Story- Honestly one of the weaker parts of this anime to me. It starts off like any typical shounen anime really. It is split into arcs lasting 10 or a little more episodes. When it transition to another arc, it does a good job of that. It also has a nice light hearted So why is it one of the weaker points to me? There rarely seems to be plot development and the story telling can be predictable and formulaic at times. The comedy is so so for me, since I will laugh at some stuff but others will just have me shrugging or whatever. Not every anime needs to get dark, but all this seems like Natsu, Lucy, Happy and their pals at Fairy Tail vs pretty much every other guild a majority of the time in it. Not that isn't bad, but it gets really annoying since that seems to be mostly what it is. It just seems like Natsu and his guild are like My Little Pony sometimes, winning a majority of the time with the power of FRRRRRRIIIIIEEEENNNNDSSSSSSHHHHHIIIIIPPPP. It gets a little annoying
Art- One of the high points of this anime. The animation is good, but has it's ups and downs. The animation at the beginning of it was bad but it got better. The fights scenes were also pretty good, but not something I go crazy about.
Sound- The sound track for Fairy Tail is good. good. The background music does a nice job and the openings to it are great. The endings are hit and miss since I only like a few of them. The rest I honestly skipped
Characters- I'm not going to lie, this is the lowest point in the anime for me. While I like a few like Wendy, Gray and Gajeel (Honestly do not know if I spelled that wrong) most of them are one dimensional. Some are like cliches and some are just there. Granted some of them have their episode to shine, I honestly kept forgetting a lot of the members even in the guild (excluding the main ones we see, can't really forget them) other then Cana, Mirajane, Elfman, Markarov, Laxus and Lisana (barely remember her at times) and probably one more I am having trouble remembering right now. While few get their chance to shine, others are forgettable to me and have very little if any development. And going back to Lisana she is like the worst character they have built up (spoiling a little so avoid this part if you haven't seen it).
They built Lisana up as some child hood friend and possible love interest of Natsu who was supposedly dead. She ending up not being dead but in an alter version some where opposite of the place the story is set in. They ended up bringing her back and she basically ends up being a background character A LOT! Doesn't really talk to Natsu a lot, barely is in battles and if she is she is one of those characters that gets their butts kicked so others will get pissed (Like Mirajane and Elfman) and easily forgettable. I don't hate her, but I honestly don't think the story would have changed a lot if she wasn't in the series. That might just be me
Overall I give Fairy Tail a 6/10. While I came up with a lot of reason to not like it and have major issues with some of it, it is still a good anime. But I would recommend it more or less to people just getting to the anime/manga community, but for people who are already in it or have been in it for years, I would kinda debate recommending it to them
