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Most of these long shounen Manga (Anime) have it rough.
I think that a lot of stories (Manga in particular) always have to go through 3 very important stages throughout its respective running periods.
these stages are:
1- Opening (Buildup)
2- Middle (Execution)
3- End (Ending)
Lets first briefly start breaking down each one of these and define them then lets see how mighty Fairy Tail did in each stage.
Opening:-
this stage includes the plot, story, charatcers, their relationship and the setting of the whole Manga including mysteries, backstories, a goal for every important character,
basically everything you need to have in your head as a mangaka ... before you start writing!
which means you dont have to really add or change anything else once you have passed this stage because this might lead to potential plot holes and unnecessary contradictions in the story.
when everything is set and ready to go you start advancing to the second stage!

Middle:- This is when things start clearing up. mysteries are revealed, plots executed, everything becomes prepared for that long awaited climax!

End: this is the most critical stage, one bad move and everything will fall apart so expectedly this is also where most writers fail miserably.
as machiavelli said:"A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain." what does that have to do with anything? well it is quite relevant. also it's always cool to quote cool people like machiavelli.

Now that i'm done defining and breaking down each stage, lets openly talk about how fairy tail did in each one of these.

building up a story or a manga or whatever is not really that hard, you just need a bit of imagination and a bit knowledge because you will have to see where others started and kinda do the same, Fairy Tail did just that. a by the book setting, main character & story.
which is absolutely fine since you dont really have to be so different to be successful specially in the first stage! Building up everything was pretty successful in my opinion, we were provided with exiting arcs & great battles and amazing development in the first hundred chapters or so.

and Since Fairy Tail provided a lot of good build up and we were expecting to witness at least a decent execution of all of that tension and mystery, For me i wasn't disappointed.
Fairy tail didn't fail to impress me with the execution as it was able to add new mysteries right after revealing previous ones and was able to keep me hooked until the very end! until, but as it progressed, disappointment started to mainfest as each arc became weaker and weaker in terms of execution while providing enormous potential at the beginning which leads to a huge letdown as nothing met its expectation.

but the reason why Fairy tail got shut down by a lot of reviewers and fans wasn't because of that, remember that cool quote at the "End" Stage? yeah that.
Fairy tail failed miserably at that stage which resulted in everyone bashing it and giving it a low score, they can't be blamed even if it might be unfair to judge it all by how it ends, but that has been an ironclad rule in judging a tv show or a manga, you can't give something a good score if the ending was awful.

I only wrote this review to remind people of how good fairy tail used to be and that we shouldn't judge it by that ending and give some credit to the first two stages which fairy tail did amazing in. Thats all.

Now finally i'm going to rate all the aspects soundly and give my fair and final judgement on why fairy tail isn't as bad as people make it out to be and also why it is kinda still acceptably bad.

Story: 7

classic story, nothing much to be said here.
One negative thing i might say about the story is how most things are absolutely forgotten along the way, you might find this in other shounen cause its pretty common but that doesn't make it welcomed in my dictionary, natsuu has no idea where the fuck he is going as he doesn't really have any dream to achieve or any status he would want to be like that felxible hat guy or the other ninja retard as everything happening in the story leads to absolutely nothing, he just finds stuff to do along the way which is kinda ridiculous and weakens the essence of the story.

Art: 8

Art was suitable for the atmosphere of the manga, also an amazing talent at drawing erotic female characters so maybe this guy isn't so bad.

Character: 7

most characters are kinda pointless except for the main ones, I think this guy thinks as long as he dedicated an entire arc for a supporting character, they have no right to complain about not having any relevance to the story anymore but whatever.
also fairy tail is keen on following the rule of "if you are a bad guy don't switch sides as you will turn into an utterly useless sidekick for the hero and you wont have any value anymore" for some reason.

Enjoyment: 8

to be honest despite all the bullshit i really enjoyed it and i think anyone can as long as they disregard the few negative irregularities which includes poor conception of time travel, pointless characters, thought projections that have emotions and shit, enormous build up that makes your thing throbs with excitement but ends up disappointing you everytime, a warrior who is able to fight even after getting every nerve of their body destroyed because they love their friends (emotional) i wont say more To avoid anymore spoilers.
so if you are fine with these things i think you will quite enjoy the fairy tail ride as it's not all about logic! You will soon learn how friendship is way more important.

Overall: 7

all the jokes aside, Fairy Tail is quite decent for those who want to see exciting battles, Heartwarming moments, funny characters and most importantly: Fanservice.

Okay, I never expected it to be good but it surely exceeded my expectations, usually i find genres involving mafia, guns, gangsters.. etc. to be just pure action and fireworks anime, which for me is kinda dull and overused, maybe that's the reason i wasn't really looking forward for this one, but it convinced me by around the sixth or seventh episode, i guess what made it different from black lagoon or any similar anime from the same genre, is the intense execution of the story, the goal of the story, which was actually being carried out throughout the whole series, it never diverted, usually ... stories related to revenge, vengeance, specially in recent years, you see an exciting plot and a potentially good series but things get ruined halfway because most of them divert, or just totally try to distract the viewers, sometimes it makes me feel like the existing plot's main purpose was to attract viewers without actually going along with it fully, there are many anime ive seen that revolve about the idea of vengeance but i can't remember seeing one that went through with it to the very end, well this is a one thing, other trait that made it stand out between all the similar shows from the same genre was the genuine drama and the real tragic atmosphere that many recent works lacked, gangsta being the newest one.

Story: 7

the story doesn't attract people who've been disappointed before with something similar, but once you actually see it everything changes, but that gives it a good old 7.

Character: great set of characters, very unique indeed, realism was kinda lacking not noticeably if i say so myself, the variety of characters that stood out in a short amount of time was something worth complimenting, i felt very close to the two main characters and i felt the all around intensity of their relationship, i know it sounds corny but i think i connected very well with everyone.

Enjoyment: 8

I've seen few fantastic works this summer but this one was definitely the most enjoyable, without a doubt, it had pretty much everything an anime from its genre should produce, Dark atmosphere, actual genuine drama, and a good story with a great execution, absolutely no attempts in tricking at any way. I just loved it.

Overall: 8

an 8 for me isn't a big deal but not always actually, i have grades for "9" and its actually the most charming grade i could give to a show, it expresses many emotions between bewilderment to honor, i give 8 in an attempt of doing my list justice, "8" is the savior and the most graceful grade, it symbolizes the great and the less great, when its too good for a 7 or a bit deficient for a solid 9, thats when an "8" comes in.

well I have always wanted to watch Black butler but i didn't have any time to, but I finally got my chance ,at first everything seemed normal and nothing much was unleashed which i thought was normal of course but all the praises and compliments i've heard about how amazing this anime is, made me rethink about the beginning being so humble, i prejudged it after the episode 9 ,, and i thought it wasn't that much of an anime and it didn't reach my expectations, but as i continued ,my review began to change gradually , It finally reached my expectations after the final ... episode ! everything afterward went just perfectly as it should've been for it in order to have my liking, i surprisingly and strangely changed my point of view about this anime , anyways the biggest flaw is still not having a storyline ,,.. unfortunately it lacked the goal of the anime, every episode has a different meaning and a total different goal except some few ,.. i thought it would be even greater if it had a specific manner to liven up the watcher and rise the excitement for another degree further, specially those who tend to get bored when there is no goal existing in the anime and every episode has a different line even if not totally or entirely different , it's pretty much the same, I'd give it the highest rating if it was just a little better ,but i think that is enough for a great anime .. the second season remains unwatched ,, soon i might completely change my mind about this anime but first the second season must be seen, there are some few other things which i didn't like about this anime but since i can't say any without putting some spoilers on the front i didn't say or utter any .. maybe a hint,, .. even though the flaw of the story for me is that it didn't match up to a really specific storyline, even the little goal that existed in the story wasn't much .. i usually tend to hate those animes that ignore the supporting character all the time, and try to give them some role if they want them to die so they'd be like kind of meaningful to the anime, also the stories that are just put to fill the emptiness the Studio tends sometime to feel in the anime, some meaningless things i don't appreciate but I'm surely not the kind of a person who likes to criticize any anime unless i really liked it and wanted it to have been even better, Like this one I'm reviewing, I don't care if you find my review unhelpful by the way :P