Fairy Tail

Author: Mashima Hiro
Review Type: manga
Status: ongoing
Genre: Shounen, Fantasy

Synopsis

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Follow the adventures of the Fairy Tail guild for magicians. The story introduces the young Lucy who aspires to be a famous mage, arriving at a town called Harujon. She embarks on a quest to search for the infamous fire breathing Salamander of the Fairy Tail guild. There her fate is intertwined by another mage, Natsu who owns a flying cat called Happy and has a problem with motion sickness. Later as the manga progresses, she finds out that Natsu is Salamander and joins the guild.

They embark on jobs with bounties, each having its own class to suit the current level of each mage. Natsu and Lucy inevitably pair up for each assigned task. Later they are joined by ice mage Gray who happens to be Natsu's rival and cosplay warrior Erza. The plot thickens as a there would be competitions and attacks from other magic guilds, Natsu's quest in searching for his father whose a dragon! and the issues surrounding a few other mages.



Rempit's Vrooming Review

Well if your a die hard fan of One Piece and Rave you'd first notice the similarity in art. And even though Mashima Hiro is the author of Rave, it wouldn't hurt less to be a bit different. Somewhat with what Inoue Takehiko and his works on Real, Slam Dunk, and Vagabond.

Plus there are overlapping characters from Rave and Fairy Tail. So you've guessed right, Plue the cosmic puppy with a coned nose is also featured in here. And you'd be begging to find out what other similiarities there are, and thats for you to find as you venture into the manga. Even Natsu relationship to Lucy and the ice mage Gray is somewhat in retrospect of Haru Glory with Ellie and Musica. So if you'd hate the similiraties, stop here and source out for a different manga.

The author however does an excellent job in character development. Through the manga, you'd slowly begin to understand abit on each character and would have an idea on their personalities, traits and current struggles. It practically abounds with the common shounen themes and if you'd like some adventure then you can deserve an entertaining read. The characters in nature, too, are originanl in nature; Natsu the fire breathing mage, etc.

Despite all thats said, I would still follow Fairy Tail on a regular basis, because again its shounen-ness is different from the mainstreamed ones of Naruto and Bleach. And if you're a sojourner like myself, than you'd add this into your collections.

Rempits Review

Storyline: 4/5
Character Development: 5/5
Art: 2/5 ( Because of the similarities it shares with Rave and One Piece)
Structure: 4/5
Originality: 3/5