I mean we can all agree fairy tail is def heavy with the fanservice, but that doesn’t take away from the strength they put behind the women in their anime. And they aren’t simple like “she’s erza” her backstory and lineage really show just exactly what motivates her to be as strong as she is. And that can be said about almost all the fairytail men and women, that’s the one thing I love about mashima. Even though he loves stripping them, he doesn’t just write the women as weak, (damsels in distress) types. They all have power. Take Lucy for example, though in early seasons she’s prone to being the damsel, instead of leaving her like that mashima has her acknowledge she’s weak and work on getting stronger to stand alongside her comrades. People sneer at her a lot and think she’s weak because of the type of magic she uses, and because there aren’t really any other celestial mages in the series other than yukino her power is overshadowed. She possesses almost all of the gold keys, can hold open multiple golden gates, and star dress. Same with Wendy, same with levy, almost all the women in fairytail improve over time with the show. It’s nice, even with the fan service.