Fairy Tail is pretty cool

[Dracos]

So started anime weekends a bit ago.  This weekend...Fairy Tail.  I'm a fan of the manga, as while the series pretty much takes no risks and always picks the safe option and is very shonen in everyone studying Punch Fu...It's also reliably good enjoyable popcorn flick.

The beginning of the series (eps 1-10) is pretty much following the core crew as they're introduced.  You've got Fire guy, Ice guy, Naive excited infodump with sizable chest, Bullying Older Sister and of course "The Bad Guy Who Can Be Blamed For Every Plot as the Series Continues".  Huh?  They have names?  Whatever :3

Each episode thusfar generally involves Fairy Tail saving the day, showing good comradery, being wild, and destroying a bunch of stuff.  Even when fighting godzilla tier monsters, they are blamed for being too destructive.  It's sort of slice of life/slayers.  "Hey, mom, today was awesome, we blew up a mansion.  Well, we weren't trying to but...."

</WorstPhrasedRecEver> :3

[thepanda]

I like that it has a nice, BIG cast that actually makes it feel like a guild. Add that they all have unique power-sets you never get the feeling they're all 'waiting for Goku'.

[Brian]

Panda.

Waiting for Godot/Dragonball Z.

Make it happen.

[thepanda]

Panda.

Waiting for Godot/Dragonball Z.

Make it happen.

Namek.

                      ~The End~

[Brian]

7/10

[Dracos]

I like that it has a nice, BIG cast that actually makes it feel like a guild. Add that they all have unique power-sets you never get the feeling they're all 'waiting for Goku'.

Yeah, they do really take the Team bit even farther than One Piece does.  It's not a sentai group.  It's genuinely a list of like 40 characters and while the main team stars are always there, any of that list can show up in any scene to help save the day.  "Now, Go Drunkard!"  "Now supermodel!"  "Now puppet crazy dude with the tongue thing that's stupid!"  "Lightning guy!"  "It's Old Timer!"  "Hey the master is taking the front line"   "Now everybody on the scene, sum up for great justice.  All twenty five of you.  Go!"

[thepanda]

7/10

I knew I should have said Wave Country.

[Brian]

Yeah, that would have gotten you 11/10.  Knowing your audience is worth points. :)

But, yeah, Fairy Tale so far is fun.  Sometimes, you really just want a lightearted romp, and Fairy Tale seems to be that.  Kind of like the first half of a season of Slayers, but with a wider cast.  So far, Natsu is my favorite character, despite the fact that (or perhaps BECAUSE) he is shounen incarnate.

Also, he appears to be the ill-conceived son of Lina Inverse and Haruno Sakura.  That's worth some lullz.

[thepanda]

Bah! Happy is where it's at! There is something so off about that cat.

[Dracos]

Transformation ran out.

[thepanda]

And the arc ends on an awesome note. So much better than Negima's last arc finale.

[Merc]

Abrupt timeskip, ho~!

[Dracos]

yeah very.  I mean, cool scenes and all, but at least the start of the timeskip gets a *eyebrow raise*

Doesn't the guild like need to be there for that?

[thepanda]

Man, that last chapter was just depressing. -_-

[Merc]

Newest chapter...not as depressing!

Timeskip still feels abrupt, but at least it didn't linger long on depressing state of Fairy Tail following the disappearance of all of its S-rank (and near S-rank) mages.