Let me sum up this review: Fairy Tail is the worst piece of writing ever put to paper, the author is a horrible human being, and people who enjoy this series are lesser who are to be mocked and ridiculed.
Sarcasm aside, don't belittle and look down on people just because they think different from you.
I agree with gk. It's quite condescending to say that those who like something don't have good taste, and this review was nothing more than a long string of complaints without much in the way of reasoning or evidence supporting them.
The dissonance between the title and the body of the review is kind of striking
I have no problem with negative reviews, but I feel like the amount of whining here could be cut down to better back up the points being made
Hylarn,
If you think about it, there's not that much dissonance between "It's a series that can only be enjoyed those who don't know enough to recognize its storytelling flaws when they see them"(the title) and "It's a story with many, many flaws."(the review, albeit an Under Statement of what it said).
I agree that the whining could be cut down. Generally, the mark of a good negative review is that it backs up its points and tries to give the series a fair showing by pointing out at least a few things that it did well (and not as an afterthought or an exceedingly minor point). Most reviews that whine are too concerned with getting all their complaints across in the 400 word limit(as this reviewer admits, "sucks I only have 400 words, I could prolly write a book...") to bother with those things, and the quality suffers as a result (the word limit forcing reviewers to keep things concise is one reason why I think it's a good thing).
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A series for young girls and young boys who don't know a good story, just yet.
the author is confused on whether he wants to make a love story, battle manga or pornfest.
While the first parts are bearable and funny, (already with tons of plotholes and inconsistencies) the humor runs out fast.
Because seriously, that is the only thing this series has to offer...and tons of fanservice.
what's worse is that those gags and fanservice are placed very badly (like on serious moments or tense moments) which kills whatever good mood the series still has.
sucks I only have 400 words, I could prolly write a book about how this series sucks and how Hiro Mashima (the author) rushes the shit out of this series just to produce garbage after garbage it's not even funny.
friendship power-ups, very long repetitive cheesy speeches about friendships, enemies being hyped as uber-strong only to get beaten in a few panel (mostly one shots), 90% of female enemies turning good to show more fanservice, convenient plot armors, inconsistencies, introducing characters and not using them, almost no character development, the story almost resets after every arc, no progression, hentai references, fairy tail being "right and just" all the time even when they clearly might be wrong, one-dimensional characters, fights ending in gags and tons of holes.
somehow the author wants us to take his characters seriously when he objectifies his characters (male and female) every chapter...it's like watching a kiddie show using friendship as answer for everything but with softcore porn and horrible, redundant, predictable fights with more "friendship" being force-fed into your throat.
I can't even fathom the amount of troll I have seen in this series like the author is intentionally mocking the intelligence of his reader, writing a story for shits and giggles since his readers read everything he pulls out his ass as long as the characters are cool, sexy and funny (but almost empty and one-dimensional)
oh yeah, the male main character's goal proclaimed in the first chapter was rarely mentioned throughout the story, basically he prioritized the protection of the guild even when there are way stronger characters than him in that group.
oh, and he found his goal even without looking for it, which is really dumb.
while the main female character fulfilled her goal at the very start of the series, and is a useless pair of boobs.