Hiro Mashima
Birth date: July 19, 1977
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I hope this keeps up. Loke's backstory was the most fascinating in that it had the most depth, and made him confront a moral problem that had more shades of gray than any before. I wanted to know more about him, about where he came from, and about why he acted in the way he did. (I can't get le...
And it gets ugly. There are losses on both sides, and a building that walks, and turns into a magically powered mecha. There's nothing that makes me think this is going to get more nuanced than this is, but it's fun. It has been, and it continues to be, and I'm still liking the art more. Fo...
Lucy, Elfman and Mirajane all get more full backgrounds that make me more interested in them. In addition, the Phantom Guild tries to kidnap Lucy to bring her back to their client: her father, which ties into her backstory. But there's a lot more personal connections made, or emphasized, or cla...
The problem was with the art, and I really feel like the author/artist has improved a lot over these six volumes. Which if you're not into the art in the previous ones, and don't want to read it because of that? Doesn't help. I was willing to give it a shot, and I'm pleased: I find the story...
The storyline gets more and more interesting, but more than that, the art seems better to me. Look, it's still wonky. It's just better, and that's a relief. There are still panels that are overly exaggerated, but not to the point they were before and it feels like not as many. Much of the ot...