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[Gladiolus]

From the original series (anime original arcs in parenthesis):

Tenrou Island/Tartaros > Battle of Fairy Tail > Fairy Tail Zero > Oración Seis > Tower of Heaven > Grand Magic Games > (Key of the Starry Sky) > Phantom Lord > Loke > Galuna Island > Sun Village > Lullaby > X791 > Daybreak > Macao > Edolas > (Eclipse Celestial Spirits) > (Daphne) > Avatar > Alvarez

From 100 Year Quest:

Aldoron > Mercphobia/Elentir

Grand Magic Games gives me so many mixed feelings, cause I definitely enjoyed it, but the events starting from Natsu vs Sting and Rogue were so disappointing I had to gave it a lower score of what I would have desired. Still one of my favorite arcs to rewatch despite it's many, many flaws.

 

[grey matter]

Favourite arcs:

1/2. Tenrou arc: culmination of a lot of plot points that happened until that arc, like TOH/Jellal, Ultear, cults of Zeref etc . Hades is the 2nd best villain of the series IMO, and the fight of Hades vs everyone was amazing. First time Gildarts engaged in an actual fight. First time Zeref and Acnologia made appearances. Set the groundwork for the next. Lore wise, the arc which had the most info bombs, executed well too. Many other iconic moments like Gildarts flexing his MP, Laxus' amazing comeback etc
Could've been the undisputed number 1 arc, if not for Natsu vs Zancrow and Erza vs Azuma, those two were BS

2/1. Tower of Heaven arc: culmination of many plot points until then, like Seigrain, Ultear, Galuna/Deliora etc. The plot was great. Jellal was an amazing villain, both manipulative and powerful. First time we got to see a Wizard Saint facing the MCs. Erza's backstory was good. DF was introduced. We got to see why the magic council stood above all, with a country buster weapon at their disposal. Also, main villain actually off'd someone on screen for a chance.

3. Dragon Festival arc: Officially included within GMG arc, separating it from GMG since it doesn't have much relations to the GMG itself, except that the planning/execution was happening within the events of GMG. Also because GMG was a disgrace.
Future Rouge is one of the best villains of the series, extremely powerful, intelligent and manipulative. He subverted the royal family into opening the floodgates for the dragons to swarm. His plan would've been successful if not for future Lucy, whose timeline he ruled, commanding 10,000+ dragons to destroy everything in his path
Future Rouge one shotting LFD Natsu amp'd on POF was a treat to watch as well. Also a main villain who actually killed - most of the main cast in Future Lucy's timeline, Future Lucy in current timeline.
GMG dragons were freaking amazing. This was the first time we got a glimpse of the unbeatable, overwhelming power of the dragons; a glimpse of the punishing and hard times of human society many hundred of years ago. They were so powerful that even DS of Laxus' caliber were utter fodder to them. We could feel the utter helplessness of the situation, when we saw the humans and DS alike losing ground to dragons who were playing around, eventually leading to their deaths (all of which got reversed by Ultear's sacrifice)
This arc also foreshadowed a grim future, where Acnologia returns to be the sole ruler of the planet, annihilating everyone in his path
Cons: time travel logic made no sense. Future Rogue's reason for getting possessed by his shade

4. Phantom Lord arc: guild wars, Jose and Gajeel were amazing, with how villainous they were. Gajeel's crucifixion scene was especially impactful. Gajeel vs Natsu is a contender for best fight of the series IMO. Jose vs Makarov, clash of the Wizard Saints, ending with Fairy Law, was another iconic moment of FT

5. Battle of FT: guild civil war. Laxus was absolute greatness, the overwhelming dominance, chad persona, the planning etc. The arc where villains planned and executed the best, only next to Mard, Future Rouge and Jellal in this regard. Freed was great, his magic and powers were unique, and laid the foundation of the entire arc. Also gave us one of the iconic moments of the series with his fight vs awakened Mirajane. Loke/Lucy had a good fight as well ahh, back when Lucy wasn't fodder, ironic that it was also the time Lucy was a newbie
Cons: Bixlow and Evergreen didn't live upto hype. Mystogan vs Laxus was hype AF, but got interrupted.

6. Oracion Seis arc: introduction of the first major dark guild of the series. A group of villains where all of them lived upto their hype, and needed teamwork/strategy to be beaten. Gave us some of the best fights of the series in terms of execution. For eg: Erza vs Midnight (her best fight of the series IMO), Gray/Lyon vs Racer. Zero was a decent final boss, had a great battle vs DF Natsu. The concept of seals around Brain/Zero, and OS members' connection to TOH were nice touches.
Con: Jellal. His intro was hype, with his swiftly dispatching Natsu and self destruction circle about to one shot the entire Nirvana. Then he turned into a pathetic cry baby, had amnesia plot device. This arc set in motion Jellal's transformation from greatness to JelLOL.



Neutral/All right arcs:

1. Galuna arc:
Gray's backstory with Ul/Lyon/Deliora was nice. Lyon was decent, but didn't live upto the hype. Deliora was AMAZING even though he didn't do anything, he set the standard and hype for the demons of book of Zeref with his overwhelming presence
Lyon's three underlings were a disappointment.


2. Tartarus arc:
The plot was great, the guild initially did a good job setting the tone of the arc, by destroying the council and subverting it's top official.
Mard is THE best villain of the series (IMO), he has got everything - great powers, persona, intellect, looks. Overall, just the GOAT. The plan for taking out the council and reviving END was one of the best executed plans in the series, and would've been successful had it not been for extreme wild card he could've never foreseen - dragons coming out of DS to destroy face.
He also had some iconic moments with his fight against CSK and the hundreds of years long rivalry between them, as well as him stomping LFD Natsu + twin dragons by sitting on his chair in his base.
Acnologia and Zeref both making their appearance, first time since Tenrou, was also extreme hype. This could've easily been the last arc of the series, if Mashima planned well and executed, demons from the book of Zeref being Zeref's lackeys for the final arc would've been so fitting.
Tartarus arc's impact on protagonists was so big that it gave PTSD for the members to train like they never did in their life, and prompted Makarov to disband the guild all together
So, why neutral/all right? Lets me get into the cons.
Cons: the demon gates were TRASH. ALL of them. Tartarus were the strongest demons from the book of Zeref. Deliora had set an amazing standard for the overwhelming power of the demons from the book of Zeref, he was an unstoppable natural calamity! The legends surrounding them were such that cults formed around them, trying to get hold of the books of Zeref. And what did we get? Puny humanoids, who were all <= the main cast of FT. WHY? Such a massive disappointment.
Gray getting DeS magic from Silver was an asspull, made no sense. But at least it gave Gray some relevancy, so whatever.

3. Zentopia arc:
The plot was decent, tied nicely into why Lucy/Yukino were important to the crown in GMG (since all other celestial spirits got off'd by OS). Oracion Seis were decent villains. Enjoyed Erza vs Cobra, Mira (Sitri) vs Racer & Mary, Gray vs Angel. The OS members making personal sacrifice in exchange for power was a nice touch as well
Gildarts vs Byro was also good, showed Gildarts as a physical beast for defeating someone who basically trained all his life purely on physical combat.



Trash arcs:

1. Averez arc:
Had potential to be the best, Became the undisputed worst arc of the series. Not going to do in detail, since the list is endless. Zeref, Acno and Spriggan 12 were all trash.

2. GMG arc:
Amazing setting and buildup, poor execution. A tournament with all guilds in the country could've been amazing if executed. There were still hype moments in the arc, like Bacchus, Kagura, everything surrounding Sabertooth; but all butchered.
Twin dragon vs Natsu/Gajeel destroyed all hype of Sabertooth by having base Natsu solo their DF, it didn't matter if Mashima tried to save their reputation by giving them massive powerups later on, the damage had already been done, irreversibly. They would never recover from that humiliation.
Jellal vs Jura, a WS showdown, got interrupted for BS reason. If anyone would've recognized Jellal, they already would've because of HBM, like Jura did. No reason to stop it anymore.
Raven Tail was a massive disappointment.
Laxus vs Jura, another extremely hyped match, was off screened. WHY? Laxus copying Natsu's catchphrase. WHY?
Sting giving up in the end - icing on the cake.
2nd worst arc of the series. This was the arc that saw the highest rate of people dropping the series. The only saving grace, by the end, was the entire plot being setup around Future Rouge, dragons and the royal family

3. Avatar arc
Waste of time dealing with a bunch of fodder. The avatar of the war god was hype and had amazing design, only to be one shotted. ATLA face junior.

4. Celestial Spirit corruption arc: (?)
Don't remember the name. The arc where celestial spirits go bad. Like the premise, that there were consequences to celestial spirits getting involved in Eclipse Gate, didn't make much sense. And the fights were boring for the most part, evil Loke with black light was somewhat interesting tho

 

[Biri Biri]

Favourite arc has gotta be BoFT.

BoFT was unique because most arcs in FT often have the FT guild coming up against another guild, be it dark guilds (e.g. OS, GH and Tartaros) or rival forces (e.g. during GMG and Alvarez). BoFT, however, was different than the rest. It had a different setting because it involves a battle royal between the FT members'. This gave us the platform to see other FT supporting characters in the limelight for once. Of course, not all of them were given the opportunity to have fleshed-out fights. But at least we did see them using their magic and spells for once.

Almost all antagonists' goals revolves around bringing the magic world into chaos or reviving Zeref. With both goals leading to the generic aim of causing global destruction. While Laxus in BoFT had a far more humane and relatable goal. He was in Makarov's shadows for much of his years growing up. To other members of FT, he was often labelled as the master's grandson. While to people outside the guild, he was recognise as Makarov's grandson. He had that cloud hanging over him leading to his insecurity. He wanted so badly to be acknowledged as himself, he tried to usurp the title of guild master. Most villains in FT have little to no redeeming qualities. Laxus, however, was the exception.

Laxus also wanted to turn FT into the guild that everyone else respects. Unfortunately, despite his good intentions, he was misguided in his actions of how to go about doing it. Rooting out weaklings and goofballs in the guild, which is essentially everyone in FT apart from Lucy as she is the only one who isn't weird in the conventional sense. It had the best character development when Laxus who used to consider strength to be the most important thing in the world, eventually coming to terms that friends are far more important to him that he realises. He admits his mistakes and after some soul-searching became a much kinder, humbler man who prioritises protecting his guildmates.

Apart from the different setting, antagonists' goals and character development, the arc also had several plot twists. The good kind. Firstly, we were treated to the surprise of Mystogan's appearance. He looked exactly like the main antagonist from the previous arc; Jellal. There were a lot of speculation then about Mystogan's identity and what was his relation to Jellal. Next, Laxus revealed he was secretly a DS too. Then he was also in possession of the holy nuke that Makarov used to defeat Jose; FL. We thought it was going to be a definite win for Laxus then and there, but when it turns out he actually cares for his guildmates in his heart despite everything else suggesting otherwise, nobody was more surprised than Laxus himself. There so many revelation and dramatic twists you couldn't make this up.

Special shout out to this scene. One of the most badass scenes in FT hands down.



And who could forget this scene too. Until many years later and the moment between Lucy and Aquarius, this was the most beautiful and emotional scene in FT.



There was very little BS that didn't make sense in the BoFT too. The way Laxus' was defeated was justified because he exhausted a ton of his MP on a miscalculation, and Natsu required a DS Secret Art (the first time it was used) to defeat Laxus. This was Mashima's finest storytelling in FT. Pacing flowed well and there were little hiccups. Only thing I didn't really like was Gray's early defeat. But Bickslow had to resort to cheating to win. And it eventually led to us seeing some splendid trust and teamwork between Loke and Lucy to defeat Bickslow too. So no complaints from me.

Second favourite arc is Tenrou. It was refreshing to see a change of scenery. It felt like the the guild were on a vacation on an exotic island getaway haha. Once again, I liked to see the interaction between some of the less prominent characters. We saw real development of relationship between Gray and Juvia, Gajeel and Levy, and Elfman and Evergreen. The Raijinshuu were back in the spotlight again after quite some time, and it was great to see more of their abilities.

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We got the long-awaited introduction of Gildarts. And also the iconic scene of Gildarts' teaching Natsu a lesson about fear.

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We got to understand Cana's character better, her background and her purpose of joining FT. We were also treated to the return of Laxus. Ultear's childhood, motives and true objectives were also revealed. Azuma and Meredy were likeable characters despite being on the opposite end. Excellent fight for Loke, and Lucy obtained another golden key in Capricorn. The final boss fight against Hades was fantastic. Took a colossal amount of effort from the protagonists in what was a thrilling, non-stop battle to eventually defeat Hades. And of course, Acno made his debut too. The ending really hit the homerun and was brilliantly done. Overall, GH wasn't the most unique or original antagonists. Storytelling and pacing wasn't as outstanding as BoFT. But still very good. And the action scenes was probably the best and the number of iconic scenes more than made up for it.

 

[WoWfan]

hard to say which is my favorite because out of all of them, Oracion Seis Arc, Tenrou Arc, Tartaros Arc and Alvarez arcs are my favorites, as they involve the strongest enemies that FT have ever fought, and required the aid of people either outside of the guild and/or use the strongest of their members in battle. It even showed longer and more dynamic battles compared to previous or early series arcs where they are rather short, as for story, it expanded the lore of the magical world as well as deepening and yet unravel the mysteries that have been built up till then. For characters, it gave many characters time to shine whether on the battlefield or not, even villains get their own drive for why they are doing what they are doing and personalities on how they interact with others and the audience. Though if there are any draw backs are some fights that could have been done better or did feel rushed and not fleshed out more.

 

[Sevently]

Tenrou is my favorite but Alvarez had the most potential

 

[Lucy>Wendy&Elfman]

Tartaros easily. Then GMG, Alvarez, Key of the Starry Sky and Tenrou Island arc (from my favorite to least favorite).

 

[One4All]

So many to choose for the best of the best arc but the best arcs for me are:

1. Tartaros-kinda dark IMO and FT were really desperate at that time.
-Laxus was in critical condition after ingesting MBPs
-Alegria's feat
-CSK vs Mard
-Sayla controlling Elfman to destroy the guild
-Jackal killing the Council (1st time we got so many irreversible deaths in FT)
-Aquarius and Lucy tearjerking moment
-Lucy's big moment and a lot more

2. Tenrou-I love how the S Class exams became a Guild vs Guild battle.
-Most of the fight were executed well
-Despite the BS on Azuma vs Erza in the last part of the battle,I love the choreo of the fight
-Lucy had new gold key
-I also love the Hades vs Team Natsu and Laxus on the finale

3. BoFT-Gave us the powerscaling among the members of FT. So sad the BoFT in Aldron arc was interrupted.
-Laxus' rebellion was good storywise
-The Laxus vs Mystogan had so much hype!so sad we didn't saw them battle again.
-The 360 degree turn of Mira!That battle with Freed was awesome!
-Lucy had her moment so I was very satisfied

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Favourite arcs:

1/2. Tenrou arc: culmination of a lot of plot points that happened until that arc, like TOH/Jellal, Ultear, cults of Zeref etc . Hades is the 2nd best villain of the series IMO, and the fight of Hades vs everyone was amazing. First time Gildarts engaged in an actual fight. First time Zeref and Acnologia made appearances. Set the groundwork for the next. Lore wise, the arc which had the most info bombs, executed well too. Many other iconic moments like Gildarts flexing his MP, Laxus' amazing comeback etc
Could've been the undisputed number 1 arc, if not for Natsu vs Zancrow and Erza vs Azuma, those two were BS

2/1. Tower of Heaven arc: culmination of many plot points until then, like Seigrain, Ultear, Galuna/Deliora etc. The plot was great. Jellal was an amazing villain, both manipulative and powerful. First time we got to see a Wizard Saint facing the MCs. Erza's backstory was good. DF was introduced. We got to see why the magic council stood above all, with a country buster weapon at their disposal. Also, main villain actually off'd someone on screen for a chance.

3. Dragon Festival arc: Officially included within GMG arc, separating it from GMG since it doesn't have much relations to the GMG itself, except that the planning/execution was happening within the events of GMG. Also because GMG was a disgrace.
Future Rouge is one of the best villains of the series, extremely powerful, intelligent and manipulative. He subverted the royal family into opening the floodgates for the dragons to swarm. His plan would've been successful if not for future Lucy, whose timeline he ruled, commanding 10,000+ dragons to destroy everything in his path
Future Rouge one shotting LFD Natsu amp'd on POF was a treat to watch as well. Also a main villain who actually killed - most of the main cast in Future Lucy's timeline, Future Lucy in current timeline.
GMG dragons were freaking amazing. This was the first time we got a glimpse of the unbeatable, overwhelming power of the dragons; a glimpse of the punishing and hard times of human society many hundred of years ago. They were so powerful that even DS of Laxus' caliber were utter fodder to them. We could feel the utter helplessness of the situation, when we saw the humans and DS alike losing ground to dragons who were playing around, eventually leading to their deaths (all of which got reversed by Ultear's sacrifice)
This arc also foreshadowed a grim future, where Acnologia returns to be the sole ruler of the planet, annihilating everyone in his path
Cons: time travel logic made no sense. Future Rogue's reason for getting possessed by his shade

4. Phantom Lord arc: guild wars, Jose and Gajeel were amazing, with how villainous they were. Gajeel's crucifixion scene was especially impactful. Gajeel vs Natsu is a contender for best fight of the series IMO. Jose vs Makarov, clash of the Wizard Saints, ending with Fairy Law, was another iconic moment of FT

5. Battle of FT: guild civil war. Laxus was absolute greatness, the overwhelming dominance, chad persona, the planning etc. The arc where villains planned and executed the best, only next to Mard, Future Rouge and Jellal in this regard. Freed was great, his magic and powers were unique, and laid the foundation of the entire arc. Also gave us one of the iconic moments of the series with his fight vs awakened Mirajane. Loke/Lucy had a good fight as well ahh, back when Lucy wasn't fodder, ironic that it was also the time Lucy was a newbie
Cons: Bixlow and Evergreen didn't live upto hype. Mystogan vs Laxus was hype AF, but got interrupted.

6. Oracion Seis arc: introduction of the first major dark guild of the series. A group of villains where all of them lived upto their hype, and needed teamwork/strategy to be beaten. Gave us some of the best fights of the series in terms of execution. For eg: Erza vs Midnight (her best fight of the series IMO), Gray/Lyon vs Racer. Zero was a decent final boss, had a great battle vs DF Natsu. The concept of seals around Brain/Zero, and OS members' connection to TOH were nice touches.
Con: Jellal. His intro was hype, with his swiftly dispatching Natsu and self destruction circle about to one shot the entire Nirvana. Then he turned into a pathetic cry baby, had amnesia plot device. This arc set in motion Jellal's transformation from greatness to JelLOL.



Neutral/All right arcs:

1. Galuna arc:
Gray's backstory with Ul/Lyon/Deliora was nice. Lyon was decent, but didn't live upto the hype. Deliora was AMAZING even though he didn't do anything, he set the standard and hype for the demons of book of Zeref with his overwhelming presence
Lyon's three underlings were a disappointment.


2. Tartarus arc:
The plot was great, the guild initially did a good job setting the tone of the arc, by destroying the council and subverting it's top official.
Mard is THE best villain of the series (IMO), he has got everything - great powers, persona, intellect, looks. Overall, just the GOAT. The plan for taking out the council and reviving END was one of the best executed plans in the series, and would've been successful had it not been for extreme wild card he could've never foreseen - dragons coming out of DS to destroy face.
He also had some iconic moments with his fight against CSK and the hundreds of years long rivalry between them, as well as him stomping LFD Natsu + twin dragons by sitting on his chair in his base.
Acnologia and Zeref both making their appearance, first time since Tenrou, was also extreme hype. This could've easily been the last arc of the series, if Mashima planned well and executed, demons from the book of Zeref being Zeref's lackeys for the final arc would've been so fitting.
Tartarus arc's impact on protagonists was so big that it gave PTSD for the members to train like they never did in their life, and prompted Makarov to disband the guild all together
So, why neutral/all right? Lets me get into the cons.
Cons: the demon gates were TRASH. ALL of them. Tartarus were the strongest demons from the book of Zeref. Deliora had set an amazing standard for the overwhelming power of the demons from the book of Zeref, he was an unstoppable natural calamity! The legends surrounding them were such that cults formed around them, trying to get hold of the books of Zeref. And what did we get? Puny humanoids, who were all <= the main cast of FT. WHY? Such a massive disappointment.
Gray getting DeS magic from Silver was an asspull, made no sense. But at least it gave Gray some relevancy, so whatever.

3. Zentopia arc:
The plot was decent, tied nicely into why Lucy/Yukino were important to the crown in GMG (since all other celestial spirits got off'd by OS). Oracion Seis were decent villains. Enjoyed Erza vs Cobra, Mira (Sitri) vs Racer & Mary, Gray vs Angel. The OS members making personal sacrifice in exchange for power was a nice touch as well
Gildarts vs Byro was also good, showed Gildarts as a physical beast for defeating someone who basically trained all his life purely on physical combat.



Trash arcs:

1. Averez arc:
Had potential to be the best, Became the undisputed worst arc of the series. Not going to do in detail, since the list is endless. Zeref, Acno and Spriggan 12 were all trash.

2. GMG arc:
Amazing setting and buildup, poor execution. A tournament with all guilds in the country could've been amazing if executed. There were still hype moments in the arc, like Bacchus, Kagura, everything surrounding Sabertooth; but all butchered.
Twin dragon vs Natsu/Gajeel destroyed all hype of Sabertooth by having base Natsu solo their DF, it didn't matter if Mashima tried to save their reputation by giving them massive powerups later on, the damage had already been done, irreversibly. They would never recover from that humiliation.
Jellal vs Jura, a WS showdown, got interrupted for BS reason. If anyone would've recognized Jellal, they already would've because of HBM, like Jura did. No reason to stop it anymore.
Raven Tail was a massive disappointment.
Laxus vs Jura, another extremely hyped match, was off screened. WHY? Laxus copying Natsu's catchphrase. WHY?
Sting giving up in the end - icing on the cake.
2nd worst arc of the series. This was the arc that saw the highest rate of people dropping the series. The only saving grace, by the end, was the entire plot being setup around Future Rouge, dragons and the royal family

3. Avatar arc
Waste of time dealing with a bunch of fodder. The avatar of the war god was hype and had amazing design, only to be one shotted. ATLA face junior.

4. Celestial Spirit corruption arc: (?)
Don't remember the name. The arc where celestial spirits go bad. Like the premise, that there were consequences to celestial spirits getting involved in Eclipse Gate, didn't make much sense. And the fights were boring for the most part, evil Loke with black light was somewhat interesting tho

You forgot Edolas. Where would you put it?

 

[grey matter]

You forgot Edolas. Where would you put it?

Lmao true.

It's so irrelevant that I remembered arc where freaking Loki & co went bad, but didn't remember Edolas.

Trash tier:
Completely pointless arc whose only purpose was to bury and shaft the most hype/mysterious S class Mage.

 

[Zero001]

For me the best were Tartaros and Tenrou, as the relevant characters got good moments, as even had the best arc bosses Marde is definitely the best and Hades the second for me, because of them I hoped that the fight with Zeref was going to be great but well it ended up wasted. The only thing I didn't like was Erza's fights in both arcs but well I can't expect much from her fights.

Several were decent to me although thanks to the fact that I liked the dynamics of Team Natsu, especially before Wendy arrived. Although a thing in the tower arc that I didn't like was when Natsu ate something other than fire and gave him that power up because that was where the random power ups for Natsu began, I would have preferred that it was just a special fire.

I don't know what to think or more neutral for me are Oracion 6 the fights were ok, but I never really liked their members, and I had to see them in 2 arcs, as Wendy appeared in this one.

Arcs that I didn't like GMG unnecessary arc for me and really adding even more dragon slayers was starting to bore me, BoF only seeing Laxus fight was really good for me, I thought it was the opportunity to see Mystogan with all his power in action too but ...... and the group of Laxus seemed just filler villains, the filler arc of the celestial spirits I don't know why even invented that, Alvarez although some things were neutral or decent for me, the arc was not handled well.

The worst for me of the original series is Edolas that has no value, bad villains, waste of time, it had nothing to do with the plot that was forming, the only reason for this arc seems to be to eliminate Mystogan from the series and just leave us with Jellal.

In the sequel I really didn't like any of them, I only liked very few things but in general nah.

 

[Vex_Haid]

tartaros no diff

 

[Steven]

Lmao true.

It's so irrelevant that I remembered arc where freaking Loki & co went bad, but didn't remember Edolas.

Trash tier:
Completely pointless arc whose only purpose was to bury and shaft the most hype/mysterious S class Mage.

Nice,another person who thinks Edolas was pointless.

Thought im the only one who thinks that

 

[Anime VORTEX]

Edolas was a good arc for me I really enjoyed it

 

[Ratrace]

Tenrou is my favorite but Alvarez had the most potential

I think the GMG arc had a lot of potential as well

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I liked the arcs that involved the guilds of the balam alliance

 

[SleipnirX]

The early small arcs are the ones which I’d now probably consider ‘peak Fairy Tail‘ - Eisenwald, Galuna and Phantom Lord in particular are like the real essence of this series. I do tend to like the rapid expansion at the start of stories across the board though. Tartarus was the best executed by a mile. The enemy group had an interesting plan and carried it out it pretty flawlessly tbh, it gave us several great battles, and probably still the best boss fight(s) to date.

I think the GMG arc had a lot of potential as well

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I liked the arcs that involved the guilds of the balam alliance

agree on the GMG, though IMO it should have stayed as rebuilding the Guild’s reputation, and Ivan/ Raven Tail should have been the main adversaries for the arc, rather than just getting dumped out of the competition by Laxus half way through. The future Rogue stuff could have been a separate arc, or honestly left on the cutting room floor. Involving some of the non Tenrou guild members would have been nice as well to help knit them back together a bit!

 

[Darklord#10]

Aldoron arc

 

[Garmadooon]

Tartaros and Tenrou Island were the peak of FT

 

[Anime VORTEX]

Tartaros and Tenrou Island were the peak of FT

Yeah the best arc ini fairy tail are the one that involve the balam alliance

 

[SleipnirX]

I will say actually, while I don’t really care for the arc overall, Edolas has possibly one of the best moments in the whole series. Wendy and Natsu captured, Lucy, Carla and Happy facing an impossible fight against Knightwalker, and suddenly Gray and Erza to the rescue! Possibly the only time in the whole series I genuinely wondered how they were going to get out of a situation (this was before most of the worst ass pulls so I was less cynical at this point!).