@Chinascare:
The first 40 chapters of harem manga adventures doesn't agree with this assessment at all.
And the 280 other chapters of awesome shonen action do.
@Chinascare:
So you combat that by making the wrong observation that Negima beats Fairy Tail in popularity rankings
What's wrong about it? Go check the weekly rankings of the magazine.
@Chinascare:
while trying to claim that popularity/=quality?
Which is true as exemplified by Naruto, Bleach and yes Fairy Tail. Just saying that even if we accept that popularity=quality as an argument, you still lose.
@Chinascare:
No Negima isn't better then Fairy Tail in fact I can't think of anything Akumetsu does better then Mashima besides using a large cast.
Story, characterization, combat, world-building. Take your pick.
@Chinascare:
Theres only one side of to this argument.
Which I'm winning in by the way.
@Chinascare:
Negima is by no means a masterpiece
It's certainly better than freaking Fairy Tail.
@Chinascare:
and is just as cliched as Fairy Tail
So your idea of defending your series is to put it down? Also you have clearly never read Negima outside whatever wikipedia and posts on this forum have told you.
@Chinascare:
not to mention its topped with bad art
Actually if you read closely the little recent tiff in the general One Piece section and Negima thread, you'd have seen many members say it has extremely proficient art.
@Chinascare:
and Harem manga drivel.
Do you even like Fairy Tail? Because everything you've mentioned as being bad, Fairy Tail has done with much greater sin.
@Chinascare:
Too easy to come up with an actual good reason why you think a very bad manga like Negima should be compared to Fairy Tail at all?
No it's too easy to make a comeback to a Fairy Tail fan that call another magic related manga dreck. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
@Chinascare:
Not to mention be held at a standard of good magical series.
It's actually a good standard of shonen in general.
@Chinascare:
Negima ain't no CLAMP series try again
Who cares. It's better than series like Sakura or Chobits though that's an unfair comparison as they're not shonen. It's definitely better than dreck like Fairy Tail.