Fairy Tail centres on the unity of souls, so to speak, and it emphasises how the bonds between friends can be worth more than blood ties.
The masters of the guild, Fairy Tail, all share the same belief that everyone has both light and dark in them, they need to be shown the right path. Stringing from this, many of the mages of darkness are affected by insecurities and their past. The producers actively contrast them with mages of light (such as those in Fairy Tail) with similar insecurities. In turn emphasising the importance of trust and friendship. Another reason as to why some of the “bad guys” just cannot be hated, in fact some of them have slid their way into my many favourites. The contrast made me rethink my outlook on life and the judgment of others.
One thing that many like about Fairy Tail, including me, is the manner in which these depths of life are hidden and entwined with scenes full of emotions- sadness, hatred, love and not to forget indignation. The last of the four is the most prominent theme of this anime, and is revisited with every arc. However, the producers have done an excellent job with lightening the mood every-so-often, with the characters and their personality, mainly featuring those of Fairy Tail.
The character most in focus is Lucy Heartfilia, who at first seems an add-on but as the story progresses you really get to understand her as a person and how strong her character really is, despite the ‘blond moments’. She is one character who shows the least anger and resent out of most characters and its surprising how she manages to do so (but I shall expand no more, otherwise I’ll be bordering spoiler-zone and we don’t want that do we, now? :p).
The anime itself starts off with our dear Lucy getting trapped in the most absurd situations and a Fairy Tail mage saving her…you can find out who yourself when you watch it. They seem like her knight-in-shining armour and ironically she is a Princess herself! :p yup! You’re in for a ball, my friend! Having said that, although this character is always there, Lucy doesn’t always act as the helpless person, you would expect. This leads me on to character development…
The character development is by far the best bit of Fairy Tail and each and every character is fully explored, the main ones more so, but that is to be expected. The director has certainly done his part with making Fairy Tail a success with this aspect. However, I’ll have you know, that this anime is 175 episodes long so you are, no doubt, in for repetition. Fortunately, I didn’t find this a problem until quite a decent number of episodes in i.e. if you’ve been told that Fairy Tail is just a mush of different arcs with the same storyline, or thereabouts that’s not entirely true. But of course, it’s not a cup of tea for everyone!
The more detailed overall story is pretty obvious but there are times where the fillers take the spotlight and you might be lost as to what’s happening. Personally speaking, this was one of the greatest flaws of Fairy Tail alongside the fan service that frequents as you near the end. But you get used to it! Personally I felt, that once you get into the anime and start admiring and understanding the characters, then you seem to enjoy the fillers more and more.
The art style is something that is given divided opinion, since it is very bold and the details are present, although are not emphasised. This compliments and shines a spotlight on Fairy Tail as a guild, because they are notorious as a troublemaker guild, however they are the most welcoming and possibly the most forgiving. The fighting style is also influenced greatly by the art style and the underlying motives of the anime. Talking about creativity, the OPs and EDs are plentiful and are well suited to their arcs and some have even entered my list of favourites! They begin and end each episode making it complete and finishing the ideas that were started off, kind of like tying up loose ends.
So with all that blubber, my review about fairy tail comes to a close. Its such a huge series that being able to cover each and every aspect has been difficult, but hopefully I have wrapped it all off in my very first review! Beware of the over the top fighting scenes, though they really do get me going and some of them leave me laughing, the characters have a knack of doing that! The very last, incomplete arc leading to the second season will give you a very good idea of that! ;) ENJOY!
Overall Rating: 8.5
thecookiemonster
