User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Chapter 362: Natsu vs. Jackal, Predictions./@comment-174.113.47.178-20131125214846/@comment-4829046-20131126182213

If you slap so much fanservice and epic characters then of course you catch people's attention =P That's a rule of manga.

I myself experienced that whenever I brought an FT volume to school, Gajeel became the center of attention due to his awesome appearance and of course all the girls... as usual *rolls eyes* This did not change even after I changed schools. The day I brought it to my new school this one guy went all fanboy and wanted to draw Gajeel, which was pretty much what happened at my previous school too.

Ironically back when my pals were just experiencing what animanga was with Dragon Ball and Naruto being the kick-starters, it was RAVE that was more popular, and as you can guess, was entirely due to Elie >_> Yep. All you need is Elie's pic in a boy's school and lo Rave has a fanbase. You should have seen how many people were trying to get their hands on the volumes. However Naruto always took priority back then and Dragon Ball and Rave became old news after some time.