However, when I began to read the first volume, the story was very rushed and herky-jerky. I was glad to have played the game, because otherwise I would've dropped the manga after the first volume. This would've really been a shame, because the story gets a whole lot better when you continue on volume 2 and it continues to stay this way.
What first would be a 10-panel page, is in the continuation of the volumes a 7-panel page with a lot more depth to the story, the art: all of it.
The strong thing about this manga is that it has a lot of serious moments in it, but also a lot of hilarious moments. The real highlights are the hilarious moments because it fits tremendously in the story. The game didn't have so much of this, which brings a new flavour to the manga.
No worries if you haven't played the game, because the manga just adapts the original story.
If you have played the game and want to read the manga, you should definitely read it. You'll re-experience the whole feeling you had from playnig the game! Also you probably did forget some little things because the game is more than 10 years old. When reading this manga, you'll have some moments when you are like: oh yeah, that was how it was going!
