Quote Originally Posted by Dark Dragon
The Fairy Tails manga didn't start out too hot either, it was one of those series that get better as it progresses.
I hope the animation quality does too, but it sort of seems like they are half-assing it because of the similarity to One Piece's simplistic style.

I take back what I've said before, Hirano is a great Lucy.

The first half of this episode was pretty terrible, but the second half was very enjoyable. Lots of good humor and decent action. I'm glad they didn't continue with Natsu summoning an imaginary dragon every time he used a strong attack. It wasn't a very serious fight, so seeing it again may still be a possibility, but a positive change for now.