Fairy tail was been my favorite anime, I watched it from when it started airing.
• Let me say this if you want to watch fairy tail, drop it at the end of tenroujima arc, that would feel like a far superior ending the series than its real ending. Or you could stop at season 1.
• This review is for both manga and anime
• The first season of fairy tail is actually really good. [ the phantom guild arc, oracion seis arc, tenrou arc were actually good arse shounen arcs.

• From season 2 onwards it is full of ecchi fan service [gets out of hand] and the power of friendship, which season 1 also has but from S2 onwards it gets out of hands
• S3 or the final season is mostly a single arc, the spriggan 12 arc – which is one of the absolute trash arc in shounen, it is a war between two kingdom arc [perfect for an ending] but the way it was written or played out makes me think why did I watch or read it to end, cause nothing which kept me to watch it resolved at the end or is done by cheap and laziest way. The final arc is the epitome of the power of friendship where every win is through that. There were some fake deaths which after a while become really annoying and felt like power levels in this is trashier than DRAGON BALL [I mainly meant DBS].

• Story 5 Mediocre
It had its glory in the previous season, but season 3 is complete joke compared to the first season.

• Art 6 Fair
The art in the anime is so low budget. S1 art was somewhat better, form s2 onwards they added some kind of brightness filter, and s3 we have fight scenes done on a PowerPoint.

• Sound 10 Outstanding
Takanashi’s osts drive the show. I still love the music in this anime.

• Character 7 Good
There are some good characters with developments, but I don’t think their growth mattered at the end of the show, so if you don’t watch the ending or at least the final few episodes I think they are really good characters. I mentioning some characters like ERZA, JELLAL, GAJEEL, GRAY. Among them ERZA become a trash character at the last arcs, instead for every arc, hiro finds a way to relate what’s happening to LUCY, and have some fan service for no reason from her.
• Enjoyment 6 Fair
The enjoyment I had on this show decreased considerably as the series progressed.
• Overall 6