Why are Fairy Tail and Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest separate series?


Someone please explain why Mashima continued _Fairy Tail_ under another title.
Why is this under a different name when the _100 Years Quest_ could also be
included in the first _Fairy Tail_ as a different arc?




From storyline point of view, the whole Fairy Tail story was about the dragon
slayers, the magic dragon Acnologia and the black mage Zeref. It has already
been completed in the main story. Zeref was defeated by Natsu, so is
Acnologia.

The 100 years quest has pretty much a whole different story that has nothing
to do with Zeref and Acnologia. Thus, adding it to the main story as a new arc
would be awkward because the bridging between the new arc and the previous arc
will be very narrow.




From storyline point of view, the whole Fairy Tail story was about the dragon
slayers, the magic dragon Acnologia and the black mage Zeref. It has already
been completed in the main story. Zeref was defeated by Natsu, so is
Acnologia.

The 100 years quest has pretty much a whole different story that has nothing
to do with Zeref and Acnologia. Thus, adding it to the main story as a new arc
would be awkward because the bridging between the new arc and the previous arc
will be very narrow.

