| Super_Boom said: Haven't commented in here in a while...but I just read Fairy Tail and I'm pretty upset....and need to vent. Gajeel's death scene...part of me is thinking...oh it's Fairy Tail, he'll be back by the end of the arc. This manga is the epitome of shounen asspulls, he'll be back and everyone will be happy. The problem is...I've read Hiro's first manga, Rave Master, already...and a very similar scene happens there with a former villain. The character gives up her life to keep her loved one happy, comments on all her guilt, and thinks about forming a family with the one she's sacrificing herself for. I really really want to hope that Hiro is trolling for tension...but after what happened in RM...I'm pretty worried that I just saw an actual main character death. We'll see...maybe this will be resolved somehow. And if it isn't...maybe the manga will seem stronger as a result. Still...for now...I'm pretty mad about this development. Gajeel was my favorite character for a long time, and Gajevy one of my top 3 pairings. Seven Deadly Sins was also pretty sad this week...but it seems like nothing after FT. I might comment on it when I'm less upset. |
Besides a lot of the fights being terrible, one of the main reasons I quit Fairy Tail was because of the Ultear situation and her fate. Pissed me the hell off. It was like the author tried to make the whole thing as bloody cliched as possible. I was furious. Yes, she was one of my favorite characters, but I still would have been annoyed over such an obvious trope no matter what. The whole thing with the former villain having to suffer in order to gain redemption is so incredibly cheap and lazy. More than that, it was ALL SO NATSU COULD GET THE FUCKING CREDIT. I mean, the way it was handled was just like, "oh, she used to be bad, so this is inevitable." Seriously, the mangka of Fairy Tail is good at certain things but when it comes to actually writing, I consider them to be a hack.
