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| Super_Boom said: I was actually okay with that ending...and a few other sudden victories that arc. Laxus dominating Raven Tail was amazing to me, since it was so unexpected at the time. Sting's scene was a good character development for him, since he had the chance to to take a cheap victory when all his opponents were weakened, and chose not to. Still...almost every other fight that arc was really anti-climactic. Gray vs. Rufus and Erza vs. Minerva were pretty bad in particular...like Hiro wanted to set up a fight and just got bored a chapter after starting it. He feels like a kid with ADHD sometimes. Also...I'm watching you, Poko...*glares* |
Everyone see that! Bullying!
Also, I never want to think about Gray vs. Rufus again. He spent forever building Rufus and then the fight happened and it was nothing. I was completely pissed off. That's the thing with Fairy Tail. New bad guys appear, they're hyped to the sky, then it's like, "oh, they're nothing much, really."
As far as gateway anime, as odd as it sounds, that would probably be the Cutey Honey OAVs. A friend of a friend was like "here, watch this," and they blew me away. Yeah, she was hot, and that was great for a kid my age, but it was more the fact that there was actual storytelling, and the female hero was kickass, and the villians were dark and evil. It felt so much more interesting and compelling then sanitized monster-of-the-week cartoons. It made me look for more stuff with a similar vibe.
I've said this before but my gateway manga was probably Yankee-kun to Megane-chan. Before that, I was anime only. I can't even remember why I started reading it, either. It was either because I saw the drama first (probably) or that I thought "megane-chan" was cute. Still one of the funniest manga out there.
