Template:Real Tail/July 2013



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Yo dear readers. Today, before the star of our usual column, let's give a look at the trailer for the special crossover between Rave Master and Fairy Tail!!



It seems it will be freaking awesome. with a lot of ecchi scenes :3

So, this month's theme will be special. We're going to talk about the polemic similarities between the Fairy Tail and One Piece series. This is a subject recognizable by many, to the point of being mentioned by One Piece Wiki and by TV Tropes (see the Fairy Tail section) But are there really similarities? Let's give a look at some instances:

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN HEAVY SPOILERS OF ONE PIECE

These were the main ones. If you dig a little deeper, you may also find some minor similarities:


 * "Hammer" Lala's weapon is a "hammer" in the shape of a hand, called Stronger. Pretty unorthodox. Doc Q's pet is a horse called Stronger, that's always sick. Pretty unorthodox.


 * Hiroshi's "super" may not be a reference to Franky's "super", but rather to another "Super". At the same time, One Piece's "Cavendish" may not be "Cavendish", but rather another "Cavendish". Those were awesome movies, by the way.


 * In One Piece's pilot chapter, Luffy's ship was called "Fairy Tale".

See? This world of manga may pretty small if you look at it. Doesn't mean that they're both plagiarizing each other, sometimes similar ideas are brought to more than one person at that time. It may be just a mere coincidence. Well, or not.

Do you have other similarities to share? It doesn't necessarily need to be Fairy Tail X One Piece.