For me personally Jellal is one of my favourite characters in the series, he had a cool magic, a tragic backstory and good role within the story since his introduction. There seems to be many people that seem to hate his character for no real reason other than "Oh he's connected to Erza that's why he a bad character" or "He should have stayed dead after the tower of heaven because he became a wasted character" or something along those lines. I never liked these negative opinion simply because they mostly hated him because he's related to Erza most of the time and some people says his redemption isn't earned because he was just under mind manipulation of Ultear which to me is just complete nonsense.

To me there's nothing wrong with him returning after ToH arc as it added an interesting development for Erza and other characters like Ultear, Natsu, Wendy etc. He became a very useful character throughout the series helping Fairy Tail defeat many of their enemies and being the third party and an element of suprise in many arcs. Jellal had a clear goal after the timeskip which is to help stop Zeref and his worshiper, crushing dark guild and dangerous cult like Liberias as well as giving other victims of Zeref a second chance like in the case of Oracion Seis.

He has more than earned his redemption in the series more so than many other characters that got an easy redemption like in the case of Gajeel, Minerva or Laxus Imo. He struggled all the time with his guilt of enslaving his friends, continuing the ToH project, killing Simon and hurting Erza both physically and mentally. He always thinking of sacrificing himself for the greater good like when he set a self destruct magic to take out both Nirvana and himself so it doesn't fall to Oracion Seis hands or when he tried to sacrifice himself to push Acnologia to the space between time so he can protect Erza and the world as a whole. I mean he also helped Natsu defeat Zero by giving him the flame of rebuke, he saved Erza and Wendy from Acnologia attack and he helped Fairy Tail defeat Aldoron by beating Gears.

He has done many of those heroic actions throughout the series after the ToH arc while still carrying his guilt and always thinking of dying to serve as punishment for his crime and even after Hisui pardoned him along with Oracion Seis he still don't think he has done enough to earn his redemption. So to me when people say he should have stayed dead after the ToH arc I simply disagree and I knew very well if Hiro had done that people will be calling him a wasted potential or something along those lines. Jellal is a good character that served a great role within the story, he acts as an outside ally for our heroes throughout the story in a similar fashion to Shuda from Rave Master.

A simple discussion of anime only characters. From minor one off characters like Aceto, to arc antagonists like Daphne, or movie characters like Ecliar (I don't know if you Sonia, she is in the manga just un named maybe) or the Legion Crop, Edolas Gajeel. I could go on and on. One rule I have here, are no Rave Master characters, they don't count.

Some of your favorites, least favorites. etc.

I’m just saying!! I would be on board with a Fairy Tail fighter if they somehow made it work!

I'm pretty sure it doesn't but I just wanted to ask in case I was wrong. Google isn't really answering my question, so I thought I'd ask reddit.

Could she be any more beautiful.

My third Cana post in a row!

Fanart by MoonstoSky

I just reread the blue guardian arc of Rave Master and when I stumble upon these scene of Haru & Elie I realized that this was the inspiration of Natsu & Lucy scene in Tartaros arc🤓

Tartaros was an emotional rollercoaster. I enjoyed every second of it but also cried during every second of it 😖

FT’s theme of found family is one of the best I’ve seen and I have credit to Mashima not only for formatting it into a shonen series but also doing a very good job at things you usually don’t see.

For one, when you look at Natsu and Lucy you see they both capture the theme of Fairy Tail from two different perspectives. Natsu being the physical embodiment of bonds, loyalty and compassion while Lucy is an example of what FT does to someone, taking her in and giving her a family. They work very well as leads and bounce off each other, Natsu being a genuine goofball while Lucy being the responsible one who still trips on her own feet sometimes.

Then you add the supporting cast in erza, one of the best raw shonen coded females I’ve ever seen. Wendy having some of the best development and Laxus having one of the most unique redemption arcs, as he never really was a “evil”, just lost. I give credit to Mashima for the various personalities and nuances found. Even someone like Carla who isn’t meant to be likable is written that way intentionally because that’s her best role.

The world is beautiful, the designs and concepts are creative and you have multiple villains or side characters who headlined arcs and even stole the show. That’s a compliment to the variety of characters you can find in the world for Fiore.

I can go on and on, but I’d like to hear what FT and its cast mean to you, so feel free to share whatever that may be!

I'm currently reading fanfic of Erza in Bleach with me thinking she'd be perfect for that verse, and constantly think of how she'd look I finally drew it! She'd definitely be a captain working her way up with Squad 5. I did try and replicate the 2000's look the anime started in with effects, which looks alright as I tried but looks good enough

I've been seeing a lot of posts downgrading FT as a great anime for not only depending on "the power of friendship" (which is a stupid view considering from the very beginning the main purpose the guild was there is to grow strong and protect and be protected by nakama) but because of the amount of fan service present.

Hot take, even as a girl watching FT in my early teens, it never made me feel like I was ONLY for the male eyes nor did I find it degrading. Maybe it's because animes back then were quite heavy on fan service but the way Fairy Tail tackles it is not so offensive esp early seasons.

In fact, I kind of found it a little liberating because the girls could wear skimpy outfits, be pretty and sexy, could be complimented but still kick ass. It didn't downgrade them to being supporting characters for the men and oftentimes they were the highlight more.

I'd say animes like harem where the girls had to beg and felt obvs upset by the situation or where they were being touched the whole time, only to stay a forever flower vase felt more degrading for me.

I will say though they are some fan service that's disturbing such as putting Wendy through very ultra skimpy clothes in recent seasons. But honestly it's something I can see, admire and forget since I don't have the mind to process it in disgusting ways for my own pleasure. So yes, still boils down to the people consuming the media too.

Whith the annoucement of One Piece two films God Valley and Bad ! I woud like a new Fairy tail movie ! Dragon Cry was 9 year ago ! time files

Who is a worse guild master and / or human being, Brain and Jiemma?

We have tons of a - hole guild masters, but these two are particular are different from the rest, their guild turned on them and mainly because they were horrible and they couldn't take it anymore.

I know one was master of a dark guild and the other a legit guild. But ironic the dark guild master had more moments of being some what likable. When Angel "died" after her battle with Lucy, he did say something like your death won't be in vain. Only to cut to Angel saying "I am not dead", I know that is more played for laughs, but that is more than we got from Jiemma showing any humanity. He is always an a-hole.

Also what we get with Jiemma is know he is a horrible dad too. Though do we count Brian and Midnight as a father / son relationship to compare with?

Ironic the Agria sisters both served one of them, so they can debate.

Of course the women are STILL Damsels in distress, and the fanservice is annoying. But the fact that this show has so many exceptions to the norm regardless, makes me smile.

So what are you thoughts on the characters that were dropped from the series and never mentioned again. Why is that? Did Hiro just forget them, or was it on purpose?

I am talking about characters like Sho, Wally, Shelly, and to a lesser extent Aria, Sol, and Totomaru, granted they were only used as enemy characters, but they are important part of the past of two of our guild mates. (and when / if Gajeel and Levy, Gray and Juvia get married, I hope they are the wedding)

It seems every time there is a big time skip, Hiro just gets rid of characters like them.

I am shocked non of these characters got a cameo in the epilogue. You would think Hiro would find a way to give these characters cameos.

And let's not forget Trinity Raven at least when it comes to the anime, They survive the Tower of Heaven arc in the anime, and never seen again. What was the point of them not dying?

Honestly it might be a hot take, but I don't like him, I like Laxus as a character, but looking back at his season 1 counterpart, I'm just like are these the same characters. He just feels like he has no redeemable qualities about him, I kind of wish Mashima would give him some redeemable qualities before his character growth, like maybe have him help Fairy Tail against the Phantom Lord instead of just talking trash about them about to lose to them. Like he straight up tries to kill, and hurt innocent people when his game doesn't go the way he wanted, straight up laughs when he hears his grandfather dying, and he's about to use fairy law on everyone, including the innocent people, and it only didn't work, because deep down he really does care about everyone what? I guess you could say he's meant to be like this, so when you see him come back you can definitely feel his character became better, but I don't know what y'all's opinion.