User blog comment:DarkLordZeta/Is it just me or has Fairy Tail/@comment-74.61.219.92-20140410022721/@comment-195.83.74.2-20140410143046

I know Mashima's artstyle changed and I think it's currently great (it was at the start too). Apart for those women but it's rather unimportant (not a detail to me though sometimes it feels really exaggerated). Of course he's awesome for drawing and releasing chapters that quickly and consistently. I still enjoy reading Fairy Tail despite Lucy being annoying (among many many other things), like many others I guess...

I have to disagree on the art quality from Naruto and One Piece though (don't read Toriko)... They're different styles, I like it a lot in One Piece, character designs are totally unrealistic but they're fine that way to me (women are exaggerated as well but everything is so it blends better) and backgrounds are really well done. Well as for Naruto it definitely ain't bad. I agree if you're saying Fairy Tail art is better for the most part (at least female body proportions aren't bullshit in Naruto).

I don't even think Rave art was worse than Fairy Tail art is. As for the story...