User blog comment:KillRoy231/Love & Pet/@comment-31892545-20170714215300/@comment-31892545-20170715231549

Agreed. I believe the ideas in the newer seasons were good, but the execution was a miss for me at times.

For me, I enjoyed Season 5. I missed Roxy heavily, but seeing Alfea again was nice, even though I proclaimed how much I miss Earth. I did, but seeing Alfea brought back the early-seasons vibe more than I had previously realized. In fact, seeing Season 5 and getting a down-home feeling was what got me into watching the pre-Specials series in the first place, because it had that feeling.

Season 6 was my personal least favorite because it took forever to air here, and what did air felt like a slow progression of an interesting storyline with watered-down execution. Meaning, it felt like it took five minutes to move anywhere, the scripting felt like a downgrade, the transformation sequences were predictable (IE, they happen exactly halfway into the episode), and the issues always seem to get resolved during the episode instead of carrying over and not really connecting with each other.

Season 7, it was hard to look past my fav voice cast being gone. Kalshara's goal changed, and Brafillus' incompetence got old very fast. Albeit, I did enjoy seeing Roxy again (even though she just had a Daphne roll), and I enjoyed seeing how the Fairy Animal storyline would tie into the previous canon.

I don't disregard newer seasons just because they feel like a miss at some moments. I see it as all part of a big story. Having four English dubs is frustrating sometimes because we miss them and storylines sometimes conflict, but "just live it", is what I say. Take it as part of the show's success that it's gotten to be so big that four different companies have dubbed it, and each given their own little pieces to the overall show. :)

TL;DR: One may choose to view the continuity however they wish, but I just advise you to enjoy the series and newer seasons for what they are and look past any plot holes. Even with one dub, I bet there would still be plot holes, because that's just what happens over time.

''If you haven't watched the newer seasons yet, I personally suggest you do. You never know, you may end up liking them. Besides, there is so much good stuff there, plot holes/inconsistencies or not.''