[No, that's not a punctuation typo.] Heard this line: "I just forgot something. I'll go and get it real quick, okay? Brb!" ... FUNIMATION WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY INTERNETS
I heard it got fucking awesome after the execs stopped breathing down the mangaka's neck and he got to make it a shounen like he'd intended.
I'll have to pick it up again and see. The thing that annoyed me was the slow pace interspersed with some jokes that were amusing, many that were not and a bunch of useless side stories that basically all end in shota-esque romance pairings for the fans to exploit.
Eh. I'm only watching it because it's on; even then, it's tentative (read: currently being drowned out by power metal). If I want a magic shounen, I'll read Fairy Tail.