I was like 15 when I started reading Fairy Tail so tastes were definitely way different back then. If a manga/anime had action, magic and big tittie bytches, it was my shyt. Fairy Tail had all three, so...
With that being said, while I did enjoy the manga for what it was, the anime was trash. shyt was barely animated and full of still-frames. The art style in the anime looked more generic (but had less similarities to One Piece). The anime also went too hard on the censorship and caused some scenes to lack impact. And don’t get me started on those disgusting magic circles used during fights
From a narrative standpoint, for a generic run of the mill battle shounen... if we’re being generous, everything up till the end of tenrou island was at least serviceable. But I found it hard to care about what happened after the dumb time skip (Laxus solo’ing Raven tail was pretty badass tho). I forgot where I ended up dropping the series altogether, both manga and anime. But I know it had something to do with a princess with green hair or some shyt.
Anyway 5/10 is the highest I can give Fairy Tail. It’s not offensively bad, but it’s not anywhere close to being a quality anime or even battle shounen. It’s like the McDonald’s of anime. Even though I grew up reading/watching it I’d never recommend it to anyone when there are so many better shows out there.