hot take fairy tail is the best battle shonen

1. it has fanservice for both male and female gaze the female characters have big boobs but the male characters are hot and also show off their muscular bodies (i mean grey literally strips every episode) it also has ship tease where the ship in question will have a fanservice moment but it's both characters that are servicing the audience not just one

2. it has both a male and female protag ppl debate whether natsu or lucy is the main protag but it can either or bc there is wrong answer it also has 2 central male characters and 2 central female characters as opposed to the usual 2 central male characters and 1 central female character or all central male characters

3. the female characters are decently written don't get me wrong they're not the best written by a long shot but they're definitely better than most other battle shonen and most of them can fight just as well as the male characters can (erza they can never make me hate you) and have an active role in the plot

yes the overall show is corny w/ it's power of friendship speeches but it treats its female characters better than most battle shonen does and it's borderline hentai at times

thanks for listening to my ted talk