Good Fairy Tail Opinions

Apologies for some of the cracking in the early part of the vid.
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TIME STAMPS
0:00 D***Riding Mashima
5:40 Foreshadowing???
9:00 Lucy is Best Girl
17:00 Natsu Wreaks Shit
22:34 Erza the Girl Boss
26:50 Grey is Cool
33:55 Wendy is a QT
35:04 Tower of Heaven/ Why is Makarov still Alive?
42:57 Battle of Fairy Tail/ Villain Structure
45:16 Oracion Seis Sucks
47:25 Edolas is about Colonization and Self Worth
53:40 Tenrou island and Zeref
59:05 Grand Magic Games and Timeskips
1:04:06 Tartaros and Grief
1:21:24 Panther Lily is GENIUS
1:23:17 Skipping Alverez because its past my Bedtime
BAD FAIRY TAIL OPINIONS!
1:25:25 Big Brain Fights
1:32:11 Jellal vs Meliodas
1:36:24 One Piece Ripoff
1:39:52 Fairy Tail is the Main Character
1:42:26 Fakeouts, Shipping and Power Systems
1:53:46 An Actually Stupid Plot Hole
1:56:53 Juvia is a Femcel
1:59:01 I actually Hate This
2:00:19 Century Quest is Good
2:01:38 Ive given up naming These
I used footage from an AMV for that Laxus vs Tempester clip
• Fairy Tail [AMV] Laxus...

[@user-pm8qt3iy5l]

Mashima is one of my heroes. As someone who is currently trying to get his web novel off the ground and worried as the years go by I'm hoping I still have as much fun writing my own story as Mashima when he's writing his own stories.

[@ZNC7612]

Tower of Heaven is also about freedom. Jellal is obsessed in creating a world where he has control and by virtue of that he spends 8 years of his life building the same tower he was doing as a slave (also to an objective that would never be realized because Zeref is alive). Both Jellal and Erza were in fact more free as literal slaves because they did what they thought was right with the limited power they had and after finally being free one becomes a slave to a lost cause and the other emotionally repressed and afraid to show weakness, always being conditioned by her past. Fairy Tail always treats freedom as a state of mind or an attitude (Rob that dies literally says it's found within the heart ), Natsu is not only pissed at Erza for trying to KHS but also for treating it as the only option and not a choice shes making because Natsu is the type of person that will always make the choice he thinks is right even if it seems impossible to concretize, and that's also why he ends up beating impossible odds. Side note- love how the tower of heaven final form is the most beautiful thing ever with an appropriate name while representing Jellal and the others years of slaving away for a pointless cause while also requiring human sacrifice. Also Natsu eating lightning was foreshadowed after he eats etherion when Happy mentions he tried to eat Laxus lightning in the past.

[@juckoosaurus]

Mashima is the most based mangaka my fav FT foreshadowing is that the first gen slayers never have their ages actually listed from the very start

[@brandy6650]

You should also talk about how Fairy Tail helps with finding self worth and becoming a better person

[@jz-meister5343]

I absolutely loved the fairy tail anime. I found it at some point after graduating college. Watching it made me feel like a kid again, absolutely loving each episode and being excited about what would come next. Even with the multiple emotional moments (Hiro Mashima really loves to tug at the heart strings of the readers/watchers), it was such a fun/enjoyable watch for me :) KZbin recommended this video to me, and listening to you both talk about the series has made me want to read the manga now. :)

[@laststorm7726]

always love these podcastes. keep them up.

[@emeraldike3844]

On the point about Nux’s video on fairy tail being the main character - he wasn’t saying the guild IS the main character, he said the guild SHOULD have been the main character, and it would have made fairy tail a better series if it was. 1:40:03

[@trashiki]

You’re half right. Nux has a short 5 year old video where he says that change would fix the series. However in an hour long 4 year old video he made he does make the argument Natsu is not the main character, the guild is the main character. He says it around 7 minutes 40 seconds. I find it regretful I even know this much about nux taku lore.

[@user-pm8qt3iy5l]

Really good video, something else I like about FT is the Technicality of alot of the fights, there's unfortunately a misconception about FT power system, there are people who think it's just "my power level is greater, therefore I win." Yes it is true that Magic power does exist and it is intimidating but throughout all the fights in the series everyone is defeated through technicalities of different magic abilities. Hell Acnologia the most powerful character in the series they had to come up with a strategy to immobilize him and basically hit him while he's down.

[@trashiki]

I do love that the Acnologia plan was a combination of exploiting a weakness so well established it was Natsu’s introduction scene, and smacking him with super effective damage. I think in general unless manga are super in depth with why fights are strategic ie hxh or jjk, people just assume there’s nothing going on.

[@user-pm8qt3iy5l]

@@trashiki Exactly and there are tons of other examples as well. (I won't list them all because this message will be far to long). And randomly I just wanted to mention what a coincidence that you use HXH and JJK as examples here, I was having a discussion with my friend earlier today and I used those exact ones, Jojo's also included, again just wanted to randomly mention.

[@xenon3551]

​@@trashikitotally,ft does a lot of show dont tell in there fights actually in the series in general

[@trashiki]

@@xenon3551 I’m not really sure I agree with that. Fairy tail like most battle shonen is pretty blatant with its mechanics and themes since it’s targeted at children.

[@xenon3551]

@@trashiki i mean like theres multiple times they bring or do something from before and dont go like "oh remember this?" They just expect you to remember it or understand it

[@arthurbarbosa5622]

The only "Hot take" I might have in Fairy Tail is "Why didn't Jellal participate more on the Grand Magic Games". I get the whole Jellal might reveal himself, he is in danger, wanted man, but i really wanted him helping the Guild and as he said, his own form of repettance. It mada for a good gag against Jura, but i'd really like Jellal as copeting on the tournament. Thanks :)

[@techgeek123-em7uf]

because the gmg is supposes to be the fairy tail guild still showining that even after the times have changed and their is sinicisium / darkness in the air as implied and or shown by the best guild sabertooth sa a memeber sorano infornt of the whole guild and how the people who were in charge of magnolia after the main squad 7 year hiatus are also people who arent good people who dont trust in found family and the fact that in that 7 years eve zeref has started to increase activity the main beliefs of the fairy tail guild the priniciple it was found upon still applies in this world which wouldnt have made sense if they used jellal a non ft member to win the gmg .

[@masterplan9145]

Jellal makarov gajeel should have doe in Alvarez arc

[@diogobahia3686]

My favorite weebs are back again. Love from Brasil

[@HexanTronic]

One thing of note that I've noticed, particularly about Dragon Slayers getting dual element modes, is they only come from Lacrima carrying Dragon Slayers. Natsu: Get's Lightning from Laxus, a Second Gen DS. Gajeel: Get's Shadow from Rogue, a Third Gen DS. Future Rogue: Stole White from his Sting, a fellow Third Gen DS. Sting: Got Shadow from his Rogue, a fellow Third Gen DS. Natsu never tried to get Iron, or Wind. Despite how easily he could have if he just asked. So it stands to reason that the only reason they COULD, is it was possible as a result of the Lacrima. What this means is, for Wendy, if she was going to get a dual element mode, unless they just gave her Lightning, Shadow or White, which has already been done, the obvious next choice would be Poison, from Eric, a Second Gen DS. Hopefully this all makes sense.

[@xenon3551]

Also natsu having a multy elemental attack when eating the lacrima from the toh before throwing up

[@HexanTronic]

@xenon3551 That too, but a bit less significant, since Natsu was actually able to keep Lightning-Fire mode after. You gotta admit though, imagine Poison-Sky Wendy.

[@nailixam]

Great video, hope Trashiki learns how to edit

[@arthurbarbosa5622]

I have not seen the video yet, hope there is something on Laxus here.

[@momenalsakt9350]

42:57 actually that's a good speculation.

[@YamYamantha]

57:28 Wait, what arc was this?? For the life of me, I can't remember...

[@trashiki]

Galuna island right after Natsu isn’t allowed on the upper floor It’s manga only

[@YamYamantha]

@@trashiki wait, when did gray get a power boost on galuna 😭

[@trashiki]

@@YamYamanthaoh wait my bad I thought you meant the image sorry He’s talking about Gray in Tartarus

[@YamYamantha]

@@trashiki no worries xD thanks a bunch!

[@EllaMaeAnime]

Do you have a Tic Tok?

[@emeraldace541]

Fairytail is my favorite anime

[@djsjdh-hoahdi]

bro our guy Werb just got his channel fucking NUKED this is awful

[@Marika_ER]

Mishima unironically has the best female characters in Shonen. If only he didn't make them fan service so much

[@trashiki]

I have the opposite criticism. I am pro fanservice and think the biggest flaw is that there aren’t enough sexy men.

[@rossjones8656]

​@@trashiki you know, fair enough.

[@Ronin11111111]

I tried getting into EZ, but I just do not like how Mashima writes. Part of it is probably that WMR and the WMR discord are certified Mashima haters, so their oppinion probably affects me a lot, but when my gut reaction to "should I catch up on EZ?" is "uuuuuuuuuuuugh..." it's a clear sign it's time to call it quits. I wanted to love it and I just can't. Makes me sad.

[@xenon3551]

Its alright atleast you gave it a try 😊

[@_Minos]

And thats why you dont ask anyone "should I watch this, is it worth"? Discover alone, without anyone showing up your throat their own opinions. And I dont like EZ too. It's not the writing its just that Im more for a fantasy than space - tech fiction.

[@petermuller9480]

Agreed. Most people you ask will probably have a different taste than you anyway, so their opinions will be mostly worthless for you. Just make up your own mind without asking others. You can still have a conversation on why you dis/like a story, but in order to do that, you will have to engage with it FIRST. I personally really liked EZ, but that doesn't mean, that its flawless or anything.@@_Minos

[@petermuller9480]

In retrospective I'd say, that some people gave Fairy Tail way more sh*t than it actually deserved. It was an alright story. There were some really great and sometimes even subversive ideas in Mashima's writing, that I genuinely appreciate. That being said, however, the story still had some massive writing issues, too. If you seriously want to tell me, that there weren't a ton of really horrible ideas and bad conclusions in the the final arc of FT, you have to be legally blind! (s*x magic....lol; the exposition dump of Zeref at the end, explaining his "real" evil plan, which didn't even make a lick of a sense; August being Zeref's son; Makarov having his millionth fakeout death; generally nobody relevant dying in the end; Erza destroying a meteorite, despite all of her bones already having been broken; Irene just k*lling herself in the end, because she wasn't willing to destroy Erza, after ALL the things that happened in the fight against her....; etc.)

[@trashiki]

Uh sure I’ll go in order. 1. Sex magic bad because you said so I guess? 2. By exposition dump do you mean about the time magic? 3. How did his plan not make sense? Go back in time to before everything was terrible is pretty simple. 4. What’s wrong with August being Zeref’s son? 5. It’s fine if you dislike Makarov having a fake out death, I don’t mind though. 6. Why is it bad no one died? 7. All of her bones weren’t broken, pretty sure that’s from an early mistranslation. 8. I liked Irene in the end after acting like a god, and being rejected by her loved one as a dragon, dying because of her deeply human emotion. You’re kinda just gesturing at old talking points people whined about when the series ended, going in depth on at least like one or two would be nice.

[@petermuller9480]

Preface: I'm really not a Mashima hater. I really like the Tenroujima arc, as well as the Tartaros arc. But every work deserves criticism, otherwise we'll just end up blindly "fanboying" after everything, while ignoring all the flaws. A work of fiction can have flaws and still be good. 1) Because it's a ridiculous idea. Do you really want to claim, that s*x magic a good idea? 2 + 3) Yes. (It's not like Mashima had already retconned Zeref's backstory 3 times at this point. "Might as well just connect some other time travel story elements, that never had any connection with him or anything he was doing until now with some dumb explanation, because the fanboys certainly will accept any explanation I pull out of my *ss anyway." - Hiro Mashima, probably) 4) It's an asspull, that was clearly just made up on the spot. It wasn't even hinted at and generally made no sense. 5) Fakeout deaths are often used in writing. There is nothing wrong with them on principle, but the issue arises from Mashima doing them too often. Too much of anything is never good. 6) It leaves people with the feeling, that all the supposedly HUGE stakes weren't really that huge after all. And there was no reason for Mashima to NOT sacrifice at least a few characters in the FINAL arc. It's not like he would have ruined any future arcs by doing this. 7) I don't care. It's what I read in the manga back then. It was a dumb scene by any measure, regardless! 8) Irene never showed ANY kind of sympathy or understanding. There wasn't even the slightest hint of her having some kind of soft spot for Erza. Mashima could have very easily fixed this problem. But this leads us to one of the biggest flaws in Mashima's writing: He always makes up some dumb solution for how the good guy character wins in the spur of the moment. He clearly never plans out beforehand, how a character wins a fight. It's always just some "magic of friendship" bs or something similar. In this case it was Irene SUDDENLY remembering, that she actually loves her daughter,......after having tried to kill her a thousand times. Yeeesss, that sure is some "believable" character writing. Sure~ (And again, I'm not a hater! I really liked what he did with Mavis or his reveal who E.N.D. was, for example. And I really like Edens Zero, too.)@@trashiki

[@trashiki]

Yeah criticism can be good, I think yours isn’t. 1. Yes I liked it. It characterized a lot of people including Zeref and August and is just a really entertaining power. 2. “I’m really not a Mashima hater” I don’t think his backstory was retconned in a bad sense, we just learned more about it, we clearly didn’t know everything about him so we kept learning more. 4. It’s an asspull? Like it’s supposed to be a shocking reveal sure but how’s it an asspull? 5. Yeah I don’t mind this one but I can see why you would. 6. I don’t agree, death doesn’t equal stakes. Death also doesn’t equal good writing. Yeah he didn’t need to keep anyone alive but he also didn’t need to kill them. Mavis was the only ally who died in the war and she death was good. Therefore I liked the deaths in the arc. 7. Why is it bad though? Erza infused all her magic into her hand for a big burst and it worked, makes sense to me. 8. “I’m really not a Mashima hater.” I disagree strongly. Random example of Irene having complex feelings, her seeing how much the king loves his daughter and leaving instead of continuing to attack them. If you genuinely believe Mashima never plans anything out you’re just lacking in knowledge of the series.

[@The-Minion]

Do you realise that the examples you gave of bad writing was only from the final season? This is exactly the problem with fairy tails critics the final season was very inconsistent ngl but this doesn't mean the entire show involves that 2 this just proves that fairy tail was very well written from the beginning and doesn't deserve the hate

[@god_bleach]

No wonder mashima is bad at writing he just pumps out garbage

[@xenon3551]

*sigh* classic hater just say its trash without anything to back it up 😮‍💨