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My wife stumbled across Fairy Tail fist, and after hearing her laugh multiple times, and her talking about what I was missing, I joined her in watching Fairy Tail.

The anime focuses on the team of Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Happy, Erza, and Wendy. However, you come to know a great deal about the supporting cast, and often times will find yourself wishing that the story would follow some of the other guild members from time to time since they are well developed, but more would be wonderful.

Overall, Fairy Tail is a shounen that is technically battle focused, but has many comedic elements, and for the older crowd has some really heavy/emotional moments that make you wonder if the young male audience in Japan is more in touch with their feelings. Yes, there is a load of fan service, though frequently is a point of comedy that the character point out... of course some is due to questionable camera positioning, and wardrobe destruction.

I would have rated this show a 9 or 10 if it wasn't for the ending in the manga (not released in the anime...yet). As other reviews have mentioned, the end just fizzles. The potential was there, the set up was doing really well, but in the end, it turned into a very predictable - hippy-esc solution to the problem. It felt rushed, and just didn't satisfy.

My favorite arcs to rewatch are the battle of Fairy Tail, and the Grand Magic games. Still entertaining, and, in the case of the Grand Magic Games, would have been a lovely running event in the series.