@Kizuchan:
Well, I used to like Fairy Tail if that helps.
Well, I guess if the point of this timeskip isn't developing the main characters, then it's obviously there to see how the world has changed in 7 years, developing the other side characters in ally guilds/dark guilds/the council, but so far the side cast of Fairy Tail pretty much just had a single chapter and they weren't that interesting to begin with.
It's cool if the side cast becomes more relevant, but that could be done without the timeskip, same for seeing what's up with all the previous arc characters. Maybe the biggest problem is that there were no world-shaking events before the timeskip, no build-up for it. That's why I really can't see anything extreme having happened to the world in general, not the main cast, and the skip seems so lame. Maybe the timeskip could be pulled off. I guess you are right in that it's too quick to dismiss, I suppose next chapter will tell.
I had posted just a bit ago, but actually I feel there were some HUGE world shaking events before the time skip.
Was not the Magic Council basically destroyed and just rebuilt?
Were not 2 of the 3 biggest and most influential dark guilds in the world just destroyed?
Did not Zeref just finally come out of hiding or whatever he was doing?
Are the Dragons finally coming out again or just Acnologia?
I think people are missing these points because they didn't all just happen instantly like when in One Piece in how Whitebeard died, warlords betrayal, Marines quit, ect all happened in like 10 chapters. Meanwhile Fairy Tail had essentailly the same things happen, BUT they happened throughout the series and not all in a matter of a few chapters, thus people are ignoring them.
Lets compare the GIANT changing things.
1. Yonkou are four biggest pirates in the world (pirates are evil) vs. the Balam alliance which is the top 3 most dangerous dark guilds in the world (dark guilds are evil)
In One Piece one of the Yonkou is defeated and killed. In Fairy Tail 2 of the biggest dark guilds in the world are defeated
2. The WG and Marines are the good guys and see over the world vs. the magic council is the good guys that see over the light guilds
In One Piece, Garp and Sengoku retire, Marineford, Enies Lobby and Impel down take huge hits and/or are destroyed. In Fairy Tail the magic council is destroyed and half their members are either traitors or asked to leave or quit.
3. The strawhats dissapear for 2 years vs the fairy tail members dissapear for 7 years.
In One Piece it really means nothing, the straw hats didn't really have any influence over anything, they were just an up and coming pirate crew. In Fairy Tail you take out one of the biggest most powerful light guilds in the world. Be like asking a couple of the admirals to not do anything untilthe strawhats show up again. The Pirates would have so much more free rain without worry of the Admirals.
4. Oh and was not the most dangerous man in the world just revealed recently. You know Zeref. Even if he is good, I imagine it will have some effect. I mean him showing up is kind of like Gol D. Roger showing up right before time skip. Even if Roger just sat around at a bar drinking like Rayleigh if people hear he is back alive it will cause something.
So A LOT did happen in Fairy Tail that is WORLD CHANGING. It just happened in 150 chapters instead of only 10 like one piece. But those 150 chapters is still only like a few months I'm sure, which in real time is not very long at all and seemingly happening all at the same time. The magic council, and 2/3 of the Balam alliance and the strongest light guild in the world were esssentailly all destroyed. That is big events.
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@No:
Well this ends Macao's glorious reign of two chapters.
And wow.
The sheer, unlimited pointlesness of this is just….overwhelming.
Sadly I'm expecting him to become a new main cast and become the love interest of Wendy.