Fairy Tail, such a popular shounen manga and anime that started being hated for a lot of reasons, such as the power of friendship, an insane amount of fanservice, and some others who think that this show is a Naruto and One Piece rip-off.



Is this show any good? Well, sort of.


I have mixed feelings about Fairy Tail; I love it, but at the same time, I don't.
I love a lot of characters from the show, such as Zeref, Lucy, Gray, etc., and I love a lot of moments that touched my heart through the series; it's truly a show that means a lot to me as a person.
But why did I say that this show fell off and I don't love it too?

First of all, let's talk about the common reasons why to hate Fairy Tail:

Power of Friendship - Of course, the power of friendship is what people thinking at the second they hear the name "Fairy Tail", do I hate it as the others do? Well, no. Sure, it can be annoying sometimes, and for some people, it can be annoying a lot more. To me? If it's just not something that goes too far, I don't mind much.

Fanservice - Now that's a common thing in anime, modern anime especially, you see a lot of female characters with revealing clothes. In my opinion, it's not a bad reason to hate shows that have a lot of that. Personally, I don't hate it or like it.

One Piece/ Naruto rip off - Even tho I prefer both shows by a mile, I will never say that Mashima copied them to write Fairy Tail. Yes, of course, Shanks's design does look similar to Gildarts's, but Gildarts is actually based on Gale Glory from Rave Master (AKA one of Mashima's older works). I never knew how to describe the Naruto copy because that's more specific reasons people say that Mashima copied Naruto.

Overall, those 3 common things that have to hate about Fairy Tail are not the reason why I have mixed feelings about that, I think it's time to go straight to the point finally


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For me, Fairy Tail is wasted potential, and this arc says a lot.

First of all, let's talk about how the previous series ended (Fairy Tail series 2, aka Fairy Tail 2014) - After the Tartaros arc, Makarov closed the Fairy Tail guild, and every member left the place because of that. Then we had a timeskip that features us, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy together once again, but without the guild, and after that we got a nice credit roll that seems like it's going to be the end of the show, but it doesn't.

Now, let's start with how this, the Final Season, started - Now, as Natsu and Lucy tried to bring back Fairy Tail, they tried to find all the other members, first of all, Wendy and Car, who were with Sherria and the other members from Lamia Scale. She also became a singer with Sherria under the name Sky Sisters duo. After bringing them back they found Juvia that saying that Gray left her and became evil, they found Gray and what he wanted to do, eliminate everyone that doesnt adore Zeref, Natsu and Lucy defeated Gray's "Team" and then Gray started helping them and joined (bruh) then we got Erza back and with all the help at the end when every other member came back (The Strauss siblings, Cana, Gajeel, Lily, Levy and all the others) the guild has came back. But no Makarov, so who'll be the new master? Erza... WelWellat'sts what I thought until we saw Makarov in this season as well, so let's get into the most important things in seasons.

_____ The fights - Now this arc had a bunch of fights, some of them I did like a bit, and some of them I hate a lot.
Let's start with Laxus vs Wall Eehto - The fight was pretty one-sided to be fair, still I didn't forget that Laxus got nerfed in Tartaros because of his fight against Tempester, but still Laxus is a very strong mage and could beat Wall in a pretty cool way. I ain't lie, I do think, however, that his new powerup (The red lightning) was a bit unnecessary.
Now, what about Mirajane vs Jacob? This is one of the absolute dumbest fights I watched in shounen because of how dumb Jacob's weakness was to how he lost the fight.
Sting vs Larcade - Wow, probably the most boring fight in this arc, Sting and all the others that fought with him there (Rogue, Minerva, Yukino, and Kagura) against Larcade were pointless, but at the end, Sting got a new power-up and won. It's not my most hated fight, but one of them.
Jellal vs Neinhart - Now, to those who know me, I hate Jellal more than anyone else in the universe, but I must admit he was pretty cool in this fight, but only when he finished Neinhart. This fight actually started with Erza against this guy, but when he created evil dolls of Erza's old enemies (Kyouka, Azuma, and Ikaruga), Erza started to struggle and fainted on the battlefield. This is when Jellal entered rage mode and finished Neinhart with one ability. Cool moment I ain't lie but when Jellal said "I came here to defeat Zeref" yeah we heard about you for sure...
Gray and Juvia vs Invel - A somewhat okayish fight with a lot of pros and cons, similar to Jellal's fight against Neinhart. Gray got rage mode as well against Invel after this guy made him hurt Juvia. The adaptation for this fight was actually shocking because, unlike 99% of the Fairy Tail fights in the anime, this fight had blood, not a bad one, but not a good one, as well.
Gajeel vs Bloodman - I hate this fight a lot. Gajeel sacrificed his life just to defeat Bloodman, and then came back to life. In short, it's a wasted emotional moment.
Erza vs Ajeel - So this is probably the fight I remember the best among all the others, somehow. Erza lost at the start, so she switched armor to a new armor named "God Wind," but she still lost. At the end, nd Erza just used her Nakagami armor (The same armor she used to beat Minerva during GMG) and one-shot Ajeel, and then again, Erza fainted.
Wendy and Sherria vs Dimaria - An absolutely weird fight, the weirdest moment was, of course, when Ultear came back as young as she was and helped Wendy and Sherria against Dimaria, also for some reason she also stripped Kagura's clothes during the mid-fight...
Gildarts vs August - Wow, Gildarts fought against someone stronger than him. Did he win somehow? No, August just killed himself due to his tragic backstory.
Erza and Eendy vs Irene - Similar to the previous match I mentioned, Erza vs Irene took a few eps to finish, Irene used some cool abilities during the fight, and I think it's probably my favorite fight among all. Irene's backstory was really cool, to be honest. At the end Irene did like August and ended herself...
Lucy vs Brandish - Probably so far, it's the fight with the most background. Lucy and Brandish had a lot in common, and their parents even knew each other. Brandish even had a target why defeating Lucy to take Aquarious. Lucy, thanks to her new star dress ability, has beaten Brandish. I'd say this is probably the most normal fight in this whole arc.
There's also Fraud Serena's fight, but it's not even worth mentioning; it was lame...

Now, after I talked about all the fights against the Spriggan 12, let's talk about the biggest fights in this arc.

Natsu vs Gray - So Natsu is the E.N.D. Wow, shocking, right? No. This fight was close for each side to win, but Mashima didn't want us to know who was stronger (even though it's obvious), so he gave Erza a role in this fight to stop them before she fought against Irene.

Natsu vs Zeref - So, Natsu is Zeref's brother? Not really shocking if you ask me, to be fair, there was that much fight. Sure, when Zeref used the Fairy Heart transformation, it made Natsu look like he lost, but because Zeref cared so much about Natsu, he just let Natsu win. And like with August and Irene, Zeref ended himself but also with Mavis.
And for last and least fav among everyone who watched/read Fairy Tail... Everyone vs Acnologia - So this is when they abused the power of friendship, used the entire world to end the final boss of the series and only a few episodes after the fight against Zeref ended (Yes it rushed) Lucy gathered all the energy from the world to defeat Acnologia (Like Goku vs Kid Buu fight in DBZ) and it worked well and fast.
,, Ok, I think I talked way too much about the fights in the. What, what about the anime? Was it good? NO. It was even worse than in Tartaros, man, I don't even know what I need to say more.

Over, this is how every big fight was in this arc, some of them lame as hell, and some of them were just. didn't mention Makarov's fake death and how it made the whole thing look even worse.

And now I think it's time for me to finally explain myself think that Fairy Tail is wasted potential. Remember when Erza defeated everyone easily? Remember when Elfman and Cana were relevant to the story arc and had an important role in the story arc? Why do we bearly see this anymore in the show?

Anyway, Fairy Tail has truly made a ride. I can't rate it too low, even with the fact that I monegativelyative aseasonsI still think they had some good backstories, characters, and at least the soundtrack is a thingithing always good in this show. And now the Oracion Seis turned to allies. Gremorie Heart defeated and also Tartaros, and now Zeref and Acnologia too.
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Seems like we can finally call it the end of Fairy Tai,l right?



Well, it seems that no... Fairy Tail even got worse after that.