Board Thread:Shitposting/@comment-30807545-20161220131330/@comment-30807545-20161220193338

So yeah, I erased my previous reply because I want to write it out better. Just gonna list it.

1. The nudity was excess. Yes, this is classified as a ecchi manga (even though Hiro previously passed it off as a children's manga for God knows what reason), but there are moments in the manga where it wasn't needed and he was just shoving it down our throats.

2. Shipping became a BIG problem. Yes, the shipping in this series was a bit forced to a certain extent. Perfect examples being NaLu and Gruvia; every moment, it felt like whenever these characters interact with one another, Hiro always tries to find a way to remind us that they'll eventually end up together and gives little to the imagination. That may be good for people who are into ships, but it gets cancerous as people tend to rant on about how said characters shouldn't be shipped with anyone else. It's like with the who IchiHime or NaruHina situations, which ended up as two of the largest shitstorms in manga history. At least in Kubo's case, he stated that Ichigo and Rukia were NEVER going to become lovers, even emphasizing this statement throughout various chapters of the series. To an extent, Kishimoto did the same in certain chapters and made an entire movie around NaruHina being canon.

3. As Per stated, the main characters (i.e. core Fairy Tail members) always win. Again, read her comment above for full detail. It should be noted that it relates to another reason why the series is rather disappointing: the arcs are constantly repeating. As Daz and Zf6 once pointed out, It's basically in every arc up to and including Hades, they more-or-less boiled down to: Threat > Fairy Tail gets involved > Meet the Threat > Split up into various fights > Natsu fights big bad of the arc > Loses > Gets a power up > Wins. This tends to create asspulls and contradictions that Hiro once established earlier on the series.

4. Waste of characters and world-building. Yeah, this one peeved me the most, not because Hiro refused to build upon these, but he decided to bother making his manga as a bigger world with so many characters "just because". Fairy Tail would've been a better manga if it was done differently (i.e. less characters and a smaller world). Pretty everyone noticed that the characters that aren't in the main core of FT are basically used as "hype material", treated as fodder so that FT can shine and defeat the bad guy, thus making them seem insignificant in hindsight. That's a terrible way to use a character. It doesn't help that the fights last one or two chapters, where in other manga and manhwa like The God of Highschool, NnT or Noblesse, it's extended to a few chapters - which is well-executed and everyone gets a chance to show off their skills. I should also say that in the cases of characters of Sting and Chelia, there's some big sacrifice that comes with their "15 minutes of fame". Chelia lost her magic and Sting couldn't get a handle of his new form, having been assisted by an outside force (which I didn't mind tbh).

Anyways, that's it for now. If I have anymore, then I will write it down. It seems that most of what I was planning has already been said.