Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
To be fair to Wapol, he had fallen on hard times before then. The minute he tried to make an honest living things started working out.
Basically when he was a 'King,' he got- (1) Chased off by Blackbeard, (2) got a rebellion from his strongest crewmember, and (3) Got beat up by Luffy and a reindeer.
When he was homeless on the street and selling toys, he started making money, because he could make good toys. And things ballooned from there.
Arc to arc rather than chapter to chapter, and only within a certain range. I'd say overall it's very consistent and really doesn't have any bad arcs (there is no Fairy Tail Fishman island or Skypeia), but nor does it get quite as great as OP or Naruto has managed.
Originally posted by Nephthys
I've always heard that Fairy Tail is basically a shitty One Piece. Confirm/Deny?
Deny, though they do share enough in quirkiness and art style it's not exactly surprising why people compare them. Both Mashima (FT) and Oda were heavily inspired by many of the same works like the original dragon ball.
There's four main characters. Natsu's pretty typically shounen-main. A 'dragon slayer' who uses fire magic. Lucy's the PoV 'normal person' of the group and a summoner (and does have a fairly strong resemblance to Nami). Erza's the strongest of the four and is an armor-wearing warrior (so... no real OP counterparts. And yes, female major character who's stronger than the male lead in a shounen manga). Then there's Gray, Natsu's ice-mage rival (and real, 'they're close in strength' rival, not a 'can't keep up' type).
And it really is an ensemble cast- more so than any of the other series, the story arcs can focus on any of the characters, and while Natsu gets more boss fights than not, he doesn't take even as much focus as Luffy does.
They're part of a mage guild, Fairy Tail, which has a buncha other regulars.
Aura, Luffy's entire crew gets to fight consistently and often, and they get a lot of exposure. The only arc where that was not the case that comes to mind is Marineford, for good reason. So stfu.
Originally posted by Q99Actually I have heard that both Mashima and Oda also studied at the same art school, which is why their art styles are similar.
Both Mashima (FT) and Oda were heavily inspired by many of the same works like the original dragon ball.
Hey, anyone hear read RAVE? Also made by Mashima, I've heard it is supposed to be good, better than Fairy Tale, though that just might be the butthurt ramblings of nostalgic fanboys. But yeah, was considering reading that some time in the future.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Actually I have heard that both Mashima and Oda also studied at the same art school, which is why their art styles are similar.
Could be possible.
Hey, anyone hear read RAVE? Also made by Mashima, I've heard it is supposed to be good, better than Fairy Tale, though that just might be the butthurt ramblings of nostalgic fanboys. But yeah, was considering reading that some time in the future.
I've generally heard FT is better (which makes sense- more time to polish and all. The art is definitely better), but yea, I generally hear pretty good reviews.
There's a lot of minor references to Rave Master in Fairy Tail.
Originally posted by Q99
Is he? At least the rest of the crew get fights too 🙂In Bleach, other captains can get important fights, but Ichigo's crew never does!
Probably. And yeah, but it's always shown that Luffy is just better than them. 😛
Indeed. Only reason it's not Ichigo is because Soul Society has the camera whores.
Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
Probably. And yeah, but it's always shown that Luffy is just better than them. 😛
At least Luffy lets Zoro get somewhat close. Ichigo doesn't let his gang get within a country mile 🙂
In FT, Natsu tends to fight the foe with whom it's most personal, which isn't always the strongest enemy, or the enemies are implied to be even. And sometimes bossfights are just good old fashion teamups rather than being stuck in the duel format.