User blog comment:Miskos3/Final Chapter in Official Color + Hiro Mashima's interview/@comment-200.8.22.175-20170728103827

"The thing that I really want to point out is that during its 11 years of run, Fairy Tail has never gone on a break. That's really crazy."

That's cute, but cosidering the actual quality behind the most important aspect of his storytelling, the writting itself, was subpar at best, then maybe going on a small break to clear his head would have been a good idea.

Besides, let's be honest, as impressive as it may seem at first, when one considers the in terms of the art, most of the characters are lookalikes of each other, especially if the females' case, it's not as amazing that he could pull it off.