This started with potential, but went the same route as far too many such stories. Focusing on fighting all of a sudden instead if crafting, drawing the same fight out over many many chapters, constantly talking about doing something quick but not having done anything for entire chapters and interrupting what they say they will do with scene-changes to simultaneous battles from splitting the party. Where all we see is ppl being underdog while mc just stands and does nothing except standing still saying "I will deal with you quickly". Constant asspulls where some new ability/tool appears to reference "remember this guy is a craftsman/[insert gimmick here]?", and overall constantly saying "this foe/thing is OP, you have no chance! oh wait, mc is even more op and it was a breeze!"...
Nah. Fairy tail is good, unlike this arc. I get that you refer to some slight nakama power and "friendship lets us rise again over and over/makes bad guy mad", but fairy tail handles the tension much better and such. Not to mention fairy tail is an anime so it gets the aid from bgm, helping to hype things up or making things adequately tragic or dramatic. Very important tbh.fairy tail vibes