First, been a lurker for a little while - hope you don't mind (but will stop if you do)
Second, thank you for this! I've actually been in Fairy Tail longer than Naruto but had to stop after power-reading the first 10 books for a number of thematic... differences I have with the creator. But I'm still curious, curse me. BUT! When I tried to explain why most of the female characters bother me to someone on IM, I got back a lot of static because I couldn't really explain it very well. But this sort of sums up a lot of it. About ownership of their actions and about the manga owning that its female characters have power and motivation in their own right.
Or something. Sorry if I was rambly... needs more caffiene
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Second, thank you for this! I've actually been in Fairy Tail longer than Naruto but had to stop after power-reading the first 10 books for a number of thematic... differences I have with the creator. But I'm still curious, curse me. BUT! When I tried to explain why most of the female characters bother me to someone on IM, I got back a lot of static because I couldn't really explain it very well. But this sort of sums up a lot of it. About ownership of their actions and about the manga owning that its female characters have power and motivation in their own right.
Or something. Sorry if I was rambly... needs more caffiene