@Hinscher:
Why does everyone think we are defending the fan service.
We are arguing that the fanservice is pointless and detrimental to the series.
You are trying to justify its existence.
I don't have a dictionary on hand, but I think that could be interpreted as "defending"
@Hinscher:
Or at least I ain't defending it. All I'm saying is, its been there since freaking chapter 1, and we are on chapter 311. I will use my same analogy that Sheep thinks is stupid. You guys are going into a gentleman's club and complaining about how the girls are dressed. Its just rediculous. Maybe your going into the bar for a different reason, they have good buffet, the girls amaze you with how they can move on the pole or do some neat dance. Maybe they make a good drink there, you like the music, ect. Who the hell knows why you enjoy going to the gentleman's club, but doesn't matter why you like going there, the fact remains that the girls will be dressed skimpy, always have been and always will be.
Same with Fairy Tail, I'm have no idea why you guys read it. Maybe you like some character, maybe you like the fights, the humor, the magic, the dragons, the story, ect. Who knows what you like about this series, but the fact is same as the gentleman's club, whenever you open this manga you can expect girls in skimpy clothes. Bitching about it just makes you look stupid. I laugh at you just as people would laugh at you if you went into a gentleman's club and complained about the girls outfits being too skimpy.
So, why are you in the Gentlemans club Hinshcer? The snack bar? It can't be the lewd shows, after all, you said:
@Hinscher:
I don't dislike the view, but I don't seek out fan-service or avoid fan-service.
The reason I read Fairy Tail or any other manga has nothing to do with the amount of fan-service in it or missing from it.
But there are so many better snack bars out there, where they aren't secondary to something else.
We are approaching the series with two completely different viewpoints of it, and I don't think your "gentlemans club!" angle is applicable. It assumes that the core, the main function of Fairy Tail is fanservice. Remove it, and you remove the foundation for the entire "club".
But fanservice is just one of many aspects of the series; it also contains humor, adventure, "drama", a smidgen of romance, and of course, mainly action. It is not an ecchi series that every-so-often has an action scene, its a shonen battle manga with occasional fanservice. Remove said fanservice, and not only does the series prevail, it stands stronger. It would work better. So what if "it was there from the start!", Fairy Tail is 311 chapters in and insanely popular, if it has any merit as a story it doesn't have to rely on lowest-common-denominator pandering anymore.
You think you're arguing that people shouldn't bitch about nudity when bying a lewd magazine.
But really, you're telling people to stop bitching about Michael Bays portrayal of women in movies, because he's always done that. Doesn't change that its still shit, and in no way integral to the product.