> Coming from someone who's never watched/read Mashima's work, i'm finding this really enjoyable. Yeah its convoluted and such but its just dumb fun.
That's how Mashima-sensei's works are. If you've never read one, they start off really fun. In the case of Fairy Tail, I grew weary of it by the time the series ended. Hopefully, that won't be the case here.
But Sensei does love to reuse the same character designs and types in all his series. And nakama power will always win the day.