User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 500: Fire and Ice, Review./@comment-27281341-20160906085027/@comment-5303512-20160906150835

I think he stated that he wanted to write a happy version of Rave, since there are many cameos of past Rave characters. There is also the difference in how the stories are told, Rave is a long running, no stopping in one place Advanture to achieve on ultimate goal, just like with One Piece. Fairy Tail on the other hand is like World of Warcraft, you take a quest, you go on it, you finish it, then you come back for a new one. There is no central end point as there is new quests everytime, no singular or consistent plot, just like Bleach.