Fairy Tail: Final Series

SPOILERS! Don't read if you haven't finished the anime! Fairy Tail as the name implies is literally a Fairy Tale. No one dies, everyone gets happy endings, the damsel-in-distress (Lucy) always gets rescued, the moral is a Nakama/Friendship conquers all, injuries are irrelevant and never permanent, and every single villain is a sympathetic villain and are redeemed. I have so many different things I want to criticize I don't even know where to start; the craziest part is I still like this anime. Every character is amazingly well-developed, their backstories, friendships, and bonding is genuine! I swear there are times I thought two different authors were writing Fairy Tail. One who can write epic and beautiful stories about characters and one who writes overly-indulgent, cliche plot lines. Since the story both started with and ended with Lucy, I was really hoping to see more epic-ness from her. I like her a lot but the author and the show are intent on keeping her the weakest member of the main cast. In the entire final arc, she technically never had a full fight or defeated anyone. That's so disappointing. We never got to see the full scale of her magic abilities. We didn't even get to see her spirits in the end. She also never collected all 12 keys. Ugh, so many things left undone with Lucy. However, the single most disappointing thing in this anime is the fact that there are NO consequences. Aside from Igneel, no one dies. Cheria, who should never have been able to use magic again, can still use magic; Natsu's right arm was injured severely but by the end he's totally fine; Ultear doesn't die even after spending all of her time to reverse time by a minute; Makarov should have died after spending all his magic on Fairy Law; Minerva is turned into a demon by demon blood but is somehow Human again; Acnologia is never acknowledged as the mass murderer he is...my point is there are never any consequences. Everything works out in the main character's favor and that is so disappointing. From the beginning to the end of the show, no one lost anything and everyone just gained and gained. That sounds like it should be a good thing, but it does not make for good storytelling. This method dampens our ability to empathize with the characters. Like why feel bad for them if we KNOW everything works out? The last critical note about this anime is the production value. I normally don't pay attention to this stuff, but the art production was seriously CRAP. The freeze frames, the character's expressions when they are seen from a distance, the number of reused shots were ridiculously poor. The grayed-out background characters is the worst animation I have ever seen from an anime. It really sucks that such a wonderful anime did not have the budget for better animating. Okay, negative criticism aside. There's a reason why I stuck with the show as long as I did. Erza is the single most epic female character ever written! She is never shaken morally! Like that never happens with female characters! Erza could have been crippled by her past or could have been emotionally-stunted; instead, we are delighted by this wonderfully empathetic and STRONG badass female character! Erza is everything I want to see in a strong-female character who can balance and own her femininity and strength! Natsu, as a shounen protagonist, is surprisingly refreshing. He's not driven by the need to be the Strongest Wizard, the King of the Pirates, the Hokage of Kohoha, the Greatest Super Hero...He's primary objective is and always has been to find his father and protect his family. These are traits other Shounen heroes share, but I love that Natsu's goal isn't to be the strongest in his world. He also breaks the stereotype of being a dumb, hot-head. He's still a talk-with-my-fists brash idiot, but he's not actually stupid. In missions, he does contribute intellectually as well as being a strong arm. Gray had the potential to end up as the titular loner, emo-wannabe, dark-tall-and-brooding type of character. Instead, he is a dynamic, heart-warming character who genuinely cares for the friendships in his life and doesn't have to be all macho to express it. This particular season was such a turning point for Gray; every time we expect him to go down a dark path he couldn't recover from, he didn't. His motivation was always fueled by love, never clouded by things like revenge or regret. As a bonus, Natsu and Gray did not end up like the whole-frikken Sasuke-Naruto rivals relationship. They were ACTUALLY friends and rivals! They don't have to get along 100% of the time to be friends. They can fight and challenge each other without loosing sight of their friendship: AWESOME! Lastly, Lucy is not a jealous or whiny hag even though she was designed to fit that stereotype. She's also not romance obsessed or boy-crazed! She values friendship from both her female and male friends equally! Although I personally want her to be Erza-level of badassery, I also respect that not every member of the main cast HAS to be a powerhouse. Her greatest weapons are her intelligence and her kindness. She could have easily been the wallowing-in-my-insecurities and I'm-not-strong-enough type of character, but nope. We got the delightful, fight-till-the-end, always look ahead, positive celestial mage that is Lucy Heartfilia.

Fairy Tail: Final Series the definition of a good ideea destroyed with clichés. First paragraph I will talk about how I am going to write this review, so if you do not want to waste your time with this skip it, but I do wanna say first that this review is no spoiler-free and my english can be very bad. So this is going to be a review just for this last 51 episodes, which I just finished a day ago, after not watching Fairy Tail for 4 years. I am not gonna do the Art / Story / Characters / Whatever review type because for me the story and the art are not equally important in the final score. Also this is my first english review and second overall :). When this premierd in 2018 I watched the first episode and then put in on-hold until few days ago. I watched some recap of the first 2 seasons so I can get in the story first and then I started the Fairy Tail: Final Series. I gotta admit the first few episodes really got me back into the story, I was actually exicted getting back to this anime after few years. Seeing the Fairy Tail squad getting all back together, I will admit some moments were cringy, but maybe the anime is not for my age as i grew older since I started watching it. However I still was happy getting back at it, and after them all getting back, which was like the first 10 episodes I think, they introduced the new enemies: some empire across the ocean in the West Constinent, the Alvarez Empire who are after the power of the first master of Fairy Tail, who was in the undeground of the guild building. Some Fairy Tail members traveled the ocean to the Alvares Empire to rescue their master who was there and got him back to the Magnolia, that is when we first discoverd some of the top members of the Alvarez Empire and the fact that their emperor is actually Zeref, they were quite ok. Until now the anime looked promising, but what first changed this for me, in a good way, was the 2nd opening of the anime, which I think debuted on around episode 13 to 15, somewhere. For me that got me all hyped up for this arc, it looked more dark than any other Fairy Tail arc, and presented it like a final arc should be. All the Alvarez main characters were presented and they all looked badass, more or less, also we learned that Fairy Tail were going to recive help from they friends from Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Saberthoot, the new Council and from former enemys Oracion Seis and Jellal. Some of the battles were presented like Erza vs the sand-guy from Alvarez, Wendy and Cheria vs the time-girl, Gajeel vs the demon-like-man-something. It looked like we were gonna get some dope fights for our final arc in Fairy Tail. Another thing that I saw in the opening that made me hyped up for the arc was Saberthoot beeing crucified, I mean that is not your usually Fairy Tail, even we had seen something similar when Gajeel did it before he joined Fairy Tail. And Gajeel looked like he was going to die in the opening, my favorite character by the way, I actually was looking forward to it, hoped he just dies, but in a nice context, I mean you gotta sacrifice someone in war to win it, right? No. Fight after fight after fight this anime destroyed everything I was hoping for. All the fights had the same pattern: the good guy is beat up, then do some basic stupid magic looking like it is an even fight now, then the bad guys says something like: ”Oh, wow you are the strongest I faced in some years!” and then nearlly kills it. After that there are two way the battle is going to end: 1. ”Oh, I nearlly died, but my nakamas are waiting for me!” and then wins or 2. The good guys ”dies” but rose up to life some episodes later, that happened with Gajeel, Gray, Juvia, Charle, Mirajane and others. When Makarov used Fairy Law I really thought ”Ok, at least a guy died” 3 to 4 episodes later: surprise Makarov is alive. Same with Natsu, same with the parfum-guy from Blue Pegasus. After the end of all the war we learn that the 12 Spriggans of Alvarez are alive too. So basically who died? Mavis, Zeref, Acnologia (which by the way was so boring of a character and so bad constructed I am not even gonna talk about it) and a bunch of non-named characters. Last episode surprise: Mavis and Zeref are alive and started a new life on Earth, but lost theirs memory, ok. So basically just Acnologia died. Oh, and by the way, even him learned that he had no character development in his last seconds learning that what he run after for more than 400 years was stupid listening to 1 minute of speech from Natsu, ok. Another stupid thing about this arc is that the Alvarez guy had to be so sort of related to our main characters. Ok Zeref and Natsu had a not so bad story. But then Erza mother appers a one of the 12 Spriggans of Alvarez, what? Lucy’s mother’s servant’s daughter is this Brandish girl one of the 12 Spriggans too, what? Gray and that ice-guy from Alvarez, well they are not related just have the same magic type and the ice-guy knows that Gray wants too kill E.N.D., which its actually Natsu, well that is ok. Well there are lots of 400 year ago storys in this arc too but I am not gonna speak about them because I don’t feel like. They were not great not terrible, so basically nothing to say about. Oh, almost forgot, after 50 episodes we learn in the last one that there could be evean another sequel in the future for the Fairy Tail: FINAL SERIES. For the design part, well I am not really looking at this as a big part of any anime, I mean yeah, I like when things are looking good, but if the story is really good and it is decent looking I can call it a masterpice. One thing that got me upset was the design of the background characters. All the Alvarez soldiers except the 12 Spriggan and few of their direct servent were looking exactlly the same, but ok I could get with this, but the Fairy Tail non-named charcters were looking so poor, I felt bad for them. I don’t know the budget for this show but that looked like a low budget show, and I don’t think Fairy Tail don’t have money for this. Right now I am looking at Tower of God and I really like the fact that all the characters have some great and unique look, even some of them are already dead, after just 3 episodes. Audio part, again not so interesting for me, I really care about the story and characters (which yeah I know I did not talk about, they are all super basic and you probably got that from the 2 first seasons already). Well the openings were not as good as the first two seasons, the OST was the same the mediaval one it is really nice and it fits the show. The voice, nothing super good or super bad. To sum up for the tl;dr-guys: first I got a bit into the story, then I was really hyped up for it, then it destroyed me little by little. After all I do not want to say if I recommand it or not because it depends on so much things that I do not know about you, I just wanted to write down my thoughts about this series. So my rating was really between 6 or 7, for the intention of a good story. I don’t really get how people would go through a 300 some episodes of the Fairy Tail and then rate all of them with 2 or 3, I mean you gotta to be a psychopathe to hate something that bad and after first 175 still watch the next season. As I am writing this I dont know if I will give it a 6 or a 7.

fairy tail : final series... another big franchise of shounen anime finally reach it's conclusion. I personally have read the manga before watching this final season because i thought that this final season would never come and i grow tired of waiting so i read the manga to finally know it's conclusion and because i already read the manga so i already know what to expect from this final series. this series sure brings back memories from the past when i first watched this series back in my childhood days and it gives more feels into it with the music and voice acting than the manga. i know most of the people said that this was the worst arc of fairy tail simply just because they don't get what they expect from this show such as "darker story" where someone actually died or some more "conclusive" ending where they can finally see their ships come together. when i read the manga i felt the same way too as i really get frustrated and disappointed that this isn't a very conclusive ending and like seriously still a very naive story i would say. but, after watching this final season of fairy tail in anime version after 2 years of the manga's ending, i realized something. fairy tail was a very joyful show that focused on friendship from the bginning that even the word "nakama" cannot be separated from the show. and also fairy tail is very focused on adventure genre and very often in the show mentioned about a "never ending tale" or that "friend's forever" tagline. for me, both of this things are the soul of the show itself and what makes me personally fall in love with this show the first time i watched it. i know now that we all have grown and not a kid anymore so we need a "darker" story. but for me, if fairy tail's story somehow turns out to be "dark" at the end then it kinda lost it's meaning. so, i personally think that this kind of ending just showing that hiro is being consistent of his work and refuse to erase the soul of the show. even so, i still agree with the majority of people that said this arc's story was very rushed. the pace of the plot is just too fast that it kinda lose it's true meaning. the power of their new opponent or even their own new power is very vague and poorly described. the fighting scene is also very fast paced and not intriguing to watch. although the goal of the enemy and their reason to fight is pretty clear except for one of them, the rushed story telling made it look/sounds unreasonable or stupid. i would say this isn't a good show technically and clearly not for everyone. the animation is bad, many plot holes, rushed narration, naive story, repetitive character design, and only the music that's truly great. but if i want to be subjective, i really love the idea of magical world, magic guild, adventures with funny and joyful characters, strong bonds between every character, friendship power, and of course the always happy ending. in conclusion, this show is far from being the best, may even be considered as a bad show. but it is still simply my favorite because it has a soul in it and i can feel a strong connection between the characters and the narrative with audience.

the final season is awesome...sooo loved it..FairyTail is one of my top favourite anime and it has a great story and overall it is one awesome anime..i love FairyTail. i'm sad its finished though because FairyTail keeps one longing for more adventures and i wish they would have given a clear explanation on how every couple ends up together as this ending makes one wonder what can happen between them and are they a couple or not and so on.. but the overall story of FairyTail is really outstanding.. the art of the series is well made.. the sound and music is so beautiful and heart warming the characters are so very cool..my top favourite are obviously the main characters-natsu,lucy,erza and gray<3 the overall enjoyment level was maxed up so high i cant even put it into words.. i sooooo love this anime and a biggest fan of FairyTail <3 <3 it is very fun to watch,makes me cry at few emotional scenes and you just cant stop watching it although they ended the series..it will stay on forever in my heart and hopefully the eternal adventure may continue one day..hoping for the best :D :D <3 <3 <3

Alright, what can I say here? As a long time Fairy Tail fan, I was hyped to see this finally getting animated and oh boy did it not disappoint. Let's break this down shall we? Story (9/10): The story is actually surprisingly in-depth, and it's something I loved seeing. I won't spoil anything, but seeing the amount of depth and seeing how well some characters link into the plot made it so much more interesting. The only thing really holding it back from a perfect score is just me wishing it was expanded on just a tad bit more, but beyond that, awesome job Mashima. Art/Animation (8/10): This is the lowest score you'll see here, but the reason it's so high is because the art style offsets the animation a bit. The art style is a nice blend between the lighter 2009 tone and the darker 2014 tone, and it's exactly what I was hoping for in a blend like this. So many scenes look so crisp with this art style, it's actually amazing. Now, for the animation... it's a literal PowerPoint presentation for most of the fights. I won't hold this against them TOO much because they were on a lower budget (but it's still gonna dock em down a bit), but on the other hand, other fights looked amazing, especially near the end (which makes sense). Sound (10/10): Here's a no-brainer. Fairy Tail's soundtrack has always been god-tier, and bringing over tracks from both the 2009 and 2014 series (some of the 2009 ones even got revamped), along with adding new soundtracks like "Infiltrate the Alvarez Empire" just made the experience all the more beautiful. A+ I say! Character (10/10): The characters are just as lovable as always, and the new ones continue this trend in spades. Characters like Brandish, Acnologia (with his revealed backstory and greater character depth), Irene, and August are all wonderful additions, and we can't forget about my dude Zeref either. However, Wendy remains top dog as the best Fairy Tail character in my opinion. Seeing her growth shown even in this final series only reinforces that belief of mine. Enjoyment (10/10): What can I say here? Fairy Tail is Fairy Tail, which is to say, absolutely amazing. I enjoyed so much of this series. While there are complaints such as "nakama power," which is actually quite literal since magic power increases in response to emotions, as noted by Makarov very early into Fairy Tail (people tend to miss that for some reason), the fan service (which I never really was bothered by, especially with how many anime have fan service nowadays), and the fake-outs (anyone that has seen the series will know what I mean), which still didn't bother me too much, I looked past all of it, and as a result, I saw a masterpiece. Overall (10/10): Fairy Tail never fails to provide a wonderful series of episodes for me to just binge whenever I wish, and it reigns supreme as my absolute favorite anime to date. You might say I'm too easily impressed, but as you can see from my list, that is certainly not the case, as I too can feel disappointment... I just simply didn't feel it here. I expected to feel disappointed with how so many people were expressing their own discontent with the final series, but I just didn't see it. It was an absolute blast, and I'm so hyped for the future of Fairy Tail.

While I did enjoy the final season of Fairy Tail, I was disappointed in many regards and would have been much happier if the show had stopped after the Fairy Tail Zero arc. The final season manages to pull a poorly crafted version of what Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA) Brotherhood does. My one problem with FMA Brotherhood when compared to the original FMA series was the sense of completeness that the viewer is stuck with. Almost every single element of the plot is resolved or answered, including events that link to time way back in the past. What is left in the future? What else is there to be unraveled historically? Unfortunately the viewer is given details of the significant events, so there is little room left for exploration. In the final episode of Fairy Tail, it is shown that members continue with quests and so forth, but the effort is almost futile, considering that two major "God" characters have been defeated by the guild after over 400 years of struggle. Defeating the main (and presumably strongest enemies over generations of time) suggests that there is really little left to encounter that the guild would even struggle to fight. I think the show would have been better left off after the Fairy Tail Zero arc (Zero). Zero introduced snip-its of history that excite the viewer with backstory, without providing information out about the whole world and all the characters - instead just a select few locations and people are shown. The arc ends with a present-time disbanded Fairy Tail taking steps to reuniting again, which was a great ending in my opinion. There is a promise of hope and more adventures to come; it appears that Zeref has been taken down for the time being and that Fairy Tail will one day take down Acnologia. While there are some other unsolved plot elements such as Gray seeking out END, the outcome can be left to the viewer for interpretation. The Final Season fails to pull in the audience much at all. There are so many characters introduced that they appear quickly and die quickly. The same trend can be seen in several elements of the plot. The fight between Natsu and Gray is lackluster in the sense that is happens abruptly, the death of Erza's mother is brief and quick, Acnologia's take-down is somewhat uninspired, and the list goes on. Fairy Tail is known for its emotional fight scenes - where did they go? While I criticize the fight between Natsu and Gray, the "death" of Makarov and the fight that Erza intervenes was probably the highlight of the entire season for me. After seeing Fairy Tail drag on elements like these so well for 300+ episodes, I feel like it could have been pulled better. One big problem I had was the lingering plot of Natsu's fate. When Natsu came to the conclusion that he only wanted to be himself and suppressed the two seeds growing inside of him, I thought the plot was case-closed. Natsu was still bound to the book, however, and Lucy and Happy continue to dread Natsu's fate until almost the end of the season. I think that plot could have ended with Natsu's realization, thus saving room to expand on the more pressing issues of Zeref and Acnologia. Characters seemed not to grow much, with some of them actually reverting. Gray seems lifeless when Lucy is trying to rewrite Natsu's END book and the English dub really makes Gray seem like a robot; I hadn't seen Gray this bad since the time he seemingly betrayed Natsu and befriended Daphne in earlier seasons. Natsu does not power up in any bizarre way like in previous seasons. I really thought Natsu would become a hybrid dragon demon or gain an insane pure-Natsu form, but the closest thing we get is his ally-assisted rainbow form towards the end of the season. Zeref and Mavis come to some kind of realization, but it seems unclear and like both characters just had a quick change of heart instead of undergoing any kind of events to propel the changes. Let's also just point out all of the characters that do not really have room to develop also, including the Spriggan 12 - who I really expected to see more of that from, especially considering how much they were shown towards the beginning of the season. There are also a lot of elements that repeat themselves in no particularly new way, such as Gray trying to use the forbidden freeze spell once again. While it was a neat tactic to scare Zeref, the scene where Gray attempts to use the same exact spell could have been handled better to not make it seem like previous events - even if the spell was an upgraded version of some sort - just something. The music of the final season is okay. I feel like there was one fighting track that was just played too often and then the music lost its impact. The opening songs were great as always, but other than the first of the season, "The Power of the Dream," none of the openings were mentally memorable for me. The animation of the show is clean, but not very stylistic like the original series, which was kind of disappointing considering that there were no neat locations to take advantage of the higher quality animation. The final season of Fairy Tail was good and I wanted to see the plot unfold, but I just didn't get the same feels as other seasons, causing the season to drag a bit amidst all the action. There is a lot that happen, but there just is not enough time to let everything receive attention. The magic counsel, the fates of the Spriggan 12, and so forth are barely given any attention at the end. Finally, the end was just bad. Why Zeref and Mavis are shown again with different names/identities is beyond me and I did not like that there was a party - it just felt boring and less sentimental than I was hoping for the conclusion of a show that is founded on the idea of emotional sentiment. While I haven't read the manga, I hope the manga does the story more justice than the anime, because I really like Fairy Tail and hope for more in the future from the franchise.

As a fan and a fellow manga reader of FT, I have to write a review on this. Since I know the story for this season, I'm not gonna go through on that. When you read shounen manga and it adapts to an anime, you definitely want to look out for the fight scenes and that is my main reason to watch this final season of FT. Guess what... I'm truly disappointed. I expected the fight between Natsu vs Gray & Natsu vs Zeref to be super intense. Based on the manga, the fight scenes was amazing but in the anime, its just trash. Then when it comes to the fight between Acnologia vs Dragon Slayers, it was okay. I feel like they put all their money for that final fight and other fights are just minors. What a shame. It makes me lost all the enjoyment to watch the rest of the season. When you compare the fight scenes from previous seasons to this final season, previous seasons are much better. I think the studio is like out of budget to put some love into this season. So sad. But I believe for anime watchers only, they will like this season. Unlike for manga readers, it will be a utter disappointment. Overall, the animation is really bad but story is good. So I had to give a pretty decent rating for this. If FT 100 year quest going to adapt to an anime, will I watch it? Unless there's a change in the animation, I will definitely give it a watch.

I love how they wrapped the show up it follow the manga perfectly. I never read reviews of shows till after I watch them because I never find them helpful and I end up not watching a good show. I am glad that I stick to that mind set because boy the negative were not helpful at all. It makes me even wonder if they watched them our if someone is paying to put them on here. Art/ animation 10/10 The art is no different from the first two seasons beside the color of hair is darker on some people. That is what i keep seeing over and over and i can't see what people are talking about. I can't see how it looks ugly and lazy. it is not doing a black clover where they got to lazy to draw more detail in the fight scenes so they are not being lazy at all. I am starting to think these people are watching the CGI anime and see the ones that don't use them as boring and lazy, I don't like the CGI anime they look weird and you might as well go to live action. ----------------------------------- some what spoiler ahead---------------------------------------- Story10/10 The story is great. The Fairy tail gang get to fight both of the bad guys and you get to see a lot of power up in the main group of people.There are some finally to with the love interest. They do the power of friendship because it is true, if you have really good friend that stick with you, you can do about anything. So it is not old or childish to say that over and over, it is also why our world sucks because we don't believe in those around us. One thing I almost agreed on but stopped when I thought about it was how a lot of people said that fairy tail should have let Zeref do his idea. All they would have done was let Zeref go back in time to have him not do the spells that cursed himself, which mean Natsu, the other 4 dragon slayer, and Erza would have never came to the current time line. that would also mean that fairy tail would not have even came about. Zeref plan would have erase the current timeline. would have all the problems go away, most likely that is unknown, But that would have meant that the friendships and bond would have disappeared and who know if the world would have turn out better or worse. Character10/10 I love them. The fairy gang are their happy go lucky self, but you can tell that still have a lot weighting on them from what happen one year before. To me it was kind of scary when Gray found out that Natsu was E.N.D because you didn't know what he would do. What is cool is how they put the other guilds in.This while season was all of Fiore fight, not just Fairy tail.I felt really really sorry because of the sacrifice that Sherria, Ichiya, and Makarov did in this season they were powerful. Though it was kind of embarrassing to see which character did the deed.Those episodes with Larcade fight and power is not for kids.The biggest surprise was Anna, it does make sense to have an adult to come with the children but you would not have thought of it at all. I also like how they put all of the side character from the older shows in the show even if for a second. Even the bad guy were good, they had power and they knew it, they just didn't think that Fairy tail would not give up. I did feel sorry for two of the bad guys,Larcade Dragneel and August, even thought they are bad guys you can't help but to feel sorry at the end. Being with Zeref messed them up in the end. Sound 8/10 this is the one thing i tell people to not ask me because all I can say is I don't know. Over all enjoyment for me 10/10 I love this show, i love the series. I love the action, the humor, the tear jerks. I love how the character are put together and the fact that they had the worse hand in life handed to them they still manage to be happy, loving people that you would want in your life.I like how that when the going gets tough they still fight for what the believe. I am sad that this show is ending, I know that there is more that could be put in the show like the 100 year quest which from watch I hear is good, but from the looks of things people are slowly not liking this show.I can tell I will always love this show for the meaning and power behind that meaning.The whole Fairy tail show helps me when i am feeling down and help me realize that being nice to people no matter who they are make you are a better person. This is one of my go to when I have nothing to do and don't know what to watch and no matter how many time i watch any of the season, they still hold a lot of power to me.I laugh, cry , and get mad along with them like I live there with them. Fairy tail and other older show are dying out because of the new animation style that is out there, I have watched some then watch this and if does look different.they are also dying out because a lot of people get bored of the character really easy. it is why there are so many anime's with only 12 to 24 episodes out.

This was a pretty well done finisher I'd say. It's not over yet tho to be exact I mean, anyone who is familiar with Fairy Tail, should be able to pretty much foresee what happens because it's Fairy Tail after all. You won't miss any of the Fairy Tail cliches, like it or not. That also means the music is hella amazing as always tho and the characters are pretty fun to watch. The story was all in all pretty interesting, they also had a nice finisher at the end. However, the pacing was kinda bad sometimes I'd say. And while the story was pretty interesting, it's like I already mentioned pretty predictable because it basically reuses already seen plots and all. So overall a 7/10 by me, anyone who likes Fairy Tail should watch it, naturally.

Fairy Tail is a classic anime series that no fan of the genre should miss. With its beloved characters and exciting fights, it consistently provides a captivating view into a world of wizards and mages. The story follows a group of wizards known as Fairy Tail who are part of a guild of similar people. Through their adventures and escapades, we follow the magical journey of Lucy Heartfilia and her magical partners as they get caught in the mix of a variety of misadventures. Along the way, they meet a variety of characters and make thrilling alliances with some enemies, making for a riveting come together of powerful forces. The animation and art style are as colourful and vibrant as its cast of characters, making the entire series a visual treat to follow. The voice acting and sound design is also top notch. From fantasy-like magical battles to the comedic quirky moments of its characters, the sound of the series enhances that overall feel of the show.

Fairy tail was one of my top 5 anime until the final season rolled up. The reason for this is they setup the anime very very well. At every stage before the final season they built hype well and carried it well through each arc. But in the final season they threw out all the seriousness out the window. Zeref was feared, he was a man around whom animals couldn't even live if they come into his vicinity. But they didn't utilise the fear of Zeref well in the anime. And the same can be said for Acnologia. The man who killed Igneel just got defeated by the cringe power of friendship. The end was very rushed and for this reason the final season was horrible to watch. But besides these 2 characters, the rest of the season was pretty good but we all know that if the final antagonist is boring as hell, it really reduces the appeal of the anime. It makes you go "so what was all this for". I miss the old Fairy Tail.

Woo, it's finally over! Alright guys I have to admit something to you. I don't actually hate Fairy Tail. It's just such a mainstream, by-the-numbers series and it's really easy to clown on it for being so predictable. But honestly, it's kind of charming in that way. You already know exactly how every arc is going to end from the outset. They could be fighting the abstract concept of time itself or a villain with literally infinite magic and still win because Natsu got really fired up this time. Like his punches weren't doing anything before but then he got really fired up, and punched even harder and that did the trick. That's how every arc ends, and they even did it twice in this one. The very last fight was as "the power of friendship" as you can get. They had a "everyone give me your energy" moment and everything. Super cheesy, super predictable, yet somehow I found myself enjoying it most of the time. At the end of the day at the core of the series is powerful emotions, and even if your just throwing a bunch of sappy story beats at the wall eventually something's going to stick and make you feel something. I knew going into this that it wouldn't be the "Final Series" for real. Not just because the 100 years quest literally just got announced around the time I started this season, either. Popular franchises make for profitable merchandise, and as long as there are plushes and minifigures to sell, the fines folks over at Kodansha will never let a series die. They'll drag it up from the grave a decade later if they think it'll sell more merch when they do. Or they'll launch it into space... 8/10 friendships

I just finished watching the last season of fairy and the truth is that they didn't even give me a kiss from Natsu with Lucy. I feel cheated. The last fight could have been made more epic but hey. Analyzing the anime, the truth is always handled with the same plot, a stronger and stronger enemy appears; then natsu beats him, after beating him they become friends because yes, period. The truth is, I don't know what it has that hooks you with its simple plot, the truth is, and well, I think the development of couples is fine, but that last touch is missing. I recommend it if you want to see a shonen that will always give you the same thing, that is to say that the protagonist always wins but always. En español: acabó de terminar de ver la última temporada de fairy y la verdad no me dieron ni un beso de natsu con Lucy me siento estafado. La última pelea la podrían haber hecho más épica pero bueno. Analizando el anime la verdad siempre se maneja con la misma trama aparece un enemigo más y más fuerte; entonces natsu le gana, después de ganarle se vuelven amigos porque si y punto. La verdad no se que tiene que te engancha con su trama simple la verdad y bueno creo que el desarrollo de las parejas está bien pero falta ese último toque. Lo recomiendo si quieres ver un shonen que te va a dar siempre lo mismo, es decir que el protagonista gane siempre pero siempre.

<This is my first review and English isn't my first language so if I made a mistake, please correct me> <This review doesn't contain spoilers but is how I see the show has a whole not just the first 175 episodes so I will copy and paste this review for the others seasons> <If you don't want to read everything just skip to the "overall"> 1) Introduction Ah! Fairy Tail, how to start? This show and Sword Art Online are the two more controversial animes to this day (on my point of view at least), when I say this I mean that they are the two animes with the most numbers of fans and haters. Like, I don't know if Fairy Tail has more fans or haters and I think is very difficult to be on the middle, you hate it or you love it. So, in which side am I? By the score that I gave to it you might think that I like it and that's 100% true. I like it. Maybe is because it was the first "real" anime that I saw (Pokemon doesn't count). So now I am going to tell you why I like it. 2) Characters I want to proper start this review judging the characters because I think it's one of the most controversial topics. The haters say that this show doesn't contain character development and I think that they are right. "What? But you said that you like Fairy Tail, how dare you agree with the haters!" Yeh, that's right. I like the show but I don't think it is perfect. Unfortunately, this anime made a very poor development for the characters which is very disappointing because I really liked them. Yep. I really liked Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, Erza and the others, I love their backstories and I was very sad and disappointed that they didn't grow up, like, I love them but I want to see a change, a better version of them, not just a stronger version but a version with better personality. 3) Story Well, on my opinion the story is the weakest part of Fairy Tail. I said before that I love the characters' backstories and it is true but the actual plot isn't so good. Now that I am thinking, Fairy Tail is one of a few shows that I prefer the flashbacks than the actual story of the arc. Oh, I forgot to mention that the story is organized by arcs and not seasons. My bigger problem with the story is that there is a poor connection of the arcs or a goal, like, Naruto wants to be hokage and the story is focused on this goal but in Fairy Tail there isn't a goal so the arcs are just there, you can mix the order and small things changes. The "power of friendship" and the amount of fan-service are others things that bothers me but not so much as the lack of a cohesion story. A good thing about the story is the world building, really cool and well done, very immersive. 4) Art The art is very good. Character design is what sells a lot of people to this show. And this is all that I can say. I am not an artist or a really good analytic so I can't make a deep analysis. So move on. 5)Sound The ost of Fairy Tail is the best thing of this show, it is SO good . The theme music, the sad music, the openings, omg, everything is great. But again, I can't make a deeper analyse so move on. 6)Enjoyment and overall On the "introduction" I said that I like Fairy Tail, I think it is a good show and deserves a 7 out of 10. "But why? "-you might ask-"You said that the story is the weakest part of the show and the story is the most important thing about an anime, so how you liked?" Well, you might don't understand but to like Fairy Tail and have a good time the story isn't actually the most important thing. Every flaw of the show's story can be ignored because of the good characters and the very immerse universe created. Yes, the problems are still there and the anime would be way better with a more cohesion story, less fan-service and less "power of friendship" but these things don't make Fairy Tail a bad or horrible anime. Fairy Tail can create a good atmosphere and you can fell part of the guild, and this felling is good and this is why I like Fairy Tail but don't think is a 10/10 anime, it is just good.

Have you ever heard that if you judge a fish by its ability to climb on a tree you'd think it's stupid? Many complain about Fairy Tail to the point where its own fans are apologetic for liking it... And I disagree with that. I genuinely thank this author for writing one of my favorite series. Fairy Tail's fights don't really have much technical logic in them. I'd usually tell you that's boring because then you're not really scared, or resonating with the characters through them. The outcome is known, or easily manipulated. But are they boring? No. Not to me. Because every fight in Fairy Tail tells a story. About the characters. About their past. About their present. And sometimes, about their future. About their weaknesses and about what lead them to be who they are. I personally really dislike bullshit. I don't feel at all like Fairy Tail packs bullshit. It very much resonates with my real life experience, from beginning to end. It represents many different things and types of people in this world, and I love it. Watching it and always being reminded of its core message, brings me a warm feeling of what I don't want to ever forget about. I don't want to be distracted by anything, because this world is full of distractions, and the best thing is to have my friends around, and the most beautiful scenarios are the least luxurious ones. It is clear from early on that magic in this world is affected by and originates from feelings, and that feelings can change it. So. Not mad at all. The way it was used to telling the stories was beautiful and I loved all the different scenes we got to watch. And the creative situations that were built with it, that reflected much deeper things. I love Fairy Tail's guild. I love the story it tells about every one of its different characters, and about how in a real family anyone can fit in. Fairy Tail's own family had a leader that didn't lead what a family should be, but it returned to being what it was founded from with Makarov, who (tiny spoiler) didn't even believe in himself to be such a good leader. Fairy Tail, in every part of my life, speaks truth. It doesn't do it in a shabby way, it doesn't come short in its depth. I've cried so many times through this. Every part of this resonated with things I see and have seen around me, and Fairy Tail focused on showing so many different parts of this world, that can be so twisted sometimes, so surprising sometimes. But in the end, exactly like my grandma made my family a Fairy Tail, if you have the modesty and the right mindset, you can live in a Fairy Tail. I'm thankful to have watched this beautiful series. Please don't be discouraged to watch it. P.S. I even give it credit for its pacing. Many series these days have a pacing that takes you for an idiot and it's a no no for me

This is a short review for those who don't want to know about details. The final of an anime is a art, many animes have great ends and there are some that make you cry, Fairy Tail is one of them. I finished the anime today and i decided to listen to the slow theme of the anime and now i am almost crying, like, i can't even say a good sentence, only: This is brutal. This season is brutal, i cried, laughed hard, the animation is cool as hell and the sound is just perfect. The story is very good too, there are some of the coolest battles and some epic plot-twists. Thanks for reading.

If you like anime's with boobs slapped in your face every episode then look no further! But on a more serious note I find it impossible to get emotionally attached to any of the characters, i also find it hard to really hate the antagonists in the show as well. The same concept is overused in almost every fight with the villains and the animation is very poor this time around. Some good points though; the art is nice to look at, it can have some comedic moments that young teenagers would like, the sound tracks are pretty good as well. The bad definitely outweighs the good though, so i don't recommend it.

This is a pretty good final season for fairy tail that you'll likely enjoy if you somewhat enjoyed the previous 250+ episodes. The story consists of a single arc that ties up the loose plotlines relatively well and unlike the previous seasons, this season has no filler. It's a pretty good story and it feels cohesive and well thought out. There's lots of cool fights but also a lot of good character development. The ending is pretty conclusive and it's nice to hear how everyone is doing one year later. Some small criticisms is that the pacing is better than the previous seasons but still suboptimal with some flashbacks in fight scenes taking too long for my liking, taking away from a pretty exciting fight. Another point is that some of the scenes were unrealistic, even by generous fairy tail standards. I do not care how strong your feelings are, if your bones are broken, then you can't use those limbs. Most of the characters from the previous seasons appear which is nice but there's also a lot of new characters that are introduced because there's an entirely new group of enemies again. The new characters definitely match the quality of the old ones. I also think it's kind of neat how the anime waits until the end to fully explain the backstories of its main antagonists. The animation and voice acting were good and I liked the music, especially the main theme as always. Overall it's a good season with a solid, action packed, story that's fun to watch. Most of the season is just good with no real reason not to watch this if you watched the previous two seasons.

Honestly one of my favourite animes. It was a bitter sweet feeling finishing it and not going to lie I tried to drag it out as saying goodbye to these characters was rough. I loved the final series just as much as the OG and the second series. The character development was on point and never felt forced or rushed. Also leaving some development to be made is any future projects. The story line was very well paced and I never felt bored or wanting to skip ahead during any moments. From the heart-wrenching emotional scenes to the on edge fight sequences I was engrossed in all of it. I don't care what anyone else says I love the "with the power of friendship" theme. It's heartwarming and never fails to make me smile while watching. Not saying fairy tail didn't have it's dark moments and needed a bit of drama but the overall theme of friendship had me from the start. This anime will always hold a special place in my heart and I can't wait to see what comes next.

Plot: It is pretty convoluted and murky, to begin with, but I like how Hiro Mashima used a lot of different narrative styles and techniques in the story. The main perspective is from Lucy's eyes which is pretty rare in shounen. She tells the story of the Fairy Tail guild. I like how Natsu was never the main character and unlike Luffy and Naruto, he didn't have this one huge goal he needed to accomplish by the end of the story. He is also not used as the "chosen one" for the entire plot. First, Fairy Tail had two main villains: Acnologia, the dragon king; and Zeref, the black wizard magician. Unlike with most fictional stories where there is more than one villain where they eventually teamed up to defeat the main characters, here Acnologia and Zeref are different entities that served different purposes to the entire narrative. Acnologia is the villain that affected all the main characters' lives. He also shaped the entire Fairy Tail world. But Zeref is the main villain that Natsu and the entire guild must defeat. He is part of the Fairy Tail guild history. So, it wasn't also like One Piece or Dragon Ball where after one enemy there is a higher level of an enemy that they must defeat. They needed different strategies for each main villain. Basically, there are two storylines. The first one they must defeat all Zeref's demons and Zeref himself. His and Mavis' story is a romantic tragedy of the Fairy Tail guild. The second storyline is about how Dragon Slayers came to be, why were they sent to the future, and why did they exist. Once, I finally understood where Mashima is going with his story and that there are only two main villains, the entire plot is starting easier to follow. Magic System: Next is the magic system, this one is the hardest one to understand and until now I don't get it. This is where the audience is starting to point out that here lies the lazy writing. "Power of friendship" and "plot armor". I hit up the fan Wikipedia and there is still a lot Mashima added by the end of the series. So basically there is one container of ethernano in every mage's body and a person must utilize it to use magic. Then there is the Second origin that reminds me of Awakening from One Piece where they used the dormant power. However, for some reason, Mashima added the Third Origin as a plot convenient tool during Sherria and Dimaria's fight. Mashima added a lot of stuff by the end and I can see why people went mad with how convenient everyone's fight became. There is also Lucy rewriting Natsu's demonic spell. Overall: However, we must note that Zeref also pointed out before the final season that magic is fueled by emotions. I don't see any plot holes but the entire story is filled with plot conveniences. I must also take note that I could see why this story gets hate among shounen lovers. Fairy Tail is filled with sappy and too cheesy scenes and lines that even a girl would cringe for. I think I skipped a lot of dragging sappy scenes and that despite that I am a romantic one myself. I don't see how would this appeal to young teenage boys. But I see why this had a solid fanbase. The entire cast had cool character designs and powers. There is a lot of characters that are likable enough to ship that is also oozing with chemistry. Despite the excessive nudity and fanservice, the girls (main characters and villains alike) are pretty diverse unlike with One Piece or useful in fights and leadership other than used as eye candy-like in Naruto.