Fairy Tail

Description

From Kodansha:
Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?

Note: Won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga (shared with Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou) and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Award for Best Comedy Manga in 2009. Vol 9 was nominated in the Youth Selection category at the 2010 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Type

Manga

Fairy Tail x Rave (Side Story)

Fairy Tail - Blue Mistral (Spin-Off)

Fairy Tail Zero (Prequel)

Fairy Tail: Happy no Daiboken (Spin-Off)

Fairy Tail City Hero (Spin-Off)

Heroes (MASHIMA Hiro) (Spin-Off)

Mashima-en (Adapted From)

Tale of Fairy Ice Trail - Koori no Kiseki (Side Story)

Fairy Tail Gaiden (Side Story)

Fairy Tail S (Spin-Off)

Fairy Tail + (Spin-Off)

Fairy Girls (Side Story)

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (Sequel)

Associated Names

Хвост Феи

فيري تيل

फेयरी टेल

フェアリーテイル

妖精的尾巴

페어리 테일

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.545 (end) by MangaStream 8 years ago

c.545 (end) by Yonkou Productions 8 years ago

c.544 by Yonkou Productions 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

63 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 36, Chap 300 (S2) / Vol 49, Chap 420 (Final Season)

Ends at Vol 35, Chap 298 (S1+OVA ) / Vol 49, Chap 419 (S2) / Vol 63, Chap 545 (Final Season)

User Reviews

Fairy Tail by yongzhi93

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (3381 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.89 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 22nd, 2025 6:26am PDT - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Ecchi Fantasy Shounen
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Category Recommendations

Fairy Tail Gaiden

Mokushiroku no Yonkishi

Usagi Yojimbo

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest

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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (63 Vols - Complete | 3-in-1 Omnibus Spring '24)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #478

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Monthly Pos #1014

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3 Month Pos #1350

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6 Month Pos #833

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Year Pos #762

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List Stats

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On 1140 wish lists

On 2322 completed lists

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Fairy Tail Manga Ending is not all that great.

7 years ago

Fairy Tail Countdown?!

8 years ago

Humble Fairy Tale Manga Bundle

8 years ago

Ending? [spoilers]

9 years ago

Ch488

9 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Simple fun series

by ayaneninja
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Fairy Tail is a simple, silly, feel good manga that focuses more on the bonds of the characters and the adventure itself rather than the end goal, which is why, from my observation, it has gathered the ire of fans of other shonen manga fans. The fun of this series is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. The art direction is a little prettier when compared to its battle shonen peers of its time, and the action is eye-catching and very easy for the reader to follow and feel engaged in. The characters are fun and while some just exist in the background (which tends to happen when you build a 100+ character cast), the inner circle of main characters each had their own personality that could stand on its own.

While a lot of the critiques of this series I've seen over the years are valid, they come down to if you like simple, fun, lighthearted franchises. Where those critiques do lose me though is the comparison to One Piece. If I had to find something from before Fairy Tail's tenure to compare it to, it would be more akin to if you took the silly, non-serious fantasy action settings of Slayers or Those Who Hunt Elves; Fairy Tail borrows those themes, and then adapts them to the 2000's shonen battle formula (a la Bleach), instead of the episodic formula utilized by the two previously mentioned franchises.

My final verdict is I would recommend this one if you like goofy fantasy settings and aren't going into it expecting some grand, mind-bending narrative; after all, it's an action manga, not high literature.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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A seven years of a great journey

by AnimeWatcher06
7 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I followed this manga since 2010 after seeing the 1st episode of its anime in the local TV channel and enjoyed it since then. I have read almost all Hiro Mashima's series and this one is my favorite (even compared to Rave). Even tho the ending was not satisfying after all the moments Lucy and Natsu shared, I still find it to be something good, It's just how Natsu is. I don't think Natsu doesn't understand Lucy's feeling.

Compared to those shounen romance that have many girls interested in the MC or annoying love triangle that gets in the way to enjoy the manga, this one easily becomes stand out and one of my favorites. I really enjoy how Hiro Mashima builds a romantic relationship between two characters (some couples in this manga included obviously). My complaint is too much ecchi moments after dragon arc. But overall, it was a seven years of a great journey.

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Ok ending

by hinaru77
7 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I thought it was a bit slow pace for me. But the series was enjoyable none the less. The author stated a sequel is on the way and already shows a few of the childs that some of the characters have. But the story was fun. The characters were crazy and charming. Ending was a bit rush in my opinion but it was still fine.

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What a terrible ending...

by SangMo
8 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Mainly because...

It spent so much time building up Natsu and Lucy, and then he fucking friendzones her.

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Rocky start but ended awesome anyway

by kiriee
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

When I start reading this manga, I dont really like it, it is not bad by any mean just average but as time progress I have to say the quality in story telling and art keep getting better and better, and the closing arc really nail all the aspect, the battle is not that great but it was always ended before I get too bored. Props to MASHIMA Hiro this probably the best end I've seen mangaka do in shounen/adventure story. 10 for prrobably the best ending I've seen in shounen manga so far.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Fun

by nelnel-chan
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Slow pace but fun series. I think people are getting a little bit too harsh on the series itself when there's plenty of other serious that has just about the same pay saying or the same kind of chapters as this one has. So I don't think people should just brush it off something like that but I think it's okay.

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One of the most overrated manga ever

by HighQualityManga
9 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

I really used to like Fairy Tail when i was a kid, but now, when i read it...i see nothing more than a childish, boring, and nonsense product. That's it, a product for young boys and girls (especially for this one) with a lot of forced fancervice and cheap drama.
The battle are, by far, the most ridiculous i've ever seen: power up + nakama power EVERY fucking time and victory for Fairy Tail.
This manga is pissing me off, i'm sad to think Mashina gives to the fans what they want just to make money and don't care to give us a real story to enjoy.

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How to drop a manga after 510 chapters... Or should I said "How to beat Bleach's bad ending?"

by VaizardPlayer
9 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

510 chapters for that?

Zeref and Marvis's son?
Village of Dragonslayers and more non sense flashblack, doing more and more a ruined plot?
Fairy Tail have a plot yet?
After every 5 chapters we need to see Lucy's boobs?

You call this your best work?
You did it, you destroyed your series, just because of $$$, we get a forced continued plot and non sense fan service.
Rave was better than that, I can't read anymore...
I gonna wait and skip for the final chapter, when finally come if you let the story ends someday...

Edit

Finally ended.
However...

What the hell of ending is that?!
We got no couples, no deads and everthings looks like before the "plot"?
I tried to read the gap between 510 and 545, but that not helped, was more and more nonsense.
Rave was better.
Bleach's ending was better than that.
Zeref, I understand you now, please come back and reset this world.

"Please $uport Hiro Mashima in futures projects?"
No, please pick all the money you got(if are not for money, you are nuts) and go play Monster Hunter for the rest of your life.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Please end it

by Fenix_Zloi
9 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

If someone can contact the author, pls tell him to 'end this series', I started reading it at the very begining and it was intresting, but he does the same fucking thing over & over & over again, its not even boring it pitiful.

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wrong pentagram for air in anime

by Tierra93
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

Did anyone notice that Levy used the pentagram for earth instead of air, when invoking magical air for Gajeel in episode 80? Also, it was a banishing pentagram instead of invoking pentagram. They should have shown an invoking air pentagram or banished the water.

That is such an easy thing to look up if you don't know what you're doing and so many people understand these things. What were the animators thinking?

... Last updated 10 years ago

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