- Paperback: 198 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey Books (25 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345501330
- ISBN-13: 978-0345501332
- Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.7 x 19.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 202,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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THE WICKED SIDE OF WIZARDRY
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?
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?
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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`Fairy Tail' is a fun series that follows Lucy, a young celestial spirit wizard, who wants to join Fairy Tail, an guild of powerful wizards who are infamous for the collateral damage they tend to cause. This first volume sees Lucy meet a strange boy called Natsu and also discovers that not all wizards are nice people.
'Fairy Tail' is a fun and entertaining series with some nice action and interesting characters. This first volume is still just introducing the world and the characters of the series but it is still very good. The translation is reasonable and the volume includes translation notes at the end as well. The art style and general feel of the series is quite similar to the series `One Piece' and I feel that anyone who liked that series should also enjoy `Fairy Tail'.
'Fairy Tail' is a fun and entertaining series with some nice action and interesting characters. This first volume is still just introducing the world and the characters of the series but it is still very good. The translation is reasonable and the volume includes translation notes at the end as well. The art style and general feel of the series is quite similar to the series `One Piece' and I feel that anyone who liked that series should also enjoy `Fairy Tail'.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Volatile wizards, small quaint towns, bobbleheaded flying cats and as much mayhem as the sorcerers can cram into a day's work.
That's pretty much the description of the setting and characters of "Fairy Tail," which opens with a bang (and a mass of flame, and a brawl) in its first volume. This particular part is mostly about introducing the characters in the Fairy Tail guild and seeing our heroes off on their first missions, but it still produces some chuckleworthy humor and some hints of future storylines.
Celestial wizard Lucy has always wanted to be in the wizard guild Fairy Tail, and she thinks she's got an in when she's invited to a yacht party with the charming if sleazy Salamander, who claims to be a member.
Along the way, she also encounters a quirky young wizard named Natsu, and his bobble-headed cat Happy. But when the yacht turns out to be a slave-ship, Natsu appears to stop the evil wizard and save the day... except he immediately gets violently seasick. As Lucy struggles to use her own magic to help him, she discovers who the REAL Salamander is, and sees the true power that Natsu wields as a wizard of Fairy Tail!
It turns out that the other wizards of Fairy Tail are as violent and nuts as Natsu -- nudists, drunks, lechers and so on. And Lucy accompanies Natsu and Happy on her first missions as a guild wizard: when a little boy pleads with them to find his father (a wizard who disappeared on a mission), Natsu takes it personally and sets out to find the guy. And when a new mission comes up to infiltrate a lecherous duke's castle, guess who's perfect for the job.
The whole point of "Fairy Tail Volume 1" is to introduce the universe, the Fairy Tail guild, and the highly eccentric cast of characters. It feels pretty relaxed at this point, and there's not much actual plot yet. But Mashima does litter it with hints of potential storylines (such a Natsu's search for his adoptive father) and a few in-jokes for fans of "Rave Master" (guess who Canis Minor is -- none other than Plue).
And the straightforward stories of the first volume are liberally swathed in comic relief, mostly of the belly-laugh variety. Lots of strange antics (at one point Lucy hides from a monster inside a talking clock) and fun dialogue ("AAAAA! Where's my underwear?!"), and lots of mass mayhem when the wizards start brawling. Most of them aren't fleshed out yet, but they are pretty cool.
Oh yeah, and he comes up with some unique and intriguing magic -- such as Celestial Magic, in which a wizard can summon incarnations of the constellations.
And Natsu and Lucy are a pretty fun pair of protagonists. He's a not-too-bright, rather destructive guy who still has a good heart, eats fire, suffers from acute motion sickness and has great abs. And she's a smarter if less powerful wizard, who serves as the common sense of the team and seems to be a bit lower-key than the other Fairy Tail wizards. And Happy... I dunno about him. He's a flying cat with a giant head. I guess we'll find out more.
The first volume of "Fairy Tail" is a good introduction to Hiro Mashima's fantasy/comedy series. Although it doesn't have much of a plot on its own, it's a fun little diversion.
That's pretty much the description of the setting and characters of "Fairy Tail," which opens with a bang (and a mass of flame, and a brawl) in its first volume. This particular part is mostly about introducing the characters in the Fairy Tail guild and seeing our heroes off on their first missions, but it still produces some chuckleworthy humor and some hints of future storylines.
Celestial wizard Lucy has always wanted to be in the wizard guild Fairy Tail, and she thinks she's got an in when she's invited to a yacht party with the charming if sleazy Salamander, who claims to be a member.
Along the way, she also encounters a quirky young wizard named Natsu, and his bobble-headed cat Happy. But when the yacht turns out to be a slave-ship, Natsu appears to stop the evil wizard and save the day... except he immediately gets violently seasick. As Lucy struggles to use her own magic to help him, she discovers who the REAL Salamander is, and sees the true power that Natsu wields as a wizard of Fairy Tail!
It turns out that the other wizards of Fairy Tail are as violent and nuts as Natsu -- nudists, drunks, lechers and so on. And Lucy accompanies Natsu and Happy on her first missions as a guild wizard: when a little boy pleads with them to find his father (a wizard who disappeared on a mission), Natsu takes it personally and sets out to find the guy. And when a new mission comes up to infiltrate a lecherous duke's castle, guess who's perfect for the job.
The whole point of "Fairy Tail Volume 1" is to introduce the universe, the Fairy Tail guild, and the highly eccentric cast of characters. It feels pretty relaxed at this point, and there's not much actual plot yet. But Mashima does litter it with hints of potential storylines (such a Natsu's search for his adoptive father) and a few in-jokes for fans of "Rave Master" (guess who Canis Minor is -- none other than Plue).
And the straightforward stories of the first volume are liberally swathed in comic relief, mostly of the belly-laugh variety. Lots of strange antics (at one point Lucy hides from a monster inside a talking clock) and fun dialogue ("AAAAA! Where's my underwear?!"), and lots of mass mayhem when the wizards start brawling. Most of them aren't fleshed out yet, but they are pretty cool.
Oh yeah, and he comes up with some unique and intriguing magic -- such as Celestial Magic, in which a wizard can summon incarnations of the constellations.
And Natsu and Lucy are a pretty fun pair of protagonists. He's a not-too-bright, rather destructive guy who still has a good heart, eats fire, suffers from acute motion sickness and has great abs. And she's a smarter if less powerful wizard, who serves as the common sense of the team and seems to be a bit lower-key than the other Fairy Tail wizards. And Happy... I dunno about him. He's a flying cat with a giant head. I guess we'll find out more.
The first volume of "Fairy Tail" is a good introduction to Hiro Mashima's fantasy/comedy series. Although it doesn't have much of a plot on its own, it's a fun little diversion.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Having watched a few episode of the anime series decided to pick this up and boy did I love it!
It expands on the anime by including explanations for bits they left out of the episode and expands on some bits that explained what was going on alot better!
If you fancy having access to effectively a couple of episode of the anime series in graphic book format I heartily recommend picking this up, you won't regret it!
It expands on the anime by including explanations for bits they left out of the episode and expands on some bits that explained what was going on alot better!
If you fancy having access to effectively a couple of episode of the anime series in graphic book format I heartily recommend picking this up, you won't regret it!
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