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Fairy Tail [フェアリーテイル] #1
Fairy Tail, Vol. 01
THE WICKED SIDE OF WIZARDRY
Celestial wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu's not your typical hero, he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?
Celestial wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu's not your typical hero, he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?
208 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2006
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About the author
Hiro Mashima
1,506 books1,926 followersHiro Mashima (Jap: 真島ヒロ) is a Japanese manga artist.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
He gained success with his first serial Rave, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Mashima began the currently ongoing Edens Zero in 2018.
Fairy Tail won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga in 2009, and Mashima was given the Harvey Awards International Spotlight award in 2017 and the Fauve Special Award at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
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July 1, 2010
Three words. Best. Series. Ever. If you liked One Piece You will definitley love this. Funny, Actiony, Awesome. Better art than One Piece but still similar to the funloving series. Centered around nakama or friends/family. Hiro Mashima definitley has an imagination and is just completely awesome. Long Live Fairy Tail!
December 6, 2011
Ah, gotta love the masses and their love for mediocrity. Fairy Tail (FT) is from the pilot chapter/episode an average shonen series and yet it is loved by many for being just that. I guess rehashing notions from Naruto or One Piece can make a success out of anything. Because just like those shonens, FT has superpowers, adventure and a big cast of colourful and eccentric characters that occasionally get focused upon and fleshed out. Nothing we haven’t seen before but, hey, if it worked before why wouldn’t it work again?
It is hard to analyze or criticize anything in this show without feeling like I am just stating the obvious or just describing a different shonen. For to be honest, there is approximately zero innovation in this work and it just walks upon the path others paved before it. It can work alright but it will never stand out on its own; it will forever be just a rehash of already established formulas that have been attributed to others at least a decade earlier. Oh well, I might as well make some further analysis just for the heck of it.
- The art is ok for its genre but the setting lacks characterization. It doesn’t seem to stand out from the lot like others do, which again makes it hard to be remembered in the long run. There is no theme in the FT world and it passes by as a generic fantasy realm. The character figures are again nothing memorable; most are almost counterparts of people from other shonens, so again it has a problem being remembered for anything.
- Another thing that annoyed me is how they placed as cameo Plue, a creature from the same mangaka’s earlier work titled Rave Master. Now what did that manage to accomplish other than annoying the average fan? Rave Master was a completely generic, aimless, boring, and incomplete series and you can easily see they are reusing the same character archetypes from there. Is that their way of telling us even clearer that they are rehashing other works INCLUDING their own? That sounds really tasteless to me. I hear he was placed there to please the fans of Rave Master but I don’t believe that. Who still likes that boredrome?
The story is completely generic stuff and easily the weakest part of the show. It plays out like some MMO game, where you join a guild and take seemingly irrelevant to one another missions, while at the same time leaving a few openings for character colorization and world-building. It all plays out quite childishly and there isn’t even an objective for anyone in this show; they just take missions and hope to find something that interests them in the process. For example, we know Natsu is looking for a dragon but did he actually look for him? No, he is just fooling around in his guild and takes part in whatever mission comes along.
The scenario ends up driving the characters and not the other way around; and even that happens in a bad way since the heroes are not actively doing anything. They just fool around until a villain or a mission appear out of nowhere (no foreshadowing at all) and just decide to take part in the whole thing for money or to save some girl. That makes the protagonist and his gang completely boring since they have no goals in life to go for without some world threat standing in the way. Heck, they would probably be sleeping all day long if they had no obstacles.
Although many story elements lead to character immersion, that still makes the plot being predictable early on, with no interesting plot twists or memorable events. Some character’s past is revealed, some old enemies of him appear, some sinister plan of mass destruction takes place, and then the heroes storm in and win with the power of friendship. Thank you very much; I have seen it all before and in a more mature form.
The cast is eventually the meat of the show, since the plot is mostly about somebody’s past creating problems in the present. This way you feel like everything is revolving around them and that they are not irrelevant to the main problem of each arc. Some of them count as cool and developed to pay attention to but don’t try to find unoriginal characters because you will be disappointed. They are all following a rather typical demeanour but at least they do it right to the most part. There is variety in personalities and powers and most have a rather basic but sufficient backdrop to work with. And don’t expect for any drastic character development either, since most of whatever the character learn and seem to wizen them in one arc, it is immediately forgotten in the next. It always was about the power of friendship. To hell with strategy, planning ahead, or even paying attention to your injuries. Just storm in and win against all odds with the almighty POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! I MUST PROTECT MY FRIENDS! FRIENDSHIP MAGICALLY HEALS MY GRAVE WOUNDS! FRIENDSHIP BRINGS EVEN THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE!
So let me make clear that the series is aimed at younger teens; even younger than the target audience for Naruto or Bleach. There is a lot of silliness (more than the usual) and violence is really basic and mostly bloodless. Plus, no show which aims to be a bit serious would have a mascot in the form of a cheery blue flying cat named… Happy. So be warned that it is very hard to be excited when everything looks so easy going and silly; the boldest thing going around them is the fan service around the girls and even that is completely basic.
So is it a good show? No, but it’s a good time killer if your expectations are low and you are not older than 15 with prior experience to other famous shonen. I doubt it will leave any mark in anime history or be remembered as anything more than a rehash of other works. It does it right but at the same time it lacks the unique feeling every show that aims to be loved needs. It is indeed nothing but a fairy tale; shallow and for little kids who still tolerate the power of friendship is the most awesome thing ever. But it can be enjoyable just for that.
It is hard to analyze or criticize anything in this show without feeling like I am just stating the obvious or just describing a different shonen. For to be honest, there is approximately zero innovation in this work and it just walks upon the path others paved before it. It can work alright but it will never stand out on its own; it will forever be just a rehash of already established formulas that have been attributed to others at least a decade earlier. Oh well, I might as well make some further analysis just for the heck of it.
- The art is ok for its genre but the setting lacks characterization. It doesn’t seem to stand out from the lot like others do, which again makes it hard to be remembered in the long run. There is no theme in the FT world and it passes by as a generic fantasy realm. The character figures are again nothing memorable; most are almost counterparts of people from other shonens, so again it has a problem being remembered for anything.
- Another thing that annoyed me is how they placed as cameo Plue, a creature from the same mangaka’s earlier work titled Rave Master. Now what did that manage to accomplish other than annoying the average fan? Rave Master was a completely generic, aimless, boring, and incomplete series and you can easily see they are reusing the same character archetypes from there. Is that their way of telling us even clearer that they are rehashing other works INCLUDING their own? That sounds really tasteless to me. I hear he was placed there to please the fans of Rave Master but I don’t believe that. Who still likes that boredrome?
The story is completely generic stuff and easily the weakest part of the show. It plays out like some MMO game, where you join a guild and take seemingly irrelevant to one another missions, while at the same time leaving a few openings for character colorization and world-building. It all plays out quite childishly and there isn’t even an objective for anyone in this show; they just take missions and hope to find something that interests them in the process. For example, we know Natsu is looking for a dragon but did he actually look for him? No, he is just fooling around in his guild and takes part in whatever mission comes along.
The scenario ends up driving the characters and not the other way around; and even that happens in a bad way since the heroes are not actively doing anything. They just fool around until a villain or a mission appear out of nowhere (no foreshadowing at all) and just decide to take part in the whole thing for money or to save some girl. That makes the protagonist and his gang completely boring since they have no goals in life to go for without some world threat standing in the way. Heck, they would probably be sleeping all day long if they had no obstacles.
Although many story elements lead to character immersion, that still makes the plot being predictable early on, with no interesting plot twists or memorable events. Some character’s past is revealed, some old enemies of him appear, some sinister plan of mass destruction takes place, and then the heroes storm in and win with the power of friendship. Thank you very much; I have seen it all before and in a more mature form.
The cast is eventually the meat of the show, since the plot is mostly about somebody’s past creating problems in the present. This way you feel like everything is revolving around them and that they are not irrelevant to the main problem of each arc. Some of them count as cool and developed to pay attention to but don’t try to find unoriginal characters because you will be disappointed. They are all following a rather typical demeanour but at least they do it right to the most part. There is variety in personalities and powers and most have a rather basic but sufficient backdrop to work with. And don’t expect for any drastic character development either, since most of whatever the character learn and seem to wizen them in one arc, it is immediately forgotten in the next. It always was about the power of friendship. To hell with strategy, planning ahead, or even paying attention to your injuries. Just storm in and win against all odds with the almighty POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! I MUST PROTECT MY FRIENDS! FRIENDSHIP MAGICALLY HEALS MY GRAVE WOUNDS! FRIENDSHIP BRINGS EVEN THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE!
So let me make clear that the series is aimed at younger teens; even younger than the target audience for Naruto or Bleach. There is a lot of silliness (more than the usual) and violence is really basic and mostly bloodless. Plus, no show which aims to be a bit serious would have a mascot in the form of a cheery blue flying cat named… Happy. So be warned that it is very hard to be excited when everything looks so easy going and silly; the boldest thing going around them is the fan service around the girls and even that is completely basic.
So is it a good show? No, but it’s a good time killer if your expectations are low and you are not older than 15 with prior experience to other famous shonen. I doubt it will leave any mark in anime history or be remembered as anything more than a rehash of other works. It does it right but at the same time it lacks the unique feeling every show that aims to be loved needs. It is indeed nothing but a fairy tale; shallow and for little kids who still tolerate the power of friendship is the most awesome thing ever. But it can be enjoyable just for that.
October 4, 2013
This is a wonderful book that belongs to a wonderful series! It's creative how some people can use different kinds of magic like fire, ice, celestial and more. The drawings are great. The characters all have their own hidden past, that you'll get to read later on. The characters in this series all also have their own personality. The plot is great as well. There are several arcs that keep you reading more. I enjoyed this book. It is one of my favorites. I would recommend it anyone who likes manga, magic, fantasy and action.
April 3, 2025
CW// brief mentions of slavery
I was obsessed with Fairy Tail when I was younger. My middle school friends and I all planned on doing a group cosplay from the anime (before the group fell apart as most middle school friend groups do). Having read a lot more manga and watched a lot more anime since I was a teen, I can definitely say that I don’t find this one as amazing as I did when I was in middle school. However, it still has some really interesting characters and complex world building. I’m definitely liking Loke the most on this read through. Lucy used to be my favorite, but I find her slightly annoying now and I don’t know why I was so obsessed with her back then, but maybe she’ll grow on me throughout the rest of the series.
I was obsessed with Fairy Tail when I was younger. My middle school friends and I all planned on doing a group cosplay from the anime (before the group fell apart as most middle school friend groups do). Having read a lot more manga and watched a lot more anime since I was a teen, I can definitely say that I don’t find this one as amazing as I did when I was in middle school. However, it still has some really interesting characters and complex world building. I’m definitely liking Loke the most on this read through. Lucy used to be my favorite, but I find her slightly annoying now and I don’t know why I was so obsessed with her back then, but maybe she’ll grow on me throughout the rest of the series.
January 21, 2020
Rating: 3.5 stars
January 31, 2022
Enjoyable, but found the artwork too busy at times. I have the next 3 in the series and will finish those before deciding if I go further in the series
March 6, 2025
بعد از "ناروتو"، نتونستم مانگای دیگهای بخونم و هیچی راضیم نمیکرد.
یه مدت زمان دادم و الان توی مرحلهی "ببینیم چی میشه" ایستادم و سعی میکنم یه فرصت به مانگای جدید بدم.
امیدوارم تا آخر ادامهش بدم.
یه مدت زمان دادم و الان توی مرحلهی "ببینیم چی میشه" ایستادم و سعی میکنم یه فرصت به مانگای جدید بدم.
امیدوارم تا آخر ادامهش بدم.
May 25, 2013
This is my MOST FAVORITE anime and manga of ALL TIME! So much laughter laced with the thrill of excitement as each magic battle takes place. Also, some of the moments are really sad or beautiful that even I sometimes cried! And that is the truth. I love the different kinds of magic a wizard could have. Also, I really admire the bond between the Fairy Tail members; they have complete trust in one another and would rather give up their life instead of harming a comrade. The action and suspense the author puts are awesome when you can go on but annoying when you have to wait another week to get the next chapter because this series is still going!!! Love you Fairy Tail!!!
May 10, 2020
This is a funny, engaging and slightly unpredictable manga, with familiar tropes of Shonen genre. A good, light and fun read.
July 9, 2018
I cannot wait to get to the second book! I love Hiro Mashima's art and stories and just now I'm going to love this series! A fun filled, hilarious new series following wizards and a happy companion (pun intended, his name is happy)! Involving wizard guilds, odd jobs, and a completely different sort of magic!
May 13, 2023
Sadly this is just not for me. ☹️ I was super interested in this manga and anime because it’s about a guild of misfit wizards who are like a giant found family and go on crazy adventures together, and I love those tropes and was excited about it. And the storytelling and characters are interesting and funny without becoming annoying, plus the powers they have are really interesting.
So why only two stars? Because of the sexual comments and girls using their bodies and large breasts to get what they want plus other things in that realm (see the content section for more details) that frankly made me uncomfortable and not inclined to continue. Maybe it gets less later on in the series but I doubt it so I’m quitting now rather than later when I’ll just end up more disappointed.
‼️Content‼️
Language: damn; what the hell; dammit; crap; what the heck; pervert; sucks; hell
Violence: fighting with magic, weapons, and hand to hand (nothing over PG-13); men are burned; injuries and blood (nothing over PG-13); a character slams face first into a railing; a character slips and crashes into a wall; a character is pushed off a cliff and buried in snow; flying fish attack a character
Sexual: girls wear skinny clothes, low cut shirts with cleavage showing, and bikinis; a girl shows a guy part of her breasts as sex appeal to get what she wants; a married man wants to date another girl (she turns him down by shapeshifting into his wife); shirtless guys; a guy has a bad habit of taking his clothes off when he fights and ends up fully naked at one point (we only see his back end); a guy asks to burrow a girl’s underwear (she punches him in response); a girl’s breasts are called “beautiful udders” and that she wants to be called “my udders” (to which she hotly protests); a girl is shown bathing (nothing is shown beyond the very top of her breasts); a girl is wrapped in a towel; an add says a man is a pervert, womanizer, and lecher
Drug/Alcohol: a character is nearly drugged; characters drink; characters smoke
Other: magic; wizards; characters are taken in/rescued from a slave ship; girls are charmed; a boy’s father goes missing; a character is “kidnapped”; a character is possessed but freed
[Read as one of my 2023 Specific Mangas to Read goal]
So why only two stars? Because of the sexual comments and girls using their bodies and large breasts to get what they want plus other things in that realm (see the content section for more details) that frankly made me uncomfortable and not inclined to continue. Maybe it gets less later on in the series but I doubt it so I’m quitting now rather than later when I’ll just end up more disappointed.
‼️Content‼️
Language: damn; what the hell; dammit; crap; what the heck; pervert; sucks; hell
Violence: fighting with magic, weapons, and hand to hand (nothing over PG-13); men are burned; injuries and blood (nothing over PG-13); a character slams face first into a railing; a character slips and crashes into a wall; a character is pushed off a cliff and buried in snow; flying fish attack a character
Sexual: girls wear skinny clothes, low cut shirts with cleavage showing, and bikinis; a girl shows a guy part of her breasts as sex appeal to get what she wants; a married man wants to date another girl (she turns him down by shapeshifting into his wife); shirtless guys; a guy has a bad habit of taking his clothes off when he fights and ends up fully naked at one point (we only see his back end); a guy asks to burrow a girl’s underwear (she punches him in response); a girl’s breasts are called “beautiful udders” and that she wants to be called “my udders” (to which she hotly protests); a girl is shown bathing (nothing is shown beyond the very top of her breasts); a girl is wrapped in a towel; an add says a man is a pervert, womanizer, and lecher
Drug/Alcohol: a character is nearly drugged; characters drink; characters smoke
Other: magic; wizards; characters are taken in/rescued from a slave ship; girls are charmed; a boy’s father goes missing; a character is “kidnapped”; a character is possessed but freed
[Read as one of my 2023 Specific Mangas to Read goal]
June 6, 2024
4.5. It made me laugh. I was a little unsure about the way the female characters are drawn and the costumes they are given but as I continued reading I realized that the boys are given the same treatment. I will definitely be reading the next volume.
July 23, 2015
Decided to finally start this manga. So far it's really good and hilarious. I just really want to get to know the dark pasts of all the characters.
June 29, 2022
This was so much fun to read. I cannot believe I have not watched the anime or read this manga before. The plot was engaging. The characters were charming. Now I can't wait to read the next one.
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September 26, 2011I picked this one up 'cause of the title and the cover - what can I say? Shallow, me? *grins* (Hey, the library doesn't really offer descriptions. If you pick it up, at least you can read it, right?) The story revolves around a girl named Lucy, who is a big bosomed blond, well, more than just big bosomed; they're straining at her shirt fronts. Still, despite that obvious shonen trait, she seems like a sweet girl, one you'd like for a friend (if you can deal with her excitability). She is a gate wizard, which means she can summon various beings from different dimensions. Meeting up with a wizard known as 'Salamander', Lucy wonders why her heart is beating so fast, why all the women are gathering around Salamander, and wonders if she might be falling in love. In rushes a young man and a cat - Natsu and Happy, respectively - and they manage to distract Lucy from Salamander. She takes them to lunch as a thank you and, over the food, they decide that Salamander is using a charm to sway the favoritism of women, and also discover that the three of them (yes, Happy too) are wizards. Natsu and Happy explain that they are looking for a wizard named Igneel, who trained Natsu to use magic. Lucy lets slip that she's trying to enter into a wizarding guild to augment her skills and Natsu and Happy basically wish her good luck with that, sending her on her way (while they continue eating).
Lucy winds up reading a magazine about the Fairy Tail Guild, the guild she most wants to join. Fairy Tail is known for being rambunctious and obnoxious but taking on jobs that no one else will touch. While she's reading Fairy Tail's most recent exploits, Salamander literally pops up and asks her to join his party on his yacht - and plays on Lucy's desire to enter Fairy Tail. Lucy goes along with it, and dresses for the party. Later, Natsu and Happy are wandering along the street, replete with huge bellies, and overhear a couple of people discussing Salamander's party. Natsu and Happy overhear that Salamander is of the Fairy Tail Guild.
Meanwhile, Lucy discovers that Salamander is pretty much the creep the reader expected him to be and, while he is a wizard, he's working with pirates to collect girls for slavery. Natsu and Happy crash the party, attempting a rescue, but Salamander uses his flame magic to whip Happy and Lucy out of the sky (did I mention Happy has wings sometimes? Yeah. Happy's a bit...peculiar). Lucy uses her gate key to summon Aquarius to send Salamander's yacht back to shore - while Natsu and Salamander get into a bit of a ruckus. We (and Lucy) find out that Natsu's teacher, Igneel, not only was a magic user but an actual dragon...and taught Natsu everything there is to know about fire magic. Natsu himself is more or less a human Salamander - as opposed to the character, Salamander, who just uses fire magically.
Lucy joins Natsu and Happy on their journey, which takes them back to their guild - Fairy Tail (surely you saw it coming?) - and the trio are an interesting alliance. Fairy Tail Guild is every bit as raucous as mentioned earlier but Natsu's soft heart gets him to accept an assignment from a young boy who's father is a guildmember. Natsu, Happy and Lucy head into the mountains to track down the missing father, only to run into a gorilla thing that resembles that albino, horned gorilla from Star Trek: TOS, only much larger. Lucy, predictably, gets kidnapped and it's up to Natsu and Happy to save her. In doing so, they find the little boy's father and bring him back home.
This has all the earmarks of a cute series, despite the vavavoom of the women (I've yet to see a female regular character who isn't spilling out of her top). The fight scenes are interesting and the magic is well done. Happy the cat disturbs me on many levels (his head is the same size as his body, for one, he walks on his hind legs and he has the appearance of a gingerbread man - not to mention the wings!) but it being a magic world, I can overlook that weirdness.
If you like Harry Potter, you might find Fairy Tail to be a fun read.
Lucy winds up reading a magazine about the Fairy Tail Guild, the guild she most wants to join. Fairy Tail is known for being rambunctious and obnoxious but taking on jobs that no one else will touch. While she's reading Fairy Tail's most recent exploits, Salamander literally pops up and asks her to join his party on his yacht - and plays on Lucy's desire to enter Fairy Tail. Lucy goes along with it, and dresses for the party. Later, Natsu and Happy are wandering along the street, replete with huge bellies, and overhear a couple of people discussing Salamander's party. Natsu and Happy overhear that Salamander is of the Fairy Tail Guild.
Meanwhile, Lucy discovers that Salamander is pretty much the creep the reader expected him to be and, while he is a wizard, he's working with pirates to collect girls for slavery. Natsu and Happy crash the party, attempting a rescue, but Salamander uses his flame magic to whip Happy and Lucy out of the sky (did I mention Happy has wings sometimes? Yeah. Happy's a bit...peculiar). Lucy uses her gate key to summon Aquarius to send Salamander's yacht back to shore - while Natsu and Salamander get into a bit of a ruckus. We (and Lucy) find out that Natsu's teacher, Igneel, not only was a magic user but an actual dragon...and taught Natsu everything there is to know about fire magic. Natsu himself is more or less a human Salamander - as opposed to the character, Salamander, who just uses fire magically.
Lucy joins Natsu and Happy on their journey, which takes them back to their guild - Fairy Tail (surely you saw it coming?) - and the trio are an interesting alliance. Fairy Tail Guild is every bit as raucous as mentioned earlier but Natsu's soft heart gets him to accept an assignment from a young boy who's father is a guildmember. Natsu, Happy and Lucy head into the mountains to track down the missing father, only to run into a gorilla thing that resembles that albino, horned gorilla from Star Trek: TOS, only much larger. Lucy, predictably, gets kidnapped and it's up to Natsu and Happy to save her. In doing so, they find the little boy's father and bring him back home.
This has all the earmarks of a cute series, despite the vavavoom of the women (I've yet to see a female regular character who isn't spilling out of her top). The fight scenes are interesting and the magic is well done. Happy the cat disturbs me on many levels (his head is the same size as his body, for one, he walks on his hind legs and he has the appearance of a gingerbread man - not to mention the wings!) but it being a magic world, I can overlook that weirdness.
If you like Harry Potter, you might find Fairy Tail to be a fun read.
January 5, 2022
In diesem Manga begleiten wir Lucy die eine Stellarmagierin ist und sich auf der Suche nach einer Magiergilde befindet der sie beitreten möchte. In einer Stadt trifft sie auf den Feuermagier Natsu und die Katze Happy. Nachdem die 3 ein kleines Abenteuer zusammen bestehen beschließt Lucy mit den beiden mitzugehen und der Magiergilde Fairy Tail beizutreten.
Ich habe schon ewig keinen Manga gelesen und hatte leichte Schwierigkeiten reinzukommen. Der Manga und seine Geschichte hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Da ich den Anime schon bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt schon kenne und den Anfang bestimmt schon 10 Mal geschaut habe war die Geschichte an sich nichts neues für mich. Das ein oder andere neue konnte ich aber doch entdecken was es nicht in die Animeserie geschafft hat. Die Zeichnungen von HIro Mashima sind auch toll. Vor allem die Kapitelanfänge haben mir sehr gut gefallen weil diese zum Teil auch doppelseitig angelegt waren. Ich mag die Vielfältigkeit der Charaktere in diesem Manga sehr und hoffe dass ich dieses Mal an der Reihe und auch am Anime dran bleibe. Bisher habe ich nämlich einige Versuche gestartet habe aber beides noch nie beendet. Viel mehr möchte ich zum Manga gar nicht sagen.
Update nach einem Reread nach einem Jahr. Ich bin leider nicht dran geblieben. Aber vielleicht ja dieses Mal.
Ich habe schon ewig keinen Manga gelesen und hatte leichte Schwierigkeiten reinzukommen. Der Manga und seine Geschichte hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Da ich den Anime schon bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt schon kenne und den Anfang bestimmt schon 10 Mal geschaut habe war die Geschichte an sich nichts neues für mich. Das ein oder andere neue konnte ich aber doch entdecken was es nicht in die Animeserie geschafft hat. Die Zeichnungen von HIro Mashima sind auch toll. Vor allem die Kapitelanfänge haben mir sehr gut gefallen weil diese zum Teil auch doppelseitig angelegt waren. Ich mag die Vielfältigkeit der Charaktere in diesem Manga sehr und hoffe dass ich dieses Mal an der Reihe und auch am Anime dran bleibe. Bisher habe ich nämlich einige Versuche gestartet habe aber beides noch nie beendet. Viel mehr möchte ich zum Manga gar nicht sagen.
Update nach einem Reread nach einem Jahr. Ich bin leider nicht dran geblieben. Aber vielleicht ja dieses Mal.
October 28, 2016
Simply the best!
"Even if I can't see. Even if I can't hear. I have light inside me. The path I walked with my friends, is bringing light to my future. I don't fear anything! This isn't even worthy of being called pain! The worst pain is.. The pain of losing your light." -Erza Scarlet
"Even if I can't see. Even if I can't hear. I have light inside me. The path I walked with my friends, is bringing light to my future. I don't fear anything! This isn't even worthy of being called pain! The worst pain is.. The pain of losing your light." -Erza Scarlet
May 29, 2020
4.5/5 ^^
March 1, 2023
A definite comfort manga that I always find myself coming back to, it's a feel good experience that provides heart, laughs and introduces a wonderful set of characters.
June 1, 2013
Natsu a fire dragon slayer mage who was abandoned as a kid and raised by a dragon. On the year 7/7/7 all dragons disappeared from the world since then Natsu has joined a mage guild called fairy tail. In the beginning of the story a celestial spirit user by the name Lucy is tricked by another mage then saved by Natsu who later asked her to join the guild. Lucie's and Natsu's first assignment was to retrieve a book from an influential man. After this they go on more missions together with other guild members. Later on the guild gets attacked by another guild who has a steel dragon slayer. After fighting the dark guild and having their guild decimated they rebuild and get new allies Igneel the iron dragon slayer and Lluvia after this incident Laxus another dragon slayer from fairy tail attacks the guild so he can take control of as it's new master. He planned to a game to achieve his goal and fairy tail had no choice but to go along with this because he turned to stone his fellow guild members. In the beginning Natsu, Igneel nor the guild master Makarov also Laxus's grandfather. The barrier containing the guild master and the dragon slayers was then opened for the dragon slayers with the helped of the now freed guild members. In the meantime Laxus was fighting with another guild member Mistgun after Natsu arrived on the scene Mistgun left the rest to him then he left. After Laxus was defeated he was dismissed as a fairy tail member.
I would strongly recommend this manga to people. This is an action/comedy so its really not just fighting I think that the humor in the story brings it all together. You'll enjoy all the moments happy or sad the art style in this manga is good so it's really easy on the eyes. The story line with its twist well thought out so you won't get confused by it. The fighting in this is also really good it's exiting and suspenseful.
Al in all this manga is one o my favorites off all time I still read it when new chapters come out. The more I read it the more I want the next chapter to come out. This manga also had some touching moments that I felt that were really well done. When it came to the fighting you would not believe how well they also placed humor in them. I strongly recommend this manga if you are into action/comedy/fantasy types.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 18, 2023
I love my manga and this was a series that has been in my TBR for eons now. I also have friends who have recommended this.
This was the first volume of a long running series and is now into its second decade so I gave some leeway for the time.
But overall this story left me just warm and I would read more volumes to come to terms with its popularity. For someone who has not read Naruto/One Piece this is a direct plunge but what I loved was the sheer variety of characters in the volume and all sorts of characters with their own quirks and oddities. The art for me was cluttered at many points but the comic element worked for me. The story element for many parts was largely fine but especially the later chapters, I found it cumbersome to follow and some of the characters drop in without any inkling what they are intended for in this story. I am hoping that this will be clearer in the next volume that I intend to read.
I felt that the core story held promise but the reactions and actions were not up to my expectations. The fantasy seemed simplistic and aimed at a not so discerning audience.
This was the first volume of a long running series and is now into its second decade so I gave some leeway for the time.
But overall this story left me just warm and I would read more volumes to come to terms with its popularity. For someone who has not read Naruto/One Piece this is a direct plunge but what I loved was the sheer variety of characters in the volume and all sorts of characters with their own quirks and oddities. The art for me was cluttered at many points but the comic element worked for me. The story element for many parts was largely fine but especially the later chapters, I found it cumbersome to follow and some of the characters drop in without any inkling what they are intended for in this story. I am hoping that this will be clearer in the next volume that I intend to read.
I felt that the core story held promise but the reactions and actions were not up to my expectations. The fantasy seemed simplistic and aimed at a not so discerning audience.
February 7, 2016
This was so much fun and a perfect introduction to manga if you haven't read any before! I'm glad that it was a little different than the show so it kept it really interesting. I just love fairy tail, so I'll definitely be continuing soon since I'm in such a reading-slumpy mood.
December 26, 2017
Wow... Okay. This entire series is really, REALLY bad. But because weeaboos can't seem to acknowledge that, I'll have to save people from devoting countless hours and money on this pathetic excuse for a shounen manga.
To start off, the characters are terrible. Natsu is a hot-headed guy who loves eating and is a bit stupid. Definitely haven't seen that in literally EVERY shounen manga in existence. Lucy, the "main" character, has no personality besides "Sweet girl who can do nothing wrong!!!" who everyone in the series loves unconditionally for no reason. Except the villains. Only villains can hate our favorite waifu. Pretty much serves no purpose other than to appeal to prepubescent boys by shoving her boobs in the reader's face every damn panel. Grey, the rival to Natsu, is also as stale as cardboard. Let's be honest, does anyone know anything about this guy besides, "He likes getting naked for no reason!" because it seems that this guy pretty much serves the same purpose as Lucy, but instead of 12-year-old boys, he appeals to 12-year-old girls. It's quite fitting, since it'd take only a child with no standards of what makes a story good to actually like this. Also, did I mention that every character has a really terrible backstory that doesn't affect who they are "today?"
Another thing I should point out is the battles- After all, how can it be a shounen manga without any battles? And somehow, they manage to mess this up too. In pretty much every fight scene, at least one girl either gets naked or loses some of her clothing. Already off to a GREAT start. Any time our protagonists seem to be losing any battle, they're somehow saved by the power of friendship. Usually I wouldn't mind if this happens a few times, since it's a common theme in many popular shounens. But what makes them better is that they don't always rely on their trust on one-another to defeat their foes in every goddamn battle. Oh, Natsu is fighting a guy who's killed armies and is clearly significantly stronger? No worries! Natsu loves his friends very much, and that's what motivates him. Suddenly, his power increases by a million and he's strong enough to kill Evilguy666! What? Evilguy666 also has friends that he loves and trusts a lot? WELL, BY THE POWERS OF BEING THE MAIN CHARACTER, EVILGUY666 WILL DIE! Who needs actual skills and strategies to win battles when you can just think of your best friends and win instantly in ten seconds?
So basically, this entire series sucks. Don't waste your time on this garbage, there's so much better.
To start off, the characters are terrible. Natsu is a hot-headed guy who loves eating and is a bit stupid. Definitely haven't seen that in literally EVERY shounen manga in existence. Lucy, the "main" character, has no personality besides "Sweet girl who can do nothing wrong!!!" who everyone in the series loves unconditionally for no reason. Except the villains. Only villains can hate our favorite waifu. Pretty much serves no purpose other than to appeal to prepubescent boys by shoving her boobs in the reader's face every damn panel. Grey, the rival to Natsu, is also as stale as cardboard. Let's be honest, does anyone know anything about this guy besides, "He likes getting naked for no reason!" because it seems that this guy pretty much serves the same purpose as Lucy, but instead of 12-year-old boys, he appeals to 12-year-old girls. It's quite fitting, since it'd take only a child with no standards of what makes a story good to actually like this. Also, did I mention that every character has a really terrible backstory that doesn't affect who they are "today?"
Another thing I should point out is the battles- After all, how can it be a shounen manga without any battles? And somehow, they manage to mess this up too. In pretty much every fight scene, at least one girl either gets naked or loses some of her clothing. Already off to a GREAT start. Any time our protagonists seem to be losing any battle, they're somehow saved by the power of friendship. Usually I wouldn't mind if this happens a few times, since it's a common theme in many popular shounens. But what makes them better is that they don't always rely on their trust on one-another to defeat their foes in every goddamn battle. Oh, Natsu is fighting a guy who's killed armies and is clearly significantly stronger? No worries! Natsu loves his friends very much, and that's what motivates him. Suddenly, his power increases by a million and he's strong enough to kill Evilguy666! What? Evilguy666 also has friends that he loves and trusts a lot? WELL, BY THE POWERS OF BEING THE MAIN CHARACTER, EVILGUY666 WILL DIE! Who needs actual skills and strategies to win battles when you can just think of your best friends and win instantly in ten seconds?
So basically, this entire series sucks. Don't waste your time on this garbage, there's so much better.
April 23, 2016
This rating is for the fairy tali series in general, 1)because I love it and 2) but I'm not going to go through and rate every single volume.
This first volume got off to a rocky start. It is a bit confusing and the plot isn't in full swing yet, but once it heats up the series is amazing. It is dynamic, it keeps you on your toes (and with your face between its pages), and it is incredibly funny.
One of my other favorite mangas is Bleach. I am also a fan of Naruto. However, there is a significant thing that sets Fairy Tail apart from those two mangas.
BLEACH: The characters are very well developed. The basic idea is sound, but the plot is repetitive and has some serious flaws. For details, see my review on Bleach, Vol. 1.
NARUTO: The plot is excellent but I wish there was some more character development. In the first story arc, the characters all seem really immature. (I haven't gone on to the second story arc, but I hope to be starting it soon. Look out for more reviews!)
Fairy Tail: Well developed characters, phenomenal plot line, this one has a lot of great merits to it. I am not very far into it, but I can already tell that this is a manga that stands out in its own dynamic way.
Gray is my favorite character. Lucy is my least favorite character. Let me explain why.
One thing: this is the first manga I have read with the most sexual innuendos. Not sure I'm ok with that which is why Lucy is not high in the rankings of characters I like (plus she doesn't do much unless she's one-on-one).
Gray, I guess, would fit into the whole sexual innuendo thing because he takes his clothes off a lot. But, he has a lot deeper personality and a darker past (as we see in his fight with Lyon).
Anyway, I am not that far into it, so my opinions may change. However, these are my thoughts on the series so far.
This first volume got off to a rocky start. It is a bit confusing and the plot isn't in full swing yet, but once it heats up the series is amazing. It is dynamic, it keeps you on your toes (and with your face between its pages), and it is incredibly funny.
One of my other favorite mangas is Bleach. I am also a fan of Naruto. However, there is a significant thing that sets Fairy Tail apart from those two mangas.
BLEACH: The characters are very well developed. The basic idea is sound, but the plot is repetitive and has some serious flaws. For details, see my review on Bleach, Vol. 1.
NARUTO: The plot is excellent but I wish there was some more character development. In the first story arc, the characters all seem really immature. (I haven't gone on to the second story arc, but I hope to be starting it soon. Look out for more reviews!)
Fairy Tail: Well developed characters, phenomenal plot line, this one has a lot of great merits to it. I am not very far into it, but I can already tell that this is a manga that stands out in its own dynamic way.
Gray is my favorite character. Lucy is my least favorite character. Let me explain why.
One thing: this is the first manga I have read with the most sexual innuendos. Not sure I'm ok with that which is why Lucy is not high in the rankings of characters I like (plus she doesn't do much unless she's one-on-one).
Gray, I guess, would fit into the whole sexual innuendo thing because he takes his clothes off a lot. But, he has a lot deeper personality and a darker past (as we see in his fight with Lyon).
Anyway, I am not that far into it, so my opinions may change. However, these are my thoughts on the series so far.
January 20, 2021
This manga really is something that's one real adventure. In the beginning of this story, we mainly follow Lucy, who yearns to join the most popular wizard guild called Fairy Tail. She already meets some of the members of this messy guild, including the brave but out of control Natsu and his talking cat Happy, and gets her first taste of the action and wonders where her place will be in her new life.
There's plenty of fantasy, humor and action within this first volume of a great manga. My favorite thing is the art style that makes it both very beautiful and cartoonish too. It's definitely like "One Piece", but with more fantasy than swashbuckling. I'm ready to adventure with more Fairy Tail. A- (91%/Excellent)
There's plenty of fantasy, humor and action within this first volume of a great manga. My favorite thing is the art style that makes it both very beautiful and cartoonish too. It's definitely like "One Piece", but with more fantasy than swashbuckling. I'm ready to adventure with more Fairy Tail. A- (91%/Excellent)
September 7, 2019
Having only watched a few episodes of the anime series, I decided to delve into the manga as my first experience with reading manga. I think I am now addicted to manga. Immediately, I loved this. I have no idea how to even go about reviewing manga but I will have a go.
I loved the quirkiness and silly humour. It was engaging and kept my interest throughout. The art style was the perfect combination of cute and sophisticated. The three characters, Natsu, Lucy and Happy were introduced well and I enjoyed learning about them and each of the wizard types which were shown in the volume.
After finishing, I immediately began the next volume.
I loved the quirkiness and silly humour. It was engaging and kept my interest throughout. The art style was the perfect combination of cute and sophisticated. The three characters, Natsu, Lucy and Happy were introduced well and I enjoyed learning about them and each of the wizard types which were shown in the volume.
After finishing, I immediately began the next volume.
November 8, 2021
This was my introduction to manga. The book has an interesting premise with magic guilds where wizards of different kinds work together. Only this isn’t explored much beyond the fairy tail guild. The main female character is honestly a bit ditzy and unnecessarily sexualised (the latter goes for all female characters, idk if this is a manga theme bc i’m not here for it). Some scenes fee unfinished while the story hops to the next one, overall I could do with a bit more backstory and world-building. Also the talking cat does not get enough picture time - might pick up the second one to see if this builds, but open to better manga recommendations.
March 30, 2021
I LOVE IT!!
November 19, 2024
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1. i've watched fairy tail before up to a certain point, but wanted to catch up to it all again, so here is me reading it!! (i have a lot of nostalgia with this, so i'm trying to rate it realistically, but i will always secretly subjectively enjoy it way more)
2. i love that natsu and happy never interrupted lucy as she was droning on and on about wizards and guilds, when she assumed that neither of these two would know anything about magic. it's a little bit asshole-ish of her, but they really couldn't care less about she thought they were, and this is what i like about my main characters >:3
3. also, i VERY much feel with natsu about motion sickness. even just imagining to be in a car..... [shudders]
4. natsu's scarf looks more like dragon scales in the manga than it does in the anime, i'm noticing
5. natsu jumped like a dog to eat the council's letters set on fire by makarov
6. since lucy is the one narrating what's happening, it reads a lot like her own journal, which i kind of like
7. gray smokes? why didn't i know this before??
1. i've watched fairy tail before up to a certain point, but wanted to catch up to it all again, so here is me reading it!! (i have a lot of nostalgia with this, so i'm trying to rate it realistically, but i will always secretly subjectively enjoy it way more)
2. i love that natsu and happy never interrupted lucy as she was droning on and on about wizards and guilds, when she assumed that neither of these two would know anything about magic. it's a little bit asshole-ish of her, but they really couldn't care less about she thought they were, and this is what i like about my main characters >:3
3. also, i VERY much feel with natsu about motion sickness. even just imagining to be in a car..... [shudders]
4. natsu's scarf looks more like dragon scales in the manga than it does in the anime, i'm noticing
5. natsu jumped like a dog to eat the council's letters set on fire by makarov
6. since lucy is the one narrating what's happening, it reads a lot like her own journal, which i kind of like
7. gray smokes? why didn't i know this before??
June 21, 2017
I watched a few episodes of the anime at one point and really enjoying it, so I've been considering getting the manga for months now. Unfortunately, it's very long and not yet finished, so I kept postponing it until I finally saw it on Humble Bundle today and jumped at the opportunity (45 volumes at the price of about 2 volumes? SIGN ME UP!)
Anyway, the first volume is a fairly good start to the series - there's the compulsory "pilot" episode where a minor issue is solved and characters get to display their various powers (Lucy can summon cool spirits, Natsu does fire magic and Happy is an occasionally flying cat), personalities and motivations. It's fairly standard, but that doesn't make it bad - the universe seems interesting, the story is easy to follow, you get a few teasers that bigger issues are afoot and everything generally seems cool enough, even if it hasn't properly started yet.
Anyway, the first volume is a fairly good start to the series - there's the compulsory "pilot" episode where a minor issue is solved and characters get to display their various powers (Lucy can summon cool spirits, Natsu does fire magic and Happy is an occasionally flying cat), personalities and motivations. It's fairly standard, but that doesn't make it bad - the universe seems interesting, the story is easy to follow, you get a few teasers that bigger issues are afoot and everything generally seems cool enough, even if it hasn't properly started yet.
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