Manga Review: Fairy Tail

Title: Fairy Tail
Author: Mashima Hiro
Release: Weekly
Status: Ongoing
Genre: Shonen, Fantasy
Art: B
Originality: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Humor: A
Action: B

Impression: This is set in a world of magic and is about a guild of magic users and their various members who are colorful and have powers that are unique to each person. The main character is a guy who practices a lost magic having to with gaining the powers of a fire dragon and a girl who summons familiars based on the constellations in the stars using keys. It's quite a fun read despite the lack of compelling plot. The story moves from one arc to another and each arc focuses on a character other than the main character. Each of these characters are just as interesting as the main characters are but that's not really a good thing since the main characters are meant to stand out of the rest. It's very shallow and will be loved by little kids but not as much by the older readers. It's just another long running shonen battle manga which fails to get anything new done and despite that it's a fun manga to read.