Series in one sentence:
A girl with the lamest magic powers ever gets accepted to the most reserved and talented magic club known in the country, without issues. Okey then.
Series in more sentences:
A young girl dreams of entering the most well-known magic guild, called Fairy Tail, and become a great wizard like them. She is quick to get accepted and embarks in many quests and adventures with her new friends at the guild.
I started watching this series because I remembered a friend praising it to me almost 6 years ago. He made it seem like it was pure brilliance, but I was less than impressed.
I'll be honest, it's been a while since I last saw it, but I really don't want to go back to it to check the facts. It started getting over-dramatic and boring quite fast, it didn't take long for me to stop caring about the series.
A thing I don't like about animes is those stories where the main character gets a bunch of "best friends ready to die for them" within the same second she meets them for the first time, and this anime was quick to push this girl in that situation.
Nevertheless, I did think that the characters had an awesome introduction. I dare say, all characters started out better when they..started out. For example, the dark-haired ice boy likes to fight with the pink-haired guy and often takes off his shirt. Especially when explained why he does that, it's funny. But eventually, both traits stop being a running gag and become more of an occasional easter egg.
And then there's the red-haired warrior maiden that didn't waste any words and everybody feared, but then all of the sudden she becomes casual with the two that were afraid of her just 2 episodes ago. All these years they were intimidated by her, but when this blonde girl gets into the mix, they are fine hanging out with her all of the sudden? It did not make sense to me.
The nail that sealed the coffin for me was when the main character's stupid overdramatic backstory entered the scene. The backstory itself wasn't that bad, even though I still don't know the details of it, but when the others started risking their lives for this girl they really don't have a decent connection with and she in response started sobbing for them, I had enough.
A bunch of strangers sobbing for a bunch of strangers does not get me involved in the story.
I would've liked the series better if the characters went on regular quests; but things escalated rapidly, and I don't think the characters know each other enough to be put in such situations. I found this to already be the case when they tried to save that village in the first season.
I just did not care.
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