The anime has improved a lot though...
It has, but that doesn't erase its lackluster initial showing. The current arc is good, but the anime still suffers from many of the issues that have plagued it from the beginning (terrible pacing, poor art, recycled ideas, dumb decisions, Goku).
Nah anime is good and the manga is much less good.
The manga being "much less good" is a Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan level stretch.
Yep this is pretty much how I feel, though I've always enjoyed Dragonball even at it's worst. It's like a guilty pleasure at this point, lol. Compared to most even the original series is pretty meh but I love the series regardless of that.
I do think the recent recruitment arc of Super has had some genuine good character writing though.
Yeah, there's been some good stuff here.