Nevertheless, FT remains very well placed, 13th remains a good place.
Especially for a manga so criticized.
People I think mashima is aware of the hate on FT, but he does not care or he does not affect it.
If FT had been so bad the manga would be over for a long time, there will have been no season 2 and 3, neither OAV nor 2nd film.
On a French forum where I am there is a topic "FT unfairly criticized".
Nobody really agreed on the real reason.
The main hatred of FT also come from the Kikoo / fan boys of OP.
Who for ten years and still today criticizes FT saying that mashima has copied everything from ODA.
The famous image of OS and shishibukai.
Or shanks and gildarz.
Like those who say that FT is a manga for the handicapped, the biggest arnarch of all time, the most overpriced manga that has ever been done.
Even today it continues to say that while the manga is over.
People make bad ads on FT, if you say that you like FT it is limit if you are insulted and sometimes you get insulted or pointed fingers.
It's really anything this situation people are crazy about.
Or even among the fans those who claimed the death of character, lucy, erza, jubia, gray, wendy.
For Jubia and Gray certain said it was the right conclusion for their story, that one of the two die or both.
False death, I understand that it can get upset because mashima the over used and misused after.
For the power of friendship, this is classic it is the basis of any manga, so for that it does not bother me too much.
The fan service also a little too used.
But despite all this hate, still a lot of people love FT and want mashima to continue it rather than started Eden zero.
Who will have a big responsibility, if he walks and has success like Rave and FT it's good.
But if it does not have the expected success or no success at all, people will shout and say that /
"" He will have done better still a little FT rather than started zero eden "".
People are looking forward to season 3, hoping it is the expected change + addition, to complete the story.
And also the 2 spin off, one is the result and people expect a lot from this sequel, in the first place the pairing of nalu and jerza.
And also hope that there will be another spin off after or OAV, see a 3rd film.
But short FT remains very appreciated.