this will be a review for Fairy Tail

the story set in the world of magic where magicians are split into groups called guilds

these guilds have the sole purpose of completing missions to maintain order

the ones who wreak havoc on known as members of dark guilds. The female lead character

Lucy dreams of becoming a member of a guild

however she doesn't want to join just any old guild. She wants to join

Fairy Tail. One day Lucy meets a boy with spikey pink hair that goes around with his

talking flying cat

they introduce themselves as Natsu and Happy, and to Lucy's luck Natsu and Happy are

members a Fairy Tail and after being asked to join

Lucy starts the adventure of a life time. There a lot of characters in Fairy Tail

so I'll only be describing the main four characters

there is the male lead Natsu who comes across as a

mobile wrecking ball with the hint of a perverted side

the female lead Lucy who can summon spirits with golden keys but regardless is

only useful for fanservice

Gray an ice wizard with a stripping habit and Erza

a badass walking wardrobe

the episodes introducing the show weren't all too interesting but did set the general

theme

and I personally didn't get into the show until the arc called the Phantom arc

the show had a dull beginning that displayed minor missions and reused animations

however the show really reaches its peak in the middle episodes and had its fair share

of epic moments

the series does unfortunately seem to go downhill towards the end but somewhat

makes up for it with its better animation

the main problem that people seem to have with Fairy Tail is the way it portrays the

power of friendship and for the most part

I'd have to agree. I feel as though the show uses this premise as an excuse to

give the characters some

ass pull power boosts. Not to mention the overused speeches about friendship can

get

annoying after a certain point. Another complaint people seem to have is Hiro

Mashima's inability to kill people off

and even though I think the complaints are way too overblown. It is still noticeable

there are some occasions where the death the character may have been more fitting

also every fight seems to follow a formula

with Natsu's fights it usually goes like this. Natsu will be getting his ass

whooped and then after shoving something down his throat

it's all OK or in Erza's case just pull out a never-before-seen

armor when you're losing a fight. However, with regard to the fact that they are namely

the strongest guild

I guess it should make sense that all its members are stupidly overpowered

there are two problems in particular that I have about fairy tail the first

being the lack of development for the characters

it was set in the beginning that one of Natsu's major goals was to find his so

called father the dragon Igneel

as of the 175 episodes that are out, I feel as though Natsu is

in no way closer to that goal

also Lucy who has made significant progress in terms and strength from the

beginning the show

for some reason is only shown getting thrown around and stripped. It really

saddens me that the female lead is portrayed as so useless and I think that she

deserves her own moments to show off her strength

also some things just seem way too idealistic

no matter where they are or who they are up against the guild is able to protect

EVERYONE. This is where I wish they could be a character death so that the guild

can be somewhat disillusioned to this idea and make room for development

needless to say I'm not saying the show doesn't have any development. On several

occasions characters have shown some and the reason I say it needs more is those

moments are among the best in fairy tail

the show could be so much better if more of it was brought out. The other problem I

have is the excessive fanservice

at this point fanservice has been well established as part of the show

and I have come to accept that however there are points in the show where fan service

takes away from the seriousness in the show and really isn't necessary

on top of that some valuable time is taken by the fanservice that could have been

used for something else

also I feel as though the show suffers from its younger audience time slot

the fights look rather childish without blood and the show doesn't seem to be

able to bring out the darker aspects that were flashed in the early portion of the show

also whenever the show gets serious it feels the need to add comic relief that

in my opinion ruins the moment

however the fact that there are 10 year olds watching the show doesn't seem to stop the

creators from waving ass and tits on the screen every 10 minutes

even putting all this into account I still enjoyed watching Fairy Tail for my

attachment to some of the characters

there are some things that the show does very well. Ignoring the earlier part of

the show, the animation looks really good

no matter how big of an ass pull it pulled, I was never once bored during a fight while

watching Fairy Tail

the lack of deaths is fulfilled by the several heartwarming moments that

riddled throughout the show. Comparing it to other shounen animes, Fairy tail

also doesn't have many fillers

and even when it does I feel that Fairy Tail really knows how to do its fillers

through means of comedy and relationship built up

Fairy Tail's jokes are rather frequently reused but are still always funny and some

of the earlier episodes even had my stomach hurting

and even though I complained about the fanservice earlier

I have to say that Fairy Tail's female characters do look pretty damn good, so

the fanservice isn't always unwanted. The

last thing I want to mention is what I feel is the greatest part a Fairy Tail

its soundtrack

even though it's not music that I thought I'd be into, the more I heard it, the more

I loved it

I feel the music is close to perfect when it comes to matching the scenes

and even alone they're great to listen to. However when I look at the response

the show I feel as though Fairy Tail is similar to the Big 3

what I mean by that is there seems to be only two groups watching the show

the hard-core fans who praise and defend it as the greatest anime to come into

existence

and the haters who trash the show to no end. Fairy Tail is by no means perfect

but it isn't all bad either so I think that too many people express extremely

biased views about the show

if you're thinking of watching the show then I would say go ahead

but you shouldn't expect anything more than your typical shounen and if you like Fairy

Tail, I suggest that you watch another shounen anime

or if you like the idea of magicians check out Fate/Zero. I'm looking forward to the anime's

return and give Fairy Tail

a 7 out of 10