none; too childish to deserve any)
Memorability 0/4 (meh, it is just a watered down rehash of other shonen)

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 1/10
Art 0/1 (looks generic)
Sound 0/2 (sounds meh)
Story 0/3 (feels generic as hell)
Characters 1/4 (they are also generic as hell)

VERDICT: 2.5/10
Could they make it any worse?

This show is absolutely atrocious. I don't even want to give it a full review because I loathe it so much.

Storyline: Can't completely tell you. I only survived the first few episodes (somehow) and I wanted to claw my eyes out. Boring as hell and the comedy was AWFUL. AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL. So bad.

Art: Even worse. The art is terrible.

Sound: Don't care.

Characters: WHY. They're all so irritating. Not a single one was interesting.

Overall: 1. I hate this show. I don't know why it's so popular. I couldn't even give this a full, thought-provoking review because I got annoyed typing this much. Would not ... recommend ever.

Do you want to see an anime with the worst fillers since Naruto? Do you love characters with so much plot armor that they survive everything? Is an anime with overpowered fire breathing mages, driven by nakamapower your thing? Are you a fan of a heroine whose most significant characteristic is... her boobs (literally, she's useless). This overpraised battle-shounen has been made for you.

~Story~ 3/10
This anime has nothing that's original, nothing. It seems to be a combination of One Piece (nakamapower), Naruto (stupid fillers), Highschool DxD (boobs) and a little bit of Mars of Destruction (the awesome and original characters). Our story starts with Lucy ... Heartfilia, who's some weird kind of Pokemon master (with big boobs like we already mentioned). She's not strong. Or smart. Or anything at all. But what she can do, is pretending to be pretty while being saved by her friends. She then meets Natsu, our favorite fire breathing plot-armored motion-sickened retard (seriously, does this guy even have a brain?). He's an annoying combination of Luffy and Naruto. He has one new aspect: motion sickness. He gets a lot of random power-ups because of... well, plot convenience. Natsu is a member of Fairy Tail, a magic guild which only causes trouble, but which hasn't been suspended by the council yet, for some reason (the council is totally useless in this anime anyway). He takes Lucy to Fairy Tail, and she joins their guild. They then embark on a journey to find... Natsu's father. Who's a dragon. (Yes we know, this anime doesn't know logic and it clearly doesn't know the story of the birds and bees either, deal with it) They get into trouble several times, and in each of these a sad past of a Fairy Tail member is revealed. Because if you don't have a sad backstory, you can't join Fairy Tail. Watch our characters take on a much stronger opponent every arc, but still defeating them after a nakama speech. Also, watch some really interesting villains turn good after a battle (seriously, we could give you a ton of examples of this in this anime). And then comes our main villain... Zeref. And watch him... whine? Why is he even here? He doesn't serve any purpose, right? I thought they were looking for dragons? Do they find the dragons? Will Zeref ever stop whining? Watch this anime to find out. Oh wait. You won't find out. Maybe in the sequel, bitch. For real though, the premise of this seems promising. The first arcs were actually okay and the world building was fine, but they decided to use the same formula over and over and OVER again. The pacing was pretty bad at some points too. If the magic had been more interesting and was explained more, it could have been a lot more enjoyable. But after some time, the story just wasn't interesting anymore. It was repetitive, and the characters made no progression in achieving their main goal at all.
[CONCLUSION]
The story was weak, and full of nakama power. Just what we needed. It was also repetitive after the fifth arc or so. This anime is so popular, and the fanbase is so large, but why? There are way better shone anime out there, this anime is average at best. The premise was interesting, but everything turned into a mess with our heroes defeating the "extremely powerful" villains over and over and over again... very entertaining, especially after the tenth time.

~Art~ 7/10
The art of this show is pretty good. It looks like a magical shounen anime's animation. Exactly what it is. The animation changed over the years, the animation of the first episodes is really different from the animation of the last episodes. Especially the character designs of the women, their boobs grew every 10 episodes or so. Great job creators, is this show aimed at horny teens or something? The animation is colorful, and let's be honest, the battles look pretty awesome now and then. The animation isn't very special, it's quite generic, but not ugly.
[CONCLUSION]
The animation is plain but it serves its purpose.

~Sound~ 7/10
Fairy, where are you going... Yeah. Most of the openings in this anime were pretty decent (and catchy too). They were a bit too happy to our liking though. But you shouldn't rely on our opinion too much, taste in music is very subjective after all. The OST's in this anime were actually good. They matched the scenes and they were easily recognizable as Fairy Tail OST's. The endings were okay too, though nothing special.
[CONCLUSION]
The music in this show was pretty decent. The best aspect of this show in our opinion.

~Characters~ 2/10
This cast is so original. Nope. We have an overpowered, nakama motivated, plot-armored hero and he has a cute animal as a sidekick. The main heroine is weaker than the main hero (again: so original), she also has big boobs (this is like the 847394th time we're saying this) and she is constantly saved by everyone. She also gets a lot of random power-ups, because this is a generic magic battle shounen. We also have Gray, Natsu's rival... VERY original. Oh, and before we forget: he likes stripping, because man service is exactly what this show lacked. Yes, this cast sucks. But then there's our savior Erza. Oh wait, no. She's a tsundere who always fights with the main characters. But then she also has a sweet side and has a weird obsession for cake. And last but not least, a cute loli, who is totally useless: Wendy. She has one of the most annoying sidekicks ever: Charles. There are a few interesting characters (hence the 2/10), e.g.: Mirajane, Gajeel and Laxus. But they didn't get a lot of screen time, and the rest of the characters were just generic and boring.
And may I have your attention for... the worst cast of villains ever created! Our first serious villain turns out to be Gray's adopted brother and... turns good. Our second villain didn't turn good, but his henchmen did. Welcome to Fairy Tail, Gajeel and Juvia. Our third villain actually kills someone... and turns good after that. And the guy we're talking about REFUSES to die, because he just keeps appearing. Another villain, Laxus... also turned good. It's not even funny anymore. Oh, yeah, we almost forgot about the main villain: Zeref. Who's a whiny retard that does absolutely nothing in these 175 episodes. Worst villains ever.
[CONCLUSION]
Hahaha. This cast is so bland and boring. We didn't care at all about these generic characters. And the villains are on a whole new level of stupidity; everyone turns good (or in a love interest). This cast is really bad, the only characters that were well-developed were Mirajane and Elfman (the problems with getting over a certain traumatic experience), but this show is called Fairy Tail, so the makers decided to bring a certain person back. Good job!

~Enjoyment~ 5/10
Especially during the first arcs, this show was quite enjoyable. The story was neither deep nor really interesting, but the jokes were funny, and over-all it just was something light to watch. But when the story progressed, it got so repetitive. A simple repetitive story + horrible characterization = Fairy Fail. (Sorry, I couldn't contain myself) However, we do disagree with those who scored this show a 1/10, because that's not fair. This show definitely isn't good, but it's not a 1/10 when it's below average. It has some promising concepts and the animation and music were decent. It's just that it could have been so much more. However, we disagree with both the diehard fans and the diehard haters.
[CONCLUSION]
This could have been good, if it didn't get so repetitive. But it is what it is: an under-average boring magical battle shounen. If you love this genre, or dislike good anime, then you might like this show, but if you prefer something with decent characters and a good story, then watch something else (some personal recommendations: Fullmetal Alchemist, HunterxHunter, Gintama). So please know that you'll be wasting your time if your expectations of this show are high. It's your own time, so we can't tell you what to do, but we recommend you to not watch this anime filled with boobs, nakama motives and blue flying cats. Peace.

Its quite simple really. The manga's brilliant, but the anime's just another cheap shounen piece of shit........... I might have been pretty harsh to rate 4 parts of the anime all 1's, but i had high expectations and they just murdered the chance of it being an incredible show....