User blog:Minticus Maximus/Why do you read Fairy Tail?

Hello there readers. Minticus-Maximus here today, trying his best to procrastinate with Fairy Tail rather then do important work.

So i've recently finished watching the Funimation dub of Fairy Tail all the way up to episode 175 (yes, I only watch the funimation dubbed versions of anime. Super major scrub lord I know.). Having been looking at the reviews of recent chapters and the costant hate directed at Hiro, it was safe to say that I wasn't expecting much from the Grand Magic Games Arc (But at least it couldn't be as bad as the Key of the Starry Sky arc right guys? Guys?). And for the most part, I was right. Their were so many problems that just made me so angry. Why the hell is Fairy Tail now the Weakest guild in Fiore??? So your saying no one outside the main cast had any fighting skill? Wasn't Macao introduced after beating 19 Vulcans? GAHHH! And it only got worse when the fights began. What the Fuck was that fight with Jellal and Jura? And oh my god the Mirajane and Jenny 'fight'... wanted to cave my own head in...

I'm going to stop talking about that now before it drives me insane. But here is the thing. This Arc has had a lot of shit in it so far. Stupid fights, stupid characters (did Grey forget he had magic in his first fight?), stupid reasoning. It had so much wrong with it...

Yet I don't hate it...

Don't get me wrong, it deserves a lot of the hate it gets. We know Hiro is a capable story writer, just look at the Tower of Heaven arc. But despite all the stupidity, it has some genuinely good moments. The some of the new characters are badass. Kagura kicks ass against Leon, which was awesome (ignoring the earlier fight with Yuno, which might explain why no one wants to be a celestial spirt mage if the most powerful one get it's ass kicked like that...). And Sabertooth are badass too. Sting is an awesome character with some actual complexity. Sort of like an evil Natsu, only I wouldn't call Natsu 'complex'. And Rouge was surprising deep as well. Didn't think a villain would care for his weaker comrades like Yuno. And I loved seeing Millianna's return. She love how she still hates Jellal, and the complexity that brings up with Erza. It can be good in places.

Anyway, ignoring that poor review I made that paragraph into, what I really want to talk about is how it's these moments that keep me in Fairy Tail. The Badass characters, the badass fights, the sometimes genuinely good story and mystery (oh my god what has happened to Levy? Why is she all alone and injured? WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME HIRO??). These things, though rare, make Fairy Tail so enjoyable.

But here's why I am writing all of this. Like I said, I read the reviews, and I see a lot of hatred pointed towards Hiro (mostly deserved), towards Natsu (mostly deserved) and toward the story (partly deserved), so what I want to know is, why do you continue to read Fairy Tail? I mean we are the ones who spend their spare time making up stories in Hiro's universe. Theoretically, we should be his biggest fans. Do you read it because you enjoy the fights or the art enough ignore the bad stuff? Do you secretly pray it will start being awesome again like it was in the beginning? Or do you not mind how it's not as good as it was and just continue to enjoy itlike you always have?