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Review: Fairy Tail, Vol. 02

Fairy Tail, Vol. 02 Fairy Tail, Vol. 02 by Hiro Mashima
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Let's make like a certain YouTube gnome and get riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigt into the review! (Except it's not really a review it's mostly just my thoughts on a few things.)

If you've caught up to Fairy Tail 2014 you might've caught up enough to get to an arc that introduces the existance of "treasure hunter" guilds. Normally this is pretty bad storytelling--to go hundreds of episodes without ever mentioning the fact that there are other kinds of guilds and then expect viewers to just go along with it when poof all of a sudden there's a new type of guild. I know I myself was thrown off by it, but then again it is Fairy Tail which isn't exactly known for its impeccable storytelling, so I didn't question it too much. But now having read this second volume of the manga, I've learned that it wasn't actually Hiro Mashima's fault (the creator of Fairy Tail), but the anime adaptor's.

Now, I don't know if maybe I'm misremembering the anime or not, but I don't remember no "Vanishing Brothers", okay? These brothers are actually part of a "bodyguard" guild. So if the anime skipped these guys then that's where that particular bit of worldbuilding went. If they actually are in the anime and I actually just forgot about them then my point kind of goes out the window, but I do feel relatively secure in my memory of the beginning of the anime. There are also other times when characters mention trade guilds or other types of guilds, so yeah all this is established pretty early in the manga. Bad on you anime.

So yeah, this volume shows the entirety of "The Book of Secrets" arc, and starts up the "Lullaby" arc. The former going pretty much as expected. Except I don't remember that Kageyama guy. Whatever.

I strongly suggest listening to the Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Volume 1 while reading this, especially the fight music during the fight scenes. It's quite enjoyable.


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Volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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