User blog:Zetarion/Status of the "Final Arc"

In your opinion, what do you think of this "Final Arc" that Hiro has set up. No really, in your honesty tell me how you actually feel about this arc. In all honesty..... it was a string of disappointments one after another. Quite literally, this meme sums up my disappointment:



However, I still find myself heavily criticizing this manga because part of me hopes Hiro will clean-up his act and be the amazing author that he was before. Well that, and I'm a user here, thus have obligations.... sorta.

We all know Hiro does some fine artwork and his one-shots/specials are spectacular. Starbiter Satsuki, Monster Hunter Orage, Monster Soul, Nishikaze to Taiyou, and sooo many others I fell in love with. Hell, Rave Master — despite all of its fallacies, became one of the gateways to the anime/manga world for me. It was enjoyable, I'll admit that. Question is, "How come Hiro can't be as amazing with Fairy Tail as with the aforementioned?"

Initially, Fairy Tail was estranged to me as it was rather.... uncomfortable in certain aspects. But I said "Hey, why the hell not?" and started reading it. It was then that I found characters that I love and began to cherish certain elements of the plot; although, I did have a problem with certain concepts being portrayed, as it was kinda.... outlandish. But I digress. This was Part I, however. Part II, my god. I mean sweet baby Jesus, it was painful to look at. The Tartaros and the "He who will not be named" arcs serving proof. There were A LOT of things wrong with the series and stuff that could be improved on, as said by Tekking101 and KingLightning on Youtube. Typically, I would like to think that Hiro is purposefully doing all of this so that we members of the fanon have room to implement our own ideas and make proper interpretations of what he makes of his views on magic.

Anyways, the so-called "final arc", where Zeref becomes the Big Bad — which a lot of fans, including myself (initially) was hoping for. But, as we've seen in the last few chapters, that quickly went further south past the borders of Magic!Mexico. The so-called Spriggan Twelve have been a joke thus-far. I'm not gonna get into it because that will turn into a rant. They've been defeated in like one or two chapters, usually through their own hubris or a Deus Ex Machina, which I mind you, completely disregards things stated earlier in the manga. Even you gotta admit this if you've read the arc. The only thing that's probably keeping the manga is alive is probably Irene, August, Jellal, Oracion Seis, and Acnologia. Everything else just went to shit, quite literally I mind you.

Examples: I have a shit ton, but I'm trying to make this as brief as possible. Anyways, in short, for me this was one of the worst arcs in like, ever. Just sayin'. Again, leave your opinions on your thoughts pertaining to this arc (or the manga in general) and let's have a civil discussion. Should be good for us right? We're all adults here =w=
 * Zeref has been reduced to a (in my words) "schizophrenic, bi-polar man who can't make up his mind on what he wants to do." You want to destroy the world? And for what? Just because you've decided to play God and try to revive your deceased family. Dude, consequences are always there. Look at FMA. Ed and Al tried that. Not only did they lose their body parts, but the so-called resurrection came back and bit them in the ass years later. Don't tell me you think you're immune? In your case, your immortality and death-causing was kinda your fault. You don't see everyone else trying to revive their deceased loved ones. It's called life. Deal with it. Also, you wanna kill off every single human being? Really? That would include your own empire and the so-called "Shields" that serve you. Tell me, how will you do it?
 * The fights have been... all too convenient for Fairy Tail. If you're not in the group, then you're fodder, regardless if you were relevant to the story. Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus being perfect examples. Even though the former aren't slouches, Dragon Slayers and all, they were easily defeated. Hell, even the "Four Gods of Ishgar" were reduced to mere conveniences. There was barely a fight, just a one-sided slaughter consisting of a guy who had.... 8 dragon Slayer Lacrima inside. Not even gonna get into what's wrong with that picture. Nearly every Spriggan was defeated by a member of FT with the exception of time bitch and FT!William Shakespeare; Jellal and Chelia did some fine work with that, even though it was a Deus ex Machina for the latter. Even then, it had its consequences, so it was alright. In the recent chapter, Gajeel had gotten his Dual Element SSJ3 form by absorbing....MBP, which I may note is highly fatal to the typical mage. Apparently, it conveniently had some iron in it. Considering how Gajeel survived that instantly was just.... Moving on.
 * The whole 400-Year plan was... convoluted and not properly explained. There were things that was rather questionable and felt kinda rushed. Like the part with Layla; how did she know when to open the gate? Who told her of the plan? Also, how was there an eclipse gate there 400 years ago? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS?!!!!!!