User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 500: Fire and Ice, Review./@comment-27281341-20160906085027/@comment-27281341-20160907182857

I agree with you Misk. FT, is (or was), a series that is more about the charcaters, which was what originally grabbed my attention. But, as of lately, this has disappeared. Now, it's more about the plot, but the plot has not yet been fully revealed. I don't know if that makes any sense, but that's what i feel.

Rave,obviously, had a much better plot, because the plot was introduced to the reader from the beginning. Hiro also was more risky back then. To my understanding, Fairy Tail's plot is the adventures of Lucy after she joined Fairy Tail. Now, i won't say that this is bad, but it calls for a different execution than a story like Rave Mater, where the quest is saving the world.

And this is where the problem lies with Fairy Tail, IMO. The execution. Fairy Tail has a great setting, but is a wasted potential of a series. Characters either don't get any particular development, i.e. Natsu, or stay like this for long periods of time, gradually becoming boring, i.e. Erza. For a series that is more about it's characters than it's plot, the character development and casual conversation moments between characters are very much lacking. Add the fact that the world feels completely empty and then you get repetitive arcs and uninteresting battles. These are, IMO, the main problems of FT.

Now, imagine FT having as a writer Oda and as an artist Mashima. Many of these problems wouldn't have existed.