User blog comment:Mangetsu20/Where Friendship Magic Is Handy (FTC - 446)/@comment-4566819-20150802064659/@comment-4326112-20150805015118

1 - It would be suiting, if this was a mature series. But this isn't. This series is clearly meant for young children (given the predictable context of every arc since the beginning) or adults with very low expectations other than action and fanservice. Unlike stories like Naruto or even Dragon Ball Z that have gripping suspense and interesting character interactions, we don't really get any of that since none of them are original as pretty much all of them are copy/paste variants of other characters still in serialization or having just finished. So don't expect a hero DYING in this Arc cause the most we got from that in this series was a periphery character (Simon) and Lahar with the Magic Council getting axed off in the Tartaros Arc. Other than that, the heroes haven't sustained a SINGLE CASUALTY from the Guild. Period. Don't raise your hopes that Hiro would actually chance to do something DIFFERENT than what he usually does. -3-

2 - This is Hiro Mashima, what did you expect? If the story is going to suck ass in terms of delivery, the artwork BETTER be serviceable. Also, yeah, he loves to serve women like chopped steak to the male demographic, what else is new?

3 - If you've read the newest Chapter, I'm pretty sure you know the answer to that already. -w-

4 - Nah, that'd actually be instilling a sense of true suspense for our characters. No, nothing of that sort in the future I assure you

5 - This is an ENJOYABLE chapter by FT standards. I won't ever compare Fairy Tail to the likes of Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball or even BLEACH. It is too immature of a show to tell a serious story and doesn't give the characters enough originality or dignity to be too attached to them. A hollow cast with a hollow story is only held by the scotch tape that is its stunning artwork which in of itself is a style one must be accustomed to or otherwise this too is a failing. The only reason I found real enjoyment in this Chapter is that people OTHER THAN NATSU were able to do something and the chase felt compelling. The fact Natsu is standing back up aggravates me to no end, whose only saving grace is that he shut up the King of Current Arc Monologuers.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but I felt urged to reply to your points of interest -w-