For a decade I find many people have said that "Rave Master" is the ้hidden gem and a better story written from Mashima compared to "Fairy tail" which kinda intrigued me lately with the pandemic situation , so I decided to read it eventually.
Honestly, I wish I liked the series more than I do. Aspects of it, and a few entire arcs, are great enough that I want the whole thing to be a masterpiece. But as it stands, there's just too many things I dislike about the series for me to pursue it any further.
The story is the definition of "cliché" , except that one arc with sieghart that I have to binged reading over 30 volumes for that one epic scene ( which I find it very tiresomes, boring and too repetitive ) .
The power system is ok.
For the character, I have to confessed that I binged reading this boring adventure just for Sieghart one and only!
There are lots of other good mangas out there ,still if you wanna try Mashima first work ( which in my opinion better that fairy tail but not that great) don't expect too much of it and try to enjoy the story as it is told.