Review 2: Fairy Tail

   Since I'm reviewing more the manga and not the anime, I couldn't find a particualry relevant video, so I put in the first opening for the Fairy Tail anime. Also, I've only read the first 30 chapters or so, so I won't put a big long summary because I have only read a little bit. And yes, hooray, hopefully this one won't be as long as the last one.

   This shonen series is about a mage girl, Lucy, who, after meeting another mage, Natsu, joins a mage guild, Fairy Tail. There are many different guilds. The guilds work by taking requests, and offering the requests to the mages in the guild. The requests are tasks that someone wants done and usually have a monetary reward. Lucy, Natsu, Natsu's cat Happy, and two other mages that Natsu if familiar with usually end up working on requests as a team. The whole Fairy Tail guild are a bunch of good hearted troublemakers, and usually by the time the request is completed at least one building if not more have been somehow destroyed. I haven't gotten to any major plot arcs yet in the series, and so far the series seems to be about Lucy, Natsu, and Happy's adventures.

   I have really enjoyed what I've read from this series. The series reminds me a lot of One Piece, which I also really liked, so that could have something to do with it. The art style is simple but still has enough detail to make it interesting. As with One Piece, I love the characters and the variety between them. The story, from what I've read, seems fairly humorous and happy, but (once again like One Piece) can be serious when it needs to. The pages are easy to read and are nice and neat, as well as all of the panels are in a logical order.

   If you are looking for a new shonen series and liked One Piece, then this is probably a good series for you. And if you've never read One Piece and have no idea why I'm talking about it so much, then if you'd like a humorous action/adventure manga, then read this. (or read One Piece. Or read  both). The only warning, it is around 230 chapters long, so if you're looking for a quick read, you may want to look elsewhere. (and in that case, don't read One Piece either. It's even longer.)

   Thanks to youtube for the video, and http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/fairy_title.jpg for the picture. And on another note, how on earth did this end up being so long?