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>Example if it was 500+ chapters (700+ if counting the sequel) of just Natsu and co doing small jobs at random villages and partying at the guild then it'd run out of steam fairly quickly
I agree, perhaps my point is not that clear. I want him to write mostly self contained arcs with sprinkles of SoL and romcom elements sprinkle in between basically, I want the series to have mini stories with something actually going on (Laguna, Tower of Heaven, Edolas) without it being too high stakes and then at the end of each arcs the characters or FT get something out of it: Lucy getting a zodiac key is a good example, new powerup, or maybe a new guild member joined FT or other Fiore guild so that particular guild gets some screentime, after that we get an arc focuses on that character then he or she gets demoted to side character like Juvia or Yukino. I'm conflicted in the way he writes big stakes fights, maybe because this is the nature of nakama power, the anime did a bad job adapting his fight panels, there are 5 fights happening at the same time so he needs to split the screentime, or some combination between these reasons.
>Finding that balance between the two is something I give Mashima credit for
This is something I noticed a while back and it became one of the reasons why I like the series. I started reading DDD before the anime aired and it had a lot of similar elements to FT (self contained arcs until recently, fun character dynamics especially between Momo and Okarun, dual MC feel) but it is very focused on the plot. The manga doesn't give the main group a lot of downtime to interact normally outside the plot, any dynamic interaction between main group had needed to be done in the middle of the arc where usually something is happening.

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