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Hiro Mashima Confesses That Fairy Tail Was Born Out of His 'Loneliness'

A Wolverine cosplayer tossed the mangaka the question that unexpectedly punched an emotional gut. Did Mashima base Fairy Tail, a story of friendship, on his personal life? That's when he spilled it: “To tell you the truth, I wrote the story cause I had no friends. My loneliness is what you're seeing.” Of course, the room raised their hands to offer to be his friend.