Today my favorite series came to an end. Iâm feeling a mixture of so many different emotions right now, but most of all I feel gratitude.
Itâs no exaggeration when I say that if it werenât for Fairy Tail, I probably wouldnât be alive right now. I discovered Fairy Tail after chronic illness ruined my life, and I didnât know how long I was going to live, or if it was even worth holding on. I was completely desperate and ready to give up, when Fairy Tail taught me how to hope, taught me that itâs not silly to dream, that if you have love in your life, you must keep living, no matter what. That someday it will get better, and you just have to keep smiling until then. Fairy Tail literally saved my life.
Iâve always been an incredibly negative person, as a defense mechanism. Fairy Tail helped me see value in being positive, and laughing even when youâre sad, and being kind even to people who donât deserve it. It made me a more hopeful person, it made me a more humble person, it made me a kinder person, and it made me a happier person.
And even when it wasnât teaching me valuable life lessons, it kept me going. Following the story kept me distracted from my physical pain enough to survive the long waits between doctorâs appointments. Falling in love with all of the many wonderful characters inspired me to draw, to blog, and to create my own characters. The promise of a new chapter every week gave me something to look forward to when I felt like there was nothing in the world worth getting out of bed for.
I even met some of my closest, most valued friends through Fairy Tail. And those that I already knew, I became much closer to through our guild bonds. I owe most of my most treasured real-life friendships to this series.
Not to mention that Fairy Tail made me comfortable in my own skin, a feat never before achieved by anyone or anything else. Many people criticize Mashimaâs art style and portrayal of women, but it did a lot for me personally. His attention to detail and nuances in the female form helped me learn to love features that I had always seen as imperfections. Finding resemblances between myself and the beautiful women in Fairy Tail gave me confidence at my normal 125 pounds, my thyroid-deficient 145 pounds, and even my current malnourished 89 pounds. Even as my body changes and falls apart, Iâm able to love it because of the confidence that Fairy Tail gave me.
I got my Fairy Tail emblem tattoo 3 years ago and I donât regret it in the slightest, and I doubt I ever will. With this tattoo, Fairy Tail will always be a part of me, no matter how much time passes. Every time I glimpse the blue guild mark on my left thigh, I remember all of these ways that this manga has helped me. Saved me, even.
No amount of text could properly convey to you just how huge of an impact Fairy Tail has had on my life. More so than any other work of fiction Iâve ever seen. And as a life-long escapist, thatâs saying something. Itâs hard to think about what my life would be like today if I had never gotten into Fairy Tail, if I were even alive at all. I think Iâm rambling, and Iâm sorry if Iâm repeating myself, but this manga and anime changed my life and I know Iâm not alone. I know countless other people out there have been touched by Fairy Tail in the same way that I have, and even now that itâs over I know it will continue to touch new people every day, and continue to change the lives of people who thought they were ready to give up.Â
I canât say it enough times. Thank you, Fairy Tail. Thank you Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, Erza, Juvia, Gajeel, Levy, Wendy, Carla, Lily, Mira, Laxus, Makarov, Mavis, Zera, and everyone else in the guild. Thank you Ultear, Jellal, Meredy, Ichiya, Lyon, Chelia, Kagura, Sting, Rogue, Minerva, Flare, Brandish, and even Zeref. Thank you Layla, Grandine, Metalicana, Skiadrum, Weisslogia, and Igneel. Thank you Hiro Mashima. Thank you.đ
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