He wasn't saying he disliked that manga. He was saying that Hiro Mashima, the manga writer, would disagree with the notion that the anime was ever all that good, Japanese OR dubbed (with which I'll have to disagree, though the original Japanese anime is weak compared to the manga, it wasn't completely bad like the dub.)
Jokes in action anime can work...when they're actually funny.
You are aware that the story continues from here in the manga and the Reina thing does get resolution, right? It didn't continue here because it was freaking cancelled (maybe Griff's ressurection is what finally did it in.)
Not only did it end after Lucia's introduction, but we never got to see Pumpkin Doryu, the main villain of the upcoming arc. Which is a shame. Silly name aside, he was one of the coolest villains in the manga (without the goofy pumpkin mask at least.)
Thanks. But it's 49, not 40.