Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 19]
Unboxious@ani.social 6 days agoI’m a bit sad the anime is the way it is as anime-only people lose on many fun character moments. Oh well, at least it got a decent adaptation in the first place unlike some stories…
I keep hearing this over and over. I’m 3 episodes into the anime and I might just drop it and pick up the manga instead.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Just to clarify, I’m not saying the anime is bad - it does as much as it can with the limited time it has (12 episodes planned if I recall correctly). It’s just that there are 11 volumes (or 95 chapters) of the source materials and the story isn’t even finished there. There’s just no way to fit everything into the show.
What it does show is done pretty well and that’s what I was the most worried about before it started.
If you want to read the manga then by all means do so - it’s great and the missing content does flesh out the characters and world a decent amount. If you do like the show however and are just worried about missing context or important info then I think you should be fine sticking with the anime (maybe jumping into manga afterwards if you feel thirsty for more).
Neither is a bad choice based on what I’ve watched so far.
Unboxious@ani.social 6 days ago
Even if the anime isn’t bad it sounds like the manga is an even better experience so I figured I might as well give that a go instead. This is /c/manga after all. I don’t post about it much because lately I’ve been reading mostly in Japanese and therefore slowly but I spend time reading manga nearly every day because I really enjoy it.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Ah, good to know. I wanted to give some additional context just in case. Manga is indeed a better experience in my opinion so I hope you have fun with that one.