Fairy Tail Season 2

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Fairy Tail Season 2 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. With 1,042 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Tetsuya Kakihara is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Fairy Tail Season 2 keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in Fairy Tail Season 2 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. The first 20 episodes make up the "Nirvana" (ニルヴァーナ, Niruvāna) arc, which adapts Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga from 16th through the middle of the 20th volume. The arc focuses on Fairy Tail's alliance with other guilds to take down the dark guild Oración Seis, aided by the Dragon Slayer Wendy Marvell and a reformed Jellal Fernandez. The next 4 episodes form the self-contained "Daphne" (ダフネ, Dafune) arc, where Gray Fullbuster seemingly betrays the guild and helps Daphne, a deranged wizard, capture Natsu to power an artificial dragon. Tetsuya Kakihara and Aya Hirano lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2010. Fairy Tail Season 2 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Fairy Tail Season 2 is a strong candidate. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Tetsuya Kakihara is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.