User blog comment:BlackWizardZeref/Fairy Tail Chapter 382: Alegria/@comment-24748439-20140501015948/@comment-4829046-20140501144622

Granted Nick that the being restricted to one particular region is a typical cliche though. Some series can pull it off with their sheer scope and ambiguity but it is very difficult to pull off. Even in LOTR the scope is restricted to "Middle Earth" and not that far-off continent the Elves went to. Plus the fact that apparently that place is devoid of dark creatures or carnage.

Bleach botches it. Naruto does it to some extent but the fact that we never really get a "world map" just a map with all the 5 Major lands, all in one continent. One Piece gets praise for this though, but the problem with OP is that the scope is TOO massive. I mean, how do you get back to those islands in the beginning of the story? O_o