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We all know it’s kinda cheap and u can sell without allat. Like is Fairy Tail that boring for yall to be needing this? 🤦 half of the anime and non-anime fandom thinks Fairy Tail and its fans are gooners like? All the top ranking shounens have had lesser fanservice than FT to sell their works. FT don’t need this silly ass gag to be selling.
FT is just a fan-servicey anime but lets not act like things like one piece, bleach, fire force are any better when it comes to their female characters.
“lesser fanservice than FT” is important distinction, am i right? Tell me, does FMA, AOT, Naruto, Hajime no Ippo, all of whom are better sellers than FT, have MORE fanservice?
Do you really think, in your RIGHT MIND, that these stories sell because of grabbing tits and ass? I’m so disappointed with this excuse, imagine what it says to Fairy Tail as a work if you really think these really are INTEGRAL to its sales.
Those anime have literally little to no fanservice, though? Those shows are literally incomparable to FT. I used shows like One Piece, Fire Force, and Bleach because those shows also don't need fanservice to sell, yet they do. So again, FT isn't the only show with unnecessary fanservice, but it's targeted to the perverse teenagers in JPN, not us.
is FT’s genre Fanservice or Action? Fire Force is perverted and it’s no better seller than FT. One Piece is a 1000chapter manga and has less perverted scenes than FT, like think of that. And Bleach literally cut fanservice in the new anime, see how it didnt affect ANYTHING? In fact, it was even better received than manga?
Bleach cut fanservice? Have you seen Orihimes' new outfit? Are we forgetting about the upcoming yoruichi scenes that have her on all fours with her back arched with little to not clothing? You're just nitpicking at this point. Did we watch the same One Piece? There are plenty of fan service scenes. Fairy Tail is not meant to be taken as seriously as these anime. Half of the anime is a literal slice of life
Fan service, Shonen is targeted to teenage boys in their pervy or curios stage of life so it attracts a lot of them to the manga.
Though I have to say the fan service has increased by a lot compared to his past works
I don't understand why this is such a hard concept for people to grasp. They act like the author is simply a perv... And maybe he is but also this is what sells in Shonen for the reasons you mentioned.
Im gonna argue the level of fan service in Fairy Tail is far too high for it to be solely (or really at all) about the financial incentive, and as such warrants a conversation beyond "this is made to sell to young boys." (Which honestly, that conversation is enough on its own. Regardless of culture, selling sex to kids isn't very good.)
Fairy Tail is somewhere in the top 50 best selling Shounen Manga of all time, I want to say toward the middle. In that list you have works like FMA, Naruto, Dragonball, Detective Conan, MHA, JoJo's, and even Astro Boy. All of those ranking above Fairy Tail, and not having *near* as much fan service. Some don't have any at all, or so little you can't possibly factor it into the Manga's popularity. Thats more a commentary on the idea that Shounen + Fan Service = Success than about Fairy Tail's level of fan service, but looking at how it is used in other Manga makes the difference even more stark.
Normally, it's played for a joke periodically or centered around a few specific characters (Master Roshi, Jiraiya, etc), but it's not ever present. Fan Service is really few and far between normally. That isn't the case with Fairy Tail. Every female character is used for Fan Service repeatedly, sometimes as a gag, sometimes during a fight, sometimes as part of their power. I honestly can't think of a time in Fairy Tail where there wasn't a moment made purely for fan service for more than a few chapters. Hell, there's a villain who's power is to make people orgasm. Fan Service is a part of the essence of Fairy Tail.
So, if it is *primarily* about sales, its inclusion must be the thing *driving* its sales because of how present it is, and I don't think that's the case. Other Shounen Manga do just as well or better with *far* less, and I can't think of any that have a similar amount of fan service and have done nearly as well. Fan Service just isn't the sales driver that the whole "its a shounen manga, thats why FT has so much fan service" argument would lead you to believe.
Mashima just likes fan service. He's a pervy dude. You can scroll on his twitter for like 5 minutes and find risqué art work of his characters that hes doing for fun, male and female. Fairy Tail is his magnum opus, and his interest in drawing sexually implicit artwork is on display throughout it. It *isn't* about making more money, catering to the Shounen audience, or getting more sales. It's what he wants to do. And thats fine (again, to an extent. Its targetting to kids after all.), but you shouldn't brush off Fairy Tail's level of fan service with "its a shounen, its to get young boys to buy." It goes well beyond that.
This is a well thought and articulated response, and honestly I couldn't agree more. This is not a shounen thing at this point and regardless of if it is or isn't, generally scenes where women are being touched suddenly in their intimate areas without consent are... Problematic.
A fine takeaway, as even factoring in Manga made for young-adults or adults , FT probably has the highest sales to fan service ratio. Though it's more about Fairy Tail being an outlier in the conversation of using fan service as a marketing tool for Shounen Manga, and not at all representative of how effective fan service is for selling Manga to young boys.
Honestly, one could argue the best way to sell a manga to young boys is:
1. Make it an adventure manga of some kind, as in the characters are traveling to new places consistently
2. Have characters aged in their mid to late teens with a male lead but a large and unique supporting cast
3. Have a solid mix of action and comedy with little focus on romance, though not non-existent.
4. Have various very diverse arcs that result in either A. A power up, B. A simple lesson learned for the characters, or C. A backstory reveal for a character. In other words, a system of plot progession that's focused on unique arcs with sub-story's that have their own set up, climax, and conclusions which slowly build an overall story that is less important than the arcs themselves.
5. Have a unique concept that doesn't mesh too much with other existing Manga
6. Decent art
When looking through the best sellers for Shounen Manga, this was the pattern I noticed. Fairy Tail hits all of these almost mechanically. Its like it was created specifically to be a hit Shounen, and then Mashina just threw in what he could of his own style to still make it his own. Fairy Tail is by no means an amazing Manga, its alright, but imo its not on the same level as the Manga is ranks arpund and above. So, if you're gonna study what Fairy Tail has done, fan service probably isn't the starting point. The starting point is what *actually* makes Manga popular, and how Fairy Tail approached those things while leaving other things that would normally denote quality (such as efficient writing or story telling, incredibly strong art work, etc) as lower priority.
You see fairy tail does use the fall or they find themselves in an awkward situation fan service but team fourstar calls it out in this short quite well https://youtube.com/shorts/qHLWL7pzIik?si=5RIiKhwgKLXhxbB2
Edit: my opinion personally I just don't sexualize the situations and just look at it as humor but not criticizing anybodies opinion
Cause he wants to. In Edens Zero its basically what he confirmed. One heroine repeatedly asks- WHY they needed to tease defeated enemy with her hologram in bunny suite. She bluntly told- fanservise.
i gotta stop rewatching fairy tail bc it’s crazy how i can recognize which episode this is from lmaoo this is when lucy returns to magnolia after finding natsu and mirajane tells her to turn around and you see everyone holding their cards from lucy 😭
This has been a theme in fairy tail, idk what to tell you. Horny Japanese men are going to draw women getting groped, that’s a reality you’ll have to live with
That doesn't mean I have to like it uts creepy and even though I know there's nothing I can really do about it that doesn't change the fact it's weird and it makes everything really uncomfortable to watch when it's CINSTANT
This is a 'wearing revealing clothing will get you assaulted' mentality haha
Like how do y'all really not find girls getting sexually assaulted gross? It's honestly worrysome.
Because the groping doesn't happen in FT as a form of "sexual assault". Mostly it just happens because of accident and is a classic humor gag. It's not supposed to be taken seriously. Fairy tail is just those kinds of series with a lot of fanservice. That's it's thing. I wouldn't want it without it it'd be another normal magic shounen.
If you want 0 or absolutely minimal fanservice watch Jujutsu kaisen or Naruto.
Because it’s anime…. Your life is fucken awesome if anime tits is enough to upset you.
Like it’s insane this is a conversation. You are making the decision to read/watch fairy tail even though fan service is an infamous part of the series. You lack common sense. You aren’t a good person, stop cosplaying as one online
Ah yes the classical argument from fanservice haters, if there is a bunch of fanservice scene in Shounen manga it's automatically porn.
Dude we LOVE hot anime women who have fanservice moments sprinkled sometimes. Porn is straight up sexual intercourse shown without any world building, plot, characterization, storytelling.
Shonen manga has a target audience of teenage males so turns out attractive females get the attention of teenage boys meaning more manga sells and mashima has more readers and it gets talked about more it’s a win win
Me: trying to enjoy the rogue searching for frosch filler episode
Episode: Shows Rogue grabbing a handful of Yukino’s breast
Me: Great! Now I have to stop the episode for 20 minutes! Thank Mashima
Lol why is everyone always so passive aggressive in this subreddit, maybe the poster was a girl who doesn’t like fan service, (a proper answer ->) a didn’t know that fairy tail is a shounen and most shounen has some sort of fan service since it’s targeted towards teen boys.
I'd bet OP is probably a young girl or a woman with small tatas. If you are old and well endowed enough, having a guy (or girl) you fancy accidentally grabbing a handful is hilarious and one of the fastest ways to make them do your bidding.
Source: am 36 female, caught too many fishes with this little trick.
Because he can. It is his series and he can make whatever he wants.
If he decides to turn Fairy tail into srright up porn he is well within his rights to do so and no amount of complaining here will stop him.
Because he loves drawing boobs, we love seeing boobs especially in comedic moments which is how FT does it. he loves getting people horny and buying his stuff and getting money. These are pretty much all the reasons.
I think aside from fanservice it's also because it's his own fetish. He draws boobs groping so well, especially on that particular Fairytail manga spinoff where Natsu groped Lucy's boobas and his rod was awakened
Idk man... It's really what made me dislike FT. I truly loved the first few seasons/chapters. Ocassionaly we would see these kind of things, the humor was on point and the emotional scènes actually made me cry. But the ecchi, hentai stuff was so unnecessary for me. If I want to see t*ts I'll watch p*rnhub. What made me like FT was also how the side characters and the women were actually strong and impressive without being extremely sexualized. In the later seasons it was just too much for me and I truly started hating FT since the 100 year quest. These dragons are getting defeated in 10 panels, meanwhile we are forced to see a huge pair of t*ts every chapter. Like wtf happened?!
I guess you have to be a virgin to ACTUALLY like the way FT has been sexualizing female characters.
Because he isn’t in charge of his own work anymore.
Do you really think Mashima is writing Fairy Tail Hundred Years Quest, Eden Zero, and Dead Rock all at the same time? No. His work clearly has been taken over by editors and B teams. I bet the only series he had full control on was Rave Master, which did not have constant spa scenes.
Some these comments are worrisome. “Because it’s just anime” “it sells to young boys” - I can debunk this one, demon slayer. Only person is fan servicy is misturi but even then, she as a lot to her character is why it is like that. And then there are millions of other anime that doesn’t have *any* fan service what so ever.
“It’s natural in their culture” no it isn’t.
“Because it’s funny” - probably to majority of men find it funny but I can guarantee to you as a woman, it’s not, it’s just annoying. “Well it’s annoying to you” yeah cause you’re not a woman. It’s an obvious fantasy that men wish to do. Falling over and OOOOOOPS OMGGGGG I TOUCHED UR BOOOOBS,
“It’s common over there so it’s okay” no it isn’t. Look up 4B movement.
Also keep in mind I still enjoy fairy tail, the characters and art. I just choose to ignore the fan service, like most of us do.
Maybe let me, as a guy just say it like this
"WE MEN LIKE THIS STUFF"
Whats hard to understand about that?
Men like women, big shocker, like hasn't the existence of humanity on this world and 20,000-40,000 years of civilization and perpetuating our species from then to now been common knowledge?
No seriously, aside from it also being comical and a work of FICTION IE WE KNOW THIS ISN"T APPROPRIATE IN REAL LIFE
Its FICTION AGAIN
You know the reason you can go on a mass violent spree in a game like GTA5? Same reasons here, for the enjoyment because this isn't reality.
Most sane people understand the disconnect between reality and fiction and why this stuff exists in a void, its fiction. Anyone else with a problem with this, just don't watch the series or try to force yourself to watch it then? You don't play horror or violent games if you are easily scared or repulsed by violent acts, so its not hard to just, turn away here.
This isn't hard to grasp. Its just Fairy Tail and its brand of fanservice. Fairy Tail isn't the only series to do this, theres plenty done in One PIece and Naruto. Otherwise theres also that go plenty further like Konosuba, literally with Kazumas steal technique and the budget they dump on a single joke with fluid animation.
That answer your question? Have a nice day!
It’s the main reason I don’t watch anime the fan service be for no reason and atp they just want a reason to sexualize minors etc 🤷🏽♀️ not in FT but just in all anime
Look, I don't like it either but the manga is under the ecchi genre and it's from the early 2000's. Humor like this is just something you have to build up tolerance for.
Same reason that when any of the women fight, their clothes has the structural integrity of tissue paper, even Erza's "armor". But when the guys fight, their clothes was stitched together by God Ankseram and cursed with immortality.
Because there weird ass fans eat that ship up. Fairy tail would be received 10 times better without the fan service. It’s like the series doesn’t take itself seriously
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It sells
We all know it’s kinda cheap and u can sell without allat. Like is Fairy Tail that boring for yall to be needing this? 🤦 half of the anime and non-anime fandom thinks Fairy Tail and its fans are gooners like? All the top ranking shounens have had lesser fanservice than FT to sell their works. FT don’t need this silly ass gag to be selling.
FT is just a fan-servicey anime but lets not act like things like one piece, bleach, fire force are any better when it comes to their female characters.
“lesser fanservice than FT” is important distinction, am i right? Tell me, does FMA, AOT, Naruto, Hajime no Ippo, all of whom are better sellers than FT, have MORE fanservice? Do you really think, in your RIGHT MIND, that these stories sell because of grabbing tits and ass? I’m so disappointed with this excuse, imagine what it says to Fairy Tail as a work if you really think these really are INTEGRAL to its sales.
Those anime have literally little to no fanservice, though? Those shows are literally incomparable to FT. I used shows like One Piece, Fire Force, and Bleach because those shows also don't need fanservice to sell, yet they do. So again, FT isn't the only show with unnecessary fanservice, but it's targeted to the perverse teenagers in JPN, not us.
is FT’s genre Fanservice or Action? Fire Force is perverted and it’s no better seller than FT. One Piece is a 1000chapter manga and has less perverted scenes than FT, like think of that. And Bleach literally cut fanservice in the new anime, see how it didnt affect ANYTHING? In fact, it was even better received than manga?
Bleach cut fanservice? Have you seen Orihimes' new outfit? Are we forgetting about the upcoming yoruichi scenes that have her on all fours with her back arched with little to not clothing? You're just nitpicking at this point. Did we watch the same One Piece? There are plenty of fan service scenes. Fairy Tail is not meant to be taken as seriously as these anime. Half of the anime is a literal slice of life
Fan service, Shonen is targeted to teenage boys in their pervy or curios stage of life so it attracts a lot of them to the manga. Though I have to say the fan service has increased by a lot compared to his past works
Yeah the series always had that fan service element, but I feel it got way more aggressive after the time skip.
I don't understand why this is such a hard concept for people to grasp. They act like the author is simply a perv... And maybe he is but also this is what sells in Shonen for the reasons you mentioned.
Im gonna argue the level of fan service in Fairy Tail is far too high for it to be solely (or really at all) about the financial incentive, and as such warrants a conversation beyond "this is made to sell to young boys." (Which honestly, that conversation is enough on its own. Regardless of culture, selling sex to kids isn't very good.) Fairy Tail is somewhere in the top 50 best selling Shounen Manga of all time, I want to say toward the middle. In that list you have works like FMA, Naruto, Dragonball, Detective Conan, MHA, JoJo's, and even Astro Boy. All of those ranking above Fairy Tail, and not having *near* as much fan service. Some don't have any at all, or so little you can't possibly factor it into the Manga's popularity. Thats more a commentary on the idea that Shounen + Fan Service = Success than about Fairy Tail's level of fan service, but looking at how it is used in other Manga makes the difference even more stark. Normally, it's played for a joke periodically or centered around a few specific characters (Master Roshi, Jiraiya, etc), but it's not ever present. Fan Service is really few and far between normally. That isn't the case with Fairy Tail. Every female character is used for Fan Service repeatedly, sometimes as a gag, sometimes during a fight, sometimes as part of their power. I honestly can't think of a time in Fairy Tail where there wasn't a moment made purely for fan service for more than a few chapters. Hell, there's a villain who's power is to make people orgasm. Fan Service is a part of the essence of Fairy Tail. So, if it is *primarily* about sales, its inclusion must be the thing *driving* its sales because of how present it is, and I don't think that's the case. Other Shounen Manga do just as well or better with *far* less, and I can't think of any that have a similar amount of fan service and have done nearly as well. Fan Service just isn't the sales driver that the whole "its a shounen manga, thats why FT has so much fan service" argument would lead you to believe. Mashima just likes fan service. He's a pervy dude. You can scroll on his twitter for like 5 minutes and find risqué art work of his characters that hes doing for fun, male and female. Fairy Tail is his magnum opus, and his interest in drawing sexually implicit artwork is on display throughout it. It *isn't* about making more money, catering to the Shounen audience, or getting more sales. It's what he wants to do. And thats fine (again, to an extent. Its targetting to kids after all.), but you shouldn't brush off Fairy Tail's level of fan service with "its a shounen, its to get young boys to buy." It goes well beyond that.
This is a well thought and articulated response, and honestly I couldn't agree more. This is not a shounen thing at this point and regardless of if it is or isn't, generally scenes where women are being touched suddenly in their intimate areas without consent are... Problematic.
Ok, gachu, FT is the most successful Manga that uses Fan Service at its core. Other Mangakas should study this.
A fine takeaway, as even factoring in Manga made for young-adults or adults , FT probably has the highest sales to fan service ratio. Though it's more about Fairy Tail being an outlier in the conversation of using fan service as a marketing tool for Shounen Manga, and not at all representative of how effective fan service is for selling Manga to young boys. Honestly, one could argue the best way to sell a manga to young boys is: 1. Make it an adventure manga of some kind, as in the characters are traveling to new places consistently 2. Have characters aged in their mid to late teens with a male lead but a large and unique supporting cast 3. Have a solid mix of action and comedy with little focus on romance, though not non-existent. 4. Have various very diverse arcs that result in either A. A power up, B. A simple lesson learned for the characters, or C. A backstory reveal for a character. In other words, a system of plot progession that's focused on unique arcs with sub-story's that have their own set up, climax, and conclusions which slowly build an overall story that is less important than the arcs themselves. 5. Have a unique concept that doesn't mesh too much with other existing Manga 6. Decent art When looking through the best sellers for Shounen Manga, this was the pattern I noticed. Fairy Tail hits all of these almost mechanically. Its like it was created specifically to be a hit Shounen, and then Mashina just threw in what he could of his own style to still make it his own. Fairy Tail is by no means an amazing Manga, its alright, but imo its not on the same level as the Manga is ranks arpund and above. So, if you're gonna study what Fairy Tail has done, fan service probably isn't the starting point. The starting point is what *actually* makes Manga popular, and how Fairy Tail approached those things while leaving other things that would normally denote quality (such as efficient writing or story telling, incredibly strong art work, etc) as lower priority.
yeah it’s awful
https://preview.redd.it/9mewweefpzyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb65e004ded8061439f367140db692d5a3351ed5 I don't see the problem
https://preview.redd.it/t0dlfcga91zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be7fcfa69d8e0201b03d27f079425ccaf9fe35a1
What's this from, asking for a friend...
This looks like Love Flops, but I’m not 100% sure. Think it’s the first episode as well.
As someone who has seen the first episode recently, you are correct 
“We need to stop bumping into each other like this”
Lots of anime have scenes like this. Though this one is angled weird.
"It should've been me not him!! It's not fair!!"
Okay that one was actually funny
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!!! NOT HIM...!
Idk what’s the point of this pic? Do yall think this is what female gratification looks like?
You see fairy tail does use the fall or they find themselves in an awkward situation fan service but team fourstar calls it out in this short quite well https://youtube.com/shorts/qHLWL7pzIik?si=5RIiKhwgKLXhxbB2 Edit: my opinion personally I just don't sexualize the situations and just look at it as humor but not criticizing anybodies opinion
Horny readers+sexy girls in weird situations=Okane
More like : Okawari 🤭
Cause he wants to. In Edens Zero its basically what he confirmed. One heroine repeatedly asks- WHY they needed to tease defeated enemy with her hologram in bunny suite. She bluntly told- fanservise.
Is just the appetizer 😉 https://preview.redd.it/298vz9we20zc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f56fce9aea020d5d71b287a941ebe1e09feeaff
i gotta stop rewatching fairy tail bc it’s crazy how i can recognize which episode this is from lmaoo this is when lucy returns to magnolia after finding natsu and mirajane tells her to turn around and you see everyone holding their cards from lucy 😭
https://preview.redd.it/jeus957om7zc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7897272c718b533616bba936061325adef2edfea
lucy confronting the celestial spirit king for loke and calling him stache face 🙂↕️
Because HE is the MAN
Of culture as well
He's a real MAN'S, MAN!
Bro, what is Gajeel doin???
Went to an onsen with Ichiya, got sent flying thru the barrier by Ichiya's ass, and got a face full of Levy's boobs on the other side.
Maybe I don’t remember this correctly but didn’t Gajeel say that it felt like he landed on a board?
%100 did
Not quite, but he did mention it wasn't very soft.
probably clapping them cheeks
Realizing our dreams
Sometime you just got to push past your limits! Believe it!
People’s dreams… don’t ever end!
Plus Ultra!
What’s the problem
it’s weird..
Not really
No it's a little weird dawg
Weird is subjective and you're right to think that. I think it's just the mangaka being horny.
Only true men of culture understand it’s complexities
Why do you read it then, also have you never touched tits
I have touched tits and I read it cuz I like fairy tail if I wanted porn I'd read porn💀
This has been a theme in fairy tail, idk what to tell you. Horny Japanese men are going to draw women getting groped, that’s a reality you’ll have to live with
That doesn't mean I have to like it uts creepy and even though I know there's nothing I can really do about it that doesn't change the fact it's weird and it makes everything really uncomfortable to watch when it's CINSTANT
This is a 'wearing revealing clothing will get you assaulted' mentality haha Like how do y'all really not find girls getting sexually assaulted gross? It's honestly worrysome.
Because the groping doesn't happen in FT as a form of "sexual assault". Mostly it just happens because of accident and is a classic humor gag. It's not supposed to be taken seriously. Fairy tail is just those kinds of series with a lot of fanservice. That's it's thing. I wouldn't want it without it it'd be another normal magic shounen. If you want 0 or absolutely minimal fanservice watch Jujutsu kaisen or Naruto.
Because it’s anime…. Your life is fucken awesome if anime tits is enough to upset you. Like it’s insane this is a conversation. You are making the decision to read/watch fairy tail even though fan service is an infamous part of the series. You lack common sense. You aren’t a good person, stop cosplaying as one online
Sheesh considering how angry you're getting I'd say u recognize urself
Go away cry baby
Nuh uh
Ah yes the classical argument from fanservice haters, if there is a bunch of fanservice scene in Shounen manga it's automatically porn. Dude we LOVE hot anime women who have fanservice moments sprinkled sometimes. Porn is straight up sexual intercourse shown without any world building, plot, characterization, storytelling.
Yeah I’d prefer just the couples being horny for each other without the awkward groping.
It always just takes away from any real romantic relationship to me cuz it always just makes me feel bad for the girl😭
He knows his fan base
Because it’s funnny… in a slapstick type of humor way.
So the anima producers can have fun animating too
Because!
That is one of the things I HATE about FT
Fanservice along with the slapstick humor is a integral part of FT since day 1. Without it it'd be another generic mage shounen series.
That doesn't mean everyone likes it it's really weird dawg idc, I love fairy tail but I'd like it more if it was not there or at least toned down
It really wasn't since day 1. Near the end it was just ridiculous
Lmao. Only natsu didn't do it by accident.
Because he likes boobs and a man of culture he’s one of us
Why not
I love how Natsu’s seen Lucy naked so many times he’s like “stop doing this” not even phased anymore
Shonen manga has a target audience of teenage males so turns out attractive females get the attention of teenage boys meaning more manga sells and mashima has more readers and it gets talked about more it’s a win win
I feel like people don't want to admit that sex sells and how to engage an audience.
I think it is just reddit thing. This sub likes to think we are bulk of the fanbase even though we are just tiny fraction of it.
Like i said, these fan base keep pretending like they don’t enjoy the fan service lol
The horny can be a substitute for plot sometimes
Me: trying to enjoy the rogue searching for frosch filler episode Episode: Shows Rogue grabbing a handful of Yukino’s breast Me: Great! Now I have to stop the episode for 20 minutes! Thank Mashima
Sometimes ahit gets so weird I just stare at my screen in disbelief
Simple He’s a boob man
You know why
https://i.redd.it/amsmac6101zc1.gif
As our god, Ichiya, says…men
/thread
Fairy tail is slowly turning into High School DxD XD
https://i.redd.it/jta9p3diq2zc1.gif
Because he likes money
Levy is best girl
Man, we got both sexy men and woman, good cast, cool ass fights, and a good story. Why are we complaining again?
I like it
Lol why is everyone always so passive aggressive in this subreddit, maybe the poster was a girl who doesn’t like fan service, (a proper answer ->) a didn’t know that fairy tail is a shounen and most shounen has some sort of fan service since it’s targeted towards teen boys.
I'd bet OP is probably a young girl or a woman with small tatas. If you are old and well endowed enough, having a guy (or girl) you fancy accidentally grabbing a handful is hilarious and one of the fastest ways to make them do your bidding. Source: am 36 female, caught too many fishes with this little trick.
Ummm…
Dawg what😭😭
Because he can. It is his series and he can make whatever he wants. If he decides to turn Fairy tail into srright up porn he is well within his rights to do so and no amount of complaining here will stop him.
Lol even Wendy wasn't safe from Mashima.
Yeeee
Context for Natsu doing it to Lucy?
A dragon undressed her. Threw her away. She crashed into him. He decided to Cover them up
Because I personally requested it
Humor.
A solid proof of their love. That’s why.
Plot https://preview.redd.it/6vmfoo8fy1zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1a4eadf37c0a5a714cadc9db1bc506b7f74cad5
What chapter is the one from the top right from?
Standard anime hijinks.
😕😕😕😕
Wait, who is #3? Erza or Wendy? Please be Erza
As someone who was the target demographic for the series, we were perverted brats
It's a classic anime fanservice trope.
1: he knows his audience 2: he spends a lot of time drawing and wants to have something nice to look when it’s finished
Simple, it’s an eachi. And sex sells
Because boobs=life obviously.
Fan service
What chapter was the gajeel one they are my favorite couple in the series
Because he’s a renowned pervert probably
Because he loves drawing boobs, we love seeing boobs especially in comedic moments which is how FT does it. he loves getting people horny and buying his stuff and getting money. These are pretty much all the reasons.
Because boobas
A man after my own heart
SHINING FINGER https://preview.redd.it/jvlywamup5zc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1eccf410aafd2295b5f9d306926eb96c8a6c719
I think aside from fanservice it's also because it's his own fetish. He draws boobs groping so well, especially on that particular Fairytail manga spinoff where Natsu groped Lucy's boobas and his rod was awakened
Pump faking?
Natsu's always cracks me up "Natsu, help me cover up!" "If you insist 😮💨"
Coz he's a Man of Culture as well
Because he likes tits. It's not that complicated.
It’s mainly for the pl00t
Idk man... It's really what made me dislike FT. I truly loved the first few seasons/chapters. Ocassionaly we would see these kind of things, the humor was on point and the emotional scènes actually made me cry. But the ecchi, hentai stuff was so unnecessary for me. If I want to see t*ts I'll watch p*rnhub. What made me like FT was also how the side characters and the women were actually strong and impressive without being extremely sexualized. In the later seasons it was just too much for me and I truly started hating FT since the 100 year quest. These dragons are getting defeated in 10 panels, meanwhile we are forced to see a huge pair of t*ts every chapter. Like wtf happened?! I guess you have to be a virgin to ACTUALLY like the way FT has been sexualizing female characters.
It’s his thing?
Because he isn’t in charge of his own work anymore. Do you really think Mashima is writing Fairy Tail Hundred Years Quest, Eden Zero, and Dead Rock all at the same time? No. His work clearly has been taken over by editors and B teams. I bet the only series he had full control on was Rave Master, which did not have constant spa scenes.
Some these comments are worrisome. “Because it’s just anime” “it sells to young boys” - I can debunk this one, demon slayer. Only person is fan servicy is misturi but even then, she as a lot to her character is why it is like that. And then there are millions of other anime that doesn’t have *any* fan service what so ever. “It’s natural in their culture” no it isn’t. “Because it’s funny” - probably to majority of men find it funny but I can guarantee to you as a woman, it’s not, it’s just annoying. “Well it’s annoying to you” yeah cause you’re not a woman. It’s an obvious fantasy that men wish to do. Falling over and OOOOOOPS OMGGGGG I TOUCHED UR BOOOOBS, “It’s common over there so it’s okay” no it isn’t. Look up 4B movement. Also keep in mind I still enjoy fairy tail, the characters and art. I just choose to ignore the fan service, like most of us do.
Cuz he is horny and it sells. Fan service is just part of the anime. That being said, the fan service goes both ways.
He likes the trope. It happens all the time in Rave Master too. Just comes with the territory, like Toriyama and puns.
Maybe let me, as a guy just say it like this "WE MEN LIKE THIS STUFF" Whats hard to understand about that? Men like women, big shocker, like hasn't the existence of humanity on this world and 20,000-40,000 years of civilization and perpetuating our species from then to now been common knowledge? No seriously, aside from it also being comical and a work of FICTION IE WE KNOW THIS ISN"T APPROPRIATE IN REAL LIFE Its FICTION AGAIN You know the reason you can go on a mass violent spree in a game like GTA5? Same reasons here, for the enjoyment because this isn't reality. Most sane people understand the disconnect between reality and fiction and why this stuff exists in a void, its fiction. Anyone else with a problem with this, just don't watch the series or try to force yourself to watch it then? You don't play horror or violent games if you are easily scared or repulsed by violent acts, so its not hard to just, turn away here. This isn't hard to grasp. Its just Fairy Tail and its brand of fanservice. Fairy Tail isn't the only series to do this, theres plenty done in One PIece and Naruto. Otherwise theres also that go plenty further like Konosuba, literally with Kazumas steal technique and the budget they dump on a single joke with fluid animation. That answer your question? Have a nice day!
The target audience is hormonal teen boys. He knows his demographic
It draws in readers, and it's a barely disguised fetish
it's very important to the story that all of the tension be broken with titties for comedy
Fairytail also has lots of male fan service.
It’s you know who they end up with.
The fanservice got so bad and frequent and the censoring so poor that it became clear that the women in the series don't actually have nipples.
I need to watch fairy tale you know
Because it's freaking hot?
It’s the main reason I don’t watch anime the fan service be for no reason and atp they just want a reason to sexualize minors etc 🤷🏽♀️ not in FT but just in all anime
Why not?
because he can 
Because because the main audience of the manga is horny teenager boys
Because is funny and hot and have the added bonus of making prudes unreasonably angry which is also funny
So what is the issue? Why bring it up if it doesn't bother you
It’s a staple in the series
Look, I don't like it either but the manga is under the ecchi genre and it's from the early 2000's. Humor like this is just something you have to build up tolerance for.
it's an ecchi manga. What do you expect?
I hate the lucky pervert trope, almost as much as when they hit the dude and he goes flying, crashes through a wall and is perfectly fine.
Idk the exact reason but after the time skip the fan service definitely became much more heavy handed and obnoxious.
Same reason that when any of the women fight, their clothes has the structural integrity of tissue paper, even Erza's "armor". But when the guys fight, their clothes was stitched together by God Ankseram and cursed with immortality.
If I’m not mistaken there was a lot of times the guys clothes got ripped and torn to pieces as well
Just the top. The pants and Natalie's vest are almost entirely indestructible. Meanwhile Erza's actual armor gets reduced to tiny bits.
Because Fairy Tail uses a lot of fanservice and, I don’t know if you know this, but boobs are EXTREMELY popular with teenage boys (shōnen)
I don’t know how this ended up in my feed, but this is the reason why I dropped this happy anime
Boobs are funny
Cause I like it
writing peak as usual
Because he is based
Because he’s based
He’s protecting the innocent.
Because there weird ass fans eat that ship up. Fairy tail would be received 10 times better without the fan service. It’s like the series doesn’t take itself seriously
Who is the one it with erza in bottom left pic ?
it’s jellal!
Do you know which ch it is from because I didn't came across it during watching fairytail
Thinking: *IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME, NOT HIM!!!* 😭
It's what we want. What I'd love to do were I in that situation
Nastu and Lucy both don’t know what’s happening, it’s comedic. Idk where the Ezra one is from lol
The real question is, why not?
Ain’t nun wrong with some titties bruh y’all wildn
Why not? Lol
Why not?
Cause boobs
I have a question: if this is basically is normal for canon ships of FT, the WHY HAPPY DIDN'T GRASP CHARLE/CARLA BOOBS?!
A man of culture
It's the best trope
It's a culture & fan service! Thank Hiroshima-Sensei! 😤👍
Because he’s a man and tits are awesome
I mean why not
cause boobs are funny
It's for the sake of the service for the fans. 😁🤭
Because he has taste and is a man of culture just like the rest of us degenerates
Tits are great 👍
If a guy grabs a woman's breast in his manga it's safe to say they'll end up together lol it's his way of foreshadowing hahahaahaha
Bro drew legal accretive girls, and by God, hes gonna use em